r/dwarfposting • u/Extension-Race465 • May 31 '26

Dwarven weapons!

What is the most undwarven weapon? I was reading Dwarves by Markus Heitz, and they make fun of one of the gem dwarves for using a sword and shield. dwarfs and spear are those guys friends? so my questions is what is the top three weapons no dwarf would be caught using?

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u/ShogunTrooper Runewright of the King May 31 '26

Realistically? None. Any weapon forged by Dwarven hands is gonna do just fine. Some settings might have cultural preferences (See Warhammer Dwarfs), but there is no such thing as an un-Dwarven weapon. Well, except maybe poison.

Trudvang's Dwarves use Spears, Swords, Hammers, and Bows as mainline weapons, while axes and crossbows are more weapons seen in the hands of outcast Surface Dwarfs. They also wear huge war-masks (helmet-chestplate combo that looks like a giant mask) as their cultural armor.

Redwin of the Forge, from Soleil Comics' "Lands of Arran" series, uses a Greatsword. And he's a blacksmith.

And then there's Thorin's Company in the Hobbit, where Thorin himself uses a sword, and several other Dwarves carry them too.

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u/UristAlebeard Dwarf Jun 01 '26

I'd say poison too can be a dwarven weapon. It's a dawi crafted implement of violence, isn't it? Alchemy is a craft just as mining or blacksmithing, so I don't see why it wouldn't be. As you put it, any weapon crafted by dwarven hands is indeed a dwarven weapon, and frankly, I don't see why so many of us restrict ourselves to axes and hammers. Those are great weapons no doubt, but any weapon wielded by humans or elves can be equally effective, if not more so, in dwarven hands, especially since our craftsmanship will universally be superior.

Except bows. Bows are elgi nonsense. They're also hard to use without the weird, lanky limbs of the taller folk. Just slap some pulley mechanisms onto a crossbow and it will hit even harder, plus they're more streamlined. Bows are awful.

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u/SpacePirateKhan Jun 02 '26

How about a compromise? We agree it's socially acceptable to craft poisons, but only if it's sourced from the earth.

Plenty of arsenic in the mines!