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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
12. Drow Battle Characters who approach this 50-foot-high cavern for the first time hear the sounds of battle ahead. Demons. In the narrower section between the north and south halves of the cavern
cavern is the site of a heated battle between House Freth (to the north) and House Auvryndar (to the south). House Frethâs forces are nine male drow led by a male drow mage named Spirreth Dalambra. The
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic canât put the drow to sleep.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack
rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes two Scimitar attacks and one Whip or Hand Crossbow attack.
Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +8
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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Battle Command. As a bonus action, Zress Orlezziir targets one ally she can see within 30 feet of her. If the target can see or hear the drow, the target can use its reaction to make one melee attack
if another creature takes an action to shake it.Parry. Zress Orlezziir adds 3 to her AC against one melee attack that would hit her. To do so, the drow must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
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Storm King's Thunder
battle, while the rest was dismantled at the end of the ancient war between giants and dragonkind. Once all the pieces are found, Zalto plans to reforge the Vonindod and unleash it on the world
storm the dwarven fortress, Zalto has met with drow representatives of House Xorlarrin, who know the layout of Gauntlgrym well. With their aid, the fire giant duke plans to imprison Maegera in an iron flask and transport the primordial to Ironslag â a goal easier imagined than accomplished.FireLightning
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
mouth full of sharp teeth.
Among the drow noble houses of Menzoberranzan in the Forgotten Realms, a high priestessâs successful creation of a draegloth is seen as a sign of Lolthâs favor
to strike at its rivals when the draegloth is fully grown. These plans use the draegloth in a significant role, because its abilities can turn the tide in a battle against a house that doesnât
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
defenseâuntil someone bests the dragonâs security measures.
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A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon
.
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Two sapphire dragon wyrmling;sapphire dragon wyrmlings vie for the same territory. Their primary battle tactic involves luring grell;grells into each otherâs lairs.
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A group of Lolth
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the only witness to a murder but doesnât want to be found or identified.
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An emerald dragon seeks heroes to participate in a dramatic reenactment of a legendary battle involving dragon
visits from a drow mage who corrects what the dragon has learned about the history of the elven schism.
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A young emerald dragon attempts to drive off a clan of cyclops;cyclopes who have taken up
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defenseâuntil someone bests the dragonâs security measures.
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A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind
regularly confers with a plane-hopping archmage regarding the dragonâs ongoing dreams of other worlds and other lives.
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A drow priestess of Lolth and several yochlol demons have been ordered
Drow House Captain
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Mordenkainenâs Tome of Foes
Battle Command. As a bonus action, the drow targets one ally he can see within 30 feet of him. If the target can see or hear the drow, the target can use its reaction to make one melee attack or to
take the Dodge or Hide action.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the drow to sleep.
Innate Spellcasting. The drow's innate spellcasting
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
odds are in their favor, they strike with a vicious determination that can overwhelm even a heavily armed drow patrol or duergar war party.
Hateful Ambushers. Jermlaine hate and resent all larger
overwhelming waves. In the heat of battle, individual jermlaine gladly throw themselves on their enemies' weapons to clear the way for their allies' attacks.
Hidden Threat. The jermlaine's skin is rough
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
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Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
, and the Verdan emerged. Iâm sorry, was that the question?
â Kâthriss Drowâb
Created by Chaos
When the power of That-Which-Endures mutated the verdan, their skin was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the drow and slaves making up the familyâs army and has made extensive study of strategy and tactics to become an effective leader in battle. Drow House Captain
Medium humanoid (elf), neutral evil
Drow House Captain Each drow noble house entrusts the leadership of its military forces to a house captain, a position normally held by the matriarchâs first or second son. The house captain commands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
+ 2 drow elite warriors wearing the insignia of House Auvryndar. The leader of such a patrol is always a female drow who reports directly to Zress Orlezziir. Most drow patrols are spoiling for a fight; if a battle turns against them, however, they withdraw to a more defensible location.
