Basically Dwarves

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[@tatersalad76]

I remember a high-level one shot where my dwarf got so drunk just before a fight against vampires that he passed out halfway through the third round. Then the vampires gagged when they tried drinking his blood because his B.A.C. was so high they couldn't stomach it

[@Jiffedup]

Had a dwarf cleric who along with his party got ambushed by drow with sleeping poison laced arrows. Out numbered 4 to 1 we took out like 4 of them but by the 3rd round all 5 of my party members where down but me. I lasted another 12 rounds on poison saves alone as I ran and took down 4 more drow. I was more likely to be downed from the minimal damage the arrows where doing then the poison itself until I was given disadvantage and lost my first first round (had to loose two rounds to immediately fail or fall 3 turns after the first fail). On rounds 8 was my first fail 3 rounds later i rolled 2 nat 20's from more arrows so he said I lasted one more round then I should have. When the rest of the party woke up stripped of their gear in cells, I was told the drow where so scared of me I was In a cell by myself with shackles that held me in a kneeling position head faced down. I woke up 4 hours before the rest of the party and we had broken out within an hour of the last member waking up due some irl knowledge the DM didn't know I had and whatever deity blessed the rangers dice as well as mine that day.

[@TsulaAngenati2292]

@@Jiffedup that is flawless Drow: we fear no man. But that thing... that beast Cleric Dwarf: *chained* Drow: It makes us quiver.... so we put it on display, what could go wrong? *the dwarf and his/her band of murder hobos broke free*

[@Jiffedup]

@@TsulaAngenati2292 Normally Bardric was the voice of reason. But that day Comissar Dwarf was born... and on one called for more blood then he

[@azathoththe3rd]

I love that because I also love the witchers interpretation of vampires which is that they don't have to drink blood but when they do it functions like alcohol. So I like the idea of a vampire who only drinks the blood of drunk people to also get drunk themselves

[@willmueller4984]

Tater Salad What makes me a good demoman?

[@WolfSoulXIV]

Runesmith: There are no interesting races in the Underdark that aren't slaves or slave traders. Me, hugging the deep gnomes and flumphs: It's okay he wasn't talking about you guys.

[@valteine]

The sverfneblin are basically THE good race in the underdark, yeah.

[@zoushaomenohu]

Flumphs are adorable and sweet, but I don't know if they quite count, as there aren't really that many of them. You may meet a small group of them if you're lucky, but they don't really form flumph towns and stuff, even though THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!

[@valteine]

Time to build Flumphville then, eh? Also there's a fae that lives in the underdark, glouras, that are really rare but they essentially love all livin things an treat all creatures the same regardless of sentience. They like to nurture an heal others. One of the least underdark creatures.

[@maxxor-overworldhero6730]

@@zoushaomenohu Also the only Lawful Good Aberrations. They make it their duty to deport any Demonic and/or otherwise Worse presences attempting an incursion into our realm of existence. They are literally the best bunch of sentient flapjack stack good bois ever.

[@erikwilliams1562]

Now we need a video on the Flumphs

[@imgonnasneezeachoo]

Literally yesterday in my dnd campaign: "How old is the stone structure?" My Artillerist artificer dwarf, instead of evaluating the stone lore through tool evaluation, just licks the stone instead. "Yeah it's like 240- no 250 years old."

[@victoryjamz]

I mean my half demon character can smell the race of literally anyone else like a flavor of air freshener so its not too bad

[@Technotoadnotafrog]

Ah yes, Stonecunning. The ribboniest ribbon to ever ribbon.

[@templarblacksmith7590]

True dwarf.

[@keithlarsen7557]

Over time due to exposure to the air, the chemical nature of the surface of the stone changes. So this isn't that weird.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

A 10 year difference! They're getting sloppy

[@PropagandaDS]

Morridan: *Creates Dwarves* *5 seconds later* Morridan: "What are you doing, my creations." Dwarves: "Father, WE ARE FORTIFYING THIS POSITION!"

[@the_corvid97]

Dwarves are just short versions of Rogal Dorn confirmed.

