D&D MONSTER RANKINGS - DROW

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Drow are arguably the best-designed monstrous race in D&D. They combine so many striking elements-dark elven culture, beautiful and terrifying aesthetics, religious and political themes, intrigues and noble houses, magical abilities, and the Underdark setting. Plus they have some of the deepest and most developed lore of any creature in the game. This means that the amount of stories and conflicts that drow can drive is virtually unparalleled, and they can easily serve as the villains for entire campaigns.
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0:00 Drow of D&D
3:59 Animated Drow Statue (5e)
4:52 Drow Exalted Consort (4e)
6:35 Drow Zealot (4e)
7:44 Draegloth (5e)
9:48 Draegloth Abomination (4e)
10:58 Drow Warrior (3e)
13:37 Drow Shadowblade (4e)
15:00 Drider (5e)
16:28 Drow Warrior (4e)
17:16 Drow Archmage (4e)
19:15 Drow Gloaming Magus / Scrolls of the Bard
20:49 Drow Blademaster (4e)
21:30 Drow Priest (4e)
22:34 Dark Sniper (3e)
24:35 Drow (5e)
26:25 Drow Elite Warrior (5e)
27:12 Lolth’s Sting (3e)
28:37 Arcane Guard (3e)
30:12 Drow Arachnomancer (4e)
31:30 Drow Mage (5e)
32:57 Drow Commander (5e)
33:52 Drow Shadowblade (5e)
35:07 Drow House Captain (5e)
36:19 Drow Priestess (3e)
37:33 Drow Lady of Spiders (4e)
39:24 Drow Inquisitor (5e)
41:41 Drow Favored Consort (5e)
43:31 Drow Arachnomancer (5e)
44:24 Drow Priestess of Lolth (5e)
45:20 Eclavdra (4e)
46:57 Drow Matron Mother (5e)
50:30 Final Ranking

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@poilboiler 6 месяцев назад

When I first learned about them I assumed that driders were favored drow who got blessed and turned into half spiders by their drow spider goddess. 🎵 Itsy bitsy Drider 🎵

@AtlasGaming-1993 6 месяцев назад

You would think

@poilboiler 6 месяцев назад

@@AtlasGaming-1993 It makes perfect sense to me. If you get the approval of the spider goddess she turns you into a spiderdrow as a reward, because she loves spiders.

@Aaron_Hayman 6 месяцев назад

@poilboiler I always saw it as a punishment because you lacked the strength innately to overcome your obstacles, so the power boost is meant as an insult. You failed her, so you're going to be turned into a monster for someone else to slay to prove their worth. And if you kill them then they were weak anyway so good riddance. Lolth is insane. You want to rely on her as little as possible because she wants you to succeed on your own merits. Thats why her clerics arent supposed to cast many spells because relying on her is percieved as weakness.

@johngleeman8347 6 месяцев назад

Well said!@@Aaron_Hayman

@malkomalkavian 6 месяцев назад

That doesn't sound very crazy

@ScythianGryphon 6 месяцев назад

Drow elves are so fascinating. My favourite fantasy novels are Homeland, Exile and Sojourn.

@esperthebard 6 месяцев назад

Those really hit a great tone and have such a unique setting. Those books were pioneers.

@domip3318 6 месяцев назад

Im reading these books for the first time now. I've started the Drizzt saga with them

@James-qr5hx 6 месяцев назад

Loved them, though did feel Sojourn wasn't quite as good. Try the war of the spider queen series, especially the first book, just amazing.

@StevenMichaelCunningham 6 месяцев назад

The iLythiiri fascinated me profoundly. The elf most akin to all others after all yet laden with corruption even prior to being cursed by the horror that is Araushnee infested by Lolth...

@YourNameHere313 5 месяцев назад

R.A. Salvatore, the author who got me into High Fantasy. Haven't heard those book names in a while.

