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dozen) in a fortified compound enclosed by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound
, defending their offspring, and sharing a lifetime of knowledge before they die. When the children are old enough to leave the compound, they pick up whatever weapons and tools their parents left behind and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
drow compound overlooking the Clawrift. (The compound was once House Oblodra, a powerful drow house that was destroyed by Lolth over one hundred years ago during the Time of Troubles.) Mistrift This
the falls, diverting it to an underground cistern that the drow can tap into. Westrift The newest of the city’s large clefts, Westrift swallowed up three drow houses and a score of lesser dwellings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Society of Blood and Poison The principal organization in drow culture and society is the house, an extended clan that comprises many related families, plus a number of lesser families who have
pledged loyalty to the house. A house’s membership also includes some (potentially very large) number of indentured drow servants and slaves of other species. A house usually specializes in a business, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Fanatic Cyclops Cyclops Sentry Deep Gnome Scout Drow Priest Acolyte Drow Elite Warrior Gladiator Drow Mage Bandit Deceiver Drow Priestess of Lolth Fiend Cultist Duergar Spy Duodrone Modron Duodrone
Skirmisher Minotaur Minotaur of Baphomet Monodrone Modron Monodrone Orc Tough Orc Eye of Gruumsh Cultist Fanatic Orc War Chief Tough Boss Orog Berserker Pentadrone Modron Pentadrone Poisonous Snake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
+ 2 magma mephits 08 1 goblin boss with 2d4 goblins 09 2d4 darkmantles 10 2d8 + 1 drow 11 2d10 piercers 12 1d4 minotaur skeletons 13–14 3d6 deep gnomes 15 1 druid with 1 polar bear (cave bear) 16–17
3d10 hobgoblins 56 1 roper 57 1 kuo-toa monitor with 1d4 kuo-toa whips and 1d8 + 1 kuo-toa 58 1d3 water weirds 59 1d4 ghasts with 1d10 ghouls 60 1 otyugh 61–62 A merchant caravan consisting of 1 drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Cyre Tower The lowest levels of Cyre Tower contain offices for the departments of art, music, literature, and related fields. The upper levels here house close-knit communities of students and
academic discourse regarding the history of Xen’drik. Dala Arand Dala Arand (Medium, Lawful Evil Tough Boss), a young human resident of Shava House, has a distinguished record of expeditions to Xen’drik
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Dozens of drow warriors are stationed on the overlooks and walkways, ever vigilant as they watch your approach.
When the characters are taken into the compound, the matron mother welcomes them in
mother’s addled logic, Lolth is using the demon lords to test the strength of House Baenre and lay waste to the enemies of the drow. However, the matron mother doesn’t want Gromph’s spell or damning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Giant Patrons Giant Role Group Patron Type Boss Criminal Syndicate Financier Aristocrat Seer Ancient Being Sovereign Sovereign Tutor Academy Warleader Military Force Boss A giant boss wields
size and strength as tools to extract wealth and power from communities of smaller folk. The boss might threaten to harm adventurers or those they care about if they refuse to do the giant’s bidding. Or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Dark Dominion The rock surrounding the city is honeycombed with tunnels and passageways forming the Dark Dominion, a territory claimed by the drow but not part of the city proper. Home to all
Encounters d20 Encounter 1–2 2d4 bugbears 3–4 Clandestine meeting 5 1d4 driders 6–10 Drow patrol 11–12 1d4 + 1 drow spore servants (see appendix C) 13–14 Escaped slaves 15–16 1d4 + 1 goblins 17–19 Glyph
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Golgari Creatures The Devkarin elves (drow), deadly medusas, and insectile kraul are the three most important power groups among the Golgari Swarm, vying for control over a teeming horde of lesser
(or at least less ambitious) creatures. Erstwhile A significant shift in the Golgari balance of power began when the kraul death priest Mazirek discovered an ancient mausoleum compound. Deep in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
