This article is about the sourcebook. For a dwarven settlement, see Dwarves' Deep (settlement).
Dwarves Deep is a 2nd-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons accessory for the Forgotten Realms.
“
It takes most adventurers in the Realms a lifetime to learn more than a handful of the secrets of the dwarves.
The seeking cost some their lives.
But Elminster's agreed to change all that.
Welcome to Dwarves Deep.
Welcome to the secrets of the dwarves.
This sourcebook is one of a series that belongs on the bookshelf of any dungeon master exploring the rich lands (and dark under-realms) of the Forgotten Realms. It presents an introduction to the Deep Folk of Faerûn, three unique races of dwarves. Virtually all of the famous "dungeons" of the Realms, explored by adventurers seeking treasure, magic, and lore, were built—and in most cases, once occupied—by the dwarves. Learn their ways and unlock their secrets.
In the pages of Dwarves Deep, readers will find:
- Dwarven spells of earth and fire,
- Dwarven magical items of rare quality and power,
- Details of the dwarven language, their names and runes,
- Details of dwarven clans, priesthoods, and adventuring brotherhoods,
- Details of dwarven lands and settlements, including the fabled riches, ways, and armies of the Great Rift, the Deeps, and the Lost Kingdoms,
- New monsters and notes on dwarven halfbreeds and the special powers wielded by dwarven High Old Ones,
- Special metals and alloys used by the dwarves to hone the blades that slay their enemies,
- Dwarven beards...and much, much more![3]
”
Description[]
Dwarves Deep details the dwarves of Faerûn. It is the 11th book in the FOR series.
It explores the intricate social structures, laws, and customs of dwarven communities. This includes their famous craftsmanship, mining techniques, and architectural styles.
Dwarves Deep goes into detail about the gods and goddesses worshipped by dwarves, adding a rich layer of religious and mythological depth to dwarven characters and societies.
The book provides new options for players who wish to create dwarven characters. This includes new classes, skills, and equipment specific to dwarves, enhancing the role-playing experience for those who choose a dwarven character. It also offers ideas and frameworks for adventures centered around dwarven characters and societies.
Contents[]
- What It Is To Be A Dwarf
- Love And Marriage
- Dwarven Races
- Dwarven Craft
- Dwarven Language
- Clans
- Brotherhoods
- The Gods of the Dwarves
- Priests of the Dwarves
- Dwarven Magic: Spells
- Dwarven Magic: Magic Items
- The Great Rift
- The Deeps
- The Lost Kingdoms
- Dwarves In The North Today
- Current Clack
- Dwarven Runes
- Dwarven Names & Dwarven Name Tables
Index[]
Characters[]
Dwarves
Adbarruns • Amatar • Anarok • Ansal Thundermace • Anthion Sunderaxe • Artham "Darksmite" Evercloak • Aungeiril Whitehawk • Azkuldar • Azoun Obarskyr IV • Blithkarr Touchstone • Bolhur • Corcytar Huntinghorn • Dauringogh • Daurvos Frostbeard • Devin • Dunderlau Bloodaxe • Durlag Trollkiller • Embryn Shattered-shield • Eroan • Fauril • Ghaurin • Gnarlgar "Halfgnome" Flamebeard • Haraura Shimmerhand • Harbromm • Hauroch "Swordbeard" Deathhammer • Helarn Hammerblood • HelmmaJavilarhh "the Dark" Snowsword • Lleu mac Gwydython • Mariochar Bladebeard • Muragh Thomador • Nilythra Namarforge • Olaurin • Olimbis "the Old" • Olorn Ridaugaur • Orligrimm Stormbeard • Orloebar • Oskilar • Pryderi mac Immath • Rathauna Forgesilver • Raulauntar • Relavir • Ruardh Lightsilver • Snorogh Blackhelm • Sondaerl Thunador • Tammas Forkbeard • Thelarn Swifthammer • Thordbard Firebeard • Thriia Bressildan • Thungalos Truetemper • Torg mac Cei • Torghatar • Torhild Flametongue • Turgo Ironfist • Ulbrent Handstone • Uranda Rythyn
Non-Dwarves
Creatures[]