@Treebohr 6 месяцев назад

On the topic of Driders, 4e lore says driders are *blessed* by Lolth. This has always made more sense to me, given that Lolth looks like a drider, so it never made sense to say that looking more like their god is considered a curse.

@jondw 3 месяца назад

Maybe when it's a curse the similarity is meant as a mockery of their ambition or "so you want to have power like mine? Sorry but as consolation I will put you in a form like mine so you never forget Who you failed" Though, yeah. Looking like her does sound like it would be a mark of favor and a blessing

@nicholasgeere5125 3 месяца назад

4e is not the best source for lore for anything

@nialencapefet5154 2 месяца назад

It is definetely a way of mocking the individual. It's like Lolth was saying "look, I am an evil monster without compassion, but even I feel bad for you- it must be hard to be such a failiure. Let me give you some power."

@Battlefieldfan146 6 месяцев назад

Drow are so cool not only because they have this super evil majority culture, but also because they can overcome that. I really hope we get more content on Eilistraeen drow and the prejudices they face, maybe some sort of drow vs. drow thing in an Underdark setting.

@jariusreece1931 6 месяцев назад

Dark elves have always been my favorite fantasy/mythology race, and while drow are far from the first version of them I've experienced they've definitely cemented themselves as one of my favorite versions alongside the original svartalfr

@ericsmith3808 6 месяцев назад

In my personal homebrew, drow that have spent decades on the surface or who were born on the surface will have gradually lighter shaded skin. There are drow in my homebrew that have nearly-white skin, known as marble drow, who are devouted sages of Eilistraee, hated by most other drow of the underdark.

@johngleeman8347 6 месяцев назад

That's what I was thinking when I saw the radical new art. The concrete skin means you rejected Lolth or lived without her corrupting influence twisting your body.

@mr.grunnson9302 6 месяцев назад

I too had a Albino Drow concept in my home brew, typically powerful necromancer type males shunned by Lolth, and favored by Kiaransalee, dressed like Shiek from Zelda, Mummy wrappings etc.

@MilkyToasty 6 месяцев назад

I had a drow elf character reverse tan,including tan lines

@ShdowHuntr Месяц назад

I like this idea

@Wade-1 17 дней назад

You're talking about the 1%... they are changing evil races for SJW reasons.... not practical. Just look at what they did with orcs and the reason why

@jfdewoluwe 6 месяцев назад

Drow are such an iconic race from D&D, all the good dark stories from the underdark. So much inspiration for a campaign to use :)

@user-vm9xz4kv9z 6 месяцев назад

It's actually stated in older editions that albinoism is somewhat common among Drow, so the pale-grey Drow sorta make sense

@HenriFaust 5 месяцев назад

Albinos would be white, though.

@mikehat7652 2 месяца назад

@@HenriFaust elric of melnibone enters the chat

@purplehaze2358 6 месяцев назад

Technically speaking, a drow dying during the birth of a draegloth wouldn't intuitively mean that its conception failed; I can imagine a draegloth would be quite happy entering the world by simply tearing open any obstacles in its way, the life of its birth giver be damned.

@dragginmeout4553 6 месяцев назад

It is a demon after all

@dimitrilium3912 6 месяцев назад

Considering "Revivify" is not that hard to cast, I bet it's probably the most common mean of birth.

@stingerjohnny9951 6 месяцев назад

@@dimitrilium3912 That’s a…horrific concept…I love it

@alexbarn3841 6 месяцев назад

@@dimitrilium3912 I’m not sure Lolth would allow a priestess who died in that fashion to be revived, even if they could.

@matthewdenhof5841 6 месяцев назад

@@alexbarn3841but loth would let the cleric die. examine her soul. Then rez her herself

@Thornspyre81 6 месяцев назад

The 5e Shadowblade is so nasty. Ive used them a few times and in the right environment it is deadly at almost any tier.

