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Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

, and the Verdan emerged. I’m sorry, was that the question? — K’thriss Drow’b Created by Chaos When the power of That-Which-Endures mutated the verdan, their skin was

to change those names when they wander into a human area. A verdan is also not hesitant to change their name as their physical appearance changes — or, indeed, whenever the mood strikes them

Verdan Names

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

their name as their physical appearance changes — or, indeed, whenever the mood strikes them. Verdan make no differentiation between male, female, and family names, and often eschew family names

Verdan Names The oldest verdan names spring from goblinoid traditions, but more recent names reflect the character of the different cultures these folk have encountered since coming out into the

Firbolg Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

Reason for Adventuring 1 Outcast for murder 2 Outcast for severely damaging home territory 3 Clan slain by invading humanoids 4 Clan slain by a dragon or demon 5

adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names, and instead identify the

Drow Pursuers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Drow Pursuers The svirfneblin settlement is a haven for the characters. For good reason, the deep gnomes rarely allow drow into Blingdenstone, and only then with a heavily armed escort. A drow

character must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check to enter escorted. However, if any deep gnomes are traveling with the party, having them vouch for the drow allows the escort to be waived at

3. Hungry Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

character who examines the bodies and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check reveals that four drow are covered in burn marks consistent with lightning strikes, three were torn to pieces by large claws, and one was crushed to death (a victim of the behir’s coils).

3. Hungry Gnome Corpses. Eight drow corpses are splayed like rag dolls across the floor of this 10-foot-high cavern. Troll in Gnome Form. A naked, hairless, gray-skinned deep gnome is gnawing on

Nocturnal Raiders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Nocturnal Raiders If the drow kept to themselves in their subterranean cities and fortresses, few other creatures would care. The dark elves could indulge their evil practices until their caverns

were heaped with corpses and awash in blood. Even the surface elves might be content to overlook their hatred for their kin and leave the drow alone, as long as they never had to lay eyes on the drow or

Barbarians

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

under the chin and tore a gaping hole in his throat. Fighting for breath, the drow managed to score two nasty hits on his opponent’s back, but those two strikes did little in the face of the flurry

Barbarians Closest to the dark elves, Pwent lowered his head, with its long helmet spike, and impaled one elf through the chest, blasting through the fine mesh of drow armor easily and brutally. The

The Demonweb Connection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

The Demonweb Connection Lolth’s personal realm is a layer of the Abyss known colloquially as the Demonweb Pits. Far from being intimidated by their deity’s connection to the Abyss, the drow revel in

it — sometimes literally. Drow have respect for the power of demons, but they don’t fear them the way most other mortal creatures do. A drow who calls up a demon from the Abyss into the Underdark

Rundreth Manor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

dragon named Nurvureem, who has established her lair in the caverns beneath the manor. Her favorite shape is a beautiful female drow. In this form, Nurvureem lures adventurers into the manor and

stalks them. She sometimes poses as a drow captive of a dragon, desperate to avoid being eaten and willing to pay with her treasure to be rescued. The Harpers have learned her secret, and do their best to

Death

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

body is lost or left behind, the party’s drow pursuers find it. The drow high priestess casts raise dead on the corpse so that the character can be questioned. The character might escape later, or can

be reunited with the other adventurers in a later chapter of the adventure when the drow catch up to them. If a player character is permanently slain, think about the ways a player might introduce a

Wearing and Wielding Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

exceptions exist. If the story suggests a good reason for an item to fit only creatures of a certain size or shape, you can rule that it doesn't adjust. For example, drow-made armor might fit elves only

Sex

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

, gender, and sexual behavior. For example, a male drow cleric defies the traditional gender divisions of drow society, which could be a reason for your character to leave that society and come to the

The Dark Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

The Dark Seldarine Lolth demands the lion’s share of worship from the drow, according to her wishes and by the command of her priestesses. The Spider Queen isn’t, however, the only entity venerated

by drow. They revere a host of divine entities, which they refer to as the Dark Seldarine in mockery of the surface elves’ deities. The Dark Seldarine are mighty, immortal beings, survivors from the

Gromph's Inner Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

is lit by magic candles and floored in black stone, engraved and inlaid with magical diagrams in silver and gold. A female drow stands in the center of one magic circle, hands resting on her hips

section for details). A yochlol demon in drow form — Lolth’s messenger to Gromph — is imprisoned within the magic circle. It pretends to be a drow priestess named Y’lara for as long as the disguise is

Enemies Everywhere

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

as much of a threat to a colony. Although the mind flayers and their elder brain are incredibly powerful, they aren’t invincible: highly accomplished heroes, drow raiding parties, rampant demons, and

ulitharid strikes out on its own. Half the mind flayers and thralls in the colony undertake a great migration, seeking a new lair at least 100 miles away from the old one. Once the ulitharid finds a

Wearing and Wielding Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

exceptions exist. If the story suggests a good reason for an item to fit only creatures of a certain size or shape, you can rule that it doesn’t adjust. For example, armor made by the drow might fit

9. Spider Eyes Watch Post

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

9. Spider Eyes Watch Post The Xanathar Guild claims this corner of the dungeon. Shunn Shurreth, a drow exile favored by the beholder crime lord, commands the forces stationed here. 9a. Trapped Hall

sense intruders approaching. If an intellect devourer’s host is killed, it tries to find another. Shunn Shurreth. A drow priestess of Lolth placed a curse on Shunn and forced him into exile after he

Harpers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Remallia Haventree is hosting a party at House Ulbrinter, her villa on Delzorin Street, located between Vhezoar Street and Brondar’s Way in the North Ward. We have reason to suspect that drow spies have

infiltrated the guest list. Attend the party and root out the disguised drow. Dress sharply.” Remallia Haventree (see appendix B) knows of the mission, but it’s not revealed to the characters that

