Ep 79: Racial Profiling - Dwarves
Jun 8, 2016 23:27:55 GMT
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Post by blakeryan on Jun 8, 2016 23:27:55 GMT
Great ep as usual!
Dwarves -
When the DMB crew were talking about crafting jewellery, I kept envisioning this Dwarf version of Mr T 'I pity tha fool who touches ma beard!'
Long lived - can be used to tie into your characters background or goal. A friend of your family is a dwarven cleric, he adventured with grandad, delivered your mother, cured your sister, taught you religion/medicine/defensive combat. At some point he asks you to find something your grandad was after.
Since Dwarves are long lived and work hard, its easy to make them into powerful families within a city, since their clan attitude makes them look after eachother. This makes them great allies and powerful enemies.
Stonecunning - could apply to lore on Gargoyles, Medusa, Purple Worms, Stone Giants & Xorn. So you could have dwarven sages or hunters seeking these creatures out.
Resistance to poison - they know this and may play to their strengths, so they could be hunters of drider, naga and wyverns.
Dwarven Fortresses - not a fort on a hill, the fort is the hill. Think of icebergs, so three levels in the mountain, twelve levels beneath the mountain. Each level has two tunnels to other levels, and a secret escape tunnel to outside.
Quest ideas :
- Someone is selling cheaper brew as good quality dwarven brew, ruining reputation and staining the clans honor.
- The leader of your clan accepted a challenge but fell down a well. You have to take on the dare in their stead. You must find a grizzly bear in the misty woods and wrestle it without weapons, bring back one of its teeth.
- Someone cut off the Dwarven dukes beard in his sleep. Bring back their head.
- Mead production is down due to something upsetting the beehives. Go see what the problem is. Could be Ankheg, Displacer Beast, Manticore or Owlbear.
You can download the Dethek font to type up dwarven documents - www.dafont.com/dethek-stone.font
Alternative Dwarves - Gully Dwarves from Krynn/Dragonlance. Low Int, Good natured but poor and poorly educated. More passive.
Religion - if don't use Moradin in your world.
Dragonlance = Reorx (Dwarves, Smithing), or Sargonnas (LE-Vengeance) Driven to avenge his family or clan.
Forgotten Realms = Gond (N-Crafting/Invention) or Tempus (CN-War, Battle) Sings songs while swinging his axe through the goblins.
Greyhawk = Ulla (LG-Mountains, Gems), Hextor (LE-Massacre) Dwarf has been lost in battle rage too often,
Examples of a Druid-Nature Dwarf - Merle Highchurch on Adventure Zone podcast, or Pikel Bouldershoulder-Forgotten Realms novels Cleric Quintet.
DMB crew mentioned Bruenor Battlehammer, he's an iconic dwarf in Forgotten Realms series Crystal Shard/Streams of Silver/Halflings Gem - he's a clan leader, trying to restore his homeland and his clan's status. Can find on ebay hardback or audio via audible.
Dwarven Dragonlance trilogies - Dwarf Home (Douglas Niles), Dwarven Nations (Dan Parkinson), both hardback via ebay or audio via audible.com
Lou Anders novels has dwarves - Mountain Dwarves in Frostborn and City Dwarves in Nightborn. The Dwarves are not major characters, still great novels.
Warhammer fantasy novels - Gotrek and Felix, Gotrek is another iconic dwarf. Crass, Brave and Tough as. Lots of fighting chaos hordes. Great read!
Dwarves in MMO's - player race in Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Neverwinter, Sword Coast Legends.
Dwarves -
When the DMB crew were talking about crafting jewellery, I kept envisioning this Dwarf version of Mr T 'I pity tha fool who touches ma beard!'
Long lived - can be used to tie into your characters background or goal. A friend of your family is a dwarven cleric, he adventured with grandad, delivered your mother, cured your sister, taught you religion/medicine/defensive combat. At some point he asks you to find something your grandad was after.
Since Dwarves are long lived and work hard, its easy to make them into powerful families within a city, since their clan attitude makes them look after eachother. This makes them great allies and powerful enemies.
Stonecunning - could apply to lore on Gargoyles, Medusa, Purple Worms, Stone Giants & Xorn. So you could have dwarven sages or hunters seeking these creatures out.
Resistance to poison - they know this and may play to their strengths, so they could be hunters of drider, naga and wyverns.
Dwarven Fortresses - not a fort on a hill, the fort is the hill. Think of icebergs, so three levels in the mountain, twelve levels beneath the mountain. Each level has two tunnels to other levels, and a secret escape tunnel to outside.
Quest ideas :
- Someone is selling cheaper brew as good quality dwarven brew, ruining reputation and staining the clans honor.
- The leader of your clan accepted a challenge but fell down a well. You have to take on the dare in their stead. You must find a grizzly bear in the misty woods and wrestle it without weapons, bring back one of its teeth.
- Someone cut off the Dwarven dukes beard in his sleep. Bring back their head.
- Mead production is down due to something upsetting the beehives. Go see what the problem is. Could be Ankheg, Displacer Beast, Manticore or Owlbear.
You can download the Dethek font to type up dwarven documents - www.dafont.com/dethek-stone.font
Alternative Dwarves - Gully Dwarves from Krynn/Dragonlance. Low Int, Good natured but poor and poorly educated. More passive.
Religion - if don't use Moradin in your world.
Dragonlance = Reorx (Dwarves, Smithing), or Sargonnas (LE-Vengeance) Driven to avenge his family or clan.
Forgotten Realms = Gond (N-Crafting/Invention) or Tempus (CN-War, Battle) Sings songs while swinging his axe through the goblins.
Greyhawk = Ulla (LG-Mountains, Gems), Hextor (LE-Massacre) Dwarf has been lost in battle rage too often,
Examples of a Druid-Nature Dwarf - Merle Highchurch on Adventure Zone podcast, or Pikel Bouldershoulder-Forgotten Realms novels Cleric Quintet.
DMB crew mentioned Bruenor Battlehammer, he's an iconic dwarf in Forgotten Realms series Crystal Shard/Streams of Silver/Halflings Gem - he's a clan leader, trying to restore his homeland and his clan's status. Can find on ebay hardback or audio via audible.
Dwarven Dragonlance trilogies - Dwarf Home (Douglas Niles), Dwarven Nations (Dan Parkinson), both hardback via ebay or audio via audible.com
Lou Anders novels has dwarves - Mountain Dwarves in Frostborn and City Dwarves in Nightborn. The Dwarves are not major characters, still great novels.
Warhammer fantasy novels - Gotrek and Felix, Gotrek is another iconic dwarf. Crass, Brave and Tough as. Lots of fighting chaos hordes. Great read!
Dwarves in MMO's - player race in Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Neverwinter, Sword Coast Legends.