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Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant)
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Discern Lie. The drow knows when she hears a creature speak a lie in a language she knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the drow to
lights, detect magic
1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, levitate (self only), suggestion
Magic Resistance. The drow has advantage on saving throws against
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Discern Lie. The drow discerns when a creature in earshot speaks a lie in a language the drow knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can&rsquo
;t 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
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Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the drow’s darkvision.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t 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 three Shadow
Drow Shadowblade (Summoner Variant)
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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 ability is
in dim light or darkness, the drow can teleport as a bonus action up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see that is also in dim light or darkness. It then has advantage on the first melee
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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Dancing Lights, Darkness, Minor IllusionUmbragen drow are the descendants of drow who fled the giants and found refuge
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.
Variant: Demon Summoning
Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow inquisitors have an action that allows them to summon a yochlol.
Summon Demon (1/Day). The drow
Discern Lie. The drow discerns when a creature in earshot speaks a lie in a language the drow knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can&rsquo
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
-forming in the Abyss, siphoning its essence into themselves.
drow shadowblade (summoner variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow shadowblades have an action that allows them to summon a demon
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the drow’s darkvision.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
banished their malevolent kin to the subterranean depths. Here, in the lightless caverns and endless warrens of twisting passages, the dark elves — the drow — found refuge. They also found leadership
Elves: Drow Tens of thousands of years ago, the elves were divided, with those of benevolent disposition battling those that were selfish and cruel. The war among elvenkind ended when the good elves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, reins, and stirrups, and have the Spider Climb trait (see the “Variant: Giant Lizard Traits” sidebar in appendix A of the Monster Manual). The drow take the lizards up the walls so they can get a
female drow elite warriors (named Akora and Danafay) are mounted on giant lizards near the center of the cavern.
The drow attack at the first sign of intruders. Their lizards are fitted with saddles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Gracklstugh and Drow Pursuit Taking refuge in Gracklstugh has its advantages. Each day they spend in the duergar capital, the characters can attempt a DC 16 group Dexterity (Stealth) check to move
success allowing them to avoid trouble before it starts. Characters who lie low for the day have advantage on this Wisdom check. Success with either check reduces the party’s pursuit level by 1 (see “Drow Pursuit” in chapter 2).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
13. Freth Refuge Thick web curtains are strung between the stalactites and stalagmites that fill this 30-foot-high cavern. Unless they are cut down or burned away, the webs create a veritable maze
cache of supplies left here by drow scouts of House Freth. The supplies include a cask of mushroom wine, 20 days of rations (dry meat and moss) in a satchel made of lizard skin, and a sealed gourd containing 20 applications of drow poison (see “Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Kuo-toa The kuo-toa on this level were pushed out of the lake cavern (area 16) and away from their nesting caves (area 24) by the aboleth. They have taken refuge in areas 20 and 21 while the kuo-toa
to craft the idol. The kuo-toa don’t trust drow and attack them on sight, but they tolerate non-drow adventurers who agree to help bring Noolgaloop’s vile god to life or are willing to face the aboleth in battle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of the noble houses. Anyone they decide is at odds with the hierarchy faces torture and usually an excruciating death. VARIANT: YOCHLOL SUMMONING
Some drow inquisitors have an action that allows
Drow Inquisitor Drow expect treachery. After all, the Spider Queen encourages it. A certain amount of backstabbing and double-crossing can be managed, but too much can undermine an entire community
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Going to Blingdenstone Blingdenstone is an obvious destination for characters seeking refuge from their drow pursuers and a way out of the Underdark. The deep gnomes continue to have regular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
drow kills a lesser demon and mystically prevents it from reforming in the Abyss. This ritual creates a shadow demon and infuses the drow with shadow magic. VARIANT: SHADOW DEMON SUMMONING
Some drow
Drow Shadowblade Drow shadowblades steal down the darkened passages of the Underdark, bound on errands of mayhem. Ruthless killers, shadowblades find employment with a noble house, usually involving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Drow Shadowblade Drow shadowblades steal down the dim passages of the Underdark, bound on errands of mayhem. They protect enclaves and Underdark cities from enemies and track down thieves who make
. A shadowblade gains their powers over shadow via a ritual in which they kill a shadow demon and mystically prevent it from re-forming in the Abyss, siphoning its essence into themselves. Variant
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
only by that of the drow matron mothers (also in this book) of the noble houses. Anyone they decide is at odds with the hierarchy faces painful interrogation and usually an excruciating death. Variant
Drow Inquisitor Lolth’s worshipers expect treachery—the Spider Queen encourages it, after all. A certain amount of backstabbing and double-crossing can be managed, but too much can undermine an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
drow in their refuge. The constant fear of punishment, from one’s mistress or another, more powerful drow, keeps most slaves obedient, even when they aren’t directly supervised. The great cavern of
in the City of Spiders, the drow aren’t so extravagant that they do away with every captive they take. At the same time, they are masters of punishment — it is fear of pain, not fear of death, that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
notable leaders of the great houses and their honored heroes were cast into the lake, dressed in full regalia and weighed down with stone spars. Many less important drow have been sent by rivals to
sparsely populated, the area is so vital to the city’s survival that drow patrols are common here. Roll for random encounters as the characters cross this district. You can roll a d20 and consult the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and magical properties when brought to the surface. VARIANT: DROW MAGIC ARMOR AND WEAPONS
Drow often wear magic armor and carry magic weapons that lose their enhancement bonuses permanently if they
Drow Children of Lolth. The drow worship Lolth, a deity who resides in the Abyss. Known as the Spider Queen or the Demon Queen of Spiders, she is the figure around which the drow have built their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
scorpion-god and strike terror into their enemies’ hearts. Umbragen Shadow Walker. Umbragen drow are the descendants of drow who fled the giants and found refuge underground. For countless generations, they
passage through which the wizard-king journeyed into the deeps. Ring of Storms. The Ring of Storms, according to legend, was the mountain refuge of a sect of powerful drow spellcasters during the Age of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Drider “I failed the Spider Queen once. Never again.”
