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What's the appeal of playing a Dwarf? Why people love drunken

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What's the appeal of playing a Dwarf? Why people love drunken bearded manlets so much?
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Because dwarfs are perceived to be the complete opposite of elves. So the desire to play one isn't motivated so much by the desire to be a dwarf, but to play something "anti elf" for whatever reason.
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>>54318067
Because they're the idealized version of neckbeards to neckbeards. They're short, gruff, hostile to outsiders and love to drink. They also make things and love metal, which is shiny and industry and neckbeards love industry.
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>>54318123
But Orcs are the actual anti-elves.

Dwarves are just small hairy mountain elves. They're just as arrogant, over-skilled, supernaturally tough and badass and highly cultured and noble and good at making magic items and at ancient lore and everything as elves.
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>>54318067
Dwarves are manly, elves are feminine. Boiler plate homophobia/sexism/etc.
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>hey, let's talk about dwarves!
>first replies is elves
Every time.
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Dwarfs in fantasy were always kind of a comic relief, which is a shame.

When I talk to people about dwarfs i boil it down to "More Thorin, less Bombur"
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>>54318067

I play any race, but what draws me to dwarves is their crafty nature, and stoic/enduring philosophy. They're gnomes, but not enduring; they're orcs, but ordered. I like playing lawful characters, so Dwarves are a nice natural choice.
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>>54318341
No, more Bombur. All the Bombur. Fat jolly Dwarves are best Dwarves.
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>>54318067
>manlets

We get it, you're insecure about your height and can't fathom how much better your life would have been if only you were 6' 1" instead of 5' 11" but here's a spoiler: your shit decisions and preferences like not fucking loving dwarves are what make your life shit.
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>>54318353
Ditto this.
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>>54318353
>but what draws me to dwarves is their crafty nature

Isn't that more of a half ling thing though?
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>>54318067
>dat Olympia
I love Little Big
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>>54318546
I really wanna bang a midget, closest thing I can get to banging an actual fantasy creature.
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I like how dwarven traditionalism breaks the 4th wall.
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>>54318680
shame they generally have deformed faces or limbs
also a shame that they don't come in green
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>>54318152
No one said neckbeards were intelligent, my nigga
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>>54318067
They don't love
>drunken bearded manlets
They love
>focused and strong honorbound underground vikings
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>>54318067

Not gonna lie, that's pretty hot.
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>>54318067
You get to punch folks in the nuts.
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>>54318067
There are so many fucking reasons as to why your shouldn't like small races. Like any man-sized average race should be able to beat the fuck out of any average dwarf let alone something smaller. There should be more depictions of dwarves using ranged weapons and shield walls with long pointy sticks anchored into the ground instead of weapons they'd never even be able to use effectively in the first place. Beyond their honor which is really the biggest selling point for dwarves all those short races realistically have is fetish bait. Strength is good but speed and stature is better. I like dwarves but they're shit. They're the only excusable manlet race but even sometimes then...
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>>54319231
You're a limped dicked faggot who takes it up the ass from Chad before you turn around and clean the shit off his dick with your lips. And you think that makes you better than circus midgets.
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>>54319757
You seem upset.
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>>54318067
It's therapy for our tourette's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHclWPVij0
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>>54319231

> Like any man-sized average race should be able to beat the fuck out of any average dwarf let alone something smaller. There should be more depictions of dwarves using ranged weapons and shield walls with long pointy sticks anchored into the ground instead of weapons they'd never even be able to use effectively in the first place.

Why do retards always want to ruin fantasy by making it realistic?
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I'm already a bearded manlet, so why not?
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>>54318067
Dwelf threads are not something I can meaningfully review, as they don't belong to a singular baiter. Rather, behavior of these threads has become an interesting mirror of Dwarf and Elf Relations, with Dwarf and Elf fans arguing like the races they enjoy so much have feuds.
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>>54318067
/tg/ like dwarves and hate elves because elves are tall, beautiful and aristocratic; while dwarves are short, scruffy and crude; so /tg/ can relate to the latter.
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>>54319949
I'm not ruining shit because realistic dwarves could still be fantastic but only that short race. They're the only ones which have enough established characteristics to be done so. It's just how you present it. I swear YOU faggots are the worst.

