Monster Mash #6: The Drow

Episode 116 Streamed Live Tuesday, December 6, 2022 Our condolences to Kevin Siembeida https://www.palladiumbooks.com/ Our Recent Gaming: OSE- The Black River Valley Campaign now on hiatus Randyplayed Rifts on Legion of Myth this past Friday Dec 2, 2022 Big Geek Emporium gets a server upgrade, site upgrades coming soon! Main Topic: Monster Mash #6-The Drow Mythological etymology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_elf Their first appearance in DnD books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drow Description: cruel, wicked, depraved, dreaded, EVIL blackskinned elves w/white hair OD&D/Basic/Rules Cyclopedia: no mention 1e: The origin of the drow for DnD Magical equipment: Adamantite alloy- cloaks, boots, weapons (KO poison coating/-4 saving throw), armor of highly magical quality. MR= 50% +2%/LEVEL weakness to light. GDQ series of modules they encounter Lolth and the city of Erelhei-Cinlu. Mentions Drow war partys of certain compositions will have female leaders and males could be level 4 clerics. 2e: Monstrous Compendium II and Monstrous Manual - noble houses and merchant families, worship of Lolth, priestesses high place in society, Drider and Dreagoloth. Forgotten realms: Drizz’t and Menzoberranzan get the spotlight 3.x: Explicitly states society is Matriarchical 4e:MM-worship the Spider Queen, once creatures of the Feywild ,but followed Lolth down a dark path/ Surface raiders/live in a matriarchical theocracy, Males cannot serve as priests. 5e:MM - a mix of 1e/2e and 3e but more generic. Lolth still their spider queen and females rule/males drool. Ecology & influence: They work well as behind the scenes as puppet masters They are great villains for mid to high level and as boogey-men for low level. Used to show a decadent society and how such a depraved society works. “Controversy”: see RECEPTION https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drow#Conception_and_creation Chat Spotlight: How do you handle inertia at your gaming table? Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please like, subscribe, and share us where you are listening or viewing the show, also: Our Links: Big Geek Emporium: https://biggeekemporium.com/ PayPal: https://paypal.me/biggusgeekus Streamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/biggusgeekus1/tip Anchor: https://www.anchor.fm/biggusgeekus Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/biggusgeekus Website: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com Email: [email protected] Streaming Medial Mentioned: Movies Plus https://www.mymoviesplus.com/