+ 1 drow 29–30 1d4 violet fungi 31–32 1d12 kuo-toa 33 1 rust monster 34–35 A rubble-strewn passage that appears to have been recently cleared after a cave-in 36–37 1d8 + 1 giant bats 38–39 3d6 kobolds
specters 49 1d4 bugbears 50 1d10 + 5 winged kobolds 51 1d4 fire snakes 52 2d8 + 1 troglodytes 53 1d6 giant spiders 54 3d6 kuo-toa 55 1 goblin boss with 2d4 goblins 56 4d4 grimlocks 57 1 ochre jelly 58
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Demon Queen of Spiders. On occasion, Lolth pits chitines against dark elves — even though both groups worship her — as a way of punishing the drow, who created the chitines but displeased their
, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Unnatural Origin. Long ago, the drow first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed the captives into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Docks The docks of Saltmarsh are the beating heart of the town. The fishing trade and related commerce that keep the town alive are based here. The docks have recently undergone a series of
dispatched a caravan with enough gold to commission six new warships. It went missing near the Hool Marshes. 2 Drow traders posing as surface elves have been doing business in town. 3 Someone’s sabotaging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
, poisonous snake, pony, stirge, twig blight 1/4 Blink dog, boar, bullywug, constrictor snake, draft horse, drow, elk, flying sword, giant badger, giant crane (pteranodon), giant frog, giant lizard, giant owl
, worg 1 Animated armor, brown bear, bugbear, dryad, faerie dragon (young), giant eagle, giant hyena, giant octopus, giant spider, giant toad, giant vulture, goblin boss, half-ogre, harpy, hippogriff, lion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
tense negotiation with drow, ending with the beholder agreeing to allow the drow safe passage through “the Vast Oblivium” in exchange for help ridding its lair of a deep gnome infestation 2 Chasing
svirfneblin thieves through the tunnels of its domain to recover stolen gemstones 3 A fierce battle against a wizened drow archmage, ending with the beholder suffering a grievous injury 4 Spying on a drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
insects, vine blight, worg 1/2 (100 XP) Brown bear, bugbear, dire wolf, dryad, faerie dragon (yellow or younger), giant hyena, giant spider, giant toad, goblin boss, half-ogre, harpy, tiger, yuan-ti
, goblin boss, hippogriff, lion, scarecrow, thri-kreen, tiger 1 (200 XP) Allosaurus, ankheg, centaur, druid, giant boar, giant elk, gnoll pack lord, griffon, ogre, orc Eye of Gruumsh, orog, pegasus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
lieutenants—which might include younger dragons or half-dragons related to the boss—might hold responsibility over particular segments of the criminal enterprise. Emperor Rather than existing on the
business. These subordinates might be related to the dragon (younger dragons or perhaps half-dragons), or simply employees who have proven trustworthy and resourceful. Companion Dragons sometimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
guards in area 1 that they are fleeing from the drow. Two dozen or so svirfneblin occupy this well-lit cavern, some moving briskly with messenger pouches in hand while others huddle around several stone
interested in everything the characters have to say about their adventures, especially if they’ve witnessed any events related to demonic influence in their visits to other parts of the Underdark. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
; they just know the boss is powerful, dangerous, and doesn’t tolerate mistakes. Although previous Xanathars carefully guarded the facts of their true nature and allowed only a handful of their
guild is run by a beholder. Most of the guild’s low-ranking members have an idea that the boss isn’t human, especially given how long the Xanathar has been in power (they aren’t aware that several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
mount of an impending attack from the drow in Stromkuhldur or from Skullport. A shroud of gloom and anxiety hangs over the normally raucous settlement, which has the following features: Ruins. The 30
their identification papers.
