The Final Secrets of the Dwarves - D&D 

_"Second darkest secret of the dwarves: provided they pass the beard requirement, newborn dwarves are dunked headfirst into a barrel of ale. If the baby is unable to drink their own weight in ale before they are pulled back out, they too, are thrown into the lava pit. _*_No exceptions."_*

just want to let you know, you not only gave me a comfort series which I can always watch and just feel good, but you also got me and 10 friends into dnd, absolute madlad.

Two things: 1. My DM, who also has the dragon hoards book, gave us an entire dragon skeleton which was kinda dope. So thank you for a crazy loot. 2. I am currently running a game where there is a region of city states occupied with dwarves and humans, and the culture I built for them is heavily based off of this lore. Thank you for that Love you vids!

I have a group in my dwarven lore called "The Forgelighters" tasked with find new realms for dwarves to settle. These are usually the ones you find on the surface though they are secretive about their purposes. The survey both the land and politics of an area gathering all possible data before returning to their Chiefs. Kind of like your brotherhood but they tend to be solitary trying to attract as little attention as possible. When they find a suitable area it is the Forgelighter who leads the expedition to settle the new colony. They also seek out abandoned settlements and assess them for "Relighting".

"Innocent", "Not proven" and "Guilty" are tenets of the Scottish legal system, by the way. Cheeky of DnD to make the Dwarven legal system Scottish (though more draconian, by the sound of things)

"The human that is alone in the wilderness is a very happy human" I Agree.

This channel is my absolute first go-to whenever I want to dive deeper in DnD lore every single time, fantastic stuff, thank you for making it.

Your videos literally invigorate me via a sound sleep. If you had a TV/Twitch channel that streamed your episodes at random; I'd be tuned in every night. Love your channel and thank you for all the hard work!!!

"...a human alone in the wilderness is a very happy human." I felt that.

So, the Dwarvish language structure is basically like German, where you can have words like the _Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz_ , which was a law about transferring the duty to supervise the labelling of beef (it is says so in the name)

I love to run a Dwarven artificer that specializes in making small golems and explosives. The randomness of the chaos is divine.

I just purchased a copy of your "What They Don't Tell You: Dragon Hoards". As DM of experienced players, I'm always looking for more Lore and items to keep things fresh. Plus, this purchase directly supports the channel. Thanks for all your great work, MrRhexx.

Dwarfs "I fear no man but that thing" *Large body of water "It scares me"

Thank you for making these videos, they’re fantastic! And might I ask, have you ever though about making “What they don’t tell you about Waterdeep/Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter” and other videos concerning locations in Forgotten Realms?

I love these detailed histories. I would love to see you cover goblinoids (all of them) and yuan-ti at some point, my favorite monstrous races.

As a person who loves Dwarves these videos have been a joy, and you are a saint and scholar for posting them. Keep up your good work. Many thanks.

This little guys have a TON of info

I am wondering what happened to the realm series, like we ended with Mount Celestia, but there are still some more realms that need to be covered.

Thank you for making these. I don't have anything else to say. I'm just thankful you make these videos. They've been very helpful.

i would love to see 100 more videos about dwarves. but this series is amazing :P

4:10 the shield reads, in runes "BIG PIG" which is hilarious to me

At 25:18 That is a map from under Silent Stone Monastery. It is part of the Princes of the Apocalypse. The campaign I am currently playing in. We stormed that place multiple times. Fun times were had in there.

Rhexx, since you're covering Forgotten Realms, I need to point out you did not mention the Thundering which resulting in twins becoming common in dwarven society and an increase in dwarven fertility

Hi! Dwarf video suggestion: could you go through some of the more famous clans, and their unique traits, histories, customs? If there is enough interesting stuff there, to justify a video. Thank you.

Thanks Mr Wrexx. I don't take your videos as cannon by any means but they are amazing for inspiration. Really enjoyed the dwarf ones.

So happy you are covering my favorite race and topic, Dwarves! I watch the beginning of The Hobbit over and over because the scene on Erebor captivates me.

