Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark (AD&D/Forgotten Realms) [Paperback]

TSR Inc (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1999

The place has many names: the Underdark, Deepearth, the Realms Below, the Night Below, the Lightless Lands. The vast world beneath the surface is home to fabled races such as beholders, cloakers, drow, illithids, and ixzan. Menzoberranzan, the dreaded City of Spiders, is only one of the hidden cities of the Underdark.

This 128-page book, compiled by the Underdark's most famous son, Drizzt Do'Urden, lays bare the bizarre societies that lurk in the Realms Below. It includes an overview of the major races of the Underdark, an Underdark survival guide, and details and maps of more than a dozen cities. Discover a drow city constructed entirely of calcified spider silk, a nigh-immortal dwarven king trapped in stone form, and a storehouse of knowledge that rivals Candlekeep. Learn the particulars of the alliance of the true master of Firedrake Bay, and an explanation of the enduring strength of the beholder cults along the Lake of Steam.

With Drizzt Do'Urden as your guide, a whole new world opens up beneath your feet.

Suitable for all levels of play.

Product Details

• Paperback: 127 pages
• Publisher: TSR (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786915099
• ISBN-13: 978-0786915095
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, November 22, 1999

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Tom (Roswell, Gabon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark (AD&D/Forgotten Realms) (Paperback)

I just got this book today (2 days earlier than expected) and I sat down and began reading. I'm about done now and just wanted to tell everyone how great the book is. There are parts about every race I have heard of in the Underdark. After it describes the races it tells about the cites they live in, this part is excellant! There are rummors and very interesting facts about all races (I found the Illithads most interesting). On top of all of that there is an eights fold map that makes everything fall together. It is a map of The Realms and on it are many of the many cities of the surface andf the Underdark, it shows where all cities are in relationship to one another. i would have bought the book just for this map. I know it will torment my PCs over and over again. I recomend this book to anyone who likes D&D or even just needs a book to read. The only problem I found was that they (Wizards of the Coast) attached a survey in the book and you had to rip it out to fill it out. It was a post card sized piece of card board. WOTC people, please don't put these in books anymore unless they come out more easily!

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good read but lacking excitement, May 30, 2000

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Andrew Limsk (Kuala Lumpur, MY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark (AD&D/Forgotten Realms) (Paperback)

This book is basically an expansion on the underground realms for TSR's Forgotten Realms AD&D campaign setting. As a veteran gamer who probably has more supplements than should be healthy, I found this book to be readable and a good addition for any GM who plans to take his players into the Underdark.

While the essays, descriptions and artwork are perfectly functional, the style is a little dry and lacking in excitement. It would probably have read better if the author had adopted a first-person perspective - after all, the title is 'Drizzt's Guide to the Underdark' - and doesn't quite match up to R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf Trilogy.

I really, really wanted to like this book (being a Drizzt fan) but feel a little dissapointed. The best gaming supplements are those that are written with such enthusiasm and passion that make gamers all want to explore the new locations at once. Sadly this book doesn't do that, although it is still a good read. Just not great.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two thumbs up for this book!, November 22, 1999

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Davy Van de Maele - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark (AD&D/Forgotten Realms) (Paperback)

As a big fan of Eric L. Boyd I immediatly ordered this book. And I must say, I was pleasantly suprised about it. This book really is the best guide to the Underdark (even better than previous works on the Realms Below in my humble opinion). If you are playing in the Forgotten Realms, you have no reason what so ever to miss this book!