What about Dwarves?

docdoom77

First Post

• Apr 15, 2014

• #1

I find the lack of Dwarves in O.L.D. to be an impediment to playtesting as I would like to used established backgrounds and adventures rather than coming up with stuff on the fly.

I get that they won't be in whatever setting book comes out as the default, but they should be an option in the core book. Anything that 'standard' to fantasy should have rules in the core book.

Any chance of knocking out some Dwarf rules for the next iteration of the playtest?

Thanks!

 

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Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Apr 16, 2014

• #2

Here's a preview of the mountain dwarf:

Mountain Dwarf Stocky and tough, Mountain Dwarves enjoy engineering and mining.

STR 4 AGI 2 END 5 INT 3 WIL 3 CHA 2 MAG 0 LUC 2​

APPRAISAL, MINING, ENGINEERING, CAROUSING, HAMMER, BLACKSMITH, HARDY​

Small Size: +2 DEFENSE, SPEED 4 Darkvision 60' Mountain dwarves highly un-magical and can never have a MAGIC attribute higher than 1 Mountain dwarves are hard to knock down; any attempts to do so take a -2 die penalty​

 

trespassers

First Post

• Apr 16, 2014

• #3

That's pretty cool, and it feels like how I picture the race I like how you can get pretty nuanced with a few mechanics!

 

docdoom77

First Post

• Apr 16, 2014

• #4

Morrus said:

Here's a preview of the mountain dwarf:

Mountain Dwarf Stocky and tough, Mountain Dwarves enjoy engineering and mining.

STR 4 AGI 2 END 5 INT 3 WIL 3 CHA 2 MAG 0 LUC 2​

APPRAISAL, MINING, ENGINEERING, CAROUSING, HAMMER, BLACKSMITH, HARDY​

Small Size: +2 DEFENSE, SPEED 4 Darkvision 60' Mountain dwarves highly un-magical and can never have a MAGIC attribute higher than 1 Mountain dwarves are hard to knock down; any attempts to do so take a -2 die penalty​

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You sir, rock! Thanks. I'll definitely be upping my pledge to include the physical book as soon as I get paid!

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Apr 22, 2014

• #5

Just a quick screenshot so you can see this has been added to the next playtest document!

 

docdoom77

First Post

• Apr 22, 2014

• #6

Morrus said:

Just a quick screenshot so you can see this has been added to the next playtest document!

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Awesome Morrus! I think they look great!

I see that the magic penalty is not in this version. Is that intentional? If so, I like that too. It's better in the flavor text than in the rules.