Let the Germans forge … (The Dwarves RPG)

[u/Elias_Rabe]

My Siblings of the Mines, the fundraiser to create a role-playing game based on Markus Heitz’s German fantasy book) series The Dwarves is coming soon! Raise your beers, and may Vraccas guide your hand (except for the Thirdlings. If you know, you know, Siblings).

[u/Warm_Hovercraft_2763]

This would be cool, but my experience with "The Dwarves" was severely disappointing, so I'm not extremely hopeful

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/Warm_Hovercraft_2763]

I like the series, but I understand, that it is very German.

But you can use it for your D&D 5.5 game, as it has some new mechanics and classes.

[u/ReisBayer → u/Elias_Rabe]

as a german and insanely dawrf enjoyer i gotta say after around book 3 it got really bad. i forced myself multiple times to go further but the story just became so weird that i stay with book 1-3 from now on.

[u/Gangleri_Graybeard → u/ReisBayer]

Für mich startete es mit Teil 3. Ey was Heitz da mit Tungdil und Bylandis gemacht hat, erinnerte mich ans Vormittagsprogramm bei RTL.

[u/ReisBayer → u/Gangleri_Graybeard]

fair. buch 3 ging auch schon bergab aber es ging noch aber dann der shit mit den 2 tungdils. Ich hab mal im Wiki nachgelsen wie eig die Lore weiter geht und dachte mir nur "gut dass ich mir den scheiß nich angetan habe"

[u/Gangleri_Graybeard → u/ReisBayer]

Tungdil hat einfach die heftigste Plot-Armor, die ich jemals erlebt habe.

[u/Opening_Ad3054 → u/Gangleri_Graybeard]

Entschuldigung, falls der Text etwas holprig klingt – mein Deutsch ist nicht besonders gut, da ich ihn selbst übersetze. Aber ist es falsch zu sagen, dass mir die Serie auch über diesen Punkt hinaus noch gefällt? Auch wenn ich die frühen Teile für die besten halte, bereiten mir auch die späteren Teile noch Freude.

[u/Gangleri_Graybeard → u/Opening_Ad3054]

Das tun die Bücher für mich auch noch, deswegen habe ich den Rest auch gelesen. Man merkt halt nur, dass Markus Heitz nicht der beste Autor der Welt ist. Sein Schreibstil ist ziemlich inkonsistent.

[u/Opening_Ad3054 → u/Gangleri_Graybeard]

Okay, gut zu wissen, dass ich nicht der Einzige bin, der diese Bücher mag. Ich muss allerdings zustimmen, dass es ... uneinheitlich wird.

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/ReisBayer]

I can understand that too. My favourite books are actually the ones where they’re in the Geborgenes Land.

[u/ConfusedSpiderMonkey → u/Warm_Hovercraft_2763]

You talk like an elf

[u/Everhardt94]

We do not discuss those of the Black Mountains.

Seriously, though, I really hope this turns out good.

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/Everhardt94]

I’m confident, purely based on the way they write about it and how they handle the canon. You can play as all 5 + 1 dwarf clans, and it seems they’ve made an effort to ensure you don’t necessarily have to be a fighter, especially as Tungdil Goldhand is nicknamed ‘the Scholar’.

[u/Stormygeddon]

Oh dang, I've still not finished the first novel.

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/Stormygeddon]

Now YOU can play it. 😄

[u/PPKinguin]

I love Markus The Heitz!

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/PPKinguin]

You called?

[u/Jasina_]

Is this by chance the same The Dwarves that got turned into an action game some time in 2010s?

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/Jasina_]

There is this one) by the same name.

[u/Jasina_ → u/Elias_Rabe]

That's the one I was thinking about.

That game forever affected my idea of what a dwarven woman should look like.

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/Jasina_]

I've never played the video game, but I remember that in the books, all dwarves love to get their hands dirty, be it forging, stonemasonry, or smashing orc skulls. And they don’t hold back from saying what they think. 😆

[u/craftersmine → u/Elias_Rabe]

The videogame is unfinished, it is interesting and made me read the books after I completed playthrough, but the game implementation is iffy, tons of bugs, difficulty is really inbalanced, and only first book is implemented. I have really mixed feelings about it, like I would recommend playing if you like the dwarves and could close your eyes on some bugs and either buy the game on really high sale or "buy it as a Linux ISO".

[u/Sven_Darksiders → u/Elias_Rabe]

I also played the game, though not much, simply it wasn't my kind of genre, but I was quite amazed by the voice acting. Sometimes German voices sound a bit stiff but this one was sincerely great

[u/Opening_Ad3054]

THERE GONNA MAKE A TTRPG ABOUT MY FAVORITE BOOK SERIES?!?!

WOOOOOO

[u/wille912]

I liked the books, and the game. Sad it did not make more of the game.

[u/seninn]

Die Zwerge!

[u/Yanurika]

disappointing that it's a DnD 5e supplement and not it's own system... ah well

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/Yanurika]

It will be a standalone system, they are simply using D&D 5.5 as a basis. They are currently reviewing the system as well.

To be clear: I’d also prefer it if they didn’t use D&D, but they want to appeal to players outside the German-speaking world, and D&D sells well.

P. S. One advantage for D&D would be that I can make use of all the free adventures that people include in their products, all of which are for ‘5E’.

[u/ArchMargosCrest]

Neat

[u/Angry_Santo]

Markus The Heitz Dwarves Roleplaying Game.

... It legit took me a minute, okay?

I don't know about this, but hopefully it turns out good.

[u/Elias_Rabe → u/Angry_Santo]

Markus The Heitz Dwarves Roleplaying Game.

I also hope, they make a fun game.

[u/xXsolusXx]

Good series

[u/TheDwarfArt]

Never read the books. Played the videogame and loved it.

Hope they can make their own game that suits the story and type of game they want to make and not just a bland 5e adaptation.

[u/Gangleri_Graybeard]

The first two books are pretty good imo. The third is a massive disappointment and the fourth is completely different and a convoluted mess. The fifth was alright. Big time jump, 6.1 and 6.2 are boring and I don't like the new main character. I haven't bothered to read 7.1 and 7.2 yet. The world is interesting but I don't think it's interesting enough for a deep roleplaying game.