[@thomaseasley2938]

This post was made by the imperial fists gang

[@Overlord99762]

@@the_corvid97 this...is Umgak

[@anthonyjannini7069]

Replace Morridan with The God Emperor and Dwarves with Imperial Fists and the meaning doesn't change at all

[@BlackSabbath628]

"A STRONG OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE"

[@sirornstein]

My favorite quote: As time goes on, which it's known to do,

[@Puddingskin01]

"Every sixty seconds in a Dwarven stronghold, another grudge has happened."

[@islaydragons1563]

Please help me! I’ve been trapped in a time loop for the last 2 years. Time is in fact not going on, as it’s known to do!

[@aionicthunder]

As it is often the property of time to pass

[@Feedbackking13]

Jontron said something similar in one of his Halloween videos.

[@thesinfultictac5704]

"A dwarf never forget and an elephant never forgives"

[@RadiantJo]

“BROTHERS OF THE MINE REJOICE!”

[@sannekimenai639]

Swing, swing, swing with me!

[@maxthepaladin2147]

Raise you pick and raise your voice!

[@xk445g]

RAISE YOUR PICK AND RAISE YOUR VOICE

[@swervydervy9177]

Sing, sing, sing with me!

[@lolmeister9764]

Swing, swing, swing with me

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

listen guys, when i single handedly set ablaze the goblin village and managed to drag all of you back to the city, that shit was cool, but not as cool when my grand dad did it. and yes, it was cooler when he did it because he was with other dwarfs and he didn't need to drag noone back because dwarfs never fall.

[@TheConjurersTower]

I read that in Grandpa Pickles voice... "And there were FIF-teen hundred o' the green devils!"

[@Dyneamaeus]

Exactly! Sure, I forged the warhammer I used to duel Orc Warchief Shortag Nine-Spines, and it's a respectable piece of craftsmanship. BUT! Great-grandmother Gymglia on the Sivrerlum side of the family crafted the six axes she and her twin brothers used to fell Aimrem the Mortal Flame. Who, for those unaware, was a Gods-damned dragon! Even if I get an opportunity to face such a threat, SHE did it a mere two weeks before birthing my Grandad. My greatest wish is to someday hear her say "Fine work, young'un."

[@Nyghtking]

And his descendants will talk about how much better he was then them, completing the cycle.

[@Brainwav]

Of course Dwarves never fall, they have a really low center of gravity.

[@Valsorayu]

@@Brainwav Like a tesla they just flip back over onto their feet.

[@_Woody_]

That slight taste of "Diggy Diggy Hole" at the end. Glorious.

[@heddywood]

I'm happy to be reminded this exists

[@friedtable3161]

And the wind rose version too

[@direfulfilms8916]

I thought I was the only one who noticed *tears of joy*

[@Natedawg1998]

"take everything too seriously" did you forget the part about the orcs wiping out 70% of their population? theyre entitled to a healthy dose of resentment for that. at least they arent taking out their rage burning innocent cities, Dwarves crusade against the Grobi, and the Grobi alone

[@jedh3721]

This whole video was weirdly tone deaf and bizarrely anti-dwarf despite listing all the reasons they are mostly justified in their demeanor toward the other races.

[@oniemployee3437]

@@jedh3721 probably an attempt to condense several years of Dwarven lore with a hint of "don't take this too seriously" that failed incredibly poorly.

[@alphanoodle1877]

yea he seems to be very biased against them. Even though they out of all the races have the best reason to hate goblins and orcs, because their only experience with them has been the greenskins attacking them and nearly genociding their race.

[@saintpoli6800]

@@alphanoodle1877 All dwarves literally want to do in DnD, is one up their ancestors, try to be like one of their Gods, build shit, horde trinkets & bobbles, and be left alone to drink and eat. So yeah haha, they have a right to resent many races who keep bothering them or killing them

[@alphanoodle1877]

@@saintpoli6800 while I agree with the second bit, the first bit is iffy, in dwarf culture dictates that trying to emulate another's art is bad. And dwarves are super conservative, making pretty much 85% of dwarves hate trying to copy others.

[@darkwolf5358]

Dwarf: *Sees elf* *Checks huge leather bound book* *Unhooks greataxe with malicious intent*

[@stevenbrown5246]

"OI! Aboot 7,000 years ago, an elf flipped off me grandad, so I'll be taking all yer fingers with meh!" Dwarves are fantastic

[@rustyshackle8000]

THEY HAVE **WRONGED** US!