aboleth • animated object • beholder • black dragon • boar • bugbear • canary • catoblepas • cloaker • crocodile • deepspawn • doppleganger • drow • dryad • duergar • ghost • giant (hill) • giant bat • giant crocodile • giant eagle • giant spider • giant two-headed troll • gnome • goat • goblin • goblin-kin • griffon • half-dwarf • half-elf • half-orc • halfling • harpy • hippogriff • hill giant • hobgoblin • hog • illithid • kobold • korred • leucrotta • lich • medusa • mountain lion • mule • night slug • orc• panther • pony • puff-lizard • rhinoceros • rot grub • rust monster • sheep • snail • sun elf • thessalhydra • tiger • toad • troglodyte • troll • water naga • white dragon • wild dwarf • wolf • wyvern • xorn
Items[]
Armor & Clothing
apron • bracer • breastplate • buckler • chain mail • elven chainmail • gauntlet • gorget • gown • hollow boot • jewelry • plate armor • tunic
Food & Drinks
Gemstones
Materials & Substances
Vehicles
Weapons
ballista • battle axe • broad sword • catapult • crossbow • crossbow bolt • garrote • greataxe • hand axe • mace • mattock • polearm • siege engine (battering ram) • spear • throwing axe • whip
Works
Book of Passing Years
Miscellaneous
Locations[]
Celestial Bodies
Landmarks
Planes
Regions
Anauroch • Bloodstone Lands • Chult • Deep Lands • Great Glacier • The Lost Kingdoms • Moonsea North • Northdark • Stonelands • Sword Coast • Sword Coast North • The Vast • Vilhon Reach
Buildings & Structures[]
Bridges
Fortresses
Dungeons
Roads
Ruins
Taverns
Flouncing Firedrake
Towers
Kingdoms & Nations[]
Dwarven Kingdoms
Human Kingdoms
Amn • Calimshan • Cormyr • Daggerdale • Harrowdale • High Dale • Impiltur • Rashemen • Sembia • Shadowdale • Sossal • Thay • Turmish • Unther • Vaasa
Lost Kingdoms
Ardeep • Ammarindar • Besilmer • Dareth • Delzoun • Eaerlann • Fallen Kingdom • Gharraghaur • Haunghdannar • Ironstar • Myth Drannor • Netheril • Oghrann • Sarphil • Shanatar • Shoon Empire • Tethyamar
Settlements[]
Dwarven Settlements
Citadel Adbar • Daunting • Eartheart • Earthfast • The Firecaverns • The Gates • Gauntlgrym • Glitterdelve • The Hall of Echoes • The Hall of Four Ghosts • Hammer and Anvil • Harlending • Helmstar • Ironmaster • Ironspur • Meruindelve • Mithral Hall • Osstkar • Rimmator • Settlestone • Sundasz • Thuulurn • Twilight Tor • Underhome • Velm's Brace • Wildstar
Elven Settlements
Human Settlements
Amphail • Baldur's Gate • Bloodstone Village • Calaunt • Calimport • Citadel of the Raven • Eshpurta • Everlund • Fireshear • Glister • Helioga balus • Hillsfar • Leilon • Longsaddle • Luskan • Maskyr's Eye • Milvarune • Mirabar • Mulmaster • Mulptan • Neverwinter • Praka • Scornubel • Secomber • Skull Crag • Sundabar • Suzail • Telflamm • Teziir • Tilverton • Tomrav • Trailsend • Triel • Virdin • Volothamp • Waterdeep • Zazesspur • Zhentil Keep
Wilderness[]
Bodies of Water
Blackraven River • Cape Dragonsfang • Deepfall • Delimbiyr River • Dragonreach • Evendusk Lake • Goblintide River • Great Ice Sea • Lake of Gold • Lake of Salt • Lake of Snows • Narrow Sea • Neverwinter River • Riftlake • River Chionthar • River Dessarin • River Lis • River Mirar • River Raurogh • River Rauvin • River Reaching • River Surbrin • Sea of Fallen Stars • Selendar • Shining Creek • Shining Falls • Trackless Sea • Tun River • Ulbanlur • Uttersea • Winding Water
Caverns
Forests
Aerilpar Forest • Ardeep Forest • Boareskyr's Forest • High Forest • Kryptgarden Forest • Lurkwood • Moonwood • Neverwinter Wood • Sharawood • Skull Wood • South Wood • Westwood • Woods of Turlang
Hills
Berun's Hill • Council Hills • Crags • Dark Hills • Far Hills • Havyltor • Hill of Lost Souls • Marak's Tor • Serpent Hills • Sumber Hills • Tor of Swords
Islands
Mountains
Armridge Mountains • Desertsmouth Mountains • Dragonspine Mountains • Earthfast Mountains • East Wall Mountains • Easting Peaks • Fuirgar • Giant's Run Mountains • Greypeak Mountains • Heroes' Height • Ice Mountains • Ironstar Mountain • Marching Mountains • Mount Helimbrar • Mount Hotenow • Mount Olympus • Mount Sundabar • Mount Throndor • Needle Peak • Nether Mountains • Northlook • Storm Horns • Spine of the World • Splendarrmornn • Star Mounts • Sunset Mountains • Thunder Peaks • Troll Mountains (Amn) • Wind Peak • Wyrmtongue
