Footsteps Beneath

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

This thick tome was written by a high elf warrior and wizard named Feldefalas Arnion. The sole survivor of a drow attack on his village, Feldefalas devoted the remainder of his long life to hunting and killing the dark elves. He spent decades in the Underdeep, learning the ways of that alien world beneath the surface, putting his hard-won knowledge to use in his eternal quest for vengeance against the drow. Eventually, he came to understand the Underdeep as well, or even better, as those who called the labyrinthine depths home. How many drow he slew in his centuries of personal war is unknown, but even the drow eventually came to fear him. The hunting parties they dispatched into the wilds of the Underdeep to find Feldefalas returned empty-handed, if at all, and the lone elf’s slaughter continued. Feldefalas eventually grew old enough that he could no longer continue his war, and retired to the surface, where he penned Footsteps Beneath, hoping the lessons he had learned would allow others to continue his struggle.

Anyone who studies Footsteps Beneath may use the information in the book to train his Survival skill up to eight ranks. The book does not grant the reader any skill points, he must spend his own points if he wishes to increase his skill, but it does effectively take the place of a trainer. Feldefalas’ lessons centre entirely on Survival in the Underdeep, the information contained in Footsteps Beneath is of no use to those on the surface.

Footsteps Beneath: 175 gp; 14 lb.