Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Dwarves part Two

[@volstad44]

Very cool. I actually did not know that Moradin was Clangedins father. However the Dwarven "police" in my world are called Clangedin's Fist, and they report to the temple of Moradin. I love accidental success.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Volstad Germaine Nice. Also, I might use that name now. So thanx.

[@LurkerDaBerzerker]

*Relevant and Supportive Comment*

[@purplehaze2358]

“Strike the forge with the fury of a thousand hammers!”

[@GringatTheRepugnant]

7:48 "I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole! Diggy Diggy Hole! Diggy Diggy Hole!."

[@jonmichael6746]

lol thanks dude, now I'll have that stuck in my head for the rest of the day

[@MistahBryan]

I'd buy you a Flask of Dwarven Ale in recognition for everything you do for Dungeons and Dragons Lore :)

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

All Hail Moradin! God of HD! Lord of Contrast and Sharpness!

[@onemisterfranko]

I look forward to seeing you cover the celestials and rest of the devils. :)

[@shamusfarmer]

So... Even Asmodeus wouldn't stand a chance against this guy in a fight?

[@AJPickett]

Asmodeus would not try it.

[@AmigoRoberto]

Dude. X) the pronunciation struggle is real. I appreciate the hell out of you for getting as many as you did spot on. Better than me at least.

[@danielnilsson2163]

I nerver really thought that dwarves were interesting before but after these videos from AJ my mind has compleatly been changed.

[@AJPickett]

Awesome! *notches axe* I count that as a victory.

[@danielnilsson2163]

@@AJPickett *Raises flagon* Aye Loremaster ye shall .

[@tatsusama3192]

This channel is a double edged sword for me. The more I learn from you, Professor Pickett, the more changes I notice Critical Role has made to the lore. Knowing where that company is based I can only imagine it's ideaology driven. . . Krosis Ps. Sorry, I've been watching a Skyrim playthrough. . .

[@jesterssketchbook]

im not starting an argument, but could you list some changes youve noticed: im seriously just curious, not asking like a jerk :) I know Matt sometimes drops a gender-fluid elf into the story, but apart from that i havent noticed much myself

[@tatsusama3192]

@@jesterssketchbook Oh, first of all I love your profile picture. Jester is my favorite member of the new team. Second, don't worry, I'm a very reasonable person. Even though this is the internet I know most people aren't trying to start fights right off the bat😂 As for the differences, the only one I was thinking about, in relation to this video, was the short affair Beau had with the Dwarf guest character. Sorry I'm forgetting her name currently. Based on the information in Professor Pickett's video that one night stand would have never happened. I actually don't mind all the diversity Matt puts into his NPCs this campaign. I know some people have complained but it doesn't take away from the amazing story telling to me. Personally I just kinda role my eyes every once in a while when it's clear there pandering. I guess a TL;DR would be: It's noticable when it happens, but it rarely bothers me. I hope that answered your question. I watch the show to get away from all the politics of current year shenanigans. I just wish they would keep it out of the show😔

[@kyleellis9177]

Well critical role plays in their own taldorei setting so they have modified some stuff and added others. But really i dont know a single group that plays with 100% lore except at adventures league. I feel matt adds more diversity to his npc's because he lives in L.A and is a voice actor surrounded by diversity in his day to day life so to him and his group they are not trying to be diverse they just naturally add more then others from more homogeneous communities.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Urdunnir are an excellent dwarf to play as a PC but remember,they are not allowed to use weapons. So i chose martial arts (Karate) to bypass that restriction for my character "Dorn" as well as psionics! Hes a beast. 😬

[@flibbernodgets7018]

I love seeing these cause and effects from events in their history on their culture. Makes them feel vibrant and real

[@JustForFun665]

got home after work, jumped on my computer, boom Dwarves part two oooooo yeah, made my day :D thanks

[@jacobwilson8579]

I just bought the Deities and Demigods book yesterday so I know God’s are insanely powerful especially greater gods also in the book Tiamat was a lesser god, weird.

