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<blockquote data-quote="SSS-Druid" data-source="post: 703990" data-attributes="member: 613"><p>I had queer dwarves in the home-grown campaign setting I used to run, too.</p><p></p><p>See, the highly uneven ratio of males-to-females among dwarves meant that while the females of the race were often given little choice in marriage, the males often paired off with another male who shared his profession, leading to "forgemates" (among craftsmen) and "shieldmates" (among adventurers and defenders of the citadel).</p><p></p><p>This led to a number of interesting stories, notably the female dwarf PC who fled her home because she fell in love with another dwarven woman, but her love gave in to her family's pressure to marry, so the PC fled the citadel in grief. The other, perhaps most interesting PC was the dwarven male who'd not only lost his shieldmate to marauding humanoid tribes, but was appalled at the way some humans treated the paired forgemates of their cities, and was the first to raise an axe in defense of such beleaguered lovers. This was one of the coolest PCs I've ever had in a D&D game, played by a quite thorougly straight guy. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SSS-Druid, post: 703990, member: 613"] I had queer dwarves in the home-grown campaign setting I used to run, too. See, the highly uneven ratio of males-to-females among dwarves meant that while the females of the race were often given little choice in marriage, the males often paired off with another male who shared his profession, leading to "forgemates" (among craftsmen) and "shieldmates" (among adventurers and defenders of the citadel). This led to a number of interesting stories, notably the female dwarf PC who fled her home because she fell in love with another dwarven woman, but her love gave in to her family's pressure to marry, so the PC fled the citadel in grief. The other, perhaps most interesting PC was the dwarven male who'd not only lost his shieldmate to marauding humanoid tribes, but was appalled at the way some humans treated the paired forgemates of their cities, and was the first to raise an axe in defense of such beleaguered lovers. This was one of the coolest PCs I've ever had in a D&D game, played by a quite thorougly straight guy. :) [/QUOTE]
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