Make them more technological due to having longer lifespans than humans and because they're craftsman. Make them cunning merchants and firm diplomats. Make them honorable if pissy at sometimes but ultimately learned. Make them wield crossbows or repeaters instead of hammers or axes. Make it so their holds are set up in such a way that bigger races literally cannot besiege them due to how they're constructed in relation to their size.

They have mountains one of the most strategic factors in defense in addition to passages literally no one else knows about. In open combat they should lose almost literally every time but in their own turf they should be nigh unconquerable. There is so much that could be done with them they're just squandered. Like if the setting has golems just one of those should be able to repel a small army or a large one depending. You just gotta do things smart.
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>>54318341
More Balin.
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>>54320186
>beautiful
Look, if I wanted to fuck a twig, I'd want something thicker & I'm sure the trees will do.
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>>54319231
>I like dwarves but they're shit.

Something tells me you're not being honest about your feelings.
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Reminder that Dwarves are where the whores go to.
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>>54318508
Crafty as in building/making things.
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>>54320208
You can like something and it still be shit. Most things are shit or simply not good. In relation to fantasy races there is typically one that just does everything or most things better and that's usually humans. So in regards to that they are lesser but that doesn't mean I have to wholeheartedly hate them only recognize the ups and downs.
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>>54320193
By your logic nobody should ever be able to defeat a dragon because playable races are much much smaller
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>>54318067

What >>54318765 said.

I'll play any race. The appeal of a dwarf or of dwarves for me lies largely in my descent. I am kind of a northern-European mutt, but I am most strongly Scotch-Irish, and secondly Danish-Scandinavian.

I dig the culture, and I dig the aesthetic. I can play a stereotypical dwarf-paladin or cleric or ranger or whatever, and be right in my comfy happy place for roleplaying.

I'm also a metalworker by trade, and playing an ascended blacksmith to adventurer appeals to me.
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>>54320254
Unless you corner one in a cave dragons should be basically unkillable, yes. Dragons are often not given enough credit. If you're dumb enough to try and fight one outside you should just get hit and run to death in almost every case. There are ways to get around that like magical resistance but that only means it won't try to flame you not claw your ass as it goes by. Dragons are highly intelligent in a lot of cases so they're going to fight smart. In cases that they're not they're going to fight like an animal which is arguably worse because it makes them less predictable.

A single mortal or only a handful for that matter killing a dragon should be the equivalent of a mortal or mortals striking down a god. Even an army killing one should be an event that goes into the history books.
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>>54320193
> Make their culture techy, give the crossbows, make them dug-in bastards that are difficult to siege.

You mean how >80% of fantasy settings have them by default?

Yeah, axes and hammers are not the most effective weapons for people of their size. Not in mass combat, anyway. Most material I've seen is not built for mass combat, and when it is, any self respecting writer would give an army spears. Hammers and axes are, however, appropriate thematically. Miners, craftsdwarfs and lumbering? War-picks and hammers (often combined), and axes seem the natural choice.

They're also usually given lore which makes them as strong, if not stronger than, an average human. Yes, speed and reach are better to have than raw strength in a melee, especially if unarmored, but speed is not armor, and most pulp-fantasy gives no fucks about speed or reach as being relevant factors.

Honestly, there are _way_ worse things to sperg about. Double-bit axes, everywhere, for instance. Whatever-maille as a trope. The ridiculous prevalence of big, fuckoff swords or similarly large two-handed weapons which prevent the use of a shield. Gold Pieces being the standard for many, many settings.
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>>54320193

I would argue that most people are attracted to the trope of "shortstack that can fuck up orcs" instead of "well, you're short so you'll have to fight like a little bitch and stay in your mountain palace" Most people don't like limitations being put into their fantasy, especially when those limitations are only going to appeal to people who get hung up on minutiae like this.

