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	==Notable Denizens==		==Notable Denizens==
	[[File:Underdark MA.jpg\|right\|400px]]		[[File:Underdark MA.jpg\|right\|400px]]
	The Underdark is full of life, and pretty much all of it is hostile. All kinds of gribblies wander about here, from dark-preferring denizens of the world above to [[aberration]]s boiling out of the uttermost depths. These range from mindless monsters like the [[Cave Fisher]] and the [[Carrion Crawler]] to sapient races.		The Underdark is full of life, and pretty much all of it is hostile or at least will tell you Fuck Off We're Full. All kinds of gribblies wander about here, from dark-preferring denizens of the world above to [[aberration]]s boiling out of the uttermost depths. These range from mindless monsters like the [[Cave Fisher]] and the [[Carrion Crawler]] to sapient races.

	===Playable===		===Playable===
	* [[Drow]]		* [[Drow]]
			* [[Rockseer Elf]]
	* [[Duergar]]		* [[Duergar]]
			* [[Urdunnir]] [[Dwarf]]
	* [[Svirfneblin]]		* [[Svirfneblin]]
	* [[Derro]]		* [[Derro]]
	* [[Kuo-toa]]		* [[Kuo-toa]] (or [[Deep One]])
	* [[Troglodyte]]		* [[Troglodyte]]
	* [[Rockseer Elf]]
	* [[Urdunnir]] [[Dwarf]]
	* [[Orc]]
	* [[Goblin]]
	* [[Orog]]		* [[Orog]]
	* [[Norker]]		* [[Norker]]
	* [[Chitine]]		* [[Chitine]]
	* [[Munavri]]		* [[Munavri]]
	* [[Xvart]]
	* [[Baphitaur]]		* [[Baphitaur]]
	* [[Vril]]		* [[Vril]]
	* [[Quaggoth]]		* [[Quaggoth]] (post-[[Fiend Folio]]; [[bugbears]] owned this niche before then)
	* [[Skulk]]		* [[Skulk]]
	* [[Diopsid]]		* [[Diopsid]]
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	* [[Dark One]]		* [[Dark One]]
	* [[Deep Imaskari]]		* [[Deep Imaskari]]
	* [[Lerara]]		* [[Lerara]] (''cf.'' also [[Morlock]])
	* [[Underfolk]]		* [[Underfolk]]

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	* [[Chromatic Dragon\|Purple/Deep Dragon]]		* [[Chromatic Dragon\|Purple/Deep Dragon]]
	* [[Metallic Dragon\|Adamantine Dragon]]		* [[Metallic Dragon\|Adamantine Dragon]]
	* [[Skum]]		* [[Skum]] (although most of us kept using [[kuo-toa]])
	* [[Draegloth]]		* [[Draegloth]]
	* [[Chuul]]		* [[Chuul]]

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Other Settings */

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Other Settings

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	* [[Dragon Magazine]] #267 devotes an extensive article to examining four alternate versions of the Underdark; one in which the [[Duergar]] have taken over; one in which the Underdark is the bastion of the "good" races against a ruined surface; one in which the Underdark is mostly flooded and thusly dominated by aquatic races; and one in which the Underdark basically is a gateway to the [[Far Realm]].		* [[Dragon Magazine]] #267 devotes an extensive article to examining four alternate versions of the Underdark; one in which the [[Duergar]] have taken over; one in which the Underdark is the bastion of the "good" races against a ruined surface; one in which the Underdark is mostly flooded and thusly dominated by aquatic races; and one in which the Underdark basically is a gateway to the [[Far Realm]].

	Some settings barely cover half a continent, and/or have continents far disconnected from one another, so don't exactly merit the definite-article "THE-Underdark". [[Krynn]] has enormous dwarven mines linked, sometimes, with nondwarven cavern-systems; but they don't link with one another, so you won't be meeting (say) [[Taladas]] [[disir]] anywhere below Ansalon. The [[Larisnar\|Accordlands]] have a demon-haunted underbelly but that's focused below a small region.		Some settings barely cover half a continent, and/or have continents far disconnected from one another, so don't exactly merit the definite-article "THE-Underdark". [[Krynn]] has enormous dwarven mines linked, sometimes, with nondwarven cavern-systems; but they don't link with one another, so you won't be meeting (say) [[Taladas]] [[disir]] anywhere below Ansalon. Same goes for [[Scarred Lands\|Scarn]]. The [[Larisnar\|Accordlands]] have a demon-haunted underbelly but that's focused below a small region.

