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49960207 begin Lolth/Xastur compilation file
Role-playing Games
Subtext: Drow
Drow. The Dark Elves. Those Who Have
Turned to Evil. In elven tongues, they are
referred to by seveal names: "tirl
aukhbhet-ess," "tuer lothnil," and "duiss
aszbhar." All of these translate to "The
Accursed." The elegant, dark and deadly
drow are a hated and feared race.
In the dangerous caverns of the Underdark
dwell many horrible monsters, including
the drow. Obsidian-skinned kin to elves,
this fell race has won mastery of magic --
and a cruel reputation....
_The Drow of the Underdark_, Ed Greenwood, 1991 TSR, p. 3.
__________________________________________________________
Subtext: Drow Society
Drow society is strongly matriarchal,
with females holding all positions of
power and responsibility in government,
the military, and in the home. Males are
effective fighters, and can become priests
and wizards of minor power. Outside
drow communities, they are rarely
encountered without female commanders.
Male-commanded drow groups are generally
either *streeakh*, "suicide squads" or
are *dobluth* (outcasts) who have rejected
the traditional authority-structure of the
drow.
Ibid, p. 13.
____________
Subtext: Drow, Spiders and Lolth
Drow have a strong affinity for arachnids.
Most of them worship the spider goddess,
Lolth, whose priestesses dominate drow
society ....
Even among drow who do not worship
Lolth, an affinity for arachnids is strong.
Spiders and similar creatures often dwell
among drow communities, and are prominent
in drow sculpture, art, and fashion....
Ibid, p 13.
___________
Subtext: Worshipping Lolth
In a Lolth-worshipping drow community, it
is a deadly thing to slaw a matron mother
who holds Lolth's favor, so mothers may
reign for hundreds and even thousands
of years, kept alive by the magic of Lolth
and the diligent service they perform to
get and keep it....
...the worship of Lolth and the summoning
of denizens who serve her.
Ibid, p. 17.
____________
LOLTH (minor goddess)
Lolth is a cruel, capricious goddess,
thought by many to be insane. She
delights in setting her worshippers
at each other's throats, so that the
strongest, most devious and cruel will
survive to serve her. Lolth roams the
Realms often, appearing in answer to
the rituals of drow priestesses, and w
working whatever harm she can to the
enemies of the drow. She secretly wants
to be worshipped by humans and elves
of the surface Realms, and sometimes
journies among their communities,
whispering of the power Lolth can bring.
_Roleplaying Notes:_ Lolth is malicious
in her dealings, and coldly vicious in
a fight. She enjoys causing death,
destruction, and painful torture.
Even more, Lolth enjoys corrupting elves
and humans to her service. In drow form,
her direct physical embrace can act as a
*charm person* (save at -4) on a human or
demi-human of either sex....
Lolth can appear kind, rendering aid to
those she fancies -- but she really cares
only for herself; her favor and aid can
never be relied on....
_Lolth's Avatar_...
Lolth's avatar appears in the Realms as a
giant black widow spider, but prefers to
change into the form of a human-sized,
exquisitely beautiful female drow. She
can also combine the two forms, appearing
as a spider with a coldly beautiful female
drow head. This is believed to be her 'true'
form....
Lolth can call on any school of magic for
her spells, and is not harmed by discom-
fited by light. She enjoys the company of
spiders of all sorts; when in drow form,
she often clothes herself entirely in cling-
ing spiders....
Ibid, pp. 34-5.
_______________
INSTALLMENT ONE.
ny'rl'toth'p
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Subject: Lolth Research: RPGs (2)
To: thelema93-l@bitsy.hollyfeld.org
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 22:26:54 -0800 (PST)
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49960210 Lolth/Xastur compilation file pt 2 (dedicated to that llth person)
Role-playing Games
Part Two
Subtext: Drow Religion
The majority of Drow worship Lolth, the cruel, capricious Spider Queen.
She is called "Lloth" by some drow.... In ancient times, Lolth was
known as Araushnee, to drow who inhabited the vanished cities of
Clorlyth'na'tsheen and Obbolor ("Spider-home")....
_The Drow of the Underdark_, Ed Greemwood, 1991 TSR, p. 20.
____________________________________________________________
Subtext: Drow Language
_A SELECTED GLOSSARY OF DEEP DROW_
_Words_
...
lil = the
...
oloth = darkness (utter natural darkness or magical darkness)
[elen = usual, traditional; elendar = continuing... enduring,
so perhaps elendraug = the ever-enduring -tn]
Ibid, pp. 99-100.
