Editing Underdark (section)

==Splats==
Naturally, being such a prominent feature of the D&D core identity, the Underdark has had a number of [[splatbook]]s dedicated to it. Due to its strong association with the [[Forgotten Realms]], most of these have been released under the Realms' banner.

[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] saw two such books; ''[[Drizzt|Drizzt do'Urden's]] Guide to the Underdark'', which explores the geography and races of the Underdark as a whole, and ''Drow of the Underdark'', which explores the drow society of the Forgotten Realms.

3rd Edition also saw two such books. Weirdly, whilst ''Underdark'' was essentially a 3e update of/analogue to Drizzt's Guide, the splat titled ''Drow of the Underdark'' was an extended look at drow culture as it applied to the drow of the '''generic''' setting of 3e (aka, [[Greyhawk]] with the serial numbers half-filed off).

4th edition released only a single Underdark splatbook; titled, simply, ''Underdark'' (yes, these naming conventions can get fucking confusing), it was an extensive look at the geography, history and races of the Underdark of the [[Nentir Vale]] setting - that is, 4e's generic setting, even including stats for [[Torog]] for epic-level spelunkers who want to claim a god's head but think the [[Demonweb]] is for amateurs. Ironically, playable versions of common Underdark races - namely [[goblin]]s, [[kobold]]s and [[svirfneblin]] - wouldn't appear until the later [[Dungeon Survival Handbook]].

The Darklands of [[Pathfinder]] are detailed in ''Into the Darklands'' (back when it was a 3rd Party 3E setting) to acompany the articles in the ''Second Darkness'' [[Adventure Path]]. This was later expanded in ''Darklands Revisted'' and ''Heroes of the Darklands''.