title: The Drow of the Underdark: Forgotten Realms Accessory, 2nd Edition (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
author:  Ed Greenwood 
description: They are the favorite foes of many a party of adventurers. In these pages, the drow come to life, their culture and powers detailed fully for the first time. This guide presents new rules galore: new spells, new magical items, insight into the mysteries of Lolth, Monstrous Compendium entries for related monsters of the Underdark - and much, much more.
zlib_text: To Judi—sister, friend, and one-woman party.
  PRELUDE
  PRELUDE
  There is a world where elves dance beneath the stars, where the footsteps of humanfolk trace restless
  paths in ever-widening circles. There is adventure to be had in this land, and magic enough to lure
  seekers and dreamers with a thousand secrets. Here there are wonders enough and more to fill a
  dragon's lifetime, and most who live in this world are content with the challenges life brings.
  A few, however, remember the night-told stories that terrified and delighted them as children, and they
  seek out the whispered tales and grim warnings so they may disregard them. Intrepid or foolish, these
  hearty souls venture into forbidden places deep beneath the lands of their birth. Those who survive tell of
  another, even more wondrous, land, a dark and alien world woven from the fabric of dreams—and of
  nightmares. This is the Underdark.
  In gem-studded caves and winding tunnels, turbulent waterways and vast caverns, the creatures of the