5e:Derro
Derro appeared to resemble small dwarves. They had blue-gray skin, and their hair was often white, yellow, or pale tan in color. They lacked both irises and pupils, showing uniformly pale eyes. Most derro looked haggard and wore shabby clothing, appearing pitiable to unsuspecting victims.
Most derro revered the god Diirinka, but very few became actual clerics.] Instead, Diirinka's blessing was considered manifest in the sorcery of their many savants. [1]
Origins
Legend had it that the derro originally lived on the surface of Faerûn. But they opened portals to the Far Realm, which offended the World Serpent, who cast the derro into the Underdark.
There were other conflicting legends of how the derro came to be. The duergar believed that the derro were another dwarf clan that was long held by mind flayers, which resulted in the madness that afflicted them. The derro themselves all told oft-changing variations of the myth of their god; all versions shared a common focus on his stealing of magic from a great evil to help the derro survive through their ideals of deceit and cruelty.
Outside of their origins, there were a few rumors that claimed they ate human flesh. [1]
Found in Adventures
List of Derro
8 Derro
5th edition Reading
- Out of the Abyss p.224
- Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes p.158-159
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