Editing Drow (section)

===''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd edition===
The drow appears in the ''[[Monster Manual]]'' for this edition (2000).<ref>[[Monte Cook|Cook, Monte]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], and [[Skip Williams]]. ''[[Monster Manual]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2000)</ref> The drow of the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting appear in the hardcover ''[[Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting]]'' (2001),<ref name="FRCS">[[Ed Greenwood]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], [[Skip Williams]], and [[Rob Heinsoo]]. ''[[Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2001).</ref> and in ''[[Races of Faerûn]]'' (2003).<ref name="Races" /> The drow also appears in the revised ''[[Monster Manual]]'' for the 3.5 edition (2003).<ref name="MM2003">[[Monte Cook|Cook, Monte]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], and [[Skip Williams]]. ''[[Monster Manual]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2003)</ref>

The ''Underdark'' hardcover for the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting (2003) features the drow yet again as a player character race,<ref name="Underdark">[[Bruce Cordell|Cordell, Bruce R]], [[Gwendolyn FM Kestrel]], and [[Jeff Quick]]. ''[[Underdark (supplement)|Underdark]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2003)</ref> as does the ''[[Player's Guide to Faerûn]]'' (2004).<ref>[[Richard Baker (game designer)|Baker, Richard]], [[Travis Stout]], [[James Wyatt (game designer)|James Wyatt]]. ''[[Player's Guide to Faerûn]]''; [[Wizards of the Coast]].</ref> ''[[Lost Empires of Faerûn (accessory)|Lost Empires of Faerûn]]'' describes the drow werebat (2005).<ref name="Lost" /> The drow paragon 3-level prestige class appears in ''[[Unearthed Arcana]]'' (2004).<ref>[[Andy Collins (game designer)|Collins, Andy]], [[Jesse Decker]], [[David Noonan (game designer)|David Noonan]], and [[Rich Redman]]. ''[[Unearthed Arcana]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2004).</ref>

In 2004, the new [[Eberron]] campaign setting introduced drow in a world where Lolth doesn't exist;<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|date=2021-12-19|title=How Dungeons & Dragons' New Update Changes Drow (& Why)|url=https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-dark-elves-change-different-lore-offensive/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Screen Rant|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207210817/https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-dark-elves-change-different-lore-offensive/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Baker|first=Keith|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55943911|title=Eberron Campaign Setting|date=2004|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|others=Bill Slavicsek, James Wyatt|isbn=978-0-7869-3274-0|location=Renton, WA|oclc=55943911|access-date=2022-02-07|archive-date=2022-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525061219/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55943911|url-status=live}}</ref> various drow societies were then explored in more detail in ''[[Secrets of Xen'drik]]'' (2006).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Baker|first=Keith|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70851946|title=Eberron: Secrets of Xen'drik|date=2006|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|others=James Wyatt|isbn=0-7869-3916-8|location=Renton, WA|oclc=70851946}}</ref> Additionally, the umbragen for the setting appeared as a player character race in ''Dragon'' #330 (April 2005).

The arcane guard drow, the dark sniper drow, the drow priestess, the Lolth's sting, and the Lolth-touched drow ranger appear in ''[[Monster Manual IV]]'' (2006).<ref name="MM4">[[Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel|Kestrel, Gwendolyn F.M.]] ''[[Monster Manual IV]]'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2006)</ref> The deepwyrm drow is presented as a player character race in ''[[Dragon Magic]]'' (2006).<ref>[[Owen K.C. Stephens|Stephens, Own K.C.]] and [[Rodney Thompson]]; ''[[Dragon Magic]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2006).</ref>

The drow are presented as a player character race for the 3.5 edition in ''Expedition to the Demonweb Pits'' (2007)<ref>[[Wolfgang Baur]] and [[Gwendolyn Kestrel]]. ''[[Expedition to the Demonweb Pits]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2007).</ref> and ''Drow of the Underdark'' (2007).<ref name="DROW">[[Ari Marmell]], [[Anthony Pryor]], [[Robert J. Schwalb]], and [[Greg A. Vaughan]]. ''[[Drow of the Underdark]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2007).</ref> ''Drow of the Underdark'' also features the arcane guard, the drow assassin, the house captain, the house wizard, the drow inquisitor, the favored consort, the drow priestess, the drow slaver, the spider sentinel, the albino drow (szarkai), the szarkai fighters, the szarkai druids, and the drow warrior, along with numerous prestige classes and other monsters related to drow.<ref name="DROW" />

====Open gaming====
The release of the [[Open Game License]] and the [[System Reference Document]]'s inclusion of the drow race also led to a number of books related to drow being published by companies not affiliated with [[Wizards of the Coast]], such as ''The Quintessential Drow'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Witt|first=Sam|title=The Quintessential Drow|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2003|series=Collector series|volume=18|isbn=978-1-904577-19-5}}</ref> ''The Complete Guide to Drow'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Quinn|first=Jeffrey|title=The Complete Guide to Drow|publisher=[[Goodman Games]]|date=2006|isbn=978-1-904577-19-5}}</ref> and ''Encyclopaedia Arcane: Drow Magic''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Younts|first=Patrick|title=Encyclopaedia Arcane: Drow Magic|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|date=2004|isbn=978-1-904854-01-2}}</ref>