The Tome Of Drow Lore.pdf - RoseRed
The Tome Of Drow Lore.pdf - RoseRed The Tome Of Drow Lore.pdf - RoseRed
2 Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 4 Chapter 2: History of the Drow 6 Chapter 3: Overview of the Drow 14 Chapter 4: The Noble Houses 50 Chapter 5: The Lost Tribes 100 Chapter 6: The Drow in the Campaign 135 Chapter 7: Drow Magic and Equipment 186 Chapter 8: Creatures of the Underdeep 217 Chapter 9: Encounters in the Underdeep 237 Appendix: Character Sheet 250 Index 254 License 256
Drem na’Koth leaned on his cleft shield, gasping for breath in the close stillness of the cave. His jet-black skin gleamed with sweat and his white hair was matted to his scalp like a web spun by a thousand insane spiders as he dragged stale air into his tortured lungs. All about him, wide-eyed and frightened, beaten and bloodied, drow from a dozen different clans clutched each other in terror, trembling at the slightest sound. Drem knew the drow were beaten, there was no denying that, no way to reassure himself with thoughts and plans for another push, another counterattack. It was done. The elves of the surface had learned more of war during their own struggles against the goblins than the drow had given credit for, that much was clear. They had certainly provided the drow with ample evidence of their martial prowess during the many years of war between the cousins, the many years that had now apparently ended with the drow broken and splintered in the unknown depths of the world. Knowledge had been the key to the defeat of the drow, Drem knew. Lack of knowledge of the surface cousins’ lore of battle, coupled with the drow’s eagreness to share the knowledge they themselves had gained fighting the goblins had conspired together to leave the drow ill-prepared when the other elves struck, when they betrayed the drow. Ignorance of the Underdeep too had been responsible. When the drow first retreated here, Drem had favoured the decision, believing the surface elves could not hope to fight them in the caves and caverns the dark elves had inhabited so many years as they held the ground against the unending goblin hordes. He had been proven wrong and it gave him no satisfaction that the presumed wiser heads of his race had been equally mistaken. None of them were prepared for what lurked in the depths, the abomination of scaled skin and sharp teeth that laid low the mightiest of the drow with a glance and a thought. Caught between this new terror and the relentless assault of the betrayers from above, the drow had been doomed, shattered and sundered into groups like the one sprawled on the floor of the cave all around him. Drem nodded grimly to himself with the clarity of hard-won wisdom. It was knowledge that had brought the proud drow low, whether it be willingness to freely share knowledge with the betrayers, or lack of knowledge, ignorance of what the surface elves already knew and ignorance of what terrible things laid in wait in the depths of the Underdeep. The drow could survive here in the Underdeep, Drem was sure of it, but not without knowledge. Knowledge was a weapon mightier than any made of steel, stouter than the thickest wall. Knowledge was the one blade, hidden from the eye though it may be, that none could withstand. Knowledge was the weapon the drow must have. First, he would start with the one thing he did know. He cast away his cleft and useless shield, forcing himself to stand up straight. ‘Come,’ he ordered the other drow. ‘If we remain, we will be found.’ 3
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Contents<br />
Chapter 1: Introduction 4<br />
Chapter 2: History of the <strong>Drow</strong> 6<br />
Chapter 3: Overview of the <strong>Drow</strong> 14<br />
Chapter 4: <strong>The</strong> Noble Houses 50<br />
Chapter 5: <strong>The</strong> Lost Tribes 100<br />
Chapter 6: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Drow</strong> in the Campaign 135<br />
Chapter 7: <strong>Drow</strong> Magic and Equipment 186<br />
Chapter 8: Creatures of the Underdeep 217<br />
Chapter 9: Encounters in the Underdeep 237<br />
Appendix: Character Sheet 250<br />
Index 254<br />
License 256
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