might also encounter small packs of skeletons, zombies, and ghouls that Muiral has created by casting animate dead and create undead spells on drow corpses. These undead shouldnât pose much of a threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
rulership and move to the swampâs edge to attack intruders detected in area 11a. If enemies close to melee range, the drow switch to melee weapons. If one drow elite warrior falls in battle, the
depth of 3 feet. The drow in area 11b attack intruders they spot moving through this cave. 11b. Watchers in the Dark Dry land rises gently out of the water to create a broad ledge dotted with 4-foot-high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Battle Command. Choose one creature within 30 feet of the drow that the drow can see. If the chosen creature can see or hear the drow, that creature can use its reaction to make one melee attack or
Drow House Captain A drow house captain leads the troops of an Underdark faction, whether defending a stronghold or leading forces against enemies. These officers make extensive study of strategy and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. If a battle turns against them, Ryld and Llauzdrar use darkness spells to cover their withdrawal to area 8. From there, they head to area 11a to make their stand. These drow arenât interested in
12. Bat Cave The drow and their quaggoths recently expanded into this cavern, which is home to hundreds of bats. 12a. Drow Sentinels Sloped Roof. The ceiling here is 50 feet high but slopes down to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 15: The City of Spiders The center of the chaos and madness now spreading throughout the Underdark is the great drow city of Menzoberranzan. Few of the cityâs drow residents know that the
drow, the worst may be yet to come if the renegade drow archmage Vizeran DeVir won the adventurersâ support for his plan to use a powerful ritual to draw the demon lords and their fiendish servants out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Stand and Fight If the characters stand and fight, or if the drow catch them, theyâre in for a tough battle. Ilvara alone is a challenge for a group of 8th-level characters, and she is accompanied by
her most powerful servants. The attacking drow force consists of the following: Ilvara, drow priestess of Lolth, armed with a tentacle rod in addition to the usual equipment Asha, junior drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Tier Breche The Great Stair of Tier Breche rises from the floor of Menzoberranzan to the cavern housing the three branches of the Academy: Melee-Magthere, a pyramid-shaped edifice where drow warriors
are trained; Arach-Tinilith, a spider-shaped cathedral where drow priestesses worship their demon goddess; and Sorcere, a magnificent tower where drow mages learn to master the magical arts. Non-drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the challenge, prompting the males to shout cheers and jibes during the protracted battle and granting the characters advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to surprise the drow and the giant
18. First Blood If the characters have forged an alliance with Xarann AâDaragon (see area 17d), he goes on ahead of them and distracts the drow in area 18b, allowing the characters to gain surprise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to craft the idol. The kuo-toa donât trust drow and attack them on sight, but they tolerate non-drow adventurers who agree to help bring Noolgaloopâs vile god to life or are willing to face the aboleth in battle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Location Overview Jarlaxle Baenre, a male drow of considerable wealth and power, is the secret lord of Luskan and the head of the Bregan Dâaerthe, a faction of renegade drow. He owns two magnificent
to lose if the followers of Myrkul or Talos control the High Road. He sends members of the Bregan Dâaerthe disguised as human merchants to Leilon aboard Icingdeath and Twinkle. The disguised drow beg
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
forming an alliance. Characters can keep their distance and avoid the altercation. However, any drow who survive the battle head to the nearest drow outpost 1d4 miles away. After hearing the survivors
can approach the City of Spiders from literally any direction. However, all of these routes are known to the drow. The characters might have encountered a drow force on a previous attempt to reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Braeryn The Braeryn (also known as âthe Stenchstreetsâ) is a shantytown of ramshackle structures overlooking garbage-choked alleyways, inhabited by the dregs of drow society. Fallen priestesses
Demogorgonâs rampage. Drow who have lost homes or businesses find what shelter they can here, scratching out a meager existence among the roughest folk in Menzoberranzan. The Braeryn is a great place to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Halls of Selvetarm The lesser deity Selvetarm serves Lolth. Also known as the Spider That Waits, Selvetarm is worshiped and feared by drow for his battle prowess and blood lust. These rooms are
feet high. Clinging to the ceiling is a 20-foot-diameter, upside-down stone spider that resembles a giant tarantula.
