Forgotten Realms - The Drow: Lolthite Civilization in the Underdark

[@Lorepaedia]

The consistency in the audio quality is not quite as good as I would like. I started working on this episode a little while ago and picked it back up. I will do my best to make it more consistent in the future.

[@tommittelstadt4074]

Your videos are excellent! Keep up the great work!

[@Lorepaedia]

@@tommittelstadt4074 Thanks so much!

[@briankelly1240]

The script and video are good, thanks for the video, when you get the audio fixed even better!

[@Lorepaedia]

@@briankelly1240 Thanks!

[@Evoker42]

Don't sweat it. It sounds pretty good to me. Very good info here, too.

[@PxNxWxGxW]

Drow are just so asthetically pleasing.

[@Lorepaedia]

That's how they get you. :O

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[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel! I just keep trying to improve the quality, the channel is growing and I'm happy. ^^

[@DanBryanWrites]

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[@Lorepaedia]

@@DanBryanWrites Thanks! New video cookin' :D

[@DanBryanWrites]

@@Lorepaedia can't wait. I craft a lot for my own writing so its great to hear depth and thought around fantasy races, civilisations and events. Keep them coming!

[@agesisafk131]

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[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks, I hope you liked the more realistic art. ^^

[@agesisafk131]

I was not going to mention it due to not letting my hubris assume things. You are the best Lorepedia! Want to play DnD?

[@AdriatikFarma]

Cover shapechanges, dopplegangers and raksashas in one video :) Great work, we been waiting for drows ;)

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much! It's a good idea. I covered Rakshasas kind of incidentally at some point in the 9 hells but it felt out of place. It's a good idea to theme it around "shapey changey dudes" I'm sure there are a few others.

[@Jeremy-d7i]

Best channel of its kind. 10/10. Liked and subbed.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@mooping9398]

Sweet a 2 hour lore dump!!! Thank you!!!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@nicholasgeere5125]

Some good drow exist, my guy every adventuring party has 3. The rest are tanari

[@Lorepaedia]

So true.

[@blainhunter4696]

that was literally one of the first lines lmao

[@nicholasgeere5125]

@@blainhunter4696 "SOME good drow exist?? My guy, every adventuring party has at least 3."

[@Lorepaedia]

Yes, there are fashion police.

[@goyjin5676]

Doing a baldurs gate 3 run as a female drow and wanted a video explaining drow lore as i'm completely new to dnd. This video has all the info i ever want, thank you!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much, I'm glad it helped. I still need to do a video on surface drow and some of the "good ones" but I think it's a pretty comprehensive guide to normie drow. :D

[@laggie28]

Thank you for this video helped me fast forward 2 hours of work and help me get an idea of my rp

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad it helped.

[@robinsearles5771]

I'm about ten minutes in, and I love this. Really lucky to have found this channel. Great stuff. 10/10

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much, I appreciate it!

[@cptsunpraise6771]

By far my favorite DnD channel. Much love homie.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@tomdreler6528]

Funny, a couple hours ago i thought: "when will he Cover the drow?" Your Channel has quickly become my go-to for dnd Lore in KZbin. Thanks Maestro and all Hail the spider Queen ❤

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@BrankoSkrobica-fk2fs]

Yeah no....to the last part

[@TenchiBushi]

Good work! I have always been a fan of the Drow! I remember seeing them the first time back in my AD&D days back in the 80s. They weren't a exactly a playable race as they are now. About a year ago my Drow fetish returned when I started to reread the Drizzt novels & catch up to current. I just finished book "The Two Swords."

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks! I still need to circle back around to surface drow and then drizzt.

[@AnhNguyen-so1ze]

Love what your doing man. Exactly the kind of videos I've been looking for. Would love to learn more about the evil country of Vasa some day.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much! I will try to cover Vasa one of these days.

[@deaconsyxx322]

loved listening to this pal, im playing a drow as my long term character and and i love a long form drow related video

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks, I should have more Drow content in a few weeks!

[@jchamilton4476]

Great video!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks!

[@kentharkins7193]

great vid! love it! not a drow person myself, but looking up stuff for a possible campaign setting, of this fascinating and popular race, ty

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for watching! ^^

[@swiftmatic]

Remember the Sacrifice of Zaknafein!

[@BrankoSkrobica-fk2fs]

Best sword fighter ever

[@miguelacevedo4606]

Great work I listen to everything amazing job

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much!

[@D--FENS]

While there have always been exceptions, the idea that Drow have no innate predisposition to evil is a new one, and this change, I feel, detracts from their character. One reason for this is the Drow practice of interbreeding with demons; most living Drow can ultimately trace their lineage to the balor Wendonai, a favored servant of Lolth for about 9,000 years.

[@Lorepaedia]

All good points, some Drow are probably inherently predisposed to evil.

[@jchamilton4476]

I think it adds to Drow culture being really successful at shaping evil beings. Being born evil would make them less interesting imo.

[@hismajestysirkart0she4ka2nd]

My guy, this is called racism

[@Jeremy-d7i]

From what I’ve noticed, more and more people are uncomfortable with the good/evil alignment system applying innately on a whole. While I tend to agree, I’m new to dnd and don’t want to disrespect established constructs and am just trying to learn more before stating an opinion.

