Monster Ecology: Duergar 

That80sGuy1972 yep thats what my Duegar used to say lol. XD

R.I.P. Morgar... Vorse avenged you even if you really didn't want to be avenged by the Hairy Smelly Bull in Plate Armor.

That80sGuy1972 great viewpoint on pc grays,so true!

That80sGuy1972 lol love it

I played a Duergar named Moroth the Mangled, polearm fighter. Party loved him, and his belligerent "who are ye?!?" is still quoted at the table to this day!

Came here to say this, didn't need to.

😂😂😂no kidding🤪🤪🤪

So… they kill each other then

@@justnoob8141Nope, because they’ve separated themselves from Dwarves so much they don’t consider themselves dwarfes. They’re Duergar.

That's true in some DND settings as well. Greyhawk for one, used to be in FR but they've moved away from that.

Because Dwarves are weak

I had it that they were masters of deception without directly lying. In a society of lawful evil creatures where some are telepathic, lying becomes tricky. Punishments for deceiving superiors would be harsh. So they've learned amazing verbal misdirection

How could I not?

Because they didn’t want to pay taxes

Do it as a DM. Alter settings with your own twists.

No this is amazing. Rn they're the angry Amish of the deep

By the way, Underdark + Science + Flesh Golems = Skavens, of clan Skryre and clan Moulder. Except they're deeply chaotic evil.

they have mecha-like stuff

@@Scarletraven87 I 2nd this notion because it's epic.

Michael Kelligan very nice

@@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 thank you.

The 2nd encounter, sorry I have to ask. What about the women and the children ? Even the children too ? In all earnest , the player groups I dealt with over the years, even the ones playing paladins would have "relocate" the remaining Deurgar to the surface for a few years as peasant labor for cultural social reconditioning . Our game shop played Legacy campaigns. So the characters adventure till their early to mid 40's and pass their "best" equipment to their oldest children .given our campaign a structure time line. Barons "beg" the Deugar and other types of dwarves to build manors and churches for them.

Toiling at the keyboard, Laduguer approves.

Thanks! Many more to come.

I figure 'Misty Mountain" for when I make a video on the Dwarves, what do you think?

Definetly!

O, heck yeah... Another great choice😃

pretty much

Communism, how the lawful evil of the world enforces true tyranny on their subjects.

The endless pursuit of profit above all? You're literally describing capitalism.

Indeed I have, its bumped up on the list!

I appreciate that, blessings on you and your house!

Thanks Kurt!

I have a feeling that Perturabo needs to be sent to the underdark he has alot in common mentality wise with the duergar!

Sounds good :) If Duergar are involved, they might be working two cults against each other, the Devilish agent could be providing power to one or even both cult groups, and the animosity between the groups could spill out into open warfare, with the Duergar providing weapons that shoot alchemist fire all over the place... the resulting mayhem provides them the perfect cover to raid the surface for slaves and goods, assassinate merchants, leaders, clergy...

N.G.G.F. please tell me you did pull off this campaign. It sounds great. What was the best high lights of the story ?

There is an older video on them, sorry if the quality is poor.

We also raided an abandoned Duergar city whose Water table dried up and wound up fight a ton of ju-ju zombies and mummies left behind but wound up with an item called,"Anvil of the Duergar".......the thing weighed over a ton,I'm assuming that's why they abandoned it,and once we got it home....our Dwarven blacksmiths,armorors and weapon smiths had a field day!

Dusty little scamps.

"The ultimate pessimists." Totally imagined a Duergar PC acting like Eeyore all the time.

AJ Pickett scamps...lol

AJ Pickett lol

@@spikegilfer1997 Xan, BG1 EE

I had the AD&D2e guild book to the Under Dark. All societies are built around one main racial type at war/ trade with other races for limited resources. So all under ground societies are racist supremacists. The drow are also Gender bias .

Thanks Chase, I appreciate that :)

Yes, they are sneaky, while the Drow are happy to call the Underdark their home and leave it at that, the Duergar have this idea that the whole world is theirs, and really would snuff out the sun if they could. The Duergar are not aware their god is dead, and Laduguer commonly used agents of the Nine Hells anyway, so, they have not noticed any change. Imps would be uncommon.. they can be powerful monsters if used well. They might have one devil (and the devil would be disguised magically most of the time) who works with a clan, furthering it's interests. Without the oversight of Laduguer though, the Devils are seeking to make individual Duergar break their promises and religious laws, so that they can claim their souls when they die. As for a market place, it depends where it is.. It might be run by a deep dragon, some minotaur. neogi, a coven of Grell, a rogue quadrone and some warforged scouts, a bunch of stone golems that are secretly directed by some duergar (Wizard of Oz style), a vampire and a small tribe of darklings... the possibilities are endless.

AJ Pickett Feel like totally stealing your Wizard of Oz idea. Have it as some major spy conspiracy by the Duergar, and in turn something devils have an eye on. I was thinking this before, but the Duergar and the Drow hate each other, and the Duergar's god is a devil, while the Drow follow Lolth, a demon lord, where devils and demons are not exactly friends. A lucky coincidence, or a spillover of the war between the the two fiend factions? Is there an irony that Duergar would wish to destroy all other races, but it is demons that just want to destroy indiscriminately?

@@DuskyPredator How did your wizard of oz idea work out?

Greed, no matter what, Dwarves of all kind have a love of precious metals and gems that is like a hunger, a need, and they will build whatever loopholes in their morality and ethics to accomodate that.

Yeah, it was really frustrating finding images for this video, that is why there are so many of the underdark locations. I agree that the image you indicated is probably the closest for the Duergar warrior in full battle gear, though there are some images where they wear hooded robes which is more like their day to day attire, when they wear shirts at all. The priests wear unpolished iron chest plates, and I imagine that, although they don't shine their metal, they keep it well maintained with oil and their alloy craft would be VERY good. I can just picture a fighter on the surface asking about the plain but mean looking machete the weapon merchant keeps at her side all the time, and with some reluctance the merchant would hand it over, but refuse outright to sell it, because it is the toughest, most reliable non-magical weapon she has ever seen. "Flexes like a Bedine belly dancer but cuts like the Neverwinter wind, I can chop firewood with this blade one day, and a horde of goblins the next day, and not even have to hone it on a wet stone in between. I don't know who made it, but i NEVER want to face them in combat, not if they actually wear steel like this!".

AJ Pickett What a great little story, you make that look easy!

Diggy Diggy Hole? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ytWz0qVvBZ0.html

trenton maloney prints.mikeschley.com/p858006957/h565f3364#h565f3364 has official 5th edition map from out of the Abyss, only $2 for the pdf

Yes it happens, and those individuals have similar philosophies. They are also just as despised by their own kin.

They would be considered real freaks, probably from a young age, I'd say

From the 10-15 Salvatore/adjacent books I read, the Duergar were the one irredeemable/ultimately incompetent race. Not sure if a more interested author ever went a different direction with that.

purchase the song, download audible for free, change the pitch of the song.. you're done.

Nevermind I just found it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FEt83ORIspM.html

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ytWz0qVvBZ0.html

Oh boy going to listen to this driving home from work.

Dwarves with chronic depression, melancholia, avarice and anger management issues.

C Johnston added to the list!

Cool thanks they're just one of my favourite low level monsters

Aggression, xenophobia and psionic powers.

@@AJPickett Duerro affected by mindflayers🤔

Rammstein Sonne

Thank you! That one stumbled me. I did look up the correct way to say Duergar and Laduguer before I started the video though :)