Yes it’s true, players today have really bought the poor Dwarf into a dire predicament. Rescue the Dwarf from the predictable personality hole he has fallen into I say! Yes you know what I am talking about, ever since Peter Jackson popularized the condition in his portrayal of Gimli in his film version of Lord of the Rings all Dwarves in PC role playing games are comic axe wielders who run everywhere! I believe PJ did his research well, he realized that there was a culture of fat warrior dwarves that made ‘one line jokes’ and always disparaged elves amongst the generation then 
grew up with Warhammer and World of Warcraft.
How about some variety, calling all serious role players, what of the stoic venerable statesman dwarf like Thorin Oakenshield, or the meak mocked by more martial dwarves inventor artificer dwarf? The old veteran who disapproves of the young blood who have no sense of decorum, who wouldn’t be seen dead running anywhere – what of dignity and auctoritas?
If you play Neverwinter Nights I highly recommend roleplaying a dwarf who is hugely fat, always comments on being hungry, has an Obelisk type attitude to food, and as a result has maximum constitution. Tip: if you maximize constitution and get the toughness feat then the damage you can take is almost better than high armor class (AC). Sure you need a good stack of potions because your fight style is to take the hits, but this is a roleplay opportunity where potions of ‘heal’ become ‘munches down another beef sandwich’, a dwarf who wouldn’t waste his breath to comment on elves, and who NEVER says ‘bah’.
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March 25th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
hey can you get me a copy of this game i cant find it im in the prosees of playin would of warcraft im a level 49 night elf
November 10th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
World of Warcraft actually uses dwarves in a variety of other roles, such as Brann Bronzebeard who is an archeologist extraordinaire (in the same way Indiana Jones is), the featured dwarf in all the cinematics for the game is a leather-wearing hunter with a pet bear and a rifle as opposed to the usual mailed warrior with an axe, in Warcraft III, as much rpg as rts, the dwarves are ranged fighers only, not melee, plus there’s the Wildhammer dwarves who don’t mine or live underground but spend their time riding griffins across the sky.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:37 am
you make a good point here… leather wearing archeologist sure breaks the mold