Dwarfholds

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Strike the earth!

>>51337389
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>>51337281
Jesus Christ, why does the Dwarf architecture have to look so fucking SAMEY absolutely everywhere? I swear these could all belong in the same game.

>>51337376
Comfy.

>>51337434
I mean, the dwarves' whole schtick is that they're miners and they're practical and follow function over form. That leads naturally to a certain style of architecture.

>>51337434
Because it's inspired by the same bland derivative material.

>>51337424
>Roll for balance
>"Natural 20"
>You fall to your death

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWz0qVvBZ0

>>51337531
If cave-water is glowing bright blue, I don't think the dwarves are going to survive drinking it for long.

>>51337507
>roll for digging
>"Natural 20"
>You dug too greedily and too deep
I can totally see this

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>>51337006
I need this thread.
I've got a session today based in a Dwarf Hold, so this is all gold.
Let's see what I have.

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All your arguments are invalid

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>>51337006
Different shades = different level, right?

>>51337778
Are there people boating in that magma?

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>>51337786
I think those are rocks

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>>51337786
No, I think they're just rocks.

I do love the statue's tankard magmafalls, that's just so damn dwarven

Pic related isn't a dwarf structure, but it is an underground cathedral, so that counts, right?

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>>51337813
Are you sure?

>>51337842
looks like two guys riding a thanksgiving turkey

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>>51337943

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>>51337973
The sense of scale on this one is just kinda silly

>>51337281
https://youtu.be/-6FXeupOp04
Is there a comfier tune?
I can just close my eyes and imagine myself digging deep underground in the dark in some far corner of the Blood God's realm

>>51337826
>I do love the statue's tankard magmafalls, that's just so damn dwarven
I wonder how it replenishes the magma to spill tho

>>51337006
>a scale of twenty leagues
>by the artist's own claim the stairway at the east gate takes two hours to walk down
Why is everyone this retarded about scale, /tg/?

>>51338145
Maybe the arms of the statue are conduits and they're fed with magma through the body using convection ?
Or maybe there are unseen magma spouts on the ceiling that aim at the mugs. They fill up then the statue tilts them.
Bah, I don't know, that's just my 2 cents.

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>>51338176
Partly because dwarves are known for building on a huge scale, partly because artists (and writers) aren't known for their sense of scale either.

Also not knowing what a League means (the distance a man walks in an hour, usually about 3 miles - but it varies with time and place) though a human's league might 2 hours for a dwarf or on terrain like stairs

>>51338145
Like any fountain, though that'd be one hell of a pump

>>51338176
>>51338325
Just to clarify how fucking stupid this is, an English league is three miles by ancient tradition; that means the stairway is six vertical miles long. If we assume the stairway has a slope of 30°, this means an ascent of 3.4 vertical miles to the East Gate, to be compared with Mount Everest's height of 5.5 vertical miles *above sea level* -- and Everest Base Camp is at 3.4 miles above sea level. So according to this map the climb up these stairs is literally higher than climbing Everest.

>>51338422
>six vertical miles long
FUCK six *horizontal* miles, obviously. I thought I double-checked that and everything. RAAAGE

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>>51338422
>>51338435
You are assuming that the staircase is at 30 degrees and has no "landings" - 30 degrees is fine for a domestic staircase (a little shallow, possibly), but any staircase 6 miles long that ends in a city gate isn't likely to be built like a domestic staircase - if it's a big construction it'll likely not just be normal stairs.

It's also built for dwarves, so it's unlikely to be anywhere like as steep as human steps, even if it is built like normal stairs

I don't doubt that it's a huge climb, but it's not as totally out there as you'd think - the tallest stairs IRL are "only" 3.4 km long, with a rise of 1660m - they're maintenance stairs for a funicular railway (not pic related, but pic related looks much cooler)

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From Games Day 08 in France (I think)

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I fucking love dwarf holds. Something so awesome and comfy about them.

Let's see what pictures I have, boys.

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>>51340297
Huh. This is Vermintide concept art. I wonder if they used that table as inspiration.

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>>51340344
Maybe

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>>51340529
Last one

What I'm learning from this thread is that dwarf architects really like making people walk into a giant dwarf's open mouth.

>>51341801
Racial vore fetish. Something about mining all day, I don't know.

>>51337778
I can dig this. Finally something other than tired viking or Moria knockoffs. Tolkien based his dwarven language on Semitic languages, so it'd be only natural for them to live in ziggurats.

>>51337434
>thread about a specific type of architeture
>complain that every image contains the same type of architeture

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Does anyone else REALLY want to play some Dwarf Fortress now?

>>51337562
Its just a harmless fungus
Makes water taste like toothpaste tho

Its why they drink ale most of the time

>>51337786
No, not people. Just elves.