@fearElohim34 6 месяцев назад

I read RA Salvatore's Dark Elf Trilogy many years ago (1994-ish) shortly after my first reading of the Time/War/Test of the Twins and the Dragonlance Chronicles; I've been a Drow fan ever since, preferring them to any other race, regardless of difficulty, in any CRPG/MMO that features them. This was the first (and best :) ) deep dive into ranking their power levels. Thank you. It was interesting to see "Zaknafein," the Weapon Master, classified as a Favored Consort and not NPC named; it kept the "class system" intact concerning the matriarchy. Great video. Thanks!

@MR-ri1qp 6 месяцев назад

I thought the 66th layer of the Abyss was Lolths personal domain. Hence the 66 significance for the Lady of Spiders

@esperthebard 6 месяцев назад

Indeed the Demonweb Pits is the 66th layer of the Abyss. I find it strange how the layers of the Abyss are numbered and ordered ... it's supposed to be a plane of utter chaos.

@jariusreece1931 6 месяцев назад

@@esperthebardIf I remember right the numbers are more like the order the material plane discovered parts of the abyss or something like that. It's utterly meaningless to the abyss and demons themselves

@esperthebard 6 месяцев назад

@@jariusreece1931 That's true, but the fact that the Abyss is stable enough to be numbered and ordered goes against its supposed property of chaos. I see this same contradiction with the demons themselves, which have stable, patterned forms that can be named and categorized.

@jariusreece1931 6 месяцев назад

@@esperthebard That's fair, but if they really went full chaos on it there wouldn't really be any difference between the abyss and limbo. It feels more like the evil will of the demon lords gives it somewhat of a shape

@Aggron9988 6 месяцев назад

@@esperthebard I think in my dad’s old copy of either the AD&D Monster Manual or Dungeon Masters Guide, I remember there being a section I referred to as “Build-a-demon-workshop”, that had tables for randomly generating features & abilities for “undocumented” creatures from the planes. It was really cool, I originally ran a game for my cousins a few years ago with those old books then later converted everything to 5e, but I still kept a demon I made with the tables, it was like a gargantuan serpent with I think a lamprey mouth and a furry mane, chased the players through the woods right to an NPC wizards tower. He was grumpy they lead that thing to his home so he scolded them after helping to beat it back to the abyss.

@Jeremy-rp3in 6 месяцев назад

The Drow are some of the best enemies a DM could ask for.

@chandlerdaniel4431 6 месяцев назад

I know it just came out but I would love a Chains of Asmodeus ranking. Love the channel

@rachdarastrix5251 6 месяцев назад

Loth is such a twisted goddess that she probably enjoys... Super flaming hot Cheetos twist. Crunchy twisted corn chips flavored with 7 kinds of pepper and 15 kinds of spider venom. Dangerously cheesy.

@TraciPeteyforlife 6 месяцев назад

The drow have in some cases depending on the books. Been losing there fey abilities. Getting to the point where they might soon need sleep. Actual sleep.

@johnsteiner3417 6 месяцев назад

You'd think that the Drow would've been absolutely pallid. By the way, dark skin isn't needed for camouflage in dark and absolute dark conditions.

@Giggles474 6 месяцев назад

If you look at Derro and Duergar I'd assume its an effect of the Underdark. Though Drow were Dark before going under. And I guess dark skin would be a good camouflage when you account for all the creatures that have dark vision, which is black and white while in the dark.

@johnsteiner3417 5 месяцев назад

@@Giggles474 In dark conditions camouflage is a moot point. Take a look at species in cave ecosystems, even ones with active predation. Coloration of any kind serves no survival value.

@johnsteiner3417 5 месяцев назад

@@0ctobuss The original dark elf concept comes from Norse mythology, though it's vague about whether than meant dark in color or dark demeanor.

@Notsidgaming 6 месяцев назад

The point you made about drow not further embracing their innate spells made me wonder. Why is there not a sorcerer subclass for races with innate magic? There seems to be a separation with sorcerer being "you were born with these powers" and the race that sorcerer is which was also born with innate spells.

@esperthebard 6 месяцев назад

It would be such a natural fit, wouldn't it?