Most of the situations you're describing would never happen, because RPGs are usually about exploring, not staying in defensive positions and waiting for the enemy to come to you. Your Dwarves make sense, but playing them wouldn't be much fun.
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>>54320573
>especially if unarmored, but speed is not armor
Armor is a detriment if one is wearing it and the other isn't in a lot of cases at least one on one. Even in the case that both are wearing armor a human would still have more reach, leverage, and speed which would ultimately make the fight.
>and most pulp-fantasy gives no fucks about speed or reach as being relevant factors.
And that's unfortunate as it can make a fight before it even begins.
>Honestly, there are _way_ worse things to sperg about. Double-bit axes, everywhere, for instance.
I threw that in there with the hammers and axe bits though not specifically. Some things should go without saying but I'll accept that criticism.
>>54320694
>Your Dwarves make sense, but playing them wouldn't be much fun.
And that's unfortunate but it's how it is as it goes for all dwarves. I like them. They're just shit. They'd make a much better or I would even argue one of the the best if not the best NPC race in fiction.
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Because they are boisterous, loud, loyal, jovial, unintentionally funny, etc, like a whole race of cool uncles or somethingt. People focus on the positive aspects, ignoring that it's a race of tiny, angry, hirsute men with women looking like a midget versions of qajar princesses.
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>>54320381
>t. bad dragon owner

We kill big animals all the time, it's not that extraordinary.
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>>54320811
>Armor is a detriment if one is wearing it.
lolwut. You ever wear it, or fight in it? It takes stamina to do, sure, and fighting in it for too long will definitely fatigue someone, but it is almost always to the benefit of the person wearing it. Well made armor has a greater range of motion than its wearer, and doesn't impede them from making quick or complicated movements, excepting, perhaps, jousting armor.

Yes, a human would have more reach and leverage than a dwarf. A lethal armored melee would ultimately come down to the weapon choice, though. The murderstrike and half-handing are certainly reasonable and documented things, but wouldn't it be nicer to have a Bec De Corbin or Lucerne Hammer which can crush through, or pierce?

Strength is often, but not always, a strong factor in speed. Assuming that the dwarfs have comparable or superior strength, but not leverage. Here, speed of the combatant should be ignored, and speed and reach of the weapon should be the focus. I've already conceded that speed and reach are paramount in unarmored combat.

Assuming that in any generic fantasy setting, the short of stature and stout of limb, and of comparable outright strength, I think it would make a good deal of sense for an average dwarf to have sturdier armor, and rarely be without it. Because there's less surface area, a dwarf might use the same amount of raw material that a human might for their armor, but for thicker pieces. Assuming also that the armor is made by craftsdwarfs, it would also stand to reason that it is stronger on average than human armors of comparable thickness.

Strength is often, but not always, a strong factor in speed. Assuming that the dwarfs have comparable or superior strength, but not leverage. Here, speed of the combatant should be ignored, and speed and reach of the weapon should be the focus. I've already conceded that speed/reach are paramount in unarmored combat.

Ultimately, I think dwarfs should be comparable, not inferior.
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>>54321185
Fucked up my editing, have the same paragraph twice. Please excuse the dumb.
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>>54320995
You know I'd like to think I've been a good sport with trying to be reason and all but your post is just fucking so stupid. We don't have animals as big as whales with mystical skin who also can breathe fire and fly but also is smarter than a man. Also said man doesn't have a gun.
>>54321185
At its most basic it's size. We can argue speed and strength but even assuming both those things are the same neither making a difference it still goes back to size. It is incredibly easy for someone significantly taller to beat someone significantly shorter. Overpower them, throw them, move them... In at the lowest case we're talking a foot difference but on average it's gonna be more like a foot an a half. In an extreme case of a human who is just above six feet to six and a half feet we're talking like two whole feet in difference. It took me a minute to find a picture of what the average two would look like together but it'd be something like pic related.

