[Rq-rules] Dwarves re-envisioned.

[Lance Dyas]

Bjorn Stolen wrote:
> I just wanted to say that I loved this interpretation of dwarves.
Glad you like it. The storyline makes dwarves for me actively interesting.
conceptually unique yet still touching the myths. Very powerful in their
own ways yet limited in others and gives them some fodder for motivations
> The last bit, about becoming mortal and reproducing is somthing
> I allso have incorporated to my mostali dwarves (but they have to
> abandon their strongholds and wander about in order to achieve this,
Well of course it is a quest .. perhaps for mystical evolvement perhaps
to find the right bit of magic / science or the non-existant female dwarve
which will enable it.
> and I never let the player who currently is a dwarf really know wether
> he's still imortal or not and wether he can reproduce or not. 
hmmm you need something climactic to enable this I think if it is a
part of the character concept ... so that it will feel like an appropriate
development

>
> > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:34:51 -0500
> > From: lancelot at inetnebr.com
> > To: rq-rules at crashbox.com
> > Subject: [Rq-rules] Dwarves re-envisioned.
> >
> > I have disliked classic dwarves so much that I re-envisioned them...
> > they are rather
> > tragic figures in my storyline.the dislike may have tainted there 
> story...
> >
> > Dwarves are a created race human wizards made them to act as 
> servents of
> > various types
> > they were generally constructed "ugly" so that they were distinct from
> > humans although
> > some were create to look "silly" and each is adapted to particular
> > purposes by the designers
> >
> > Dwarves do not age and are very hard to damage.
> > Dwarves do not reproduce and are dwindling from
> > existance in spite of near immortality
> >
> > Most dwarves are solo figures in modern times they are left overs from
> > that earlier era
> > with many out of date skills... dwarves learn new skills slowly... they
> > didnt need to learn
> > in the past they were just reprogrammed.
> >
> > Most dwarves were programmed to be enslaved by a particular voice.
> > (at the time they could be reprogrammed fairly easily) the owners of the
> > "voices which master" no longer exist but freak occurances happen all
> > the time
> > where somebodies voice happens to match close enough that a dwarf or 
> even
> > a group of them might respond to the masters voice... somebody might 
> know
> > how to reprogram dwarves but tis generally a lost art
> >
> > Household dwarves were programmed to entertain and protect children and
> > often
> > keep house or make food.. they seem to like humans very much. They are
> > the most
> > likely to be still acting as servents even without the voice control in
> > modern times
> >
> > Mining and Crafting dwarves are two more common types.
> >
> > Mining dwarves are particularly resistant to injury can live with 
> nearly no
> > air and under low or high temperatures and are resistant to toxins 
> including
> > magical ones and can see in near dark.
> >
> > Some Dwarves dream of becoming mortal and having children.
> >
> >
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