@clarkside4493 6 месяцев назад

I keep forgetting just how cool the 4e monsters were. I have to make more time to convert them to 5e for the DM's Guild.

@VPNemo 3 месяца назад

That's so wild. I randomly picked this video to watch. And the drow image you used for the sniper drow is my DND character. I had that artist draw him as as a commission. Small world lol. His name is Umbra.

@gabrielzubairy9857 6 месяцев назад

Please do Yuan-ti next and reptilian race's next.

@eatmyassgoogleyouassholes 6 месяцев назад

I still remember the first time I found this channel in 2019, I think I binged the whole monster rankings playlist at the time but it looks like I have some catching up to do lol, still great videos man, glad to see it.

@cammyshill3099 6 месяцев назад

It's crazy to think that they even removed the Drow entirely out of the Pathfinder setting, allegedly because of copyright and the little fight with their pals at WotC, but obviously because of the new satanic panic and having to sanitize all fantasy setting for the sake of some Twitter guy who doesn't even play the game. It's crazy. Drows are present in all their evil, slave-holding glory in BG3, Dark Elves inspired by the Drow are all over fiction... And you have the main tabletop IP holders retconning their own best stuff in shame of themselves. It's totally a tabletop only psychosis. You go seeing TV shows and video games and you'll see all kinds of so-called controversial topics being treated without the slightest semblance of restraint.

@kaaghalaa 6 месяцев назад

You're reading way too much into this, Pathfinder is setting itself apart by ripping away any strong ties to the Forgotten Realms and DnD in general, and that happens to include the drow among MANY other things.

@theauldfox1065 6 месяцев назад

Esper I would absolutely love to see you look into one of my all time favorite books for the drow which was The Tome Of Drow Lore so many subclasses houses and even subspecies of Drow

@underfire987 6 месяцев назад

I really love all the videos you put out, the quality time and effort you put into these is astounding, please never stop!

@furroni9471 6 месяцев назад

Altho it doesn't have a stat block format. Quenthel Baenre stats are on toe to toe with demon lords. She can just cast any cleric spell at WILL at ANY level. Plus, using her throne, combat can turn very deadly really easily. Her unlimited lvl 9 spell pool make her a powerhouse. She might be one of my favorite monster stats

@IllIllIIIllIll 6 месяцев назад

Great video about the Drow and their lore

@captainrelyk 6 месяцев назад

Not really, he left out Eilsitraee which is very very very very bad. Not only is eilsitraee a fan favorite diety but she’s very important to the lore of drow.

@joshchandler13 5 месяцев назад

An excellent and informative watch. As someone not interested in 5e, 2nd - 3.5 is what I DM, this was very insightful video on the more modern style of rules. The Drow have been my favorite humanoid race in D&D for almost forty years. Thank you!

@squashedeyeball 6 месяцев назад

47:38 as random Drow males say in Shadows of Amn, "do not question the Matron Mothers!". And indeed, all Drow priestesses will answer, "aaaaaaaaaalll glory to the dark mother!" They had some of the best voice acting of the whole game. And while my PC is a potato and can't run BG3, I was glad to see MInthara was a Drow who lived to her name. She has the best voice of BG3. Amazing ranking Esper! One of the greatest yet: and I rank even the 2010 ones as 10/10.

@skeleton-key 6 месяцев назад

Drows are just some of the best monsters lore wise. Jarlaxle is actually one of my faves, an interesting and complex character.

@idriseldritch9739 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video Esper. Could you do a video that mirrors/compliments your recent one on the most evil gods of the forgotten realms, i.e. ranking the most good, wholesome gods of the forgotten realms? There's a myriad of ways you could determine the ranking eg. most powerful force for good in the world, who has the most followers, which portfolio is the most purely good, which has made the most beneficial impact on the world etc.

@vonfaustien3957 6 месяцев назад

I blame the popularity of TES for the lightening of Drow skin tones. I imagine a lot of people got there idea of what a dark elf should look like from the Dunmer and as a result a feature intended to help differentiate Dunmer from the DnD insperation got folded into it.