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Other Settings

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	* [[Lamentations of the Flame Princess]] features the ''Veins of the Earth''. Atomic bees, fossilized vampires, cosmic angler fish that use poorly written bad guys as bait, delicious fungi men, living trains festooned in weapons... the list goes on for the strange things to find down there. It also has its own take on [[Drow]] (crazy), [[Duergar]] (they think in straight lines), [[Derro]] (schizophrenic), and others. It's not a pleasant place, but then - who expected it to be.		* [[Lamentations of the Flame Princess]] features the ''Veins of the Earth''. Atomic bees, fossilized vampires, cosmic angler fish that use poorly written bad guys as bait, delicious fungi men, living trains festooned in weapons... the list goes on for the strange things to find down there. It also has its own take on [[Drow]] (crazy), [[Duergar]] (they think in straight lines), [[Derro]] (schizophrenic), and others. It's not a pleasant place, but then - who expected it to be.
	* [[Dragon Magazine]] #267 devotes an extensive article to examining four alternate versions of the Underdark; one in which the [[Duergar]] have taken over; one in which the Underdark is the bastion of the "good" races against a ruined surface; one in which the Underdark is mostly flooded and thusly dominated by aquatic races; and one in which the Underdark basically is a gateway to the [[Far Realm]].		* [[Dragon Magazine]] #267 devotes an extensive article to examining four alternate versions of the Underdark; one in which the [[Duergar]] have taken over; one in which the Underdark is the bastion of the "good" races against a ruined surface; one in which the Underdark is mostly flooded and thusly dominated by aquatic races; and one in which the Underdark basically is a gateway to the [[Far Realm]].

			Some settings barely cover half a continent, and/or have continents far disconnected from one another, so don't exactly merit the definite-article "THE-Underdark". [[Krynn]] has enormous dwarven mines linked, sometimes, with nondwarven cavern-systems; but they don't link with one another, so you won't be meeting (say) [[Taladas]] [[disir]] anywhere below Ansalon. The [[Larisnar\|Accordlands]] have a demon-haunted underbelly but that's focused below a small region.

	[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons]]		[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons]]

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Other Settings

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	* In [[Eberron]], the Underdark is replaced by "Khyber," the Dragon Below. It's similar enough to bog standard Underdarks, except that there's there's a higher population of [[Rakshasa]]s present, trying to free their Rajah overlords. Also [[Hag\|Night Hags]]. The deeper you get, the less reality makes sense.		* In [[Eberron]], the Underdark is replaced by "Khyber," the Dragon Below. It's similar enough to bog standard Underdarks, except that there's there's a higher population of [[Rakshasa]]s present, trying to free their Rajah overlords. Also [[Hag\|Night Hags]]. The deeper you get, the less reality makes sense.
	* In [[Pathfinder]], the Darklands are a clone of Faerun's Underdark, based in part on the tiny bits of Underdark fluff that leaked into 3e's stable of [[OGL\|Open Game Content]]. One of the more unique aspects of the Darklands is that its bottom realm, Orv, is composed of a bunch of large "Vaults" constructed by an unknown [[Old Ones\|precursor race]] that are reasonably interconnected, but hard to get to from the middle layer, existing to scratch your party's itch for pulpy [[Mystara#Hollow World\|"lost world"]] style adventures.		* In [[Pathfinder]], the Darklands are a clone of Faerun's Underdark, based in part on the tiny bits of Underdark fluff that leaked into 3e's stable of [[OGL\|Open Game Content]]. One of the more unique aspects of the Darklands is that its bottom realm, Orv, is composed of a bunch of large "Vaults" constructed by an unknown [[Old Ones\|precursor race]] that are reasonably interconnected, but hard to get to from the middle layer, existing to scratch your party's itch for pulpy [[Mystara#Hollow World\|"lost world"]] style adventures.
	* [[Lamentations of the Flame Princess]] features the ''Veins of the Earth''. Atomic bees, fossilized vampires, cosmic angler fish that use poorly written bad guys as bait, delicious fungi men, living trains festooned in weapons... the list goes on for the strange things to find down there. It also has its own take on [[Drow]] (crazy), [[Duergar]] (they think in straight lines), [[Derro]] (schizophrenic), and others. It's not a pleasant place to be.		* [[Lamentations of the Flame Princess]] features the ''Veins of the Earth''. Atomic bees, fossilized vampires, cosmic angler fish that use poorly written bad guys as bait, delicious fungi men, living trains festooned in weapons... the list goes on for the strange things to find down there. It also has its own take on [[Drow]] (crazy), [[Duergar]] (they think in straight lines), [[Derro]] (schizophrenic), and others. It's not a pleasant place, but then - who expected it to be.
	* [[Dragon Magazine]] #267 devotes an extensive article to examining four alternate versions of the Underdark; one in which the [[Duergar]] have taken over; one in which the Underdark is the bastion of the "good" races against a ruined surface; one in which the Underdark is mostly flooded and thusly dominated by aquatic races; and one in which the Underdark basically is a gateway to the [[Far Realm]].		* [[Dragon Magazine]] #267 devotes an extensive article to examining four alternate versions of the Underdark; one in which the [[Duergar]] have taken over; one in which the Underdark is the bastion of the "good" races against a ruined surface; one in which the Underdark is mostly flooded and thusly dominated by aquatic races; and one in which the Underdark basically is a gateway to the [[Far Realm]].

