Dwarven aesthetics- to the CURRENT me, at least- should scream either functionality and practicality OR ceremonial importance, depending on purpose. So both the 4Ed & Warhammer art are off to me.
D&D 5E Dwarves Could Use A Rethink
Casimir Liber
Adventurer
Like using swinging weapons like axes in narrow underground tunnels
.Don Durito
Hero
Well that's not as bad as the others. I wasn't commenting on Warhammer Dwarves in general just the oddness of the idea that the a Dwarf with huge decorative wings on there helmet was somehow "not ridiculous".
Although so far no one has posted any pictures of dwarves wearing armour that actually looks like armour.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Mostly because 'looks like armor' is basically just personal aesthetics considering the past 5000 years of armor technology around the world and also the majority of people don't want to see characters in sad cans full of wool.
I preferred picks. Still swinging weapons, yes, but they use them with skill in mining, sooooo…Like using swinging weapons like axes in narrow underground tunnels
Casimir Liber
Adventurer
Put a dwarf in a room with a battleaxe and a warhammer and tell him to take his pick....
Casimir Liber
Adventurer
Anyway.....in my milieu, duergar and mountain dwarves trade with variable hot-and-cold relations. Duergar seduced wholesale by Mammon, Belial and Baalzebul.....any DMs done anything interesting with duergar in their campaigns? (should I make this a new thread or leave here..?)
Don Durito
Hero
I always dump them. I figure Dwarves are always capable of being evil on their own.
Levistus's_Leviathan
5e Freelancer
In my world, they conquered the Underdark (as Mordenkainen predicted). They captured most of the Drow in order to use them as slaves, but some drow escaped and became nocturnal refugees on the surface drow (known as Sürdrae, and they eventually began to worship the stars). They experimented for centuries on the enslaved drow, causing them to become deformed, mindless brutes, and managed to trap their souls inside of Soul Cubes to force them to be their slaves (to prevent the drow's souls from escaping the Underdark and being reincarnated as another elf/drow). They also bred their Steeders to link with their rider, becoming Huge when the mounted duergar uses their Enlarge ability. They also use the Derro to send messages through the Far Realm to contact Elder Evils that want to corrupt the Material Plane without being able to physically enter.
Mind of tempest
(he/him)advocate for 5e psionics
I considered making them work of ur-fascism remove the slavery and go full genocide ideally their soldiers are mostly faceless but terrifying.
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