This is definitely a labour of love. Considering this was made long before BG3 brought Eilistraee back into the spotlight of the public, it was probably the most consise repository of the moon maiden herself that compiled everything from past sourcebooks and even web articles.

Bear in mind, this was also made long before 2024 5e so while a majority of the subclasses could be used, Sword Dancer may require a bit of tweaking (or at least omitting some of the stuff that you won't get at first level unless you and your GM can make an aggreement on something.)

Love it! It's my go to resource for Eilistraee. It's been so helpful and it often times clarifies things people online are vague about or are just getting wrong.

This is probably the most well researched and definitive collection of up to date to the present era (1490s DR) lore about the goddess of good drow, Eilistraee, that you're going to find. This document is dense. The mechanical options are neat, but the heart of this completely free release is the deep (and continually updated) lore document that really gives you all you need to know about the goddess.

Lots of good stuff here for people who want to play the "good hearted drow who broke free of Lolth's cult" archetype but don't want to play the "angst-ridden loner shunned by all" archetype. Poor Drizzt. If only you ever, y'know, went into a forest in your life, you'd find out that there's a whole bunch of your people just like you and they're hot too.

Anyways, this is a great fan project in the tradition of Brian R James and should be anyone's first stop for knowledge and gameplay if they're wanting to explore playing a devotee of Eilistraee in the modern Realms.

Excellent work! I agree with the other reviewers that the layout was a bit strange but that did not stop my enjoyment at all! My CG Drow Cleric Eilistraee is going to have a lot to work with during her travels as she tries to escape the Underdark...hopefully she can survive the onslaught of demon princes...

This is possibly the most useful collection of the canon lore about Eilistraee and her followers that I've found.

As another reviewer noted, the layout isn't precisely the best, and you may need to re-read a sentence here and there to be sure what it's saying due to a consistent nonstandard choice of prepositions. (English isn't the author's first language, as he mentions in the description.)

With some layout work, minor proofreading as noted, and commissioned artwork (the images are listed as fan art on the Forgotten Realms wiki), this could very well be a professionally made supplement.

The most major thing missing is availability to use this material (without struggling to adapt/input it all myself) on both Fantasy Grounds and D&D Beyond. :)

I really like the detailed information her. However there is something that disturbs me a bit and that are the page long, I don't know, sidebars. For me this disrupts the reading experience since I have to go back and forth in the document and I kind of feel it cancels out the purpose of a sidebar. If they are not ment to be sidebars than I find it even more confusing to have to two texts in two columns over more than one page. I feel that could be made better. On the other hand I really like the source index. There is a lot of information out there and to see where it came from in this PDF is great. Also that you have bookmarks and functioning links is also a nice to have. Except a background and a magic item all character material is a second pdf which is okay. Personally I have no problem if they were merged together. Here you get options for clerics, paladins and bards. They look solid and not overpowered. Same goes for the spells and feats. A bit confusing maybe is that all versions of the Sword Dancer (Domain) are included, the current one should be enough in my opinion. Yet, it is not really a deal breaker. The final nice touch is that the used artwork is also included separately.

Amazing read, do you have more products like this? I'd love to find out more about the lore of D&D where all of the info is in one place. It'd be cool if it was formated a bit better and had some more art, but it's still a great document and worth the read! Thanks for making it. Edit: If you'd like a hand when Mordenkainen comes out, let me know, I read below that you're pretty busy and I'd like to help if I can!

An amazingly true-to-source conversion of 2nd Editions specialty priest. I have been  thinking of doing it myself but this saved me alot of work. I will  make a few tweaks myself as I am concerned that it is a bit over the top as it is. That's purely personal taste though.

This is an amazingly dense, well-researched, and meticulously sourced treatise on the drow goddess Eilistraee and her followers. The breadth and depth of infomation included is incredible, and this resource is invaluable for campaigns or players seeking to incorporate Eilistraee into their campaigns. No stone seems to have been left unturned in the author's research, and an extensive works cited page allows the reader to delve even further into the stories of Eilistraee by tracking down the materials referenced. This is exceedingly handy for drow-centric campaigns, or anyone seeking to explore non-Lolthite drow.

I have a few small reservations about the systems presented for Sword Dancers, though I have not seen them in play, I feel that the alternate spellcasting ability and effective immunity to opportunity attacks create balancing issues (I would recommend a disengage bonus action every turn to correct the latter.) I also find the background texture a bit distracting, in particular, the center fold on each page. There are also a few sidebars that the shading seems misplaced on.

Overall, I recommend this product, despite my relatively minor critiques.

FOLLOW UP: I do look forward to the changes the author talks about below and will be happy to revisit upn updates. I too cannot WAIT to see what Tome of Foes has in store!

As a DM with a paladin of Eilistraee in my campaign, this has been an invaluable resource. Although I don't follow the absolute canon, this is chock full of food for thought and gives me great ideas for things that could happen during our campaign. Thank you so much for this!