[@Krulm4n]

This dwarf series has been brilliant to help me get into character for my next campaign. Thanks mate!!

[@dennispingel5607]

You are my source for my d&d

[@Tonnredein]

Amazing content as always.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

You’ve now covered the Half-Dwarfs, but when are you putting out the video about the Half-Halflings, AKA the 3/4-lings?

[@kyleellis9177]

Eventually you end up with Xvarts

[@jjjerabek]

Wow AJ, you’ve put out so many great videos but this one in particular was so awesome! Keep up the great work man!

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

Dwarves are FULL of lore, very detailed and one of my favorite races.

[@virtualhimeji462]

I've bin playing a old dwarven claric for two weeks now so this is good timeing

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

My favorite character that I have is half Dwarf and half Gnome. I delt with the whole Dwarven Racism issue by making part of his backstory that his mother(Dwarf) was exiled from her clan and he goes by a fake name while in Dwarven territory to avoid any issues that may occur.

[@NanoMayTry]

I finally watched this. Now me thinks anything really made as a dwarf vehicle is most definitely holy.

[@mattnerdy7236]

Hey AJ, excellent set of videos. Those pic's AJ are just jaw-dropping. I left you a message on the clockwork Dragon video. Its almost done. After 4 attempts on the my mothers embroidery manchine the Orange Dragon is done. I will be sending you some pic's on facebook. Probably in the next few days. Thanks AJ for your inspirational videos & have a great day.

[@AJPickett]

Oh? Intrigued!

[@eatme5470]

Are there any known mixings of dwarves and elves? Maybe the product of one of Jarlaxles affairs? Anyway your videos rock sorry i missed the live stream yesterday keep up the great work! Oh and when I looked up what time it was in New Zealand compared to where I am I realized you're a time traveler cuz I live in America rock on AJ

[@AJPickett]

There are individuals, no communities. Those individuals always engage in very weird adventures, always with bizarre groups and quite often travel the planes and then vanish. Almost like they had their own, fickle and merciless gods, deciding their fate by rolling dice.

[@Anaris10]

I read about Half-Dwarves years ago in some FR book. It stated that females were relatively rare and as a result, young usually male Dwarves became adventurers as it was found that Dwarves could procreate with others and if that Half-Dwarf offspring then had children with a full Dwarf, they would be completely Dwarven and some Dwarves embraced this as a way to get new blood and remain fully Dwarven. Whereas our group of 5 people with 2 characters each, had to take at least one Dwarf. We cleaned out some old Dwarf Kingdom, Derro and Duergar and Drow. We Polymorphed all the Derro/Duergar females into Mountain Dwarf Females (We were Mtn. Dwarves) and kept them sequestered for a couple months while we did daily secret "Know Alignment"s until we knew who was to be trusted and who wasn't. Those who kept their old Alignments were released deep in the UnderDark alone while those who were now totally Mountain Dwarf Females joined the community. We made it known we had a surfeit of female Dwarves and soon had many Dwarves from many fallen strongholds arrive...Last I heard we were doing very well with a very strong population. It was a great campaign with BattleRagers, Champions of Clanggedin and such.

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

There's actually more good aligned creatures in Dungeons & Dragons think there are evil and they're usually more powerful The thing is evil has a much better PR guy and their publicist is killing it

[@AJPickett]

The monsters are a threat to mortals, that is why they get so much attention. The power of Celestia alone is Awesome.

[@rustyschackleford4762]

Dwarves…. Are…. Awesome!!!!!!

[@dmstantastic3653]

A fantastic video as always! I can't wait to hear more about the forces of good!!!!

