Spell & Tactical Planning Discussions

[RiverGreenForest]

We can always chop off that mohawk-looking thing that Gnolls have. Make a blanket out of it, keep us warm.

[Rex]

I think it best to kill them first, otherwise it will get really loud.

[RiverGreenForest]

That is something we could do. I wouldn't have thought Gnolls would cry out for others to come to save them.

[GreyWolfVT]

it would be funny as hell some woodsmen come upon the scene of a dwarf trying to shave the fur off some tied up gnolls in the forest using his hand axe.

[Rex]

Yup it would be.

[RiverGreenForest]

Maybe the dwarf can weave the Gnoll fur into his beard as some grisly trophy?

[GreyWolfVT]

Maybe the dwarf can weave the Gnoll fur into his beard as some grisly trophy?

[Rex]

Egon keeps his beard short, no weaving going on.

[RiverGreenForest]

A Dwarf with a short beard? Now, this I have to see!

[GreyWolfVT]

A Dwarf with a short beard? Now, this I have to see!

[Rex]

Yup, my thoughts exactly. Several has short beards in the movie. Actually for someone who is involved in melee combat it just makes sense.

[RiverGreenForest]

A Dwarf with a short beard? Now, this I have to see!

That doesn't count. That's just a short human with dwarf armor on.

[RiverGreenForest]

Yup, my thoughts exactly. Several has short beards in the movie. Actually for someone who is involved in melee combat it just makes sense.

I can see a beard down below the collar bone in a singular braid, or the beard length to the middle of the neck.

[GreyWolfVT]

Yup, my thoughts exactly. Several has short beards in the movie. Actually for someone who is involved in melee combat it just makes sense.

I can see a beard down below the collar bone in a singular braid, or the beard length to the middle of the neck.

Fantasy Art Dwarf Adventurers

[Rex]

The first one is how I envision Egon, except with gray hair. Great picture!

[RiverGreenForest]

I agree, both are good pictures! Sometimes I get tired of the typical Norse Dwarf and would like to see more variety.

[GreyWolfVT]

Norse? How about the typical Celtic dwarf?

[Rex]

Most D&D Dwarves seem to be Norse based, at least in pictures. From a real world mythology stand point Dwarves were very different, more often being mischievous or down right evil. The Dwarves in Norse mythology were mostly black (even referred to as Black Elves) and traded their crafts for deeds, mostly dark or down right evil.

[GreyWolfVT]

That gets me a bit confused though because then why do a majority of dwarves and player's playing them have them talking with basically a Scottish or Irish accent? If not that then usually British sounding at times.

[Rex]

I think Warhammer introduced that. Has nothing to do with mythology. Little people are common in Celtic mythology but none resemble the roleplaying game dwarves, which are much more based on Tolkiens dwarves, which he created by fusing his view of the ancient Hebrew and Old Norse peoples together. Their language is very similar to Hebrew and many of their customs he describes come from them as well, where their choice in weapons, names and warlike traits come from the Old Norse peoples, the only trait he took from mythology was their crafting skills. In fact he even said he renamed them from Dwarf's (correct English) to Dwarves (not a real word in English) to make it clear they were a creation and not based on mythology.