_________________
Subtext: Glyph of Lolth
In certain areas, special marker-glyphs are emplaced by priestesses
of Lolth, to mark areas sacred to the goddess (typically caches of
scrolls, or rich veins of gemstone claimed as the property of a
local priesthood of Lolth). These glyphs take the form of a pair
of a pair of female drow lips, shaped as if to bestow a kiss, and
surrounded by eight spider legs shaped to form a circular outline
for the glyph.
Ibid, p. 104.
_____________
Subtext: Servants of Lolth
Yochlol, 'the handmaidens of Lolth," are denizens of the Abyss.
All known yochlol serve the queen of Spiders, and appear on the
Prime Material Plane only at her command, when summoned by rituals
of worship to her.
Yochlol normally appear as mysty columns of ale-brown or (mor rarely)
dark red, emeral, or violet gas. In this form they... appear as hazy,
mobile smudges in the air, and have a strong, acrid, disgusting odor.
They can extend pseudopods of their form or change the shape of their
gaseous cloud to better hide, reach prey, or compress themeslves to
fit through thin apertures.
Yochlol much materialize to carry items or to make physical attacks,
into one of three forms: an amorphous, one-eyed column resembling a
...half-burned brown candle, with eight pseudopods; a giant spider;
or a beautiful female human or elf.
Ibid, Chapter 14.
_________________
_________________ end of citations from that source
APPENDIX 1: The Queen of Spiders
Lolth (Demon Queen of Spiders)
...
The demoness Lolth is a very powerful and feared demon Lord. She usually
takes the form of a giant black widow spider when she is on the Prime
Material Plane, and she sometimes assumes this form on her own plane
(of the Abyss) as well, but she also enjoys appearing as an exquisitely
beautiful dark elf.... Little is known about her aims, and only the fact
that the drow worship of Lolth brings her to the Prime Material Plane
permits the compilation of any substantial information.
Lolth enjoys the company of spiders of all sorts - giant species while
in her arachnid shape, those of normal, large and huge, and giant species
while in her humanoid form. She is able to converse with all kinds of
spiders, and they understand and obey her unquestioningly.
...As Lolth enjoys roving about in one form or another, she will seldom
be enountered no matter what the plane, unless worshippers have invoked
her to some special shrine or temple....
_Queen of the Spiders_, by Gary Gygax, 1986 TSR, p. 122.
[note that this identical text appears in Ward/Kuntz
'Legends and Lore', 1984.]
________________________________________________________
Lolth is especially susceptible to holy water....
The visual range of the demoness extends into the infrared and ultraviolet
spectrums to a normal distance of 120 feet. Lolth has limited *telepathy*,
as do demons in general.
...(any creature or character of 8 [hit dice] or less is *awed* by the sight
and presence of Lolth as a drow, and is unable to initiate any action other
than physical defense....
Ibid, pp. 122-123.
______________
______________ final quote from that source
The dark elves worship demon lords from the Abyss. The best known
example is the worship of the Demon Queen Lolth. Drow sacrifice
both blood (of others) and riches to her....
_AD&D Legends and Lore_, James Ward with Rob Kuntz, 1984 TST, p. 92
___________________________________________________________________
(RELATED)
_KALI_
Lesser goddess
...
Kali has night black skin, tusks, 3 eyes, and 4 arms ending in talons.
She can *shape change* at will and her visage causes *fear* as the spell
to any who look up it....
This goddess is destruction incarnate, the ruthless mother who can give
life and then take it away. She eats her own children for sustenance.
The other deities of this [Indian] pantheon will allow her to lead them
in battle against the most powerful of enemies, because she is so awesome
in her destructiveness that she is able to inspire fear in even the most
gruesome demons and devils.... Sometimes she wields a sword in one
hand....
Her worship requires sacrifices of blood, and even an occasional human
sacrifice. Her cult included many assassins. Those sworn to defend
her cult will often do so in a sort of berzerk, suicidal manner,
slaying all who oppose them until they themselves are slain.
Ibid, p. 71.
____________
INSTALLMENT TWO COMPLETE.
ny'rl'toth'p
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Subject: Lolth Research: RPGs (2)
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49960210 Lolth/Xastur compilation file pt 2 (dedicated to that llth person)
Role-playing Games
Part Two
Subtext: Drow Religion
The majority of Drow worship Lolth, the cruel, capricious Spider Queen.
She is called "Lloth" by some drow.... In ancient times, Lolth was
known as Araushnee, to drow who inhabited the vanished cities of
Clorlyth'na'tsheen and Obbolor ("Spider-home")....
