D&D General Drow/Lolth-Themed Adventure Path?

[CleverNickName]

Can anyone recommend a good Lolth or Drow-themed adventure path? I'm looking for a series of fun adventures that feature spiders, Lolth, dark elves, The Underdark, and all that creepy goodness. I'm especially interested in something that will keep my players occupied for about a year, and gain at least a half-dozen levels in the process.

A cursory search on Google had a few results that look interesting, but I'd like feedback from real people who have really played them.

• It doesn't have to be for Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk (I'm going to adapt it to my own campaign setting)
• It doesn't have to be for 5th Edition D&D either (I'm open to any editions, and I know how to convert/adjust if needed)
• It can be for any level of characters (we will roll up new characters for it)
• It doesn't need to be a licensed Wizards of the Coast product (I don't have a problem with 3PP stuff too)
• It doesn't need to be in hardcopy (PDFs are okay, I own a printer)

Post any and all recommendations below.

 

[Zardnaar]

City of the Spider Queen. Its not great 3/5 sort of thing.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/25111/city-of-the-spider-queen-3-5

Not hard to improve it. Ive used it in 5E for mining locations. Basically an undead themed dungeon hack.

Theres Out of the Abyss. Its not Drow themed but theyre prominent and its a worse adventure than CotSQ. Not recommended if youre new.

Theres a few in Dungeon magazine theyre not readily available though.

 

[Stormonu]

The ones I'm aware of are:

Q1 - Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1E) (and the GDQ series that could be used overall)
City of the Spider Queen (FR, 3E)
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits (3E)

I've run Q1, and I'd say it's pretty bad and unfocused, but it can be fun if you're willing to expand the alt planes and the PCs are willing to check them out. I only played in a small portion of City of the Spider Queen, but did like the underdark travel - but I think that was more because of a good DM than the adventure itself. I have not tried Expedition as I've heard it's too complex, needing a flow chart to keep it all straight.

 

[payn]

Paizo’s Second Darkness AP?

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

The Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Undermountain) has a series of drow locations and encounters as a throughline that connects several of the levels. There is even a big spider-shaped fortress.

 

[delericho]

Rise of the Drow?

I should stress that I haven't run it, or even read it, so am not in a position to give it any sort of endorsement. But it was recommended to me, and it at least sounds like it fits your requirements.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Your other option is to create an adventure path by cobbling together a bunch of drow-themed material into a longer series. Some of the things not yet said here and which come from the 4E era include:

Menzoberranzan - City of Intrigue setting book that gives you a drow city location to run out of.

Then a trio of 4E Encounters seasons that all dealt with drow and the Underdark:
Season 9: Web of the Spider Queen
Season 10: Council of Spiders
Season 11: War Of Everlasting Darkness

Then in addition to Encounters, there was a drow city and full adventure that was a part of the 30-level 4E adventure path but was really its own thing, Demon Queen's Enclave.

 

[TerraDave]

Umm...

 

[Voadam]

Rise of the Drow 3rd party 5e Drow 500+ page adventure path for levels 1-16.

Originally a series of 3.5 modules, then a collected and expanded Pathfinder mega AP, then the 5e conversion of that.

I should mention I own this but have not run it.

 

[Voadam]

City of the Spider Queen in 3e had the 3e drow mechanical problem of them being NPCs down a CR due to the spell resistance, so they were less tough on attacks and HD and their casters were less powerful for their challenge rating, converting should handle that fine. Plus there was the 3e drain and touch attacks thing with a lot of incorporeal undead. Again converting might mechanically help those issues.