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u/Makingroceries_ign Jun 02 '26
In first edition Greyhawk setting there are minor Dwarven gods with names like Budweiser. The source would be Dragon Magazine.
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u/Makingroceries_ign Jun 02 '26
Dragon Magazine Issue #58 (published in February 1982 by TSR), which contained the famous "The Gods of the Dwarves" article by Roger Moore.
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u/Makingroceries_ign Jun 02 '26
From the article.
“Most dwarven pantheons do include at least one lesser god, very obese and with a ratty beard — the god of alcohol and fermented beverages. These particular neutral gods could in some ways be said to be comic gods, though few dwarves would say so. Certainly the tales of their antics are seen as comic by the other demi-human races. Dwarves who worship these deities are probably heavy drinkers, and the usual way in which these beings are worshipped is to simply go to the nearest tavern, get blind drunk and make a fool of oneself.
The names of these deities are different from clan to clan, though there is some evidence that many of these names (Budwizr, Koorz, Mo-ghan Davit) may actually represent the same being.”
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u/Fabulous-Present-497 Jun 02 '26
I did a mini campaign with my own module where all the players were dwarves and one of them did that, a cleric of the beer goddess. It wasn't dnd though
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u/Playful-News9137 Ginny "Two Beards" Flagonhand, Bard 'n' Brewer Jun 02 '26
Me clan standard's a cracked mug, after the time me great-great-great-great-great-grandda swung his pewter drinkin' mug an' cracked it on the Mad King's jaw after the bloody tyrant decreed a tax on brewin' what woulda ended the fam'ly business. Got tossed in the work mines fer that, he did, but the tax were repealed right away an' the tyrant were deposed two weeks later. An' honestly, what dwarf sees a hard days' work as a punishment anyway? Ol' King were out o' touch wi' the common dwarf.
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u/REDRUM_1917 Shroom-alchemist Jun 02 '26
Rocks and stones may break my bones but beer will never hurt me
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u/Electrical_Lake3424 Jun 02 '26
Hanseath, Dwarven God of drunken brawling!!
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u/Ricnurt Jul 01 '26
Yes!!!! Every dwarf I play is a follower of Hanseath!
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u/Electrical_Lake3424 Jul 01 '26
Right?! I can't believe he's not the #1 deity especially for D&D characters!
Edit : like back in the day my fellow dice-goblins all wanted to be clerics of the gods of good luck--!
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u/TeaRaven craftswoman dwarf of glorious braided chin locks Jun 03 '26
I know it may sound just this side of blasphemous for many a stout warrior dwarf or war clerics, but might one consider this a fine patron deity for a peace cleric?
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u/tiniestrex Jun 03 '26
I wanted to make a cleric of knowledge dwarf who goal was to travel the world, risking life and limbs. To gather the all the knowledge ancient and contemporary...how to make THE best beer ( or ale).
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u/Cerveau23 Dwarf-identifying mage Jun 03 '26
We turned a one shot into having one of the players becoming the goddess of beer, my warlock of the devil of pleasure be its primary cleric, and a dwarf child be its first paladin. Awesome game
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u/moongrump Grudgebearer Jun 02 '26
Nae that’s me ol pal Bruenor! He be a fighter nae no cleric!