[22], While the drow understood the advantage of forging bonds with others,[30] they did not see the value in honesty. [204], Unlike the elves, who often venerated one member of their pantheon above the others while still paying homage to each of their deities,[205] the drow would choose one, sometimes two, gods or goddesses from their pantheon and ignore the rest. 40. Medium [9] However, a lifetime of being indoctrinated with Lolth's dogma, combined with their upbringing giving them limited contact with other beings, surroundings, and alternative ways of life, made them close-minded, and left them with little wordly experience. Something moves in the shadows overhead, a horrible experiment to be sure! Zoom by using the buttons on the map, your mouse wheel or the '+' and '-' keys on your keyboard. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Matron mother is a strange title for a cruel tyrant, but given what drow consider to be a goddess, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. Wealthy human traders might even be permitted, but any surface elves or half-elves will be taken and sacrificed to Lolth. 36. 66. Map by Mike Schley. The map is 5050, equivalent to 25 of our standard 1010 tiles. This was a slightly unusual map for me. [45][50] "Good drow" made up about 15% of the entire race, although most of them weren't actually of the good alignment, being merely chaotic neutral or lawful neutral. Drawing an exterior-only city had me a little worried, since the last one I did was this piece of white-hot garbage. A purple opal in the shape of a snake. For more information, please see our [38], The end result of being raised in this environment was that the drow were untrusting sadists with a constant readiness to stab others in the back, both in the figurative and literal sense. [31] Web chokers' were considered fashionable by drow priestesses,[33] who also often used powdered Ormu, an Underdark-moss, as eye shadow. Drow weapons and armor were made out of a substance called adamantine, an alloy of adamantite, and then turned into drowcraft items. This offshoot of drow became starlight elves, Aevendrow, who were skilled mages and lived in a much more free society. Alignment Nonetheless, certain items had been developed by the drow, or based on magic from before the Descent,[230] and most of those items were created to be only usable by drow, due to their paranoia. Zedarr, a drow blackguard of Kiaransalee. Drow children learned cruelty and bloodthirst both as a survival mechanism, and as a defensive mechanism to escape punishment, and these lessons generally scarred a drow and stuck with them for life. [101], The drow were mostly met in the Upperdark, but the majority of their cities were found in the Middledark as a protection against aggressions from the surface. [118][88], Failing to fully obliterate another House or allying with another to do so was a crime punished by all other Houses destroying the offenders. Known house ranks in the Year of Maidens, 1361 DR: The house ranks during the Silence of Lolth and the War of the Spider Queen from the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, to the Year of Rogue Dragons, 1373 DR:[1], The house ranks at the time of Lolth's creation of the Demon Weave in the Year of Deep Water Drifting, 1480 DR:[1], The house ranks at the time of the Darkening in the Year of the Awakened Sleepers, 1484 DR:[34][35], A ninth seat on the Ruling Council of Eight was awarded to the Mistress of Arach-Tinilith, who was Sos'Umptu Baenre at the time. [239], Merchant clans had some variation, but often had a few rules in common. 51. A drow falling victim to the calling, a magical poison. A necklace of mimic teeth. This lead to the phenomenon where a lone drow would drift towards chaos, whereas a drow community would be forced to work together against one another, setting up rules to stabilize the power each individual wanted for themselves and allowing for cooperation beyond what chaos could typically create. A tiny cage with a phosphorescent spider. Most of the city I never detailed out beyond the map key and the player's spent most of their time at The Broken Dagger Tavern (that they ran) and sneaking off to their hidden refuge . It is in the Old City, which doubles as the undead/necromancers district. [199][200] Drow that remained loyal to Lolth were known as Lolth-sworn drow. Click on your starting point to begin drawing the route, and then double-click on your ending point to stop drawing. $2.99. Someone shouts Run. An angry mob bursts from a nearby street. Origin Sparsely populated and largely wild, the Deep Wastes are home to the now-ruined drow city of Maerimydra, which once held Shadowdale as a conquered surface land. Your adventurers took the risk of traversing the Underdark in pursuit of the dark elves. [22] Pale shades[15] that appeared nearly white of blue, lilac, pink, or silver were also frequent. 95. [109], A specialty of the drow was their ability to cut and shape stone, both with magical and mundane methods, to produce smooth-flowing buildings, and waterworks were a product of drow craftsmanship that received universal acclaim. The Legacy of the Drow Collector's Edition brings together four bestselling novels: The Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, and Passage to Dawn. But it's time for you to delve into its dark cities, one more interesting than the last. [32] From time to time, artists were adopted by one of the Houses for their skill. [261], Like all elves, drow required no sleep, instead entering a meditative trance while retaining full awareness of their surroundings. [9][8] During infancy it fluctuated between almost non-existent and youth-level (resisting around two fifths of the time), stabilizing as they grew up. Light flickers from the hallway. A statue of elf corpses beneath a massive drider sits at the center of a fountain. Her innocence was stripped away as she learned the art of assassination, torture and crime. . - Temple of the Spider Queen: six maps detailing the feared center of Divine power Lord Mordaes Guide to Savage Etiquette Volume III, left on a barrel. [38] The treatment reserved for non-drow ran the entire gamut from pets,[39] to slaves, to grudgingly respected partners if they proved themselves a military match for them, though never equals. 