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Odysseus
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 Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 12:50:19
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Has anyone any Duergar made magic weapon ideas.
The Duergar are supposed to have a market niche in underdark weapons and armour. But there doesn't seem many.
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“Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.” —Aristotle |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Odysseus
Seeker
USA
51 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2007 : 22:07:00
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Underdark was the first book I checked. Apart from the Kings Knife, there's nothing.
A search on wizards, gave me the link you suggested.
I do find it strange that the Duergar are supposed to be the Underdarks armourers, and weaponsmiths. But there is so little specific weapons & armourer attributed to them. |
“Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.” —Aristotle |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Bladewind
Master of Realmslore
Netherlands
1280 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2007 : 17:05:01
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| In our campaign duergar-crafted masterwork weapons were our most coveted deals made when travelling the underdark with some caravan cargo. Our DM gave the crafted weapons +1 on damage (instead of normal masterwork +1 attack) and made them more resilient. |
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Gray Richardson
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 25 Mar 2007 : 16:26:39
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Is it possible that many drow magic items, especially the kind infused with Faezress, were actually forged by duergar (perhaps enslaved duergar smiths) of the drow?
At the very least, I would expect that duergar weapons would have similar properties to drow weapons. |
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 29 Mar 2007 : 22:46:32
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Well the old lore didn't attribute anything special to their weapons, but in the Menzoberranzan boxed set it was mentioned that they did provide nearly all the weapons used in the underdark, or at least in the area around Gracklstugh, with the trade enclave Mantol-Derith being a major distribution node.
If memory serves me right the Duergar were the major weapons/armor dealers, the Svirfneblin were the main suppliers of salt and gems, Surface Dwellers for surface items (especially food and wood), while the Drow were suppliers of magic and slaves I think (can't completely recall what they dealt in). |
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Odysseus
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 30 Mar 2007 : 16:53:58
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The easiest explanation is that the Duergar are good at crafting weapons/armour with other races magic, drow/mind flayer etc. And so don't create many weapons in their own style. Making them more manufacturers, than designers.
But that explanation would mean they could well be making more drow weapons than the drow themselves. |
“Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.” —Aristotle |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 30 Mar 2007 : 21:04:14
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With their focus on psionics, in my campaigns the Duergar were the prime candidates for trading in psionic items for my player who was interested in acquiring such. Reason behind this being who else is out there making them? Mind Flayers? They don't exactly make a bunch of masterwork weapons or armor. Aboleths? Slaves aren't exactly the best for making masterwork gear. Githyanki? Xenophobic bastards may make weapons, but they aren't up to trading with you. Yuan-Ti? Too hopped up on snake oils to worry about putting out good crafts. So, that makes the Duergar perfect for this market. Add in that many of their priests are of Deep Duerra and thereby multi-classed with psionics, they can provide lots of psionic and divinely powered magic weapons.
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 31 Mar 2007 : 18:06:29
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A duergar crafted magical item from my PbeM campaign (to be fleshed out a bit more):
A light mace that functions as a rod of metamagic, extend, lesser. The head is an everbright sphere around which a dark metal rim spirals. Dethek runes decorate the haft of the weapon and ascribe its powers to Laduguer. When using the power of the mace, the runes glow with a pale yellowish, pulsating light (in darkness about the strength of a single candle) and the rim seems to rotate around the ball-shaped business end of the weapon in an almost hypnotic spiraling pattern. |
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Odysseus
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 20 Apr 2007 : 02:14:41
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| I have managed to find a small section in races of faerun. Which lists some magic items typically crafted by duegar. |
“Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.” —Aristotle |
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Duergar crafted magic weapons