I've listened to your videos kinda like podcasts at work or doing busy at work at home. Really good listening. So in depth, always excited when I see a new video pop up

Your dwarven series has enlightened me to their culture.

“They meet their future spouse at clan meetings.” Looking for a date at a family reunion, when your family tree is a shrub.

I really enjoy your videos, I’m working on a campaign… So having all of this information about dwarves culture more readily accessible… Without having to filter through the books * chefs kiss* appreciate what you do. Obrigado from Brazil 🇧🇷

This has been awesome mate. I hope that one day you're able to give gnomes this much love and detail. I feel like they're massively underrated.

And the evening just got better. Thanks again.

Got your Monster Classes book, and you did an amazing job! It gives me hardcore 3rd Edition Savage Species vibes, and I'm loving it.

Dude, this series was amazing! I would love to watch more like this with other races

Please oh please put out as much D&D content as you can, my friend. I love lore and I certainly love D&D lore specifically plus you compact it in I would dare to say an ingenious way: light but also very informative and easily digestible. I watched almost all of you dungeons Playlist minus a few recent ones from the last few months but I'm eager for more! Keep it up and I hope there is more to be had with you terrific dungeons introductions!

These videos are so packed full of useful information, MrRhexx is the ultimate DM encounter planning tool. You rock dude.

Around 21:00 describing the second language of symbology reminds me of the star trek TNG episode "Darmok" Where the aliens can only talk in allegories like: 'Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.' (meaning two enemy hero's stuck together in a ship but who must help each other to survive otherwise both die) And: 'Temba, his arms wide' which I think meant the hero who freely gave help.... (IIRC) That type of language makes for great role playing too!

Yes been waiting for this. Dwarves what not to love about them!

just found you channel, I'm excited to have a new back log of content to listen to while I'm working, painted, etc. keep up the great work

Just ordered that PDF. Please keep up the great content!!

You sort of got me into D&D

Hi Mr Rhexx. I have bought your PDF for Monster Races, and I have to say it is AWESOME! (And I have questions about it) Highly recommended to all your viewers and D&D players! I just LOVE the three races / classes you created, it is amazing work, with the stats, the story, the many character options, the sheer flavour of it all! And the art is very nice too! Bravo! Celestials, Succubi and Ghosts seem like VERY desirable options for PCs, and now YOU have created a viable way to play them (3rd edition's "savage species" was not really viable)! This is fantastic work! I will, definitely, continue following your creations (I already follow your RU-vid channel with passion) Further, I have always fantasied on a Succubus with a Good-hearted nature - either on a redemption path or a will to not be evil (since I began playing D&D, more than 30 years ago)! And you mentioned that option! Thank you! Which leads me to my question / request for added information and details on some options that you mentioned. You mention in your work the path to redemption for the Succubus, which is awesome (and I loved it that you cleverly detailed the implication between morality and the inherently lewd mind of the race). You also offer a nice choice of origin options, some of which meaning that the individual creature needs not be inherently driven by Evil intent - which is also very awesome. So here are three "basic" questions: 1 If a Succubus is on the path to redemption (or wishing to escape the fate of being tied to Hell or Abyss), and truly wanting to leave the path of Evil, what would be her alignment? - Would she still be NE, or have the alignment that she wishes to pursue, or having an undetermined True Alignment, until she reaches redemption? - I suppose she be detected as Evil with magic, until a God of Good would validate her atonement, what do you think? 2. If a Succubus has a background which means that she did not choose/deserve her damnation (namely, background option #7, or if she was born from two succubi, with the genetic flaw of not feeling inherently Evil), and she wishes to escape the fate of being doomed to be an evil demon, what would be her path to redemption? She may even have such a story that she did not ever commit evil acts. I think of several background stories, two of which makes her devoid of any Evil intent (which are somehow far-fetched, but make for a very interesting case of tragic back-story): 2a- She would wake up after death as a Succubus, and not wanting to commit evil, and be a slave to a powerful devil until something happens (either a rebellion or her master king deposited), and she manages to escape to the Prime 2b- She would be sent on her first evil mission and try to find asylum with a church of Good and Redemption (such as Ilmater or Lathander or Selune - or maybe Sunie, in a different way, or even Bahamut...) What would be the path then? 3. The same kind of questioning could also be relevant in more "grey" cases. If a Succubus has committed bad sins, not as evil intent, but out of misjudgement and stupidity (such as background options #2, #6, #10, #11)... how wold you judge that she has made enough good deeds (7 times for each sin)? I would assume it would be the DM's fiat, and probably a running backstory throughout the campaign. 4. Last,If the subject interests you, I have further "advanced" questions / subjects to ponder: The backstory of the race is a tragic one, where the gods were... kind of absolute jerks - very much like the Greek gods were. Punishing angels for being benevolent and wanting some agency, by rendereing them evil and destroying their reason to be... (seems like the angels of love were CG, very Good indeed, and the gods were very lawaful and their actions were LE) - Would you consider the possibility of a Succubus being still Good at heart towards the mortal races, and angry at the Gods that cursed her and her race? And if so, what would be the options (especially in the Forgotten Realms, where having no Patron God is kind of impossible)? - If the only sin they committed was to want to chose who to love, only 7 good deeds would circumvent the transgression, would it not? But then, there is the matter of injustice and rebellion... There is a very deep theological / moral questioning there... - Would there be gods that appeared after the fall of the Angels of Love, who would consider taking one such under their wings? If so, would it upset the balance of alliances between the gods? - Would some Chaotic Good deities or powers (I think of the Eladrins) that would accept them and help them escape the realm of fiends? - Maybe there would be a goddess of Succubus Redemption, quite the way that Eilistraee is to the Drow? (And yes, I know Eilistraee is your favourite power of all D&D universes, and I definitely understand why) Thank you for any answers, and thank you for your work. Cheers.