@XavierBasurto777 6 месяцев назад

they turn grey from all the cloning they do. they got used to not having sex and instead birth in pods as clones, just like in real life...

@dragonlord498 6 месяцев назад

drow are definetly one of my favorite races in dnd though i do wish they covered the other types of drow more such as those who follow elistraee and her bother vhaeraun especially given at least vhaeraun is the main god in their pantheon lolth actually see's as a true threat apparently

@joshwhite1562 3 месяца назад

Having read all the Drizzt books I loved this video immensely. The lore behind drow is incredible. I will never forget reading Homeland and just being blown away by how the society of Menzobarrenzon functions. Can't wait to incorporate this into my current campaign.

@matthewmoran1866 3 месяца назад

This video has made me really appreciate that I got VGTM and MTF instead of Multiverse. I only got them because the game store I was at happened to not have Multiverse in stock, so I got VGTM and then later I grabbed Tome of Foes to complement it. I knew the Multiverse statblocks had lost slot based spellcasting in favour of innate casting, but I didn't realize it was quite this bad. Thanks for the video, this is super entertaining and helpful as always. :D

@ggkkkgkgkkgkgkg 6 месяцев назад

I absolutely enjoy your indepth knowledge on these nich(almost lost to time) topics. It seems that WoTC wants these things burried and forgotten(forgotten realms.) Thank you for keeping it alive.

@Sgt-Wolf 6 месяцев назад

I personally like to make the drow of my world have blue or purple shades of skin. I think it looks good contrasting with white or sliver hair.

@jariusreece1931 6 месяцев назад

Mine range from the more traditional obsidians and coals to more modern blues and purples. I've even made a few as pale as lavender and and ice blue.

@Thunderwolf4 5 месяцев назад

I thought the blue/purple shaded elves were the Moon elves?

@t0masibrudoctor534 6 месяцев назад

Always been a favourite of mine. Been rocking one on BG3 im yet to play one at tabletop dnd but pretty keen to try rp one next!

@Mortyrian 6 месяцев назад

small shields are still useful especially ones with weapon trapping gaps

@nerdaccount 4 месяца назад

These are really interesting! Most of my knowledge comes from the books, specifically the War of the Spider Queen series and I never knew there was "monsters" write up for them. I do think in ever Drow encounter there should be some small percentage of one of the drow enemies just getting killed by a fellow drow,. I also think you can play them how you want. In the books Gromph Baenre was the arch mage and he was not a worshiper of Lolth, not really, more like someone who took advantage of the system, but knew his place. Since they are their own worse enemies, I would also have a chance in an encounter where someone maybe blinded or sick but trying to cover it up.

@stannytwasswan 3 месяца назад

Love how the tiers are Pantera Tracks

@iratevagabond204 6 месяцев назад

The shield looks like it's supposed to be a targe/buckler, which is also meant to be small. It's design isn't that crazy, if you're familiar with Talhoffer-styled bucklers.

@jasonhutzel7490 6 месяцев назад

i never understood why becoming a drider is considered a punishment when it makes them look more like their goddess

@Kjell777Iverson 5 месяцев назад

Very cool video. Just wanted to add: On the topic of drow color, there are actually albino drow, who are highly reviled within general drow society, but prized very highly for their ability to blend in with the surface world.

@HawaiiAdventures808 6 месяцев назад

suffers from the dazed condition LOL , love the work sir bard, ty

@strikethespike816 9 дней назад

I like the light gray as long as it’s not the only color Drow comes in.

@zannrazor8569 6 месяцев назад

remember that in 4e, the creation of Driders was changed from a punishment to a blessing. Then it reverted back to a punishment in 5e

@Khalith 2 месяца назад

I love the drow. Their language is the origin of my name which I’ve been using for about 20+ years now.

