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

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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!

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.

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!

After reading R. A. Salvatore's books, I expected more. I wanted to know everything about the drow and what happened to Mezonberranzan after Sige of Darkness. I did not find it in this book. It is really good, but could be better. There could be better descriptions about some importants citie sin the Underdark. They tell so little about Mezonberranzan and ohter drow city... But it is ok. But only buy it if you want to play in all the Underdark. Do not expect specific descriptions about your prefered race or city.

When I picked up this book, I said to myself, "Bah, this will be garbage", but it being about Drizzt, I had to take a look. I was extremely surprised to find it wasn't all that bad.

I will say though (as I've said before) nobody should do Drizzt except for Salvatore

if you have missed out on (now out of print) Story lines on the underdark this book not only cataches you up but gives you a lot more detail