Blurg

Blurg is a friendly hobgoblin trader. Alongside  Omeluum, he is a member of the Society of Brilliance studying the flora and fauna of the Underdark.

“

The duergar are back! Run, little mushrooms!

„

— Blurg, if approached by a duergar character

Involvement

Act One

Blurg can be first met in the Ebonlake Grotto at X: 111 Y: -89. If the party tell him about the tadpole, he contacts Omeluum and the pair attempt to learn more information about it. He also shares details about the Society of Brilliance along with his scholarly insights on the Myconid colony and the Underdark.

Act Three

Blurg moves to the Society of Brilliance Lodge in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate. If the party did not meet  Omeluum during Act One, Blurg mentions his associate chose to remain in the Underdark.

Otherwise, the two have traveled together to tell the Society of Brilliance about their findings. If Blurg is spoken to after both travelled together, Blurg expresses his worry that Omeluum has been gone for too long, and asks the party to find it; this starts the quest ⁠Retrieve Omeluum.

Shop

Corresponds to UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Hobgoblin.

Notable items sold

• Boots of Genial Striding
• Cinder Shoes
• Circlet of Blasting
• Melf's First Staff
• Psychic Spark
• Sunwalker's Gift
• The Baneful
• The Lifebringer

Combat

Blurg does not fight back and, along with  Omeluum, teleports away on his turn if attacked in the Underdark. However, if a party member is caught stealing from him, Blurg might attack.^[verify] If the party member then manages to run back to the campsite, Blurg and Omeluum disappear.

Attacks and actions

 Blur ( + )

Attackers have Disadvantage on Attack rolls against you.

Doesn't affect creatures that don't rely on sight or that can see through illusions.

 Range: Self

 Burning Hands ( + )

Damage: 3~18

3d6⁠Fire

Each flammable target is hit with 3d6⁠⁠Fire damage.

 DEX Save

 Range: Self

 Misty Step ( + )

Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Scorching Ray ( + )

Damage: 6~36

2d6⁠Fire

+ 2d6⁠Fire

+ 2d6⁠Fire

Hurl 3 rays of fire. Each ray deals 2d6⁠⁠Fire damage.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Shatter ( + )

Damage: 3~24

3d8⁠Thunder

Damages all nearby creatures and objects.

Creatures made of inorganic material such as stone have Disadvantage on their Saving throw.

 CON Save

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Thunderwave ( + )

Damage: 2~16

2d8⁠Thunder

Release a wave of thunderous force that pushes away all creatures and objects in an area, while also dealing Thunder damage.

 CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Witch Bolt ( + )

Damage: 1~12

1d12⁠Lightning

Link yourself to a target with a bolt of lightning. Deal an additional 1d12⁠⁠Lightning each turn by activating it.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

Idle banter

Blurg and Omeluum occasionally chat while at Ebonlake Grotto in Act One.

• Blurg

  How is your more... personal research progressing?

• Omeluum

  Not well. The nutrition my species receives from other minds is difficult to emulate.

• Blurg

  Worry not, friend. You'll find the key soon enough.

• Blurg

  Have you spoken with Skriss lately?

• Omeluum

  Yes. She is cataloguing kuo-toan fertility rituals.

• Blurg

  Oh? Perhaps after I finish my research here, I'll join her...

• Omeluum

  Are you sure it was an illithid larva, Blurg?

• Blurg

  I'm not sure what reason there would be to lie.

• Omeluum

  True. If only I could see into their mind...

• Omeluum

  I have never seen anything like it, Blurg. Is my species evolving?

• Blurg

  Perhaps. But at such an accelerated rate?

• Omeluum

  Hm. It simply shouldn't be possible.

Blurg and Omeluum catch up with each other at the Lodge in Act Three in case Omeluum is saved.

• Blurg

  So your escape from the Iron Throne was a narrow one?

• Omeluum

  Indeed! I find I now have an irrational fear of deep water.

• Blurg

  How do you pass through the city streets without exciting opprobrium?

• Omeluum

  I adopt the illusory appearance of someone else. You, for example.

Related quests

• ⁠Help Omeluum investigate the parasite
• ⁠Retrieve Omeluum

Related literature

• A Note of Thanks
• Meticulous Notes

Gallery

• 
  A smiling Blurg.

Notes

• Blurg appears briefly in the Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons Module "Out of the Abyss." While still a member of the Society of Brilliance, he was originally an Orog, an uncommon subrace of Orc, rather than a Hobgoblin. Some of the dialogue related to him even reflects his original race - implying the hobgoblin model was originally a placeholder, but was eventually used for the full release. It is unknown as to why the Hobgoblin race was kept for Blurg.
• Blurg teleports away after repeated pickpocket attempts.

External links

• ⁠Blurg on the Forgotten Realms Wiki