@lukaspollard1048 4 месяца назад

Love the old Drow art. I imagine that the creative process went like: "What's the most evil thing that this murder ritual priestess could wear?" "Fishnet." "Are you s-" "FISHNET."

@Mixedpuppy 19 дней назад

Ahhhh, notice you’re an old school Pantera Fan! I seen them in concert twice and gotten their autographs in 1991. Seen them again while in the Army in Korea in 2002.

@esperthebard 19 дней назад

Cemetery Gates is my favorite Pantera track, so much style and mood, so much power and talent.

@Mixedpuppy 19 дней назад

@@esperthebard I use to go to The Alarosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio in my freshman year of college and a few times in my sophomore year. I would watch various bands play there. Unfortunately several years later that was where Dimebag Darryl was killed on stage with his band Damage Plan. He was a very talented and even educationally oriented guitarist. He was a nice friendly guy when Ingot his autograph.

@ericjimenez4360 5 месяцев назад

In regards to your points on npcs having class levels, how do you feel about the outclassed series documents on Dmsguild? They tried to make generic npcs that cover every subclass and was wondering if you tried it.😊

@josephsorrendino4920 6 месяцев назад

We home brewed a Drow campaign after finding them in the Fiend Folio back in the 80's.

@Turbo-bs7ok 5 месяцев назад

I dont mind the lighter skintone, it kinda makes sense if you live underground

@jens1639 5 месяцев назад

Drow's favored consort in MM might be least of the versions, but the artwork definitely fits the definition of a scantidly clad boy toy only there to make his sugar mama happy and easily discarded for the next one.

@markstevenson2492 2 месяца назад

I think one of my favourite things about the drow was talked sbout in the excellent Drow of the Underdark book for 3rd edition. Their deity is insane, their attempts to imitate her are also insane. But, not in that howling madman style that most people go to, but in a very real sense. Lloth hates her current form, it is a hidioeus curse, female drow emulate her, but she curses them to look like her as a punishment not a blessing, the self hatred is a deep core part of drow psychology and that leads to irrationality and anger. Hate those that they should love, fear those they should respect and punish those they should reward. Self flaggelation, addiction, depression and narcacassim are all endemic in drow society. Layer that on top of a female dominant society that actively looks down on pathetic males and have the dominant member of that soceity be incredibly beautiful, talented and insane magical women and wow...what an incredibly rich source of adventure, a place to challange sexual steryoptes and explore the darker side of female mentality (or dark power fantasy) so often left aside by modern gaming.

@karlandersson8652 5 месяцев назад

Omg, that boyband version of the favored consort, lmao. He even has a mesh vest

@X-R-T-C 5 месяцев назад

Spent half of my student years reading vigorously Salvatore's books and yes.... I'm a Drizzt fan boy... One of my favourite monster ranking videos!!! PS: The beaver KILLED me!!! I literally burst into laughing in the middle of the night!

@darkcrydotmrihavetoomanyst1440 Месяц назад

Drow are some of my favorites My favorite drow character is a CG drow goddess from one of the older books (I don't remember her name though)

@crankysmurf 6 месяцев назад

Regarding the 66 hp, it goes back to 1E Deities and Demigods where Lolth had 66 hp!

@alexeisenhauer5874 6 месяцев назад

I like giving them dry, ashy skin cracked with deep fissures that in the punished, damned, or sacrificed are fertile places for spiders of all kinds to lay their eggs. Emphasizing their curse by losing their elven beauty in Lolth’s fall.

@OccultistResearcher 6 месяцев назад

oohhh i like that

@chuckhoyle1211 3 месяца назад

In 3E Drow were the master race. Great stats, magic resistance, good saves, all the Elf goodies, etc... The only thing they did not excel at was being a tank.

@Hawdkoah 6 месяцев назад

I like that all the tiers are named after Pantera songs.

@nealenthenerd399 Месяц назад

Personally I’m fine with the new method of spellcasting NPCs. A lot of times I end fights thinking “man I wish I could have use this spell, or this one, etc” but the new ones can get what they need done while also being very effective at what they do. After all it’s just a game mechanic and if I need a spell casted that isn’t on their stat block it isn’t hard to come up with a reason not too.