— Pellanistra the drider
When a drow shows great promise, Lolth summons it to the Demonweb Pits for a test of faith and strength. Those that
pass the test rise higher in the Spider Queen’s favor. Those that fail are transformed into driders — a horrid hybrid of a drow and a giant spider that serves as a living reminder of Lolth’s power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Cavern Roof. The cavern’s roof is 80 feet high and festooned with dripping stalactites.
Monsters. Patrolling the cavern are four drow elite warriors (two females named Mizreen Abbath and Shynzal
. Fungi and moss grow on both riverbanks.
Fungi. The soft, peaty floor gives rise to a fungi forest that includes 40-foot-tall zurkhwood mushrooms (as well as the occasional stump).
The drow treat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
chased out a family trying to settle within (see area 12a). 12a. Vazuk’s Home Vazuk was a simple leatherworker who died in the drow invasion. His spirit awoke when a family moved into what used to be
his home, then began to throw fits and terrorize any creatures coming near. Vazuk is a specter (use the poltergeist variant). He can’t be turned while inside his former home. He attacks the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Giant Lizard A giant lizard can be ridden or used as a draft animal. Lizardfolk also keep them as pets, and subterranean giant lizards are used as mounts and pack animals by drow, duergar, and other
to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
VARIANT: GIANT LIZARD TRAITS
Some giant lizards have one or both of the following traits.
Hold Breath. The lizard can hold its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Variant: Customizing Ability Scores At your Dungeon Master’s option, you can use this variant for determining your ability scores. The method described here allows you to build a character with a set
)
Charisma Measures: Confidence, eloquence, leadership
Important for: Bard, sorcerer, warlock
Racial Increases:
Half-elf (+2)
Drow (+1)
Lightfoot halfling (+1)
Dragonborn (+1)
Tiefling (+2
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
the highest). Illumination. Most areas here are dark and still; only a few are lit, such as the lava cavern (areas 19 and 20) and the giants’ final refuge in a crisis (area 5). If you like, add a few
patrolling with two hell hounds One drow elite warrior and three drow that use stealth to remain undetected and avoid confrontation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
any creature that isn’t a drow.
Drow. Four male drow elite warriors hide in the dead-end tunnels to the south. Any character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 20 or higher spots these
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
corner. These docile reptiles are used as mounts by the drow scouts in area 25b and have the Spider Climb trait (see the “Variant: Giant Lizard Traits” sidebar in appendix A of the Monster Manual
25. Auvryndar Hall This hall was once a market where the drow kept and sold slaves. It now serves as House Auvryndar’s main military stronghold in Undermountain. If Vlonwelv Auvryndar is here, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
3 or higher (see “Drow Pursuit” in chapter 2), Ilvara has already sent a party ahead of them, guessing correctly that the escaped prisoners might seek refuge with the duergar. Characters with a
shows the characters the entrance to the tunnels. See the “Whorlstone Tunnels” section for how to roleplay Droki.
Signs of Pursuit If the characters arrive in Gracklstugh with a drow pursuit level of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. The Dark Seldarine These temples are dedicated to the Dark Seldarine, a pantheon of drow gods under Lolth. Each room has walls that rise 15 feet, then angle inward to a central point 30 feet
above the middle of the floor. 17a. Temple of Ghaunadaur Ghaunadaur, a god of subterranean horrors, is respected and feared by many Underdark races, including drow. This temple contains the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Encounters d20 Encounter 1–10 No encounter 11 1 drider 12 Drow hunting party 13 3d6 dwarf commoners 14 1d6 ettins 15 3d6 flumphs 16 Grick nest 17 1 purple worm 18 2d6 troglodytes 19 1d4 trolls 20 1 umber
hulk Drider This creature clings to the ceiling and prefers to make ranged attacks against the party. There is a 25 percent chance that the drider can cast spells (use the spellcasting variant in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, they encounter. Blingdenstone Encounters d20 Encounter 1–10 No encounter 11 1d4 + 1 animated drow statues 12 1d4 + 2 cave badgers 13 Dungeon hazard 14 Elemental vagabonds 15 1d4 + 2 fiendish giant
spiders 16 1 ghost 17 Mephit gang 18 Roaming ooze 19 1d4 + 1 svirfneblin wererats 20 1 xorn Animated Drow Statues Once part of a expedition from Menzoberranzan, these drow were petrified by a medusa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
climate in Waterdeep, as well as juicy bits of news overheard on his nightly rounds through the Trades Ward. He has no clue that his contacts are drow members of Bregan D’aerthe, since they wear cloaks
sense to hide the Stone of Golorr elsewhere and hopes to use it as leverage to gain his freedom as well as forgiveness for past crimes. Shortly after Fenerus’s arrest, drow agents of Bregan D’aerthe
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
). The hag’s minions likewise have strict orders not to physically harm the children. Lost Children Child Location Notes Naal (11-year-old male drow) area L4 Stole the key to the kitchen door Sung
Granny Nightshade’s tyranny have no easy way to return home, but they can take refuge at Little Oak’s treehouse or be left in the care of the unicorn Lamorna at Wayward Pool. The dwarf Elkhorn (see