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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rowport" data-source="post: 3597449" data-attributes="member: 9729">Swimming against the StreamI am going to go against the general tone of this thread and say that Drow of the Underdark was *excellent*.  Honestly, when I first bought it I was worried that an all-drow book could not carry enough variety of material, but was pleased to be wrong.  The authors did a great job of going beyond pure drow information, and into lots of supporting material that would be very useful in drow encounters (or quite possibly, an Underdark-focused campaign).  Most notably, the book includes all the many slave races of the drow, along with representative stats for the most-commonly encountered, and their battle tactics and role in drow society.  (The only significant races missing here were Illithids and Grimlock, which I expect is because both were already detailed in other WOTC books.)  There are also *lots* of stats for key drow in the fully-detailed drow city also included.  I will agree that many of the feats are underpowered, or at least uneven in their situational usefulness, but even then most are flavorful and just "cool" for drow characters.  I especially liked that throughout the book sidebars show how Eberron or Forgotten Realm drow might be slightly different.  I am not sure that I would recommend the book to a player, since its utility for PCs is fairly limited.  But, as a GM book, I think it is great.  As a caveat, there is no doubt in my mind that it is intended to include enough detail to be a prep time-saver in a similar way to the new Expedition series encounter format; if you do not like the way that includes character stats the book might be too 'crunchy' for you.  It was perfect for me, however.</blockquote>

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