@tmacker14 6 месяцев назад

Drow having light skin makes sense cause lack of sun.

@hastingsisgood 4 месяца назад

5e has done to the Drow a disservice. They are no long the monsters to fear in the dark . They have been nerfed to the point that they are just "purple" skinned elfs with sunlight issues.

@AlinNightwing 4 месяца назад

the Drow warrior with the small shield, the red on the tip almost makes it look like it's a bladed punching buckler which... if it's a light warrior considering the chainmail, a bladed buckler wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility since a buckler is a light shield which dexterity can still use

@futurewario9591 6 месяцев назад

I'm pretty sure that The Drow can also be blue 🔵.

@Evelyn-rb1zj 5 месяцев назад

I feel like the lighter grey could work well for a half-drow though I'd probably then I'd still probably at least a tint to reflect the other parent so maybe a dusty purplish colour As for light grey elves the image of being devoid of colour fit well with the idea of the shader kai (I think that's the right spelling but I can't be bothered to check) as they're the elves from the shadowfell

@SageofCancer 3 месяца назад

Eclavdra: Betrays Lolth with the super tentacle rod Lolth liked that Other Drow Matrons: Acquiring tentacle rods Never change, hot mess elves.

@digisalamander2726 4 месяца назад

For the draelgoth abomination maybe for a lore redesign maybe it can an experiment. Experiments on drider by infusing Demon blood into a drider ( maybe out of morbid curiosity by the drows to see what happens)

@fslayer1290 6 месяцев назад

Sooo… Shadow Blades are Noob Saibot. Got ya! 😊

@manfredconnor3194 6 месяцев назад

Sorry, too much to do. I have not been keeping up. Plan to watch everything. Just went through and gave you a thumbs up on all your videos yesterday, I think it was. Maybe it was Saturday. Can't remember for sure. I still dream of getting you bookshelves, but maybe you did already? Take care!

@JeriDro 6 месяцев назад

Hey Esper, can you do a good Crypt Keeper impression?

@Jakzul1 6 месяцев назад

44:44 can i just outright summon a Draegloth once per day? 🤗 Pretty please.? 😳 i mean being one of the spider's queen favorites should have the right to command her most blessed creatures. 😼✨

@bleach-kun 6 месяцев назад

I disagree with you on the drow warriors shield. In fact its not a shield at all, its a buckler, and is perfectly sized for use with her saber.

@garwynrosser8907 2 месяца назад

I hear drow tears are magical.

@HooverDyson 6 месяцев назад

what about those drow from follower of Eilistraee? Like the Song Dancer etc

@1998topornik 6 месяцев назад

Drow arachnomancer and drow lady of spiders are my favourites in this ranking.

@manfIesh 5 месяцев назад

love the mortal kombat type music

@NickolasRAnderson 6 месяцев назад

I agree with what he says at 29:19 I mean the only addition we play is 5th and my DM still can’t remember how monsters work. Smh 🤦

@Dickwraith101 6 месяцев назад

Let’s go baby! New rankings!

@akenaden 5 месяцев назад

As to your shiel complaint , the old school drow used bucklers. There was dnd b4 4th ed

@rachdarastrix5251 6 месяцев назад

3:22 Breakfast in bed? How thoughtful. Maybe I was wrong about Drow.

@willybiggs-rj6qt 5 месяцев назад

i prefer the blueish dark elves from Everquest

@capitalG386 6 месяцев назад

didn't they sort of retcon a fair bit regarding what the Drizzt (and other) novels established? because they kind of twisted certain bits of lore? to be clear, I am not terribly thoroughly informed in things D&D, but I have taken a renewed interest since Baldur's Gate 3 and have been reading around different forums and that's sort of what they seemed to be saying about those novels, so figured I'd ask.

