- Gebundene Ausgabe: 224 Seiten
- Verlag: Wizards of the Coast (8. Mai 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0786941510
- ISBN-13: 978-0786941513
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 27,8 x 21,8 x 1,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
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At last, dark elves get their due! Drow of the Underdark is a Dungeons & Dragons supplement that provides the definitive treatise on the drow, arguably the D&D game's most evocative evil race. Everything you want to know about drow and their subterranean homeland - as well as some things you didn't want to know - can be found in this tome.
This supplement is intended for players who want to play drow characters and Dungeon Masters who want to run D&D adventures and campaigns featuring drow.
This supplement is intended for players who want to play drow characters and Dungeon Masters who want to run D&D adventures and campaigns featuring drow.
Über den Autor
Ari Marmell has contributed to over 40 RPG products, including Complete Mage(TM), Tome of Magic(TM), and Faiths of Eberron(TM).
Anthony Pryor has been writing professionally in the gaming industry since 1985, working for numerous companies and game lines as a writer, editor, and developer.
Robert J. Schwalb is a staff designer and developer for Green Ronin Publishing. His design credits for Wizards include the Players Handbook(R) II, Tome of Magic(TM), and Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells(TM).
Greg A. Vaughan has primarily written for Dungeon(TM) magazine and Necromancer Games. This is his second project with Wizards of the Coast.
Anthony Pryor has been writing professionally in the gaming industry since 1985, working for numerous companies and game lines as a writer, editor, and developer.
Robert J. Schwalb is a staff designer and developer for Green Ronin Publishing. His design credits for Wizards include the Players Handbook(R) II, Tome of Magic(TM), and Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells(TM).
Greg A. Vaughan has primarily written for Dungeon(TM) magazine and Necromancer Games. This is his second project with Wizards of the Coast.
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Wer als Spieler einen Drow-Charakter spielen will oder als Spielleiter Abenteuer oder Kampagnen mit den Drow leiten will, der muss einfach dieses Buch haben.
Im ersten Kapitel werden erstmal die Drow an sich beschrieben (Gesellschaft, Taktiken, Politik, Lebensweisen, Religion usw.). Kapitel 2 beschert dann schließlich massenhaft Feats und noch eine handvoll Spells. Es folgen kleinere Kapitel mit Prestigeklassen (die den Drow vorbehalten bleiben), Drow Equipment, Monstern, Beispiel-NPCs und Abenteuer. Das siebte Kapitel, die Beschreibung der Drow-Stadt Erelhei-Cinlu, hätte durchaus umfangreicher ausfallen können.
Nett sind auch diverse Tabellen, auf denen man zufällige Drow-Namen auswürfeln kann oder wie man bestimmt, welchen Platz ein Drow in der Gesellschaft hat.
Was meiner Meinung nach fehlt sind Kurzbeschreibungen anderer Drow-Städte, ansonsten aber hat sich der Kauf auf jeden Fall gelohnt.
Im ersten Kapitel werden erstmal die Drow an sich beschrieben (Gesellschaft, Taktiken, Politik, Lebensweisen, Religion usw.). Kapitel 2 beschert dann schließlich massenhaft Feats und noch eine handvoll Spells. Es folgen kleinere Kapitel mit Prestigeklassen (die den Drow vorbehalten bleiben), Drow Equipment, Monstern, Beispiel-NPCs und Abenteuer. Das siebte Kapitel, die Beschreibung der Drow-Stadt Erelhei-Cinlu, hätte durchaus umfangreicher ausfallen können.
Nett sind auch diverse Tabellen, auf denen man zufällige Drow-Namen auswürfeln kann oder wie man bestimmt, welchen Platz ein Drow in der Gesellschaft hat.
Was meiner Meinung nach fehlt sind Kurzbeschreibungen anderer Drow-Städte, ansonsten aber hat sich der Kauf auf jeden Fall gelohnt.
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Mostly rehashed stuff, little originality
18. Mai 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Drow of the Underdark had lots of potential. Sadly, it fails to live up to that potential. The book follows the now-standard book format, with an intro, options for Drow characters, new prestige classes, new magic, monsters, etc. Nothing too out of the ordinary here.
The feats include a fair amount of drow-specific feats. Some of these are pretty nice - Knight of Lolth gives a drow advantages while fighting from the back of a giant spider, for instance. The weapon style feats include the typical range of schools (one for each noble house in the Vault). A few more vile feats, and other goodies round the list out. Skills also are expanded to address some drow-specific traits (like the drow sign language).
Prestige classes include some interesting options, and the monsters include creatures both familiar and new. New magical goodies give the drow a lot of fascinating options.