[@johngleeman8347]

So there are physically more male dwarves than female? I never knew. Urdunnir are so awesome. If eladrin are super elves, urdunnir are super dwarves! Did you mention the wild dwarves of Chult and the arctic dwarves of the Great Glacier. Damn 3rd edition and its unfair LAs. XD

[@AJPickett]

Yeah, the albino dwarves and wild dwarves of Chult. :)

[@Greenscyth22]

There may not be many half-dwarves, but I wonder about adoption. I would assume any non dwarf raised in their society would be looked after, but worked hard their entire lives. Obviously treated as lesser, not being of Moradin's blood. Also, I didn't hear any mention of dwarves and their military/martial lives (battle tactics, formations, historic battles and heroes of legend). Or is that in Part 3? : )

[@NixDeimos]

Imagine this: A male Shield Dwarf Priest of Morodin (aka a smith/miner/architect) is on a pilgrimage to restore lost smithing arts in the far-flung dwarvish strongholds of the realms. In his travels he meets a male human smith who has a burning desire for smithing knowledge. The priest immediately recognizes the spark of Morodin in the young man's eyes and gives him this instruction: "Know this, Manling: that your race has never lived past their first lesson in the sacred art of smithing. I, myself, a proclaimed Wunderkind, labored for 135 years for my first lesson. But if your heart burns strong, you may slough off the slag of your soul and your body will temper with time. I will be gone a long time, but I will return here, and if you are still here and you still desire more knowledge, I will take you as my own son and teach you what I know." With that he hands the man a worn leather bag that filled with something heavy and walks off towards the mountains. The man, perplexed at being handed what he thinks is a sack of gold, turns to the dwarf and calls after him, "What of my lesson?" "Your holding it, Manling." The man opens the pouch and empties a dozen small, heavy, and very finely crafted 20-sided dice into his hands - each made off a different metal and covered in dwarvish runes that have been inlayed with miniscule gems and stones to make up the lettering. The craftsmanship stuns the young smith and after an unknown amount of time of inspection, he turns up his head to call out after the priest...but the dwarf is gone. "I don't know Dwarvish..." After a moment of introspection, the smith's heavy brow sets in iron determination and his hand rests upon the head of his hammer on his belt, "But I will learn."

[@valiensr1037]

Shaunessey Scott Dude! You should make that into a book! 😆

[@BoojumFed]

Carrot.

[@AJPickett]

Cattie brie and Wulfgar.

[@valiensr1037]

AJ Pickett I read the books they were in. 😆 The way this guy puts it though seems really cool though 😄

[@shivswilson4954]

Kinda want to play a bald dwarf with claustrophobia

[@mytzyxptlyx]

Fucking Glorious! But what abt Midgard Dwarves!?!!? Or the Watchers!?! Or the dwarves of Krynn and their near immunity to all magic through sheer logic!?!

[@AJPickett]

Planar dwarves video, coming up

[@mytzyxptlyx]

@@AJPickett I'll drink a pint to that! Bless yer beard.

[@madmachanicest9955]

Wow the physic of that stone brage would be amazing i IRL. in short it's constantly fail and thats what holds it up. Every stine would have to be cut in a way to allow it's waet to transfer to the next .this creates tanshin between the blooks by garavity . so every block would be failing bown and into each other and thats what holds it up.

[@AJPickett]

Exactly so, it represents the spiritual strength in unity of the Dwarven people and the faithful of the Morndinsaman.. all for one, one for all.

[@PaRRaPWNaGe]

Not even 45 sec. in and I liked the video. I was so hyped xD

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Loved this video AJ,the artwork is fantastic. I hope you eventually choose differant types of dwarves and do videos on each of them. I have a very powerful arch/illusionist of 30th level that adored the dwarven culture and its deities and as an homage to their race he created a spell of "8th" level known as "Ellis Dees Amazing Orgasmatron" it can be cast on any species but was created primarily for the dwarves and halfling races for the sole purpose of not only insuring fidelity but also insuring fertility in the couple in question! The spell became extremly popular among the dwarves of his world which had been nearly driven to extinction by our humanocentric Black Company over a 300 year period!