Fellow Prisoners

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

others await death at the hands of the drow or their pets. Regardless of what they might think of the adventurers — and each other — outside the slave pens, all the NPCs have good reason to cooperate in

order to escape and survive. Prisoners of the Drow Buppido Talkative and cunning derro Prince Derendil Quaggoth who claims to be a cursed elf prince Eldeth Feldrun Shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym

Empyrean

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

standing at death’s door. When an empyrean dies, its spirit returns to its home plane. There, one of the fallen empyrean’s parents resurrects the empyrean unless he or she has a good reason not to. Empyrean

until the end of the empyrean’s next turn. Trembling Strike (Costs 2 Actions). The empyrean strikes the ground with its maul, triggering an earth tremor. All other creatures on the ground within 60 feet of the empyrean must succeed on a DC 25 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Vaeve's Offer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Vaeve’s Offer A neutral drow mage named Vaeve is lurking around the battlefield, initially out of sight. Vaeve spots the fighting and realizes that the characters are her best hope for allies. She

the battlefield for some reason. Vaeve asks the characters to escort Naxa from the citadel back to Carapace Ridge. There’s significant treasure in the citadel, Vaeve says, and Vaeve would be grateful

Demon Lords

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Queen of Spiders is the evil matron of the drow. Her every thought is touched by malice, and the depth of her viciousness can surprise even her most faithful priestesses. She directs her faithful

while she weaves plots across the worlds of the Material Plane, looking forward to the time when her drow followers bring those worlds under her control. Lolth appears as a lithe, imperious drow

Giants and Other Ancients

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

be a largely subterranean clash between stone giants and mind flayers while dwarves and drow seek to escape the earth-shaking and cavern-collapsing aftershocks of battles. Or storm giants might

thousand years for good reason: neither giants nor dragons were ever particularly numerous, and actual skirmishes between giants and dragons were rare. For this reason, you could run a campaign where battles

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

secret door that opens only with a key held by the drow high priestess at area 12. Cell 5C. Two noble centaurs imprisoned here are bound for torture and execution. They offer help to any who free them

rats and escape through a drain hole in the northwest corner of the room, traveling from there to alert the drow of intruders. The secret door to the east opens into a passage about 2 feet wide and 1

Oracular Conflux

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

from their god. Oracular Conflux Adventures The player characters could come to an oracular shrine for the same reason that most other people do: to receive a prediction about the future. They also

strikes the rod, magical iron plates in the floor temporarily glow in the colors of the rainbow. Oracles use this display to predict the future. Another section contains living areas for priests and oracles

The Xanathar Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

constantly wary of betrayal. The only allies it considers relatively safe are individuals that it (or its predecessor) has worked with for years, and most of these are creatures it has no reason to fear

enemies at the same time, and it literally sleeps with its eyes open. The only real threat to the Xanathar’s rule is another beholder, which speaks to the reason why the Xanathar Guild has been led by a

Baalzebul

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

motivated by his desire to keep his current appearance. Second, Asmodeus decreed that any deal Baalzebul strikes shall end in disaster for the other party. For this reason, other devils avoid forming

The Fathomless

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

been shipwrecked and on the brink of drowning when your patron’s grasp offered you a chance at life. Whatever the reason for your pact, the sea and its unknown depths call to you. Entities of the deep

Bigby’s hand (appears as a tentacle), cone of cold Human Warlock of the Fathomless Tentacle of the Deeps 1st-level Fathomless feature You can magically summon a spectral tentacle that strikes at your

Adventure Synopsis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. It has now been almost a month, and the delegation never showed up at Goldenfields or any other outpost. Powerful factions have good reason to worry about the missing delegation. The Harpers are

Tyar-Besil to the far older (and more dangerous) caverns known as the Fane of the Eye, dug long ago by drow. Here they find the evil altar dedicated to the Elder Elemental Eye, where the characters

Mithral Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Hall for Clan Battlehammer after almost two centuries. After Bruenor regained the throne, his personal friends attracted some powerful enemies to Mithral Hall, including the drow of Menzoberranzan. This

is one reason, his supporters claim, that the king abdicated in favor of his ancestor Gandalug Battlehammer: to protect the people from his personal enemies. Some of Bruenor’s detractors claim it was

Adventure Models

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

giants.” The adventurers fight their way up the ordning until their final confrontation with the fire giant king—and the revelation that the giants are merely pawns in the schemes of some sinister drow

giants eat them all? 2 A family of stone giants fell under the sway of Lolth and allied with Lolth-worshiping drow to raid the surface. Adventurers must break the alliance or eliminate the stone

E6: Passenger Car

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

E6: Passenger Car A mind flayer in a beige coat kneels beside a body in the aisle of this passenger car. Three curious onlookers—a cambion, a drow, and bronze dwarf with flames for hair—poke their

his cabin (the one marked “a” on map 11.2), which Vern shares with a monodrone valet that answers to the name Higglesworth. Ethlynn Stalaczic (neutral, drow mage) is a friendly, somewhat gullible

Pulp Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

match for every story. Remarkable Villains. One reason the world needs heroes is because it already has villains. It may be a long time before you’re ready to face the archlich Erandis Vol in battle. But

the surprised thugs to land in the perfect position for a sneak attack. The shifter barbarian strikes a mighty blow that knocks her enemy into the blazing hearth; the bandit shrieks as the flames

Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

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

Landgrave's Folly

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

characters give the aboleths a reason to be paranoid (which is easy to do, given their natural inclinations), these creatures attack. L3. Landgrave’s Pit The light that fills the pit originates in the

feet below the edge of the pit, concealed in the inky-dark water. If it senses activity in the water above or at the lip of the pit, it races up and strikes. Although still immature, the kraken is

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