[@Overlord99762]

THIS ONE IS GOIN' IN THE BOOK, LADS

[@Johntaco430]

Human: *Forgets 2 copper coins while paying a dwarf* Dwarf: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naTPg6yIaNONnas

[@franciscorui]

"That's going in the book of grudges."

[@Bad_Scientist.]

THEY HAVE WRONGED US!

[@franciscorui]

@@Bad_Scientist. These elves have insulted your honor Urist, you know what we do with elves.

[@cubaj8723]

@@franciscorui a man of culture I see

[@isitnotwrittenthat1680]

@@franciscorui wooden cages and a tree of charcoal? Steel and blood? Flooding? Obsidian casting? Lava guns? I really don't know, we've got a lot of options by which armok be praised.

[@The_Murder_Party]

Kazukin-Kazukit-Ha!

[@gabthegreat01]

2:58 “Ah yes. Why do people build their houses so much bigger than themselves? It is a mystery...” -Varric Tethras

[@stevenross6164]

Ah varric. The most un-dwarven true drawf in existence.

[@jlokison]

Theory as the mine expands the areas no longer actively following veins of ore become living areas. Since dwarves are thorough in their mining there isn't much left between so eventually mountains get kind of hollowed out and the support columns and walls become taller and decorated as they go because dwarves like carvings.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

These Umgi are weird.

[@maxthepaladin2147]

I've always found it funny how dark elves are visibly different from normal elves in culture, enviroment and all that, while dark dwarves are just slightly meaner dwarves

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

dwarfs don't enslave cheat and steal so you are wrong

[@juliabarrow-hemmings6624]

This is mostly due to the difference in origin, Drow were corrupted to evil by the Elven God Lolth, and driven underground by the other elves due to being evil arsehole slavers, meanwhile Duergar (And their lesser known cousins the Derro) were originally just ordinary dwarves, that were tricked by Illithids to tunnel into their lair, where they were captured, experimented on and turned into slaves before they finally revolted and freed themselves, they're meaner due to the Illithids removing their emotions whereas Drow are entirely different due to the influence of the Dark Seldarine, mainly Lolth. Although there are notable differences in culture between "surface" dwarves and Duergar, namely that Duergar don't care about honour anywhere near as much and have long traditions of magic, their religion is also different.

[@allegoriedelacaverne6989]

I think in older editions they had a special link with vermin type creatures (so mostly beetles and scarabs). But drows were also as poorly developped before RA Salvatore stepped in.

[@itsashane1552]

Dwarves are too conservative for that

[@quendi5557]

Duergar don't really have the same attachment to family as the other dwarves and have a penchant for making robots since they are more efficient than slaves. They also happen to be slavers and are malicious in a way that most dwarves aren't.

[@redrave404]

In the Forgotten Realms at least, the Dwarves do have a good reason for being suspicious of the elves. They're one of the few races old enough to remember the elven crown wars, so are aware of how horribly things go wrong when the elves are left to run the world.

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

no elven city stands in the forgotten realms and that's how good elves are.

[@kuradamax]

you say that as if you need any reason other than "they're elves" to hate elves

[@maxxor-overworldhero6730]

@@kuradamax Oh, it just gives them proof.

[@Mr.Monacle]

@@kuradamax fucking knife ears

[@powerist209]

Ironically, Bruenor seems rather open-minded. Like being cool with Drizzt (keep in mind that this was after the locals of Icewind Dale were hostile to him), adopting a human girl, and even making peace with Many Arrows Kingdom despite his clan’s enmity with Orcs.

[@halwk6797]

Please just be a video of him saying "they're short, that's it."

[@halwk6797]

Edit: yeah that's like 60% of the video. 10/10

[@InquisitorThomas]

THAT’S GOING IN THE BOOK!

[@maplesyrupminer437]

yes

[@Bad_Scientist.]

@@InquisitorThomas THEY HAVE WRONGED US!

[@erikwilliams1562]

Close!