However, the book fails to really live up to expectations. With 200+ pages devoted to a single race, the book contains a lot of filler. There are lots of pages giving GMs ideas of how to handle or run drow. While there are some interesting tidbits here, but a gamer has to do some delving.
The prestige classes include several that are drow-specific that shouldn't be. If the Arachnomancer isn't drow-specific, why should a Demonbinder or Insidious Corrupter be?
The monster section is a disappointment. Aside from using the new monster format, complete with sample encounters, many of the monsters are either reprints, or worse yet, simply adding class levels to drow or other humanoids. I would much rather see more fascinating monsters than a "Goblin Flesh-Herder" (goblin Cleric 3).
Sadly missing is any discussion of the other deities of the drow (outside of Lolth). Eilistraee, Vhaerun, and Kiaransalee should have been included somewhere, even if they were originally deities in the Forgotten Realms. The prospects of secret clerical politics and cults could have added a lot.
Also missing is much about some of the underground flora and fauna. How about alternative familiars for drow mages (pet Spider: +3 climb)? Properties of some of the weird fungi? Drow are attracted to magical enamations underground - it would have been nice to explore some of the other effects of such places.
If you want to run a drow campaign, this can be useful. The 2nd edition Drow of the Underdark contains a lot of useful material too - probably more meaty material in a small book. But this book devoted 200+ pages to a single race - compare that to the coverage the remaining elven races received in Races of the Wild. This book should have been condensed as a large chapter in a Races of the Underdark book.
The feats include a fair amount of drow-specific feats. Some of these are pretty nice - Knight of Lolth gives a drow advantages while fighting from the back of a giant spider, for instance. The weapon style feats include the typical range of schools (one for each noble house in the Vault). A few more vile feats, and other goodies round the list out. Skills also are expanded to address some drow-specific traits (like the drow sign language).
Prestige classes include some interesting options, and the monsters include creatures both familiar and new. New magical goodies give the drow a lot of fascinating options.
However, the book fails to really live up to expectations. With 200+ pages devoted to a single race, the book contains a lot of filler. There are lots of pages giving GMs ideas of how to handle or run drow. While there are some interesting tidbits here, but a gamer has to do some delving.
The prestige classes include several that are drow-specific that shouldn't be. If the Arachnomancer isn't drow-specific, why should a Demonbinder or Insidious Corrupter be?
The monster section is a disappointment. Aside from using the new monster format, complete with sample encounters, many of the monsters are either reprints, or worse yet, simply adding class levels to drow or other humanoids. I would much rather see more fascinating monsters than a "Goblin Flesh-Herder" (goblin Cleric 3).
Sadly missing is any discussion of the other deities of the drow (outside of Lolth). Eilistraee, Vhaerun, and Kiaransalee should have been included somewhere, even if they were originally deities in the Forgotten Realms. The prospects of secret clerical politics and cults could have added a lot.
Also missing is much about some of the underground flora and fauna. How about alternative familiars for drow mages (pet Spider: +3 climb)? Properties of some of the weird fungi? Drow are attracted to magical enamations underground - it would have been nice to explore some of the other effects of such places.
If you want to run a drow campaign, this can be useful. The 2nd edition Drow of the Underdark contains a lot of useful material too - probably more meaty material in a small book. But this book devoted 200+ pages to a single race - compare that to the coverage the remaining elven races received in Races of the Wild. This book should have been condensed as a large chapter in a Races of the Underdark book.
12 von 13 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Some of WotC's best fiction with little in the way of rules expansion...
28. Oktober 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
...which is actually exactly how it should be. For hard-core role-players, it's really more about the story, and this book does add some really poignant perspectives and insightful ideas about Drow society and methods of using them within a campaign. Unfortunately, there is a tendency in RPG's (and D&D is the prime example of this) to feel obligated to include new character mechanics, new equipment, and new rules in every supplement. Ultimately, all this does is weigh down an RPG whose core books might be well-balanced and graceful, but with the addition of each supplement becomes unbalanced and clunky. Most of the new classes and feats offered in this book are frankly not worth reading, let alone including in a campaign. Sadly, this content takes up space which could have been used to expand upon the truly solid foundation of story content and flavor that the book does deliver.
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Fleshing out the coolest badguys ever
8. Juli 2008
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Drow are certainly the coolest villains in the DND universe, and this book adds more detail and features to flesh them out. New feats, skills, spells, equipment, and lots about their culture. Perfect for running an Underdark campaign, but still useful if you just throw drow in every once in awhile as enemies in your normal campaign.
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