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What kind of creatures might we see accompanying a military force of duergar?
Monster codex has helpfully provided some beetles, but what else could be logically added for variety?
Would we see constructs? Slave auxiliaries?
What about summoned and bound outsiders? What outsiders are even associated with the duergar deity, Droskar? He's neutral evil, has a home on the abyss... so does he have stronger connections with demons? Devils? Daemons (who hate mortals because they are the source of sin - and therefore demons)?
Any thoughts and suggestions welcome
What kind of creatures might we see accompanying a military force of duergar?
Monster codex has helpfully provided some beetles, but what else could be logically added for variety?
Would we see constructs? Slave auxiliaries?
What about summoned and bound outsiders? What outsiders are even associated with the duergar deity, Droskar? He's neutral evil, has a home on the abyss... so does he have stronger connections with demons? Devils? Daemons (who hate mortals because they are the source of sin - and therefore demons)?
Any thoughts and suggestions welcome
You're confusing Daemons with Qlippoth in terms of motivation. As for what outsiders might be associated with Droskar, unfortunately that's never been elaborated on; if you want that, you'll have to find outsiders who fit with his portfolio of "cheating, slavery & toil" and the general aesthetic of "the Dark Smith." As a Neutral Evil god, Droskar's up to work for anyone if he thinks he stands to gain from it, so alliances with other Evil powers, while likely very tenuous due to their respective natures, isn't out of the question. That said, I could see duergar spellcasters most likely to call upon devils or kytons if they want some outsider muscle, what with their Lawful Evil alignment and duergar society's focus on slavery and misery.
As for what slaves duergar might keep, duergar will try to enslave most anyone they can get away with unless they judge it's not worth the trouble, so you could justify almost any race that could be found in the Darklands. Not dwarves, though, since duergar don't enslave dwarves, just torture and kill them.
If you want specifics, Felstrok's population breakdown specifically notes substantial populations of enslaved mongrelmen, svirfneblin, troglodytes and grimlocks (Hagegraf doesn't specify, merely saying that the city's population is 12% "slaves of numerous races"). Felstrok at least is right below Urglin, as well, and Hagegraf has a significant number of half-orcs, so you could encounter orcs and half-orcs as mercenaries and/or slaves as well, and the dark folk often act as middlemen for slaves like the duergar, so they wouldn't be out of place, either.
Yeah, kytons were my first thought, too, with devils not far behind.
Daemons may well fit - duergar don't have much to look forward to in life, and Droskar isn't exactly brimming with hope for his future - the daemonic nihilism may well be exactly what his followers would hope for.
Also, dot.
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Yeah, kytons were my first thought, too, with devils not far behind.
Daemons may well fit - duergar don't have much to look forward to in life, and Droskar isn't exactly brimming with hope for his future - the daemonic nihilism may well be exactly what his followers would hope for.
Also, dot.
Well, Droskar and duergar society certainly aren't happy things by any means, but they don't seem to embrace nihilism or the idea of the death of all things as being a worthwhile state of affairs. They'd definitely make use of daemons, but I don't think most mainstream duergar would really buy into the daemonic agenda, nor would Droskar himself be supportive of it.
Of course, a society of endless drudgery and toil serves the daemon's needs in its own way, so perhaps it doesn't matter what Droskar or the duergar really think about what the daemons want.
Right - that's exactly my point.
I think the eternal drudgery might well turn into nihilism - not that they are the same thing.
I hate to sound like that guy but the qlippoth are the ones that hate mortals for sinning. Daemons just hate everything, period.
Droskar is NE, yes, but so is Norgorber, and he sets up base on the LN plane of Axis. Droskar might be in the same boat as a corrupter type.