Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
ShortQuests -- individual adventure modules! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed to plug in to your game.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Griffith Dragonlake" data-source="post: 3897563" data-attributes="member: 40379">Dwarves are underestimated IMHOWhile not a big fan of Dwarves, I've always thought that most campaigns and game worlds do not take Dwarves' stone and metallurgical skills into full consideration.I maintain that Dwarves would maintain monopolies on mines and metallurgy.  While they would glady trade arms, armor, worked metal, and even build stone buildings I don't think they would ever reveal their secrets.  Being Lawful and conservative I think they would behave in a guild-like manner of jealously protecting their secrets.  In addition, with a monopoly on mines and metallurgy I think eventually Dwarves would get into banking.  Imagine if all the world's societies were dependent on the Dwarves to build their stone buildings and forge their weapons?  And in turn loan out all the money they collected?  The other races would have a tolerate/hate relationship with them.  Some rulers might blame the Dwarves for poisoning a well and incite a riot just to justify driving them out of the kingdom so as to not pay their debts.  In other words, I think there might be some parallels between Dwarves and Medieval European Jews.I've always thought that a Chaotic civilization was an oxymoron.  If Elves really are Chaotic, wouldn't they be nomadic and a hunter-gatherer kind of society?  Wouldn't Wild Elves be the most common kind of Elves?  I would think that by and large Elves are illiterate but have an incredible oral history.  Their spellcasters would be druids and sorcerers rather than wizards and clerics.  They would have a tremendous artifice with organic materials.  Able to work wood, leather, and bone with inhuman artistry.  They would be great weavers as well.  Elven chainmail is simply metal wire acquired from Dwarves that has been woven into intricate patterns by the Elves.  Even the Dwarves would have to admit their admiration for such delicate work, albeit privately.  Elven music would be more like improvisational jazz rather than carefully contructed symphonies if they are true to their Chaotic nature.My 2 farthings for now….</blockquote>

Verification