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INTRODUCTION
Introduction
There are monsters in the deep, whose flesh is
perfect obsidian and whose eyes shine like
midnight stars, yearning to hunt again beneath
the open sky. They are the drow, and it is their doom
to never again feel the light and heat of the sun, until
such time as the elven gods are thrown down and all
their favoured children slain.
The cities of the drow spread like a cancer throughout
the veins of the world, glittering jewels of decadence,
soaked in blood and steeped in corruption. Ruled by
great, matriarchal families and the will of the Dark
Mother of Spiders’ clergy, these cities are cosmopolitan
nightmares, home to the worst depravities imaginable
and swarming with untold legions of drow.
While all drow have earned a reputation for cruelty and
deadly cunning, none deserve it more than those who
command the primal, arcane forces. This book, the
Encyclopaedia Arcane: Drow Magic shows why.
In this, the latest in Mongoose Publishing’s line of books
designed to broaden the horizons of wizardry in fantasy
gaming, you will find a host of new options specifically
designed with the sinister needs of the drow in mind.
You will find page after page of new spells; spells which
create living webs, spells which infect enemies of the
drow with deadly soul poisons or virulent diseases and
spells which summon up gibbering mounds of shadow
to bite and tear at flesh and spirit.
You will also be introduced to the drow dark weaver, a
contemporary of the wizard and sorcerer whose powers
stem from both his arcane studies and his devotion. The
dark weaver is the spider in the shadows, the avenger in
darkness, the protector and shepherd of the drow and
he is the master of those most powerful and feared of
all drow enchantments, the black ceremonies.
Given here are all the rules needed to bring ceremony
magic, a whole new form of magic, to your fantasy
campaigns. Magical ceremonies are those enchantments
which require the participation of dozens or hundreds
of ritualists, which are powered by the ritual sacrifice
of living beings or heaping mounds of treasure and
which have the capacity to bring about catastrophic
changes throughout the campaign world. Thanks to
the power of ceremonial magic, and more specifically
black ceremonies, drow, in fantasy gaming will never
be seen the same way again.
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Encyclopaedia
Arcane
Encyclopaedia Arcane – Drow Magic: Sorcery of
Endless Night is the latest in Mongoose Publishing’s
long Encyclopaedia Arcane line, presenting a new
insight into the magic of one of fantasy gaming’s
staple races, the dark elves, known as the drow.
Designed to be slotted seamlessly into any fantasybased
d20 system, these sourcebooks enhance and
expand all arcane spellcasting classes, adding a whole
new dimension to a campaigns. Each Encyclopaedia
Arcane is not just intended for the Games Master to
enhance his campaign, however. Players themselves
will find full details on the use of new magic systems
with new or existing characters, greatly increasing the
wealth of options they are presented with in the Core
Rulebooks.