Favorite fantasy race, thank you.

These were amazing. Thank you so much for doing all this

Idea. A dwarf that revolutionized the practice of keeping history, so much so that his personal Rune ended up becoming the Rune meaning "history"

Fear of big water kinda makes sense. If you come to a big water pool underground... you avoid that shit. It guaranteed contains either an aboleth or a kraken. Possibly both. You just nope out of there. It's a fair fear.

I feel like my DM-ing skills increase with every video

Great series of videos!!! So fascinating to learn about the dwarves, and how so many aspects of how their society is structured and run have a common thread running through them, it all stemming from their temperament and their population crisis. Would you consider doing a video on their food, past-time activities, celebrations, culture and so on? Pretty much what the daily life of a dwarf is? Once again, great video, thank you!!

Excellent one, can't wait for the next.

Awesome mate you've truly done the subject justice! 👍

24:53 I always assumed that under those same circumstances, Dwarves would also be afraid of big, open skies. Maybe without a cavern ceiling they might be afraid they could fall upward into the blue. Also... dragons come from there.

If you've ever been in an underground mine then you easily understand how hard it is to know how deep you are, you can be hundreds or thousands of feet deep and have barely noticed the descent unless you went down a shaft

These videos singlehandedly knocked me down from the elven habit of looking down at smaller races. I'm genuinely looking forward to playing a dwarf now haha. Thank you for enlightening us

I seriously love your enthusiasm and knowledge. It's also pretty great for inspiration or just listening to while doing routine tasks at work. Your vid about the Plane of air made me want to make a campaign taking place there. Actually it made me want to visit it, but that would be a stretch xD Keep it up :D

Have you ever thought of taking the audio and putting it into a podcast for people to listen to when RU-vid isn't an option?

I don't play D&D or any table top for that matter BUT I do enjoy lore and your lore videos are entertaining, informative and I don't feel lost or overwhelmed. TY Not important I have encountered quite a few dense and esoteric lore channels (most warhammer stuff) or channels that approach the subject from a table top or player/DM perspective (which is fine but not my cup o tea) its nice to get a slice of a world I don't know in a way I can digest and enjoy.

I would love some huge tome of all this knowledge. It would be huge, educational and sit upon its own stand in my house.