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Splats

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	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.		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 ~~Forgottent~~ Realms.		[[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).		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).

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	==Notable Denizens==		==Notable Denizens==
			[[File:Underdark MA.jpg\|right\|400px]]
	The Underdark is full of life, and pretty much all of it is hostile. All kinds of gribblies wander about here, from dark-preferring denizens of the world above to [[aberration]]s boiling out of the uttermost depths. These range from mindless monsters like the [[Cave Fisher]] and the [[Carrion Crawler]] to sapient races.		The Underdark is full of life, and pretty much all of it is hostile. All kinds of gribblies wander about here, from dark-preferring denizens of the world above to [[aberration]]s boiling out of the uttermost depths. These range from mindless monsters like the [[Cave Fisher]] and the [[Carrion Crawler]] to sapient races.

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Faerun's Underdark */

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Faerun's Underdark

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	[[File:4e Underdark.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|There's some surprisingly nice places down there.]]		[[File:4e Underdark.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|There's some surprisingly nice places down there.]]

	As mentioned, the original "Underdark" underlaid Greyhawk. Niles' Deepearth didn't belong to any trademarked setting - even as late as the first half of [[Bloodstone Pass\|the H series]]. When Forgotten Realms took off as TSR's baby, Da Sootz strongarmed Niles to migrate H2's "Deepearth" to Faerun.		As mentioned, the original "Underdark" underlaid Greyhawk. Niles' Deepearth didn't belong to any trademarked setting - even as late as the first half of [[Bloodstone Pass\|the H series]]. When Forgotten Realms took off as TSR's baby, Da Sootz strongarmed Niles to migrate the ''Mines''' "Deepearth" to H1's Demara and both to Faerun.

	The Underdark would become iconic to Faerun, in no small part because of the [[Drizzt]] novels. Indeed it's sometimes considered more of a Forgotten Realms region than a D&D region as a whole - the 3e "Underdark" sourcebook was even released under the FR banner.		The Underdark would become iconic to Faerun, in no small part because of the [[Drizzt]] novels. Indeed it's sometimes considered more of a Forgotten Realms region than a D&D region as a whole - the 3e "Underdark" sourcebook was even released under the FR banner.

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Faerun's Underdark */

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Faerun's Underdark

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	[[File:4e Underdark.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|There's some surprisingly nice places down there.]]		[[File:4e Underdark.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|There's some surprisingly nice places down there.]]

	As mentioned, the original "Underdark" underlaid Greyhawk ~~and~~ Niles' ~~version~~ didn't belong to any trademarked setting - even as late as the first half of [[Bloodstone Pass\|the H series]]. When Forgotten Realms took off as TSR's baby, ~~they~~ strongarmed Niles to migrate H2's "Deepearth" to Faerun. It would become iconic to ~~the setting~~, in no small part because of the [[Drizzt]] novels~~, and indeed~~ it's sometimes considered more of a Forgotten Realms region than a D&D region as a whole - the 3e "Underdark" sourcebook was even released under the FR banner.		As mentioned, the original "Underdark" underlaid Greyhawk. Niles' Deepearth didn't belong to any trademarked setting - even as late as the first half of [[Bloodstone Pass\|the H series]]. When Forgotten Realms took off as TSR's baby, Da Sootz strongarmed Niles to migrate H2's "Deepearth" to Faerun.

			The Underdark would become iconic to Faerun, in no small part because of the [[Drizzt]] novels. Indeed it's sometimes considered more of a Forgotten Realms region than a D&D region as a whole - the 3e "Underdark" sourcebook was even released under the FR banner.

	When adventures in the Underdark first debuted, a special proviso was laid on most of the items found therein: most magic items found there became normal or disintegrated about a month after leaving the Underdark, which was some of the most insulting cheese that players had ever eaten. This was later justified as only applying to drow items, as they used a special metal that took to enchantment more readily, but which disintegrated upon exposure to sunlight. Still, the idea infuriated players to the point that this idea was ultimately dropped.		When adventures in the Underdark first debuted, a special proviso was laid on most of the items found therein: most magic items found there became normal or disintegrated about a month after leaving the Underdark, which was some of the most insulting cheese that players had ever eaten. This was later justified as only applying to drow items, as they used a special metal that took to enchantment more readily, but which disintegrated upon exposure to sunlight. Still, the idea infuriated players to the point that this idea was ultimately dropped.