[@rossnorris2351]

@AJ Pickett love your videos, these, on combination with videos from one other creator (not gonna mention the name here) makes for a perfect guide to Dwarves, pick through biases (something present in all media nowadays) of the creator (not hating on creators or biased videos, it human nature) and you can find a lot of factual data to enrich your characterization of the Dwarves in your realms. Thank you AJ for the lore. It is greatly appreciated and you're videos are loved by myself and most others out there.

[@AJPickett]

Its fine, you can mention the excellent work by other creators (such as Mr Rhexx) in the comments :)

[@rossnorris2351]

@@AJPickett just didn't want to feel like I was advertising the competition in your comments.

[@AJPickett]

@@rossnorris2351 Ah, well the thing is, we are not competing with each other, together we reach a lot of people who might otherwise not like my style or his, but this way, they have options. Thanks for the consideration though, that was a nice gesture.

[@rossnorris2351]

@@AJPickett you're welcome man. Thank you for the content and keep it up.

[@purplehaze2358]

Dwarves are some short bois.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Dr Bright Orc’s favorite food is Dwarven Short Ribs.

[@purplehaze2358]

Not a Dog Okay?

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Had to dig a grave for one of my dogs today(not the one in the picture). She’s a bull mastiff so I was digging for quite some time. While doing so, I felt oddly compelled to listen to Diggy Diggy Hole a few times on repeat.

[@LurkerDaBerzerker]

Not a Dog Very sorry for your loss, the death of a family member is very painful. I hope you have many good pictures and memories of your time together.

[@AJPickett]

Sorry for your loss mate.

[@chriscalvin5083]

Good video AJ

[@That80sGuy1972]

Great video AJ. I allow half-Dwarves in my campaigns and have rules for them, but the story must be really good... starting with the parents... possibly grandparents. I have a reoccurring bad guy (sometimes anti-hero) that was inspired by the Elf Quest comics (not AD&D): Two-Edge. Two-Edge is an Elf-Dwarf hybrid NPC and general pain in the ^ss. His racial stats vary campaign to campaign as a custom NPC and sometimes paragon level antagonist. His origin begins with his adoptive grandparent, a priest of Pan (an Elfin guy) that adopted his father when his party was investigating a Dark Elf raid on a Dwarven citadel. They and their summoned demons pretty much wiped them out. That Dwarf grew up as not only an Elf-loving Dwarf but also became a Priest of Pan himself. That's when he had some fun and used his charms on a blessed fertility (Pan in my campaigns is loosely based upon Grecko-Roman god Pan/Euros) get-together with an Urban Elf thief (Urban Elves were High-Elves that were corrupted by generations of living similar to and among Humans), a rather brutal one. Surprised and intrigued by her pregnancy, she retired... she was adventuring for the thrills by that time anyway. Her hide-out had more than a Kingdom of wealth. When she saw her child was a hulking big-nose baby, she knew that somehow she carried the Dwarf seed. Being raised by her and her trustees (brutal thugs, opportunists, male consorts, grifters, corrupt guards, etc) and seeming to become a more slender Dwarf the height of a Human with sharper features, he became someone almost born for the role of a (thief) Guild Master who can take down anyone via combat, sneaking or leverage. His only weakness was his more-than-willingness to get his hands dirty. In every campaign, my PC party always eventually kills that guy because of that... not without really hurting in the process.

[@seamusfish7009]

Here wuz Seamus!

[@Z0nK89]

Thank you aj! I love Dwarves!

[@AJPickett]

*"You people do well at war because you treat it as a religion. We do well because we treat it as a business. It is just a matter of outlook."* _Warlord Hargir son of Brond, Gruben Stronghold_

[@jeffreylucier5266]

Glad you’re still killin it! Good job!

[@jgr7487]

Dwarvish architecture is Art Deco. Elvish architecture is Art Nouveau.