[@sabbashumble9457]

Thanks man! Will you make a video about Deep gnomes?

[@Lorepaedia]

Yeah I think they are next, deep gnomes, miconids and other "good guys" will be a single chapter, but there might be too much to fit it all.

[@GreatSageOfBro]

I really hope you do a video on the elder evils and the far realms they would go good if you talk about the aberrations like aboliths and mindflayers sense there kind of connected

[@Lorepaedia]

I did one on beholders and the far realm (there isn't a lot of info on the far realm specific to the forgotten realms setting, 4e was the most descriptive they got and even that is pretty sparse. Mindflayers will be their own Underdark episode (I think deep gnomes and miconids will share one and mindflayers will be the final underdark one. Aboleths made it into the "jerks of the sea" episode, but they would fit very well in the underdark or an aberration chapter. Thanks so much for the recommendations!

[@WhiteWidow2111]

Eeeecccooooooooooooo kills this amazing

[@AngelusAnsell]

I find it amusing that you can tell when he's literally reading off the FR wiki (which is often), when his lore is old, and when he's basically paraphrasing things that only occur in the R.A. Salvatore novels.

[@upperdecker9992]

That's how a lot of us get into besides books and D&D games.

[@EverettKalafatis]

What is this enchanting music you use when creating these videos?

[@Lorepaedia]

It's all copyright free stuff on youtube because anything else they send the drones after me. Most of it is the legendary Kevin Mcleod.

[@drsaddomia]

Mmm, this some good lore. Is there any plans to cover the good aligned realms/pantheons?

[@Lorepaedia]

Yes for sure. Sometimes it seems sensible to cover the gods with the culture, but there are a lot of additional pantheons and divine realms I still need to cover and those will probably get dedicated chapters. Thanks for watching!

[@drsaddomia]

@@Lorepaedia Ooh, I can't wait.

[@FallfromGrace-ig1pw]

drow are one of those races you get to run, cause you likely know more about them than yor players

[@Lorepaedia]

True!

[@leodouskyron5671]

This is the standard stuff but then I NEVER would allow at my table because it is (Among other things) boring. They are all evil and corrupt but somehow can work as a viable society… but they are smart! I love listening to it because it is so insanely bad only RA can make it made sense. Love the production though so thumbs 👍🏿

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks! Yeah they should iron out some of the practical details of how their society works more imo.

[@aaronking876]

Genuinely I just take RA's world as the truest cannon. From the drow to the kingdom of many arrows his world just makes the most sense.

[@kylevanderwolf4446]

A lot of the general lore I take as “rumor”. Sort of like how you get villain origin movies where the original horror stories of villains were just rumors spread by other people. Drow are secluded and sort of secretive. So I just automatically play it as people having a lot of rumors about what drow are like

[@TheMaxx009900]

Drow, negative charisma, but sexy AF. Make it make sense.

[@Lorepaedia]

Bring back "Comeliness!" :D

[@ShadmehR_23]

We're were you until now?😍

[@Lorepaedia]

learning the secrets of audio/visual production :D

[@ShadmehR_23]

Btw fvck audio quality.. Your content is awesome.. I would have been awesome if i found you sooner instead of watching 7year old 7min videos to understand DnD lore..

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks!

[@ShadmehR_23]

@@Lorepaedia you deserve it bro.. Im gonna play all of your videos.. Subscriber 4 life🔥

[@ModdedGarage]

The eye color doesn't change

[@Lorepaedia]

Take it up with the FR wiki. ^^

[@ModdedGarage]

@@Lorepaedia "depends on light conditions" drow aren't mood rings.

[@franklinrichards8851]

I know they have changed a lot of the photos so as to not make Drow look black now a days, but I want to thank you for using a nice image in the pic for clicking on this, I hate that WotC are such spineless losers now a days.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks, I did my best to reflect the diversity of skin tones described in the source material over the years.

[@d.sm.4146]

Drizzit? Really

[@Lorepaedia]

Too much lore for this chapter, but I will dig up everything I can for another one soon!

[@BrankoSkrobica-fk2fs]

Great channel but it pains me hearing Drizzt being pronounced Drizzit

[@Lorepaedia]

I'll work on it. at least it's not as bad as the ZHentarim incident.

[@chewygad7899]

Boring tone. Sounds like the background music is a device you have playing in the room with you. Great informative content though.

[@Lorepaedia]

I appreciate the honest feedback. I will continue to try to improve the narrative delivery. The music audio was normalized and put in the video as a separate track the way any professional editing process does, so I'm not sure how to respond to that, I can maybe try to balance the narration and music better.

[@TonyPuleo1]

@@Lorepaediaon the contrary, I think the subtle background music was perfect. This is coming from a professional musician. Love your detail as well. Your doing a great job.

[@Lorepaedia]

@@TonyPuleo1 Thanks! People seem divided on this, mostly based on whether they are trying to sleep lol.

[@jonathonsteel2501]

Seems a lot like society and relationships in today's world

[@Lorepaedia]

Just with spiders.