There is always the armor and that it would be crafted better. There is also that most people get killed in those cases by blunt force and if you exclude that being stabbed in the open bits. I just think the difference in reach and size would be so extreme that it wouldn't matter. You could literally hold them at an arm's length and just kick the shit out of them. It's reminds me of the old meme "how many children could you beat in a fight". I don't think dwarves would be completely incapable of fighting in melee I just don't think in the grand scheme of things they'd be good at it or win in any real capacity. At the end of the day humans have bigger sticks.
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>>54321712

I'd like to see you fight an orangutan, which is both short and fat, and see how well you fare.

Go ahead, stick your hand out and just kick at it. I really want to see how that works out.
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>>54321779
A dwarf wishes it had the strength and speed of an orangutan.
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>>54321809
>speed
>of an orangutan.

Orangutans don't move fast on the ground. They are built to travel from tree branch to tree branch. They are not super speedy creatures, just strong and agile enough to balance on branches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8J7jxc8_Pw

A dwarf may not be as strong as an orangutan but they are still much stronger than a human. Denser muscle fibers.
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>>54318152
>Dwarves are just small hairy mountain elves
Oh come on, by that logic everything is an elf.
Kobolds are just feral scaly elves
Minotaurs are just big bull-elves
Humans are just completely unspecialized elves
Demons are just horny elves.
In fact, I bet you're a fucking elf yourself.
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>>54321919
I suddenly remember I once threw around the idea of a beastfolk-heavy setting where the backstory was that all of the beasts descended from the degenerate elves of old, who started turning into/shagging animals for fun and wound up permanently turning themselves/their offspring into gnolls, minotaurs, lupins, lizardfolk, and so forth...
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>>54321863
Let them be even twice as strong as a human. I still don't see it happening. It's just too unrealistic. Size matters a considerable amount when fighting someone.
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>>54318454
In my decades of experience, tall dudes and dudettes play dwarves with greater frequency than shorts.

But the shorts who play dwarves play them with gusto.
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>>54321712
>You know I'd like to think I've been a good sport with trying to be reason and all but your post is just fucking so stupid. We don't have animals as big as whales with mystical skin who also can breathe fire and fly but also is smarter than a man. Also said man doesn't have a gun.
>all settings are D&D

Tell that shit to Saint George loser.
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>>54322011

As I said, I'd like to see you fight an orangutan and show me just how superior your height and reach are to a short, fat ape.
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>>54322011
You're probably much taller than a chimpanzee. Can you take one in a fight?
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>>54322046 >>54322122
Even if a dwarf was twice as strong as a human they'd not be nearly that strong or as durable. This analogy is fucking shit and you know it. How about your dwarf go and fight a giraffe, eh? Seems about as fair.
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>>54322212
They're strong enough to pose a credible threat to humans. That's exactly how strong they are.

How about you go and fight the giraffe?
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>>54318067

Her body says Short Stack but her face says 12 year old and my dick is confused.
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>>54322212

Nearly as strong or durable as an ape? Who knows, this is fucking fantasy. A dwarf in one setting might have the strength of an ape. Which really highlights how moronic your argument has been the whole time, what with trying to impose your "realistic" take on the anatomy of fictional creatures.

The funniest part is that even compared to real life, your argument still falls flat on its face. You could pit a 7 foot tall, 450 pound giant of a human man against a 4'6" orangutan that weighs 200 pounds (which is about exactly the size of most dwarves in fantasy settings, just proportioned and distributed differently) and the human would still get his shit pushed in faster than you could blink.
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>>54322212
You ever think about going fisticuffs against a Baboon? It's smaller than you so it should be no problem, right?
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>>54322235
Humans are strong enough to pose a credible threat to humans. Moderately sized dogs are strong enough to pose a credible threat to humans. Small monkeys are strong enough to pose a credible threat to humans. Dwarves are just much smaller, slightly stronger, slightly tougher, and slower humans. They pose a threat but it is much less than that of a human.
>>54322320
I was never arguing the fucking monkeys. Christ.
>Well what if this dwarf is a super giga nigga who can chew metal and take bullets and is also Superman
Could probably kill a human, yeah. MOST depictions of dwarves do not give them nearly enough to actually be a real threat to humans comparable to humans. MOST deceptions make them considerably shorter to a detriment which would make them nearly incapable of combat with some other races and slightly stronger and tougher but also slower. They're not fucking monkeys. They're not these inhumanly strong inhumanly tough things. I get you like dwarves but fuck off they're not silverbacks. I get I'm on /tg/ so criticizing whatever is just going to get shit flinging but fuck off with this shit.
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>>54322513
>Dwarves are just much smaller, slightly stronger, slightly tougher, and slower humans.