Plains
Valleys
Magic[]
Items
air hammer • blast spike • figurine of wondrous power • fist • glowstone • ironstar mace • pickaxe of piercing • runehammer • seat of healing • stun bolt • whip of Amatar • winged hammer • wyrmskull throne
Referenced only
arrow of direction • vampiric ring of regeneration
Referenced only
arrow of direction • vampiric ring of regeneration
Qualities
Spells
banishment • blindness • circle of stone • command • comprehend languages • continual darkness • continual light • cure light wounds • cure serious wounds • darkness • dispel magic • doom curse • energy drain • feather fall • fire eyes • fire storm • flaming sphere • flowstone • fly • gate • geas • glowglory • guardian hammer • haste • heal • hurl rock • imprisonment • infravision • invisibility • lesser guardian hammer • magic mouth • maskstone • mending • meteor swarm • neutralize poison • passage • polymorph other • polymorph self • protection from evil • protection from good • quest • regeneration • resurrection • remove curse • remove fear • restoration • reverse gravity • rock shield • rockburst • rune chant • rune of power • shatter • silence, 15' radius • stone trap • stonefall • stonefire • suggestion • teleport without error • time stop • tongues • true seeing • wall of fire • wall of force • wish
Spheres
Others
Organizations[]
Adventuring Companies
Axe By Night • Black Helm • Blades of the Axe • Company of the Bald Skull • Company of the Horse • Company of the Scaled Tail • Glittering Sword • Holy Hammer • Men of the Blue Blade • Men of the Red Kestrel • Silent Axe
Criminal Organizations
Dwarven Clans
Clan Belindorn • Clan Blackhelm • Clan Bladebite • Clan Bloodaxe • Clan Breakadder • Clan Crownshield • Clan Deathhammer • Clan Deepdelve • Clan Eaglecleft • Clan Evercloak • Clan Firebeard • Clan Flamebeard • Clan Flametongue • Clan Foehammer • Clan Forgesilver • Clan Forkbeard • Clan Frostbeard • Clan Gemscepter • Clan Ghalkin • Clan Gordrivver • Clan Hammerblood • Clan Hillsafar • Clan Ironfist • Clan Ironstar • Clan Malthin • Clan Mastemyr • Clan Namarforge • Clan Ridaugaur • Clan Rythyn • Clan Shimmerhand • Clan Sorndar • Clan Stormbeard • Clan Sunderaxe • Clan Talnoth • Clan Swifthammer • Clan Thomador • Clan Thunador • Clan Thundermace • Clan Touchstone • Clan Truetemper • Clan Undurr • Clan Velm • Clan Whitehawk • Clan Wyrmslayer • Clan Zord • Madbeards
Dwarven Cults
Military Organizations
Political Organizations
Spellcasting Organizations
Spy Organizations
Religions[]
Miscellaneous[]
Conditions
Events
Feast of the Moon • Festival of the Forging • Greengrass • Midsummer • Midwinter • Night of the Thirsty Axe • Shieldmeet
Fields of Study
Languages
Professions
Vegetation
Gallery[]
Back Cover
Appendix[]
See Also[]
Background[]
In Polyhedron #75 "The Everwinking Eye", two erratas regarding this book are noted. The first is that the foldout color map insert misspells Rimmator as "Rimmato". The second errata was that on page 5 the text discussing mithral should read, "...to create an extremely hard and durable alloy known as adamantine."[4]
External Links[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ed Greenwood (October 1990). Dwarves Deep. (TSR, Inc.), p. 1. ISBN 0-88038-880-3.
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline. FR11 Dwarves Deep (2e). Dungeon Masters Guild. Retrieved on 2014-08-06.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 1990). Dwarves Deep. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-88038-880-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (September 1992). “The Everwinking Eye: Sagely Secrets Made Known”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #75 (TSR, Inc.), p. 11.