[@elmonko5068]

Being a gobbo, that's a grudgin Being an Elgi, that's a grudgin Being an Umgi who doesn't pay up promptly? You better believe that's a grudgin

[@VidGamer123]

Holding a grudge? Oooooh that's a grudgin'.

[@FireTalon24]

One gold short on a trade payment? That's a grudgin' that will be paid in blood! I love Warhammer dwarfs

[@imperialfist2304]

Doing literally anything I don’t like? That’s a grudgin.

[@Freekymoho]

@@FireTalon24 they're easily the best dwarves, and I should know; Cousin Okri told me so

[@gudboah4688]

Nobody: Not a single soul: Warhammer dwarfs: T H E Y H A V E W R O N G E D U S

[@SpoopySquid]

"If you don't rock and stone, you ain't coming home!" - Dwarven proverb

[@ethanb.5725]

“We fight, for rock and stone!” - My proverb

[@zalanmarkus4939]

Did I hear a rock and stone?

[@TheR00k]

@@zalanmarkus4939 For Karl!

[@TacticalGlizzy]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@theackeacke2989]

Rock and stone!

[@FLCL_rox]

I remember the PHB saying the Dwarves take a long time to really consider someone a friend. Like they can hang out with a human for 60 years and on that human's deathbed the dwarf would be like "he was a nice work acquaintance. we were really getting close to knowing one another"

[@andrewnewell1142]

No dwarf fortress jokes? Get the Elephants.

[@baronvonbeandip]

If only it was more popular. Maybe when we get the steam release.

[@bongibot1104]

My assessment? UMGAK

[@friendcomputer5276]

Pull THE LEVER! Wait...why is my fortress on fire?!?

[@defensivekobra3873]

know what dwarf fortress is know who amrok the blood god is no fucking clue what you mean with the book

[@friendcomputer5276]

@@defensivekobra3873 probably the book of grudges from warhammer fantasy

[@akaking7499]

I love dwarves. Grumpy, bearded, mountain men who constantly fight to defend their lands from endless hordes of enemies, thats basically my country of georgia, since nobody knows about us thats the closest representation we'll ever get.

[@aaronsirkman8375]

Also strong religious and alcoholic traditions! I know at least a little about Georgia.

[@rationalroundhead6739]

Everybody knows Georgia! It’s where Stalin’s from!

[@akaking7499]

@@rationalroundhead6739 thats the only thing that people know and its super sad. we are like one of the oldest still living nations with our own unique culture

[@jackodonail1980]

I thought I was the only one to see parellels between dwarves and Georgia. And yeah, Georgia (and honestly the Caucasuses as a whole) is underrated.

[@sanasarus1721]

Oh hey, I know Georgia! Caucasus brothers!

[@studentmoviesandvibes1671]

an elf historian wrote this script at 3am and went back to sleep in a satisfied huff

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

This wazzock is going in the book.

[@aech_two_oh]

The reason dwarves are racist is because we've got reason to. Orcs wiped out 70% of us, Goblins want to touch our metals, and God created us to piss off elves, so we're gonna piss em off. Praise moradin

[@insertoriginalyoutubeusern6229]

After all this time he finally made a basically dwarves.

[@andrewnewell1142]

No dwarf fortress jokes though. Kruggsmash would be disappointed

[@rtoma76]

About time, I think he suffers from beard envy.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Remove his name from the book of grudges.

[@seymourfields3613]

In the defense of dwarves, the 100 foot ceilings isn't a waste of resources. Because they carved that out of the stone it was built into. So they actually produced a bunch of extra resources by carving out extra stone for extra tall rooms. Also, can you imagine how stuffy those celebration halls would be, filled with like five generations of dwarves all drinking and arguing over whose brother made the better chair? Those tall AF ceilings help allow for ventilation.

[@gmkgoat]

You got one Book of Grudges ref in there so I’ll let this one pass.

[@TheShiningYoshi]

The enormous halls of a dwarven keep don't measure the height of a dwarf, they measure their spirit. Rock and stone, brothers and sisters!

[@derpcade]

Did I hear a rock and stone?

[@braedenmclean5304]

ROCK AND STONE, TO THE BONE

[@vaclavherout3614]

ROCK AND STONE BROTHER

[@bionicbirb9104]

Rock and roll and Stone!

