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|name=Abbathor
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|refs=<ref name="scag.22">{{Cite Pub|Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide|pages=22}} Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast.</ref> <ref name="mtof.72.74">{{Cite Pub|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes|pages=72-74}} Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast.</ref> <ref name="frw.a">titles{{cite|accessdate=2023-06-12|website=Forgotten Realms Wiki|url=https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Abbathor|work=Abbathor}} Licensed: [[CC-BY-SA]].</ref> <ref name="fap">titles &mdash; {{Cite Pub|Faiths and Pantheons|pages=115}} (3e) Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast.</ref> <ref name="dieties">titles &mdash; {{cite|accessdate=2016-11-01|website=Wizards.com|work=Deities}} Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast {{fairuc}}.</ref> <ref name="ua1">titles &mdash; {{Cite Pub|Unearthed Arcana (1e)|pages=111}} Licensed: &copy; TSR, Inc.</ref> <ref name="dhd">titles &mdash; {{Cite Pub|Demihuman Deities|pages=42-45}} (2e) Licensed: TSR, Inc.</ref> <ref name="bam.19">worshipers (Dohwar) - {{Pub|Boo's Astral Menagerie}} p.19.</ref>
|title=Great Master of Greed, Trove Lord, Wyrm of Avarice, the Avaricious
|gender=Male <!-- Male, Female, Androgenous, None, Unstated, Unknown -->
|of=Greed <!-- Forests, Waves, etc. -->
|align=Neutral Evil
|domain=Trickery
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|symbol=Jeweled dagger, point down
|pantheon=Dohwar, Dwarven, Mordinsamman
|worshipers=Dwarves
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{{refstart}}The Great Master of Greed exerts an influence, no matter how subtle, over every dwarven heart. Abbathor teaches that greed isn't only desirable, but necessary to keep the dwarves in a strong and safe position. Abbathor has no skill in crafting. Instead, he relies on his ability as a thief to take ownership of what he wants. Why work so hard to manufacture something when a much easier path to riches lies open?

Abbathor is the only advocate for change within the dwarven pantheon. He can inspire dwarves to seek shortcuts, normally frowned upon, but sometimes those methods turn out to be efficient techniques that improve a clan's capabilities.{{refend|<ref name="mtof.72.74" />}}

{{refstart}}Abbathor was the neutral evil dwarven god of greed<ref name="dhd" /> and for a time an exarch of Bane.<ref name="frcg">{{Cite Pub|Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (4e)|pages=81}} Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast.</ref> The Great Master of Greed represented the major weakness of dwarvenkind, the treasurelust that was their worst aspect. The Trove Lord was once concerned with the natural beauty of gems, but after being denied the position he had coveted since birth, he abandoned dwarven honor for trickery and would do whatever it took to never be denied again.<ref name="fap" />{{refend|<ref name="frw.a" />}}
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[[Category:DnD Dwarves]]
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