No, they are strong enough to pose a credible threat to humans. This can be seen in the countless pieces of fiction and games where they do just that you moronic sperg.

>MOST depictions of dwarves do not give them nearly enough to actually be a real threat to humans comparable to humans.

Except they do, as evidenced by the fact dwarves pose a threat to humans in those pieces of fiction. Case closed.
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>>54322513
>I get I'm on /tg/ so criticizing whatever is just going to get shit flinging but fuck off with this shit.

You're not a victim here, you're just an idiot.
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>>54321919
t. Hairy Mountain Elf
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>>54322513

>Dwarves are just much smaller, slightly stronger, slightly tougher, and slower humans.
>I was never arguing the fucking monkeys. Christ.
>They're not fucking monkeys. They're not these inhumanly strong inhumanly tough things.

Here's what you fail to grasp and why your argument keeps falling apart, dumbshit.

Dwarves AREN'T human. They are a different species entirely and are INCAPABLE of producing offspring with humans in 99% of popular settings.

You can keep crying that you were never comparing apes to humans, but the fact of the matter is that you're using a human's anatomy as a basis for your argument against a nonhuman creature in the first place.
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>>54322550
They pose a threat to humans but it's not humans btfo gg like you're arguing with silverbacks

Which somehow humans have been hunting for thousands of years
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>>54322668

I'm sure if silverbacks were smart enough to create and use weapons they would be the ones hunting humans.
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>>54322550
Read, fag, read. I said not as credible to humans as humans not that they are not.
>as evidenced by the fact dwarves pose a threat to humans in those pieces of fiction
Because they get fucking wanked. Put dwarves and humans in a fight against each other under those same conditions without the bullshit and the dwarves get steamrolled.
>>54322624
It literally doesn't matter. They're not THAT different. They're not some divine race of super beings they're a super manlets who has been to the mines throughout their life. They have callused skin not some sheet of fucking iron that's gonna stop a dagger.
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>>54322723
>Put dwarves and humans in a fight against each other under those same conditions without the bullshit and the dwarves get steamrolled.

Only because you think so. People have provided plenty of evidence in here to prove you wrong. It's a shame you're too stupid to realize when you've been beaten at your own game.

>It literally doesn't matter. They're not THAT different.

It does, you fucking idiot. They're a completely separate species, much like humans and organgutans. And, yes they are VASTLY different. Dwarves boast INNATE resistances to shit like poison, cold, and fire (depending on the setting) whereas that stuff kills humans easily.

>They're not some divine race of super beings they're a super manlets who has been to the mines throughout their life.

In some settings, they are created directly by a god. So...?

>They have callused skin not some sheet of fucking iron that's gonna stop a dagger.

Yeah, that's why they have armor. You've been arguing about reach against a dwarf and your go-to example is a dagger? Anyone dumb enough to get close enough to use a dagger against a dwarf is going to die.
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>>54322723
>Put dwarves and humans in a fight against each other under those same conditions without the bullshit and the dwarves get steamrolled.

Except they wouldn't, because we know from their capabilities in fiction that they're on roughly equal footing with humans as combatants.
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I've only ever seen dwarves played as literally the same character. They're boring, at least people sometimes play brown slave elves.
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>>54322884
>at least people sometimes play brown slave elves.