Visitors entering Azrok’s Hold are greeted by two bugbears. Drow are attacked on sight. Others may enter and move through Azrok’s Hold, provided they have the proper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to a table in the center of the Yawning Portal’s taproom, where her boss waits with drink in hand. Davil Starsong Davil Starsong (see appendix B) is the characters’ primary contact in the Black
Soluun Xibrindas, a renegade drow gunslinger (see appendix B). Soluun hides in the shadows, blade drawn, waiting for the half-elf to stumble by. Spotting him before he strikes requires a successful DC 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Dambrath as well as Halruaa and the Shar. Many Arkaiuns lived under the yoke of drow slavery centuries ago after a failed military campaign against the dark elves, which led to the eventual
; (surnames) Archer, Gareth, Leed, Kendrick, Morgan, Waters Gur Related to the Rashemi, Gurs are stout, dusky-skinned, and dark-haired. They consider themselves “children of Selûne,” and most of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dragons and the evil chromatic dragons, are highly intelligent and have innate magic. Also in this category are creatures distantly related to true dragons, but less powerful, less intelligent, and less
exception of drow — are dealt with in appendix B. That appendix gives you a number of stat blocks that you can use to make various members of those races. Monstrosities are monsters in the strictest sense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
after the table to determine related details and story hooks. Island Theme d6 Theme 1 Alien 2 Cursed 3 Hostile 4 Sanctum 5 Welcoming 6 Wild Alien Alien islands are inhabited by isolated creatures
Island Inhabitants d6 Inhabitants 1 3d10 winged kobolds and 10d10 kobolds 2 1 goblin boss and 8d10 goblins 3 1d6 berserkers and 5d10 tribal warriors 4 1 orc war chief, 2d10 orogs, and 5d10 orcs 5 4d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
hall holds six goblins and one goblin boss—a cantankerous fellow named Yegg. Yegg is the primary cook for the Cragmaws, and he berates his assistants as they go about the work of putting food on the
grick, the special pet of the goblin boss Lhupo in area C9. The grick likes to climb up to ledges hidden in the shadows of the statuary in the higher reaches of the room. It quietly observes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
; see appendix B), Claudio Benzreck (LN male Tethyrian human noble), and Arthright Grayfalcon (CN male Illuskan swashbuckler; see appendix B) C A female drow named Raelyn Auvryndar, recently separated
Statues. The statues are the petrified remains of intruders and Xanathar Guild members that were turned to stone by Xanathar. There are a dozen statues in all: four humans, three goblins, two drow, a dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
. Otherwise, the arrogant cadets are more than willing to use force to teach the upstart characters who’s boss. Give inspiration to any character who overcomes the situation without resorting to violence. Veena
there ever since.
Mister Blip is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge on all subjects related to spelljamming. Chances are if you have a question, he’s got a dozen different answers for it—and usually
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the drow aesthetician Ilmar (see area T7) was seen poking around in the kitchen a few days ago. Treasure. Auntie Greenbones’s stash includes beholder tears, ground unicorn hoof, chimera vomit, and
haircuts, shaving, waxing, or massages are tended to in these treatment rooms. Ilmar Mizzrym (a chaotic good drow) works here as the head aesthetician of the bathhouse. He wears a simple belted silk robe and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
a bonus equal to its proficiency bonus on ability checks related to that skill. For example, a monster with sharp senses might have a bonus on Wisdom (Perception) checks, while a duplicitous monster
amount noted in the trait. Enlarge Duergar Increase the monster’s effective per-round damage by the amount noted in the trait. Etherealness Night hag — False Appearance Gargoyle — Fey Ancestry Drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
offer 10 gp or more to each of them, they walk away and leave their boss to his fate. Rasqel, who is indebted to bad people, fights to the death. If the situation looks grim for the adventurers
, suggest that realization to a character with a merchant-related background, or one who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check. Thetsis carries algae that she’s willing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
are indifferent toward the characters. Dealers abstain from combat but defend themselves if threatened. A mezzoloth pit boss watches over each group of tables, keeping an eye out for cheaters and
, the participant is divine in name only. At your discretion, the winner might gain additional minor abilities related to their portfolio, such as controlling dust mites or understanding sloths. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
here while they develop a ransom plan. The Dendrars are grateful to the characters for rescuing them, but they can’t provide much information about the hideout. All they know is that the boss is a
captivity, Glasstaff relates the following information, all of which is true: Drow Villain. The Spider is a drow. Fearsome Brigands. The Spider sent four bugbears to help Glasstaff keep the population
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
finish a long rest — a miracle celebrated by elves of all sorts except drow. (The DM decides whether an elf can manifest this miracle.) Dark elves find this ability to be terrifying and characterize
it as a curse, for it could destabilize their entire society. If Corellon’s blessing manifests in a drow, that elf usually flees to the surface world to seek shelter among those dedicated to Corellon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Silver Marches to a horde of orcs aided by an ancient white dragon named Arauthator. It was then conquered by drow until they too were forced to abandon it. Today, Nesmé lies in ruins, and monsters from
disappears during the winter, buried under deep snow. Moreover, the area has few trees or hills to provide shelter. Northfurrow The Northfurrow extends from Waterdeep to the fortified farming compound of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
a theory about the source of Red Larch’s recent troubles: it’s all related to an evil presence at Lance Rock. She says neither the constable nor the town elders have helped her, so she offers the
seen his boss Ilmeth Waelvur disappear into a hidden tunnel in the back of the work yard. He’s also seen other people sneak in after dark and follow Ilmeth to wherever they go, although everyone else






