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Drow Fighter
Drow fighters train to master techniques that inflict deep, bleeding wounds and use poisoned crossbow bolts to exhaust enemies.
Recall Knowledge - Humanoid
(
Society
)
: DC 15
Drow Fighter
Creature 1
CE
Medium
Drow
Elf
Humanoid
Source
Bestiary pg. 136
Perception
+6; darkvision
Languages
Elven
,
Undercommon
Skills
Acrobatics
+7,
Athletics
+5,
Intimidation
+3,
Stealth
+7
Str
+2,
Dex
+4,
Con
+2,
Int
+0,
Wis
+1,
Cha
+0
Light Blindness
Items
hand crossbow (10 bolts)
,
leather armor
,
lethargy poison (2 doses)
,
rapier
AC
18;
Fort
+7,
Ref
+9,
Will
+4; +1 status to all saves vs. magic, +2 status to all saves vs. mental
HP
18;
Immunities
sleep
Attack of Opportunity
Speed
30 feet
Melee
Rapier +9 [
+4/-1
] (
deadly 1d8
,
disarm
,
finesse
),
Damage
1d6+2 piercing
Melee
Main-gauche +9 [
+5/+1
] (
agile
,
disarm
,
finesse
,
parry
,
versatile S
),
Damage
1d4+2 piercing
Ranged
Hand Crossbow +9 [
+4/-1
] (
range increment 60 feet
,
reload 1
),
Damage
1d6+1 piercing plus
lethargy poison
Divine Innate Spells
DC 14;
2nd
darkness
(at will),
faerie fire
(at will);
Cantrips
(2nd)
dancing lights
Quick Draw
The drow fighter draws a weapon using the
Interact
action, then Strikes with that weapon.
Skewer
The drow fighter Strikes with its rapier, and gains a +1 circumstance bonus to the attack roll. A creature damaged by the attack takes 1d6
persistent
bleed damage
.
All Monsters in "
Drow
"
Name
Level
Drow Fighter
1
Drow Priestess
3
Drow Rogue
2
Drow
Source
Bestiary pg. 136
The first drow were elves who fled into the depths of the world from a devastating cataclysm thousands of years ago. In their journey below, they fell to bickering and in-fighting, drawing the attention of sinister intelligences beyond their own. Whether it was the influence of a specific demon lord, the Rough Beast Rovagug, or some other fell force is unknown, but in that time the elves transformed both spiritually and physically, tainting their hearts with desires for cruelty, sadism, and violence. The hues of their eyes became sinister red or bleached white, and their flesh adopted an unearthly lavender sheen that made the drow instantly recognizable. The drow also developed potent magical abilities and resistances that further empowered them, if at the cost of their souls.
Over the centuries to follow, the drow developed into a powerful, if violently dysfunctional society, influenced by the worship of demon lords and focused on providing power and glory to a relatively small collection of noble houses. Many of these noble houses are matriarchal in nature and all hold allegiance to a specific demon lord patron—but traditions of worship, warfare, and wizardry help to bind the oft-bickering houses together enough that drow society doesn’t simply consume itself from within. Fear of earning the wrath of one’s superior—be it a teacher, a parent, a commander, or the demon one worships—is the real bond holding drow society together, and this system is held in esteem by the lowliest drow servant and by the most powerful drow priestess alike.
The drow are infamous throughout the world, but until recently most assumed stories of demon-worshipping, underground-dwelling elves were spooky legends crafted to share around a campfire. Today, the existence of drow is an understood truth, and while their presence in the dark caverns deep below is unsettling, they seem content to leave the surface world alone for now.
Becoming a Drow
Rarely, when a surface elf commits an act of cruelty heinous enough to draw the attention of a demon lord, transformation into a drow can happen spontaneously—but these transformations are rare enough to be legends in their own right. No known instance of a drow reverting to an elf has ever been recorded.
Drow Exiles
While drow society is evil, not all drow are bound to these norms. Those who seek something better in life are invariably exiles and often flee to the surface to escape their sinister kin. These drow often live as hermits, or they seek out societies where others have yet to hear the legends regarding their kind.