Maybe in /pfg/, which is where you should go back to.
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>>54319231
Why do people on the internet always get so assmad about short people?
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>>54323053

Because they themselves are insecure about something and so need to pick on an imaginary strawman to make themselves feel better.
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>>54322719
Get off the internet Grod
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>>54323053

4chan in particular attracts people who are social pariahs or NEETs. When you have nothing going for you, short people are an easy target.
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>>54318160
Yeah because it's "sexist" for me, a man, to want to play a manly character.
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>>54319231
>any man-sized average race should be able to beat the fuck out of any average dwarf let alone something smaller.

You're absolutely right. You should go out right now and try to beat up a chimpanzee. Or a badger. Or hey, a bobcat. Those things are all pretty small compared to you, so you'll kick their asses, don't worry.
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>>54321919
Well, now you're talking about Elder Scrolls.
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>>54322011
>Size matters a considerable amount when fighting someone.
Yeah, ask any boxer and he'll tell you, a guy with fifty pounds on you is more dangerous than a guy with better reach.
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>>54323736
Don't forget that the guy with fifty pounds on you is also one who punches right at nutsack level
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>>54322723
>Put dwarves and humans in a fight against each other under those same conditions without the bullshit and the dwarves get steamrolled.

You realize that the Romans were a head shorter than most of the people they fought, and still destroyed the armies of half the world with minimal effort. The differences in body size you are talking about are almost totally inconsequential compared to things like weapon technology, troop discipline, and tactics. I can only guess you're trolling. Or really know nothing about anything.
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>>54320811
But anon, if armour is bad, why is it that every single godamned armed conflict involves armour or some way or other, and the most melee centric pitched battles had things like full metal suits?

You're spouting conjecture.
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>>54318067
Most D&D players are bearded manlets who think drinking is cool (but don't actually do it because they'd get a hangover from one beer).
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>>54318067
I don't really like the drunken bearded manlet part, but the clannish, militaristic and regimented society they have is pretty cool and offers a ton of interesting opportunities for RP which don't exist in freer societies.

>>54318353
Also this
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>>54318680
>>54318749
I have the microphilia fetish. Finding a dwarf woman whose proportions aren't all fucked up would be a dream.
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Because sometimes, you just want a game about vat-grown gun-toting xenophobes who just want the dinosaur-worshipping jungle tribes to leave them alone so they and their human slave can get back to fixing the world machine that the gods so stupidly broke.

Glorantha's kind of weird place.
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>>54318067
Attitude. Its all in the attitude.
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>>54322513
>Arguing the fucking monkeys.
>Cannot into basic taxonomy, and as a result, tortured by Dr. Zaius in the name of science.

Orangutans, Baboons, Chimps, Bonobos, etc, all of which are defensive and determined as fuck, are APES, as are humans.

As others have pointed out, generic fantasy setting X almost certainly has dwarves that are by definition inhumanly strong and tough. I still don't know where you're getting "slow" from. Maybe not a very long stride, but natural sprinters, you see.

All this philosophical hypothetical jerking off hasn't made much progress. You've just refused to budge on that they're inferior because they're short, and as other have pointed out, stature is not the end of the fight. Better believe that stocky 200+ pound walking beard will toss your high-center-of-gravity ass on the ground, and won't budge.

Here, watch some other nerds talk this to death:
https://youtu.be/cDt_tIcca-k
https://youtu.be/seih9n2MuYc
https://youtu.be/FaUm5Fer0Pc

I still think they miss the potential of the war-pick/hammer weapons, like Bec De Corbin, etc.

One on one, it all depends on the situation; armed, armored, with what, etc. Ultimately in a generic pseudo-medieval fantasy setting, dwarves should absolutely be competitive or comparable with humans.
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>>54326803
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I thought there would be more hot dwarf chicks posted in this thread.
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>>54325123
Does that even exist in reality?
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>>54327267
They're called children
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>>54323582

Depends on your definition of manly.

If "manly" means excessive facial hair, xenophobia, and a lack of a sense of humour, then by all means play a dwarf.

But if "manly" means a complete lack of facial hair, xenophobia, and a lack of a sense of humor, then an elf might more be your speed.
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>>54326967
Not sure if we're on the same page, or not. I think we are, but I can't quite tell.