@venkelos6996 4 месяца назад

On the one hand, I do know why the Drow get so much focus; they are iconic, diverse, and many fans, of numerous stripes, desire to play them, but it does make me look at similar "the evil mirrors of the player races", and wonder why they get SO MUCH less? I don't actually like the Duergar anywhere near as much as I seem to the Drow, and yet I kind of wish there was a video like this for them. I like psionics, and their innate growth, and invisiblity, powers are cool. It's weird that their leaders are CR 5, sometimes, or 12, at a pinnacle, while Drow can hit 20? Still, could be neat!

@mrredeef 6 месяцев назад

When you say the shield looks like it's two inches thick of steek... That's just a rolled edge buddy, they're very common on all sorts of medieval armor, and they don't represent the overall thickness of the piece. In this particular case, we're seeing the inner side of the shield and it looks like the rolled edge is rolled in to kind of clamp down on the thick leather lining on the inner side of the shield. But the drow as a whole is meant to be very monotone, likely for stealth, and so it's hard to differentiate dark-dyed leather from darkly enameled steel.

@tulabutt 4 месяца назад

@38:10 you'd think they have gone for 8 since they are spider worshippers...

@jakewarman7277 6 месяцев назад

I feel like shadowblade was the inspiration for ecko knight

@robertmcdermott3919 5 месяцев назад

check out the template from 3.0 or 3.5 called Zin'car'la

@johngleeman8347 6 месяцев назад

Nice. An inter-edition ranking.

@johngleeman8347 6 месяцев назад

You could make the concrete-skinned drow ones that managed to break free of Lolth and live in independent cities. XD

@michaelpettersson4919 5 месяцев назад

Lighter skinned drow probably comes from the problem of making obsidian black look good in illustrations. It can be done but it is difficult. I have seen a picture of an obsidian skinnef African lady working as a model. She have some kind of condition that cause her skin to be pitch black. This condition is harmless thou but indeed possible. But illustrations, nah, hard. Even the supposed to be grey skinned dunmer in Skyrim are extremely difficult to get to look good on the darker end of the grey spectrum.

@errtuownsyou 6 месяцев назад

I like the grey for my half-drow

@paulstarrett1949 6 месяцев назад

One thing that I’ve never understood and still don’t - is why Driders are ostracized by the Drow, seeing that Lolth, their goddess, is literally a giant Drider. Wouldn’t it be a blessing? Lolth shaping them in her own image, and doesn’t it make them physically stronger? I get that they’re super creepy to look at but so is their goddess. I could see why Seldarine Drow following Eilistraee would spurn them (and even then they’re supposed to care for and help other Drow find a new path) but not Lolth sworn. I don’t know, it just doesn’t make sense to me. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@longschlongsilver7628 4 месяца назад

2:23 Is that a calf muscle on his forearm?

@Kakkarot211 6 месяцев назад

the drizzt books are the reason I started playing dnd

@Gibbons3457 6 месяцев назад

On the topic of reduced spellcasting it appears to be down to the idea that GMs have been finding complete spell lists grafted onto monsters in 5e quite clunky. Whilst it might seem cool to have a 12th level wizards spell casting on your monster, it massively bulks out the statblock and also requires the GM to have constantly look up each spell, and combined with the flexible casting in 5e also means DMs need to note whether a monster would upcast a spell or not. Which in a dramatic combat feels like needless busy work. Like a Spirit Naga has 14 spells, whihc is fine if you're going to be running it for the next 4 weeks but if its just the final boss of the adventure it barely needs 5 maybe 6 and it not even get to use all of them. That all said, I don't think WotC did a great job in MotM when it came to simplifying caster statblocks but then again I think WotC have been missing the mark with 5e for a few years now.

@bombyouup62 6 месяцев назад

My favorite novels of all time.

@Giggles474 6 месяцев назад

Mordekainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse is worse than just a repackage of old bestiaries, it nerfs the hell out of many mosnters, especially spellcasters by taking away most of their spells and replacing leveled spell slots for general casts per day