[@WalkinStereotype]

That Yogscast clip brought waves of nostalgia, Imma have to rewatch a bit of Shadow of Israphel later

[@sloppyoyster5779]

I was more of yoglabs and the space one

[@PossumKween]

😭😭 i miss soi so much man that was the best

[@kingslushie1018]

What time stamp?

[@culturalrebel]

Honestly, my favorite dwarves are the Athasian variant, from Dark Sun. Completely hairless, no more inclined to living in caverns than anything else, and make up for their hardly being any metal on Athas by being *absolutely obsessed* with accomplishing things. They get so caught up in their self-appointed tasks that they can literally become undead if they die before completing a focus.

[@EzekiesAcheron]

That sounds amazing.

[@defensivekobra3873]

reminds me of DF dwarves with their strange moods and martial trances

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Warhammer Dwarfs are best Dwarves.

[@Audrey_O-Course]

It’s funny, I don’t know if it’s because of reading The Hobbit dozens of times throughout my childhood, having my first dnd character being a dwarf, or something else I can’t think of right now, but the fantasy race I’ve identified the most with have always been Dwarves. That is, Gimli-ish dwarves.

[@micahmurray9120]

Really loved Narnia red dwarves myself, everyone always thinks Tolkienesk fantasy so I like throwing people off with Narnia based dwarves and sytars

[@Audrey_O-Course]

@@micahmurray9120 I super love the idea of gemstones you can eat (in the Narnia setting). I’ve just wear Tolkien more

[@EgoEroTergum]

@@Audrey_O-Course Mmmmm... rubies. I just finished read Lotr, and I have to say I love Gimli's passion and loyalty as a character in the book. The way he goes about the caves of Helm's Deep, and his knight errantry on behalf of Galadriel really show how big a place emotion and appreciation for beauty have in his life. I'm kinda glad that I saw the movies first, because reading the book upgraded a comic relief character I already liked, to a fleshed out character with loves, interests, and emotional depth.

[@micahmurray9120]

@@Audrey_O-Course love it when people say but dwarves use hammers and axes, red dwarves arrows and spears go brrrrrrr

[@Audrey_O-Course]

@@EgoEroTergum That kinda makes sense! His language about Helm’s Deep is so beautiful, and the friendship truly blooming between him and Legolas is fantastic in the books. Not that it’s not in the movies, but the books give the added layer of thousands of years of prejudice melting away for a lifelong friendship. I think one of the best examples of that is Legolas and Gimli agreeing to go back to Fangorn and Helm’s Deep together if they survive.

[@Sgt_Robo]

On the underdark, the deep gnomes aren't slavers. Everyone always forgets the svirfneblin.

[@Nifertx]

That right there is the best thing they can have

[@Sgt_Robo]

@@Nifertx true, they do their best to stay hidden and obscure

[@debreczeniarpad9956]

@@Sgt_Robo and eat salty ass foods and drinks

[@StarkMaximum]

I have a player primer for my homebrew setting detailing some of my changes to the races and I don't have room for the "dark" versions of races, so I cut them all out. All of them simply have a note that says "Drow don't exist", "Duergar don't exist", etc., except for svirfneblin who get the note "Svirfneblin don't exist for the three people who care."

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

I like Belwar from the Drizzt series.

[@notanalien5496]

greed and minecraft, a dwarf's greatest temptation...

[@kyriakosnikolaidis5368]

that diggy diggy hole intro at the end

[@sloppyoyster5779]

DON'T DIG TO DEEP

[@Wash-tq7ed]

I literally looked this up earlier today and was disappointed it didn’t exist, and imagine my surprise upon seeing this now It’s beautiful

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Thou hast the power of premonition.

[@gandalf2447]

They seem to have a propensity for screaming “rock and stone, to the bone” as well.

[@livenishikireaction]

habit of exclaiming about "MUSHRUM!"s too, I hear

[@TheeOK1]

I made the hill dwarves in a lot of my settings a group of exiled, ostracized or separatists who gained independence. Thusly Hill and Mountain dwarves always have a rivalry going on due to the former not answering to the crown. It fixes the lack of a nation thing, to an extent.