_The Drow of the Underdark_, Ed Greemwood, 1991 TSR, p. 20.
____________________________________________________________
Subtext: Drow Language
_A SELECTED GLOSSARY OF DEEP DROW_
_Words_
...
lil = the
...
oloth = darkness (utter natural darkness or magical darkness)
[elen = usual, traditional; elendar = continuing... enduring,
so perhaps elendraug = the ever-enduring -tn]
Ibid, pp. 99-100.
_________________
Subtext: Glyph of Lolth
In certain areas, special marker-glyphs are emplaced by priestesses
of Lolth, to mark areas sacred to the goddess (typically caches of
scrolls, or rich veins of gemstone claimed as the property of a
local priesthood of Lolth). These glyphs take the form of a pair
of a pair of female drow lips, shaped as if to bestow a kiss, and
surrounded by eight spider legs shaped to form a circular outline
for the glyph.
Ibid, p. 104.
_____________
Subtext: Servants of Lolth
Yochlol, 'the handmaidens of Lolth," are denizens of the Abyss.
All known yochlol serve the queen of Spiders, and appear on the
Prime Material Plane only at her command, when summoned by rituals
of worship to her.
Yochlol normally appear as mysty columns of ale-brown or (mor rarely)
dark red, emeral, or violet gas. In this form they... appear as hazy,
mobile smudges in the air, and have a strong, acrid, disgusting odor.
They can extend pseudopods of their form or change the shape of their
gaseous cloud to better hide, reach prey, or compress themeslves to
fit through thin apertures.
Yochlol much materialize to carry items or to make physical attacks,
into one of three forms: an amorphous, one-eyed column resembling a
...half-burned brown candle, with eight pseudopods; a giant spider;
or a beautiful female human or elf.
Ibid, Chapter 14.
_________________
_________________ end of citations from that source
APPENDIX 1: The Queen of Spiders
Lolth (Demon Queen of Spiders)
...
The demoness Lolth is a very powerful and feared demon Lord. She usually
takes the form of a giant black widow spider when she is on the Prime
Material Plane, and she sometimes assumes this form on her own plane
(of the Abyss) as well, but she also enjoys appearing as an exquisitely
beautiful dark elf.... Little is known about her aims, and only the fact
that the drow worship of Lolth brings her to the Prime Material Plane
permits the compilation of any substantial information.
Lolth enjoys the company of spiders of all sorts - giant species while
in her arachnid shape, those of normal, large and huge, and giant species
while in her humanoid form. She is able to converse with all kinds of
spiders, and they understand and obey her unquestioningly.
...As Lolth enjoys roving about in one form or another, she will seldom
be enountered no matter what the plane, unless worshippers have invoked
her to some special shrine or temple....
_Queen of the Spiders_, by Gary Gygax, 1986 TSR, p. 122.
[note that this identical text appears in Ward/Kuntz
'Legends and Lore', 1984.]
________________________________________________________
Lolth is especially susceptible to holy water....
The visual range of the demoness extends into the infrared and ultraviolet
spectrums to a normal distance of 120 feet. Lolth has limited *telepathy*,
as do demons in general.
...(any creature or character of 8 [hit dice] or less is *awed* by the sight
and presence of Lolth as a drow, and is unable to initiate any action other
than physical defense....
Ibid, pp. 122-123.
______________
______________ final quote from that source
The dark elves worship demon lords from the Abyss. The best known
example is the worship of the Demon Queen Lolth. Drow sacrifice
both blood (of others) and riches to her....
_AD&D Legends and Lore_, James Ward with Rob Kuntz, 1984 TST, p. 92
___________________________________________________________________
(RELATED)
_KALI_
Lesser goddess
...
Kali has night black skin, tusks, 3 eyes, and 4 arms ending in talons.
She can *shape change* at will and her visage causes *fear* as the spell
to any who look up it....
This goddess is destruction incarnate, the ruthless mother who can give
life and then take it away. She eats her own children for sustenance.
The other deities of this [Indian] pantheon will allow her to lead them
in battle against the most powerful of enemies, because she is so awesome
in her destructiveness that she is able to inspire fear in even the most
gruesome demons and devils.... Sometimes she wields a sword in one
hand....
Her worship requires sacrifices of blood, and even an occasional human
sacrifice. Her cult included many assassins. Those sworn to defend
her cult will often do so in a sort of berzerk, suicidal manner,
slaying all who oppose them until they themselves are slain.
Ibid, p. 71.
____________
INSTALLMENT TWO COMPLETE.
ny'rl'toth'p
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