Great videos bro! Keep it going!

Great series!

got youre 2 pdfs for sale. and dam i love them

This series so far has me intrigued to try out a dwarf character

I would love a video discussing Druid Lore! They are my favorite class.

13:55 *Talking about exlies as you pull up art I used for a dwarf exlie for awhile* ...... I feel called out. lol

Love the old art from books of old. I haven’t seen in years

Thanks for the lore! ^^

Finally a human on RU-vid -who understands us & our ways. But who is this D.N. Dee?

dude 2 things, 1 you ow us a werewolf video, 2 you should be selling pdfs of all your research with cited sources, apa stile format, so we can use it as official books in our campaign

Great job man, keep it up

When you ask a dwarf girl at the bar for her number and she gives you a rock... Great success!

Good episode. Recommend looking into jungle dwarves. They do have a minor affinity towards water and can find fresh water tables in the jungle. Their God Thard Harr is also served by some water elementals.

I kinda like the Caste System they have for Dwarves in the Dragon Age series. They have Noble, Warrior, Smith, Artisan, Mining, Merchant, Servant, and Casteless. How it works is your Caste depends upon your same gender parent, so if your mother is a Noble but your Father is a Warrior and you're born a male you are a member of the Warrior Caste. This is separate from Clans and can be a part of the Clan system.

Please do as much as possible on Kroesus. I have always wanted to play in an all Dwarven group searching for it.

I really loved the language stuff. Great video!

Good stuff as always.

I don't even play dnd and I love these videos, good stuff man 👏

This mini series is brilliant, I can't help but wonder if is possible to do something similar with other races.

Love these. Thanks for all your hard work.

My players are enjoying your monster classes book keep it up. We're looking forward to monster classes 2

these videos are just slay after slay

don't forget to talk about the Giant Wars, unlike the elven "crown wars" the dwarfs won their war against the Giants.

Love the content. Also love the fact you have a supporter that goes by the name of Lactose the Intolerant, that made me laugh.

Love all this lore!

A few creatures I've been wanting are the familiars/humongous (could be different videos if you want) and the rest monster

Thanks

You should do a video on a demon prince like Graz'zt or Zuggtmoy

Goliath next please, love your vids.

So Dwarves and Giants have runes in common, resource issues in common, but diverge after that and do so radically. Dwarves and Giants in AD&D do have a LOT of common themes once you explore the issue until you get into lesser giants and giant-kins.

I'm watching this alone in the woods and I am indeed a VERY happy human.

IM READY

Always loved your videos

Y'know I'd LOVE a vid on fire giants! 🔥 I started building giants' countries in my homebrew world & I realized fire giants are totally immune to flame, so they must be INCREDIBLE smiths, able to work molten metal with their bare hands! In regular D&D pics they seem to resemble huge dark skinned dwarves to reflect this, though I picture them more like dark elves. Would love to know their personal lore apart from giants as a whole.

please do what they dont tell you about halflings!!! im running a game right now where my party is an adventuring outreach party for the "church" of Yondalla and id love any new info i could use! love the videos keep up the good work :D

What an amazing new video series, It's been great to hear more about dwarves. They've been one of my favorite D&D races and cultures, so thank you for doing this. ...also I hope that the comments aren't full of ignorance and hate an if so that you moderate it... It's doesn't feel good

I love your videos on the hidden lore of the different races and monsters. If you haven't already, you should do a video on goblins! Those sneaky bastards are hiding something, I just know it 😄

I got that monster character creator thing and it seriously is top notch content guys. I’m making a succubus character who wants to redeem herself but is so out of her element with the whole kindness thing that she’s recoiled a bit and become shy

I'd love to see something about the specifics of Dragonlance dwarves

Another hit.

I want to see Dragons and Half-Dragons in your next Monster Class book, do that and I'll definitely buy it.

One thing I'm interested in is how do underground dwarves get their food? I've always thought they would have something more interesting than farming, hunting, trading or eating fungus or mold but I haven't come up with what it is yet. I'm wondering if anyone else has.

Good video