[@powerist209]

Interestingly in Faerun, Shield Dwarf are mountain dwarf despite being more worldly (due to chronic refugee crisis from Orc invasion) while Gold Dwarf are hill dwarf despite being isolationist (also one with thriving civilization).

[@TheeOK1]

@@powerist209 cool. I'll have to give pathfinder a look

[@rustyshackle8000]

Runesmith: *compares dwarves to ants* Me, grabbing my battle axe: "THEY HAVE WRONGED US!"

[@Johntaco430]

That’s going straight…IN THE FUCKING BOOK

[@bombomos]

After playing Deep Rock Galactic, I have a new appreciation for dwarves!! Rock and Stone Brothers!!!!

[@bionicbirb9104]

Rock and Stone!

[@user-kj8qp1sf9n]

Rock on!

[@dreadpiraterobertsnumba5]

"It's about family." So they're all basically Fast & Furious Vin Diesel.

[@MisterSnorty7]

"If you don't rock and stone, you ain't coming home!"

[@FortuneHatter]

Say what you will about dorfs, when your small place of home gets constantly targeted and ransacked by outsiders when all they want be are craftsmen and resource miners, their perspectives are justified. A Nothing More and Nothing Less respectable personality.

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

>teaches the humans how to smith >fight off the elves when they were committing genocide (read crown wars) >fight off the giants when they enslave your kin >creates the greatest realm of faerun where no dwarf is left up to his luck or starves do all that and a libtard will call you racist.

[@FortuneHatter]

@@areallybigdwarf4560 Elves. You mean "Morally Entitled Higher than Thou Knows Better than You because They Think They Are without actually Working Hard on Anything but Their Ego" Elves. Strip Elves of their Magic and see how Real Life can be, Just Like it is for Dwarves.

[@Johntaco430]

@@FortuneHatter all dem elves are good for are stabbing thing from afar with their stupid bows and arrows. Throw one heavily armored orc at em and they can’t do a thing unless they use magic. Now a dwarf? They’ll built at least seven to thirteen different weapons that can either pierce through that orc or turn them into a red splatter.

[@moonman2423]

“ Short, angry alcoholics who love crafting things” Since when was I in dnd?

[@dontblink2564]

I love that you could hear Diggy Diggy Hole in the background.

[@hydragamedev6920]

6:23 i did, I made a hill dwarf kingdom in my campaign. They’re a trading empire that gets along and trades with most other civilisations. And the civilisations they don’t get along with they pillage and steal from then sell the stuff they steal to the people they do like

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

Hill Dwarves: No one has integrated these into a campaign as a nation. Dragonlance would like to have a word with you, good sir.

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

There was a Dwarf adage presented in the first Forgotten Realms sourcebook. "There is no breath taken that must not first be earned and then later defended."

[@inquisitorowl5215]

The Dwarves are the Ultimate DnD race, second only to Half-Elves in their total perfection.

[@AnAngelForsaken]

Rock and Stone, Brothers!

[@mikemarino3567]

A dingo doodles upload and a runesmith on the same day. Truly a time to be alive.

[@raylordofkhalah28]

Fun fact about dwarves: humans drink to forget, dwarves drink to remember. A dwarf 5 beers in can vividly recall their most joyful memory, such as their wedding day, a victory over a hard battle, or the birth of a child. This can also happen to bad memories as well if they are having a bad day, so avoid a gloomy dwarf that is 5 pints in

[@honeyham6788]

I'd actually love a video on how to integrate Hill Dwarves into a setting that makes them culturally distinct from Halflings and Mountain Dwarves

[@bitingapotato3277]

"Ages ago, long before I was born, we lived underground. Everyone had guns, but the Overseer wouldn't let us explode anything, not even a hand grenade. We left and wandered the wastes. There were savages with knives. We blew them up with frag mines and grenades, burned them with flamethrowers..."

[@powerist209]

There was a french comic called Nains that covered Hill Dwarves equivalent. In there, Dwarves has a caste system with Errant/Wanderers being farmers and nomads (similiar to Dragon Age except it is also a form of punishment with a Warrior caste general being branded as one).