I still dispute that stupid-large double-bit axes are reasonable, but at a certain point, there's a conceit to be made for fantasy.
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>>54318067
Next time, can you just put the words "dwarf" and "manlet" and leave everything else off? My time is limited.
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>>54327720

What about stupid large axes... with a SINGLE BIT.
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>>54327720

We are. I was just posting that because it's a good argument in the comments of one of those videos you linked.
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>>54327311
THAT'S THE ANSWER!
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>>54327793
lol. As long as the damn thing has a slim cutting edge profile, I'm down. Halberds and pole-axes get a lot of advantage from their leverage, as opposed to their mass. Force = Mass * Velocity^2, after all.

>>54327915
Something good or useful from youtube comments? I'm shocked. /s
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Dwarf bards are the only correct bards.
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>>54327267
the goblin/shortstack cutover is around 130cm, which is fantasy dwarf territory
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>>54318067
Because fun is their sole motivation. They fight to have fun, they drink to have fun, and they hate everything because its fun.

As a result, playing Dwarves is fun, especially when things get serious, because things become SERIOUSLY fun.
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>>54328669
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>>54328775
too bad this is a blue board and I had to cut off the entire left half
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>>54328848
Code?
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>>54328930
mum-00289
the entire label is short and/or skinny
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>>54318067
Personally, I like subverting the tropes of dwarvenkind.

For example, during our last campaign, a couple of friends and I created a trio of dwarven bards, playing them (subtly, not overtly) as a dwarven boy-band. Inspired by pic related
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>>54328930
>>54329007
What site is this code for?
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>>54318680
the only good midget jemma
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>>54320381
>dragon gets too close to city walls
>hit by a hail of arrows and a balista
>ded

I do agree that a dragon should be smart and would just fly away/use hit and runt tactics. Dragons being unkillable gods is a lame trope.
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>autist gets btfo in debate
>stops replying, slinks away in defeat and hides

everytime
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>>54318067
Sometimes, people want to be the Jew for once.
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>>54323705
The Empire will deal with you.
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>>54323582
If your definition of manly is a negative reaction to something else, not only does it make you sexist but it also makes you a little retarded.

If it isn't then you are neither.
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>>54318067

I always liked how Dwarves are essentially the underdog, but they don't even give a shit.

Elves are usually potrayed as superhuman. Auto better than standard human in everyway. Humans are the standard, though often times like in Tolkein they are related.

Dwarves or Dwarfs being short, gruff, and live underground. They don't have anything except stuff that they make themselves. Its high quality cuz they work the hardest. Their mentality is if you are my friend we are bros for life, fuck with me and I kick the fucking shit about you. They have a "not one step back policy" on things that matter. Like every archetype they have their silliness or excesses, but the core underdog trope countered by unyielding stubbornness is very cool.
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>>54329609
>that boner when boobies make up nearly half of her body mass
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>>54318353
I like the aesthetic, its all about solid armour and infantry...I hate horses mang.
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>>54321809
Considering that Dwarves, in most settings and systems, have similar strength to humans despite being smaller, I'd say they have much denser muscle mass. A Dwarf can pick up anything a human can pick up and swing it with similar results despite having shorter arms. That tells me that they are technically stronger than humans, and if they did have the same length arms, would be much more effective than humans.
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>>54329609
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>>54332993
My nigga
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>>54318140
Man I love Saruman's Isenguard foundry/pits from tTT. The industry distracts me from my inadequacy and inactivity of my life.
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>>54318067
>>54329609
>>54334524
>no cute midget will ever do porn
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>>54335176
>no cute midget will ever do porn
>The midget in one of the pics he linked has done porn

WHAT did he mean by this??
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>>54335324
If you're talking about Jemma, I've only seen that one set of nudes, and that's it. Hardly "porn".

Unless you know something I don't, at which case do share.
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I enjoy dwarves here and there because they allow me to unleash my desire to be curmudgeonly, impolite, and unamused at the world and the people around me.
It is a nice change after playing a face.
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