Compilation of Drow-themed Sourcebooks


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Or ones where dark elves are a major focus.

Unsurprisingly, there's a huge amount of third-party sourcebooks out there for 3.X/PF, although with 5th Edition's SRD out we stand a chance of seeing more of that, too.

Even then, counting the D20 ones alone I found a massive amount, prompting me to create a list. It's possible that I missed some out there, but decided to put it here in case anyone else has suggestions or comments.

Pathfinder Ones:

Amazing Races: Drow!

Drow Hide: Dark Elves Reskinned (PFRPG)

Drow of Porphyra - Karza, Children of the Loomqueen

Drow of Porphyra - Nalbrezu, Devils in Disguise

Drow of Porphyra - The Xelusine, Sirens of Sin

Elves of Darkness

Inhabitants of the Dark: Savage Drow (PFRPG)

Masters of Midnight - Drow Archetypes

Return of the Drow: Alternate Racial Traits and Race Traits

Return of the Drow: Advanced Racial Handbook

Rise of the Drow

Rise of the Drow Prologue: The Darkness Arrives

Rise of the Drow Epilogue: The Commander of Malice

Rise of the Drow Player's Guide

Second Darkness Adventure Path

Throne of Night Book One: Dark Frontier

Throne of Night Book Two: The Earth's Wound

Underworld Classes: Masters of the Web

Underworld Races: Drow

3.X/D20 Ones:

Advanced Race Codex: Drow/Plot & Poison

Blood & Shadows: the Dark Elves of Tellene

City of the Spider Queen

Complete Guide to Drow

The Dark Elf City of Hosuth

Dezzavold: Fortress of the Drow

Dragon Magazine #298

Drow of the Underdark

The Drow War Book 1: Gathering Storm

The Drow War Book 2: The Dying of the Light

The Drow War Book 3: The Darkest Hour

Dungeon Crawl Classics #8: Mysteries of the Drow

Encyclopedia Arcane: Drow Magic

Expedition to the Demonweb Pits

Fane of the Drow

Monte Cook's Ptolus: Queen of Lies

The Quintessential Drow

Sheoloth: City of the Drow

Tome of Drow Lore

Sovereign Court

Among those listed, would you recommend any in say... a top 10 fashion?


I really loved Plot & Poison.


We actually have a book that's about 50% drow and drow related stuff: Races of Darkness


@Lorathorn: Plot & Poison is by far the one with the highest quality and most interesting options, such as Prestige Classes themed around the eight schools of magic, new equipment which is actually portable living vermin, a line of battle-dancing themed feats and a prestige class, etc.

Rise of the Drow's a very cool-looking setting and adventure path from what I've read of it so far. It also includes some bonus notes on Underdark ecology, like special types of mushrooms and potential game effects for harvesters.

Drow of the Underdark (3rd Edition) was pretty good, and had a sample city-setting with Erelhei-Cinlu. Also included stats for various drow enemies and slave-soldiers.

Beyond this it's hard to say. Throne of Night had potential, but the whole project's in indefinite hiatus. Dragon Magazine #298 was a very popular copy. Queen of Lies is a Ptolus adventure, but although I don't own it I have nothing but praise for the main Ptolus books. The Complete Guide to Drow is a short book and had some cool ideas (like an Adamantine Soldier PrC who grafts adamantine limbs for power and a blood-powered druid), but I'd much prefer Plot & Poison as an idea factory.

@LittleRedGoblinGames: I'd add it to the OP, but I can't seem to find an edit button. Do the Paizo boards disallow editing of posts after a certain time frame?


Drow of Porphyra will have seven volumes in total. More will come out as I recieve them from Patricia.

Liberty's Edge

The upcoming Advanced Races Compendium hard cover from Kobld Press has a very nice, beefy chapter on Drow!

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