Petrified Drow. Eight lifelike statues of drow warriors, four males and four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Menzoberranzan If the City of Spiders is the site of the demon lordsâ battle, it is damaged even more than it was by Demogorgonâs arrival. Word of the cityâs misfortune spreads throughout the
Underdark, with other races and factions trying to claim some of the power long held by the drow. Despite Vizeranâs best efforts, not all drow believe that Lolth is responsible for the disaster, instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
15. Way to Wyllowwood The drow cornered and killed several troglodytes in these caves after the reptilian creatures refused to be enslaved. 15a. Battle Scene The floor here is stained with blood and
strewn with a dozen spent bolts from hand crossbows. A character who inspects the bolts and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check finds evidence of drow poison on the bolts, but the poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
28. Hospital and Armory Drow in the service of House Auvryndar come here to equip themselves for battle and to have their wounds treated. 28a. Hospital This chamber contains two dozen wooden cots in
rows. Resting in six of them are wounded drow (three females and three males), each with 1d12 hit points remaining. They are still clad in armor, and they keep their weapons within armâs reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
littered with the corpses of twenty-one troglodytes and nine drow, all surrounded by pools of sticky blood and in different stages of decay (suggesting that more than one battle occurred here). The
7. Troglodyte Lair The last free clan of troglodytes inhabits these caves. Its members live in equal fear of the behir, the trolls, and the drow. Adventurers are perceived as just another threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Random Encounters in Sorcere Inside Sorcere, the characters might encounter drow wizards as well as their apprentices, familiars, and other magical creatures. If they enter with Quenthel Baenreâs
Encounter 1â6 1d4 drow mages 7â8 1 giant spider 9â10 1 invisible quasit 11â12 1 mad drow mage 13â14 1 shadow demon 15â18 1d4 slaves 19â20 1 succubus or incubus Drow Mages There is a 50 percent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
The Drow of Eberron During the ancient war between giants of Xenâdrik and their elf slaves, the magebreeders of the giants bound the essence of shadows into the loyal elves. These were the first drow
, assassin bred to fight prey on their sunlit kin. The drow were made to kill elves, and while thousands of years have passed, a deep enmity remains between them. The drow remained on Xenâdrik and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Contested Caves The drow of House Freth maintain a tenuous hold over these caves. Their defenses are tested daily by troglodytes, trolls, and infiltrators loyal to House Auvryndar. 9a. Hidden
Threats Sentries. Two male drow elite warriors are hidden behind a natural column of rock to the north.
Eater of Corpses. The cave is full of rotting corpses (twenty troglodytes, nine drow, and five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
power of the characters. Vorpal Shards. Even while keeping the idea that the grand masterâs claw shards are from a vorpal sword, you might wish to mitigate their threat of an instant kill by having them
Grand Masterâs cloak fly apart into its various faces during battle, attacking as a swarm of bats. Throne Gate. The Grand Master might have long ago figured out how to activate this gate. If things go
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Menzoberranzan. Placing the talisman there only ensures that the drow city becomes the site of the demon lordsâ battle â and might well be laid waste in the process. If pressed, Grin admits that he isnât
planned, they need to find some way to convince Grin or ensure his silence. Alternatively, Grin can betray them to the nearest drow patrol, disclosing Vizeranâs plan in the hope of saving the city.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
guards.
Standing Stones. The northern part of the cave contains two large standing stones, each of which has an inanimate minotaur skeleton embedded in it.
If a battle erupts here, the drow in area
Barrekâzorn. If the battle turns against them, the drow use darkness spells to cover their retreat to the fortress (area 18). They know the tunnels well enough to navigate them blindly. Xaphtal seizes