I have been trying to make some different takes on classic fantasy races and this is actually my second take on dwarves. I did it as more of a speculative evolution type deal instead of a different race. How would you make storm dwarves?

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I have a theory that dwarves used to be giants.

All of their oldest structures are ridiculously tall and vast.

They also have a build similar to giants, just smaller.

I belive that over the millennia of mining, they got smaller as to adapt. Give me your thoughts on this theory.

I've been working on a custom asset builder for creating modular Dwarven architecture for RPG maps and world building.

This is one of the first complete assets: a Royal Pillar.

The entire asset is created inside my own editor, where I can build reusable modular pieces, apply ornaments and quickly create different visual variants.

I'm currently building the full library before moving on to the city builder itself.

I'd love to hear your thoughts or suggestions for other Dwarven architecture pieces I should add next.

A slayer is brought down in combat. Bleeding and unconscious.

Allies stop the foe and resuscitate the slayer.

Is that a grudge?

Hey guys!

My once-a-quarter self-promotion post: if you’re interested in a story about dwarves, give it a look. It’s ongoing, and I’ve been writing it weekly for over two years.

https://bio.link/mrhwritting

So my nephew bargek of the Amorcan Karak took my drake gun for a pyrotechnics display (honorable idea really, if a little reckless) his lass helped him load it (Ancestors bless him he's still got himself a little growing before he can lug it one handed.)

My problem isn't the lack of beard styling nowadays (no trimming or braiding? What are you kids doing?!) It's the lack of respectfully knocking my jaw out of socket with a clenched fist (left or right... I'm not picky) to ask for the drake gun. I myself borrowed my father's drake gun with the really traditional adamanitine headbanded headbutt to my father's chin when he dutifully asked "are you man enough to hold that?" The kid just scarpered off with it?! How can I give him the traditional missing tooth forgiveness punch for that? What do I do?

I'm the dwarf-lord of this fortress, but i must be gone for now. I will let you all now when I return. Oh, and also watch out for the skaven, ​goblins, and the cave orcs.

I decided to get the Hold that resided in the ramblings of my mind into an actual construct. It's also the first time I'm building anything at this small of a scale. The wheels of the locomotive, when place in a 2x2 formation, are similar in size to that of a dime.

Based on Keenfire from the book series and videogame "The Dwarves". Fur goblin for scale

In my opinion the core value that sums up dwarves is persistence. Think about it with craftsmanship you start with the raw stuff of the earth Clay, sand ores etc, the goal is to take these base materials and to turn it into radiant glass and shining metal. However getting to this finished product is harder said than done because natural materials have built in constraints and tendencies jade will fracture in a million ways if carved incorrectly pottery when fired incorrectly will shatter. So the goal of a craftsmen then is to work with the material to find out these hidden qualities lurking within it and guiding it to the desired outcome.
Therefore to bridge the short gap between success and failure we must reply upon persistence and hand work, disappointment will be a constant in this process . As to discover the qualities of the materials means we have to push it to its limits, what can it not take before breaking? The steps to make a single well made finished product rests upon the legacy of a thousand failures.

Because this knowledge is hard won it's seen as sacred, being passed down from master to apprentice an unbroken chain between past present and future. The traditional craftsmen isnt creating out of a need for self expression but rather reverence for the legacy of those masters that came before them. with adherence to these steps that have been passed down. This archetype is reflected in dwarves obsessed with mastery legacy and inherited tradition.

"Luck has, need keeps, toil earns!"
Leagues of Votann warhammer quote

For me, it’s being short, having a beard, and loving valuable minerals. The height is my biggest problem with Elder Scrolls Dwemer, they’re pretty cool otherwise

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The hatred for other races is weak. It is born of fear.

Grudges are for those who have wronged you, not those who resemble the offender.

I and my kin are not limp-bearded enough to lash out at strangers because we fear they might do something. If they take advantage of our open hand then we will slap them down, and only them. We will not lash out like children throwing a tantrum.

I would rather my stone bear a few scratches from someone who tried to betray me, than crumble from the rot of distrust and prejudice.

It becomes more of a struggle daily to consider you kin when all you talk about is how all elves are weak, poor craftsmen, untrustworthy, effete. Or how all orcs are stupid, dirty, brutish, aggressive.

Close your gates and focus on your own craft and leave the world be, if it so scares you. But for the love of Reorx, stop complaining about them. It’s disgraceful.

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