[@mrscechy8625]

I like how he started playing a little bit of Diggy Diggy hole at the end

[@briannorman1750]

I'd say the Dwarves are at least partially justified in their resentments. Its weird because in the current homebrew setting I'm playing in, the Dwarves have had to set aside every other grudge because the Duergar destroyed... basically everything they know and love. So whenever my Dwarven prince runs into some orcs or goblins or elves, its usually along the lines of "You still suck but the other guys suck more so lets go kill them first."

[@alphanoodle1877]

wdym partially justified? the only experience they have had with orcs and goblins is a literal attempt at genocide and conquering their only homes that they just wanted to chill and mine in.

[@Zakvadr1995]

Am I crazy or did I hear the start of “Diggy Diggy Hole” at the final seconds of the video?

[@moonringXD]

6:45 I mean there some good races in the underdark, Some good ones off the top of my head are deep gnome, flumph, gloaming, deep imaskari, slyth, it just evil ones are more popular.

[@laughingseagull000]

Glouras, too

[@aldonis7515]

"May your beards be thick, and your gold satchels heavy!"

[@ComilitoEqvinus]

3:08 that goes into the book of grudges

[@connordarvall8482]

You forgot all the inexplicable engravings of cheese.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

No Dwarf Fortress references? I'm amazed at your restraint. But since I'm a dwarf in every campaign, *YOU'VE JUST MADE AN ENEMY FOR LIFE.*

[@Rexxy06]

The Yogscast references hit me with some nostalgia.

[@Dyneamaeus]

Gotta admit I always assumed their halls were so big because they wanted to put all the stone that was in that space somewhere else. Like, there's a big chasm nextdoor where they can see stuff they want on the other side, so they build a stupid-huge bridge to cross it without feeling like they're suspended over a fathomless darkness. Once they've got all the material they'll need, it'll still take years to finish the bridge, so since they'll still have to walk through the dig site to get to the bridge everyday, they prettied it up a bit over time.

[@WhyYouMadBoi]

The Ruinsmith literally called dwarf women short stacks. But we all know goblin girls are the best ones damn it.

[@TheSteam02]

Go to horni jail

[@maxthepaladin2147]

True about goblins being the best, but dwarf ladies are also quite good. And quite underappreciated tbh

[@WhyYouMadBoi]

@@maxthepaladin2147 Yeah they are underappreciated

[@DanteTorn]

Unuk-evon redreg! Nerkod aral kulsim idromvuthig.

[@WhyYouMadBoi]

@@DanteTorn Thems fighting words!

[@ansontaylor5010]

Alternate title: Basically Clever Boys

[@aionicthunder]

WHO MADE THIS!?!

[@underworldfilms8200]

Snow White and the seven clever boys

[@Mauricekaip]

Making a dwarf Druid that wild shapes into a bear. Named Cubby.

[@tylervanmeter9678]

This is just obscure enough to be perfect

[@justpassingthrough686]

Did you mean CLEver BOOOOIIIIIIS

[@theman6422]

So, in this campaign I’m doing, the dwarves have lost their usual Scottish rugged accent, and they’re done with the whole race war with the elves. This is because the current time is about 100,000 years later than when the campaign started, so it basically took them more than 100,000 years to not be Scottish and forgive the elves for...whatever they did

[@weezact7]

There is almost never a reason why the Dwarves hate the Elves in-universe. I mean, other than "Because the book which formed the cornerstone of western fantasy had an elf and a Dwarf that kind of didn't get along in it". Which always irks me because, throughout most of Middle-Earth history, the Elves and Dwarves got along pretty fucking well. Or, at least, no worse than the Dwarves did with anyone else being the recluses that they were.

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

​@@weezact7 read about the crown wars, elves are genocidal bastards

[@alphanoodle1877]

@@weezact7 read about the crown wars, lotr had reasons, warhammer has reasons for it, almost every setting gives a reason.

[@TheAchilles26]

​@weezact7 there's always a reason. It's usually, "Elves are terrible people," but Elf fanboys don't like to acknowledge that.

[@Johntaco430]

@@TheAchilles26 elves are extremely egotistical and self centered and will probably kill you if you sneeze in their general direction. If a dwarf puts your name in the book of grudges, you know you did something to wrong them.

[@eadfacaadcacaea4837]

Man, for someone who's read Mordenkainen's tome of foes, you sure didn't use any of the lore in