20. I love the portrayal of Menzoberranzan as a parallel to the Godfather 5 families. It involves a mutual spilling of blood. A "Free City" inhabited by all manner of creatures, it can serve as a location to be explored by adventurers, or as great jumping off point for starting an underdark-based campaign without the complicated politics of starting PC's (particularly non-drow) in Erelhei-Cinlu. [245], Drow preferred to live in areas that fulfilled certain criteria. Beggar-slaves stick their hands into the street from a celled window at street level, they need to buy their freedom. Distinctions The artwork is strange and beautiful, if twisted. All rights reserved. Technically the only rule was "might makes right",[118] and the priestesses were judge, jury, and executioner (or whatever other punishment they saw fit to enact). Size. [45], The drow who chose to live on the surface, outside of the churches of Eilistraee and Vhaeraun, did not form any kind of organized society and instead lived as hermits and outcasts. Type Drow names, both first and surname, usually also have a meaning, which I didn't include in this generator for simplicity's sake. All the lights in the city, including phosphorescent fungi and insects, flicker and turn off, leaving total darkness. The moment they realize they are not alone they separate down different paths in a hurry. 10. They return after a few days but cannot remember what happened. This website exists thanks to the contribution of patrons on Patreon. Wow, this map is so good! This reddit is for posting battle maps for tabletop RPG's and related content, such as map creating tips, map ideas, or map play tests. 57. I'm a deep gnome, you're a drow. In fact, many of the "second ring", as the managers of a merchant clans were called, were non-drow. 48. Some races were not related to the drow because they were born from them but because they were transformed from drow. [30] Depending on the station of a drow, there was a difference in the kind of plans they supported and executed. 90. Alignment A barbaric stockade is set in a city square. Boots of Dark Elvenkind. It is very easy to think that you are alone and then suddenly have dungeon alert jump up as a dozen or more Drow attack you. Punishment ranged from beatings to neglect, such as withholding food, with the goal of the abusive treatment being to prepare the child for the cruelty of their future lives. A fine crafted whip of spider silk. [234], Drow were not just avid inventors of magic items,[230] but also the main crafters of magic items in the Underdark. 7. In many ways, the drow resembled other elves[22] or eladrin. Alignment [203], There were two major faiths among the drow:[73]. 60. Then Id draw maps of each of those locations at a 5 scale, so youd have this map of a whole region and, wherever you wanted to take your players in that region, youve got a map of it ready to go. 63. At some point, I want to make a map of a small Underdark sea. Appearance[6][10] Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Dungeon & Dragons Dungeon Module D3 Vault of the Drow at the best online prices at eBay! [72], Besides the obvious utility of cancelling light sources, the drow ability to creaste darkness was an integral part of their combat strategy, as it could be used to limit sight or otherwise hamper their enemies. [199][200], Similarly to the Aevendrow, the greenshadow elves, or Lorendrow, were a practically unheard of group of drow that rejected Lolth's teachings. The outcome was either a painful death or expulsionusually the former. [9] Similarly, drow had a higher than normal tolerance for poison due to exposure over the course of countless generations. Located near Baldur's Gate on the continent of Faern, Elturel isn't a particularly unique city. However, contracts with "lesser races" were not seen as actually binding, and were readily broken as soon as they stopped being beneficial to the drow party. [112], The valves were big, hollow stone spheres with two opposed holes, closely fitted into a basin, which had both inlet and outlet channels. Move the map by draging it with your mouse or using your keyboard arrows. Keep going, there is still plenty more to see!!! [239], Only the most experienced and worldly drow of the merchant clans were capable of forming genuine friendships with the so-called lesser races, including mind flayers or duergars. I have been sooooo tempted to throw my players into the Underdark, force them to have to work with Nezznar in LMoP. [92]:During wartime, the patrols doubled their numbers of poisoned darts, and every warrior was equipped with up to three potions of healing in steel vials that didn't rust. Milby's Maps, The Deep Spire: The Grotto Also, the next big project: The Black Loch Milby's Maps, The Black Loch: A Map Full of Maps Milby's Maps, Ptarmigan Bluff: A Mining Village on a Cliffside. A stray small spider follows the party around as they travel throughout the city. [74], All warriors in a patrol usually equipped with short swords, daggers, up to three javelins (with an atlatl to extend their reach), a hand crossbow with ten poisoned darts, and a buckler for protection. 89. 5th Edition Statistics[1] A spider silk couture shop run by a blind arachtsala drider. Female 77. Many drow signed up into the military because the risk of a violent death there was lower than as an unemployed or homeless individual. Chaotic evil This is a main quest in Baldur's Gate II Chapter 5 of Shadows of Amn Enter Ust Natha. [93], Underground warfare heavily involved the use of the natural environment as a weapon through the creation of tunnels to flank enemies, cause cave-ins, change the flow of magma, and so on. [28], As one might expect, this atmosphere of utter condescension meant that most drow generally felt entitled to do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted to do it. An exclusive restaurant boasts unique cuisine. [145], In typical drow society, where the the concept of inherent value of life did not exist, slavery was an important practice. Drow City streets. This tower is the center of arcane power in Drow City. Every fifth option in the list is more consequential than the rest, so roll a d20 and multiply by 5 if you want to ensure a truly unique encounter for your party. [89], This was the reason why drow society was in a perpetual state of very small-scale battle of underhandedness, instead of a series of bloody frontal battles. Drow City streets. 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