Alas, the party completed the Duergar section of the dungeon 2 sessions ago! :O
I dont get why duergers arent more popular in the D&D lore.
I don't get how you could wish for more
They're 4th, the Illithids and Beholders as underdark threats certainly rate above Duergar.The duergar have never really had that - they've always played second (or third, or fourth) fiddle to the drow when it comes to underdark threats.
While emphasizing the idea that they're former Illithid slaves might explain their affinity towards psionics, I think it gets in the territory of Githyanki with them also being an evil race of former Illithid slaves.
Mostly I suspect because there isn't a "classic" adventure centered on the duergar. The Drow early on had Lareth the Beautiful show up in Hommlet, as well as the D and Q series of modules, making them mysterious and horrible foes that kept getting cycled into products until Salvatore spun out Drizzt and cemented their place in D&D forever. The duergar have never really had that - they've always played second (or third, or fourth) fiddle to the drow when it comes to underdark threats.
While emphasizing the idea that they're former Illithid slaves might explain their affinity towards psionics, I think it gets in the territory of Githyanki with them also being an evil race of former Illithid slaves.
How is survival mode that much different from the Githyanki, they have a lot of enemies too not including the Illithids, they certainly feel betrayed by those who became the Githzerai, not to mention most humanoid races feels the Githyanki are antagonistic to say the least, and if the Psurlons are factored in to things (they probably won't be brought up in that book) there's also another enemy who wants to destroy them, one in fact based in the Astral Plane. Let's not forget whatever pact one of the Lich Queens Vlaakith made with Tiamat, which mirrors that of the infernal pacts the Duergar.Where the Gith are former slaves who revolted and kicked the butt of the Illithids and the Drows are mostly unchallenged in the Underdark, the Duergars are always in survival mode, always attacked and betrayed, left with no allies to help them make a place in the world.
Doubtful. There are psionic creatures in the Monster Manual, and Volo's Guide to Monsters had a whole chapter on Illithids. If the inclusion of psionic creatures meant anything, then we would have had psionics years ago.Am I the only one that thinks the defining clan trait 11 is a pretty strong hint we'll get psionics in this book? How can your clan be famous for something that doesn't technically exist in the game yet. That compared with all the psionic races, multiverse coverage etc, seems like pretty strong hints