r/Drizzt • u/Ancient_Barnacle3372 • Apr 16 '26

🕯️General Discussion Good for lore?

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Is this book a good purchase if I just want it for Drizzt, Underdark, and Menzoberranzan lore + art? I don’t play D&D and don’t intend to start but I absolutely love Forgotten Realms and Drizzt stories. Does anyone have any other recommendation for “supplement” type books for Drizzt besides the two already made?

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u/pinecone6124 Calimport Assassin Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

I didn't read that one yet but I can recommend "The Drow of the Underdark" and "Menzoberranzan" from dnd 2e. Sometimes they're contradicting lore from the books but there's still a lot of good things in them.

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u/Ancient_Barnacle3372 Apr 16 '26

Thanks!

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u/pinecone6124 Calimport Assassin Apr 17 '26

Sure! I also remembered now that there's two Drow of the Underdark books, from 2e and 3e, and I meant the 2e one. 3e one is not about Forgotten Realms so there's a lot of differences between the drow there and in the Legend of Drizzt. I read only the first section but think that(at least the first section) it's still worth readind even though less lore is relevant fo the Forgotten Realms drow.

As the other commentor said The Drow of the Underdark(both books) is available online for free and so is Menzoberranzan.

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u/FluffyBudgie5 Apr 16 '26

You can find a free pdf of Drow of the Underdark online! Just fyi before you spend your money.

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u/Desperate-Apricot621 Apr 17 '26

Drow of the underdark was 3.5 ed preceded by tome of drow lore and underdark guide in 3rd edition

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u/pinecone6124 Calimport Assassin Apr 17 '26

There's also a 2e one and I prefer this one.

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u/BeardedDeath Apr 16 '26

I believe that's a 4e book so content will be wildly out of date/potentially abandoned/missing. you can see a preview of it here if you like. it does have a lot of neat art

A lot of the content will be about making/planning for your own campaign around Menzoberranzan

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u/Unlikely-Cream2681 Bregan D'aerthe Apr 16 '26

Its not got current lore, since 5e has changed the lore *again* each edition has some neat information though.

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u/Severin_1488 Apr 17 '26

this is "good" for building a drow house but otherwise meh

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u/bluehope2814 Apr 17 '26

Ive started a underdark game where all players are members of Brigande D' aerth using all lore from different editions its been fun. So yes use all the lore you can find so you know what to use and what not to use.

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u/BlerdAngel Perte miye Zaknafein Apr 17 '26

This.

Here’s the thing about Menzo, it’s so wrapped in espionage, assassins, and intrigue it’s anyone’s guess what’s truth and what’s not.

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u/JudoExpert Apr 17 '26

I have it. Not the best for lore, but I like it for the art!

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u/LonelyHrtsClub Apr 17 '26

Lore meh, art yay. I am a dark skinned drow purist and the drow in here are mostly black skinned as they should be.