[@DCdabest]

Art Deco Dwarves makes me laugh. Like 20's style Dwarves haha

[@ben5056]

Oh Moradin, if it has stats it can be killed

[@ben5056]

Shadow Lurker seems about right. Mortals shouldn’t be able to kill a god (unless said mortal is named karsus lol)

[@chriswilder9719]

You can destroy their avatar but not them. There have been cases of gods killing gods and during the spellplague I guess it happened but even then those gods came back. Also worship plays a big part if a god has enough believers they can't really be killed

[@craigray7519]

Keep up the excellent work AJ! Could you explain the Day of Reckoning?

[@gasmonkey1000]

So here's a question: can a race that Moradin hates, like a duergar or an orc, become a cleric or paladin of Moradin? Failing that is it possible for a duergar or duero to be redeemed in the eyes of Moradin?

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Highly doubtful.....Moradin is what you'd call old school and not very forgiving in my eyes!

[@zacharyhawley1693]

An epic quest if they prove themselves to uphold his ideals.

[@AJPickett]

Moradin is not the poster child for compromise.

[@gasmonkey1000]

@@AJPickett True, but what if the orc/duergar/duero did a deed so heroic and selfless that it couldn't be discounted as the creature trying to fool Moradin? I'd also like to think Berronar Truesilver would lobby for the creature's forgiveness as well.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

@@AJPickett exactly AJ you hit the nail on the head with that VERY simple statement!

[@michaeldirlingjr4589]

Awesome video. Loved the shout out to Mul's from Athas(Darksun)

[@dr.calibrations7984]

When you said that the dwarves sing while they work I instantly thought of "We All Lift Together" from Warframe.

[@mauktheogre4477]

Hi ho hi ho it's off to work we go

[@blackhawk3975]

What? No Diggy Diggy Hole?

[@opwith6608]

The Doozer song tho.

[@chrishamby1614]

YES THE KIN OF MY HEART!!! BY FIRE AMD MUSCLE WE MAKE THING OF BEAUTY AND USEFULNESS!

[@jackiebright8646]

I ❤️ AJ. Thank you

[@johnormike811]

I love the idea of a hill dwarf Druid who speaks to stones, helping dwarven miners below, and as guides above.

[@purplehaze2358]

One of my friends said that New Zealand was diet Australia as a joke. Can you confirm or deny?

[@AJPickett]

Confirm.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

It’s Australia, minus the venom, plus snow.

[@purplehaze2358]

AJ Pickett Thanks.

[@kyleellis9177]

I thought New zealand actually had alot of green

[@Intelexual]

I hope we get a series on the Elves. I couldn't find one if there already is

[@Sean-ne3gx]

Praise be to Brother Duin! (Take that as a vote on the next god you speak on after the big ones)

[@pbr-streetgang]

Thanks for the vid sir.👍🏼👍🏼

[@Kopeksi]

very close to my dwarves. Mine are in a more primitive setting. and in Pathfinder

[@Kopeksi]

I have a quest hook, where a party learns of a stolen baby. It's a dwarf so it can survive on it's own for a week or so...

[@Kopeksi]

in the setting, dwarves stay underground and the idea is that maybe if the babe gets under fast enough, it wouldn't be cursed.

[@AmigoRoberto]

So Professor... maybe gonna get a look at Correllon soon? :) Cuz this was one of my favorite videos of 2019 so far

[@Haunted_Gallows]

I'm looking forward to Corellon, Titania, and Oberon.

[@Darwyn4321]

I have been waiting for this! Woooo!!!! :D

[@snforde4603]

You know, I am curious what Dwarves think of Gnomes considering both races have a penchant for crafting.

[@lordnaarghul]

I've been consuming a lot of Tolkien content. I'm aware that much of D&D owes its creation to Tolkien, but it's interesting how similar Moradin is to Aulë. The main difference is that Moradin's disciples didn't have extremely outsized influence on a lot of very bad events that happened in the world the way Aulë's disciples (Fëanor, Sauron, Saruman) did. I wonder if Moradin had a hand in creating Thor's Mjolnir.

[@AJPickett]

Moradin did some bad things for good reasons in 4th editions Dawn War mythos, teaming up with the goddess Erathis, among others, trying to make 'super heaven', and he is a very old god, so, you never know.

[@elwoodbrown7005]

If Moradin sprang whole from the earth, could he be a Primordial?

[@AJPickett]

Still a god. 🧙🏼‍♂️

[@johnathanmartin1504]

He might be both, kind of like how Corellon Larethian is basically an archfey as well as a god.

[@craigschnibben6543]

Ubtao, and the Elemental gods Ishtishia, Kossuth, Akadi, and Grumbar are Gods/Primordials as well if memory serves correctly.

[@thomassosby9068]

In Krynn, of the Dragonlance setting, the God dwarves worshipped was Reorx.

[@oiddy]

Fantastic man . You're my muse

[@SabrinaPhynn]

How long until the video on the lore of halflings? I'd like to know if there is such a thing as 3/4lings (human and halfling)

[@AJPickett]

I myself am, in fact, a Dire Hobbit.

[@zerovalon6243]

Sabrina Phynn as an aside; the kender from dragonlance.

[@shamusfarmer]

How would Io fight? Is he kinda like Xeno (from DBS) in that he doesnt need to fight, and he could destroy the entire multiverse in the blink of an eye if he wanted?

[@AJPickett]

Ao is basically on a different plane of hyper reality. Like "Author" or "Dungeon master".

[@zmishiymishi5349]

Damn, i figured gnomes would have clann names of gems. Amazing lore and culture!

[@burrowsforge]

Thanks for this! Is there a part three? This video is a year old but I can’t find the next one

[@AJPickett]

Not yet! I should put these out on a more regular basis.

[@Anaris10]

@@AJPickett Clanggedin please!

[@mikemccoy5092]

Ok if asmodeus and demegorgon and orcus and grazzt and all the rest fight him at the same time can they win

[@eatme5470]

I wanna know the answer to this question as well

[@AJPickett]

The forces of light do not go into battle alone. The Morndinsaman, Gond, Tempus, Kord, Helm, etc. would annihilate them

[@mikemccoy5092]

If the forces of light are SO powerful then why don't they eliminate the evil gods and heads of hell and abyss

[@AJPickett]

@@mikemccoy5092 you are forgetting about time travel. The war is happening, always.

[@kyleellis9177]

@@mikemccoy5092 If the good gods started killing off the evil gods in a concentrated effort then all/most the evil gods would unite and kill as many good gods and wreak as much havoc on the mortal worlds as the could. they would in their final desperate acts unleash the primordials, or the gods from the far realm. The aboleths would take advantage as would any moderately powerful enity/organization would take the oprotunity and take out the good and evil gods while both are at their weakest.

[@ecthelion1735]

Dwarves are based af

[@Sean-ni4qy]

*Sad Clanggedin noises

[@DG-qq6gz]

Dwarves are born miners. They must be good at minecraft. Those dwarves are greedy and stingy, much worse than Scrooge McDuck. On the plus side, they are excellent builders, blacksmiths and forgers.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Do u hear a funny hiss in audio

[@dragonballtalk8527]

I love the little hairy men.they build they fight they drink and more.I got one dwarf mini had three lost two oh well lol... still a fair amount of hssss.ssss though how can u fix it why does it happens I don't understand

[@AJPickett]

I don't know what hiss you are talking about.. have you tried different listening devices to double check it is not your equipment?

[@pablorodriguezguerrero5552]

Is the god Reorx in the Dragonlance setting, an aspect of Moradin? both share domains, and have similar holy symbols...

[@brightglory5734]

He was brought to Krynn from a foreign realm so maybe, he is neutral though.

[@AJPickett]

No, he is not Moradin.

[@chancesherman4285]

YES YES YES WOOP WOOP PRAISE MORIDANE

[@Saxonson]

What happened to Clangeddin Silverbeard the dwarf god of battles?

[@AJPickett]

He's still around

[@williamsmith1741]

What's the relationship between dwarves and the azer? What I've read is that they are the former dwarven slaves of the giants and titans who were transformed by their exposure to the plane of fire, but their method of reproduction suggest being a construct. WTD?

[@DurandCompton]

A bit of magic and a healthy slab of DnD shenanigans.

[@williamsmith1741]

@@DurandCompton Well, other than just "Magic Bitches!" I only ask because Azer played a role in one of my prior wizard's plans to achieve godhood (pseudo-godhood, actually a transdimensional half-geni whose elemental nature was that of planar boundaries themselves) until my groups bard got me worse than killed. I freaking hate bards.

[@iamjustsham1066]

Nice give ME more

[@cullenfarran3750]

I thought the stout halflings were the result of human dwarf interbreeding

[@AJPickett]

No, they just look like dwarves or humans

[@cullenfarran3750]

@@AJPickett interesting i wonder where i got that from.

[@Dimizar]

Dwarf Lich

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Dwarven Greater Mummy

[@AJPickett]

Dusty bandage boi

[@frankalphonso268]

So the dwarves hate giants but how do they feel about dragons? Obviously the good ones

[@lucianosgonzalez3561]

Frank Alphonso in the Rage of Tiamat, the wrath of Tiamat specifically, there is a mention that some dwarves used to hunt down dragons after the dracorage mythul. At least once a good dragon was hurt in one of these hunts. The good dragons aren’t fans of that, though how the dwarves feel isn’t particularly explored.

[@doomgod314]

I missed it. What book was referenced for this information?

[@brightglory5734]

What about Gully Dwarves?

[@craigschnibben6543]

Gully dwarves are not in Faerun. A good reference is an old 2nd edition Dwarves Deep.

[@shawnhowe7311]

What is the gestational period for a dwarf

[@AJPickett]

12 months (according to 2nd editions 'The Complete Book of Dwarves' pg 26)

[@shawnhowe7311]

@@AJPickett Thanks Will be perfect 30 thousand dwarves born on anniversary of creation forge being used resulting in all physically able dwarven females pregnant....

[@AJPickett]

@@shawnhowe7311 Consenting female dwarves

[@shawnhowe7311]

@@AJPickett Allwayze They are gifts from Moradin mostly twins

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Dwarfs aren’t built to swim. Short, thick arms and stubby legs aren’t all that good for treading water. Plus the beards tend to get in the way.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Do u hear a funny hiss in audio

[@Adam-fy7wx]

Who is the God of the human in toril?

[@AJPickett]

Unknown

[@AgentZF]

how are you so good?

[@shivswilson4954]

Insert diggy hole comment

[@alexeisenhauer5874]

If females are so rare and important, we would expect to see that reflected in their social structure, leaders etc. We’re also in a high magic setting, one that we do not need to force our contemporary homophobia into. There’s no reason male pairings can’t have M-preg . Hell it’s rare, but there’s men that can carry a pregnancy in our world - we usually refer to them as “transgender” in our current culture. My two cents. Love your videos @AJ Picket. Thank you so much for this wealth of content and information ❤️

[@Anaris10]

I prefer not to inject current issues into my game, knowing that there are likely differences of opinion that would only impede what should be an enjoyable experience for all the players. We don't need to all have the same opinion to have fun.

[@alexeisenhauer5874]

Anaris10 Exactly! There are so many current issues that don’t need to be injected into the game 😫. Like having only characters that line up with contemporary ideas of “being straight” or 1950’s gender roles. I would never want any players to feel excluded at my table, and it’s a shame that so much of the older TSR or WoC materials actively try to exclude so many demographics of people and families.

[@ethanwall2443]

Men cant bear children what you have described is a woman pretending to be a man

[@secretname2670]

I had a stroke when reading your comment. that means something

[@ethanwall2443]

@@secretname2670i mean it's true you are either born male or female (yeah on occasion hermaphrodites are born but that isn't the norm and not really aplicable to the wider human species) and it is physically impossible to change your dna (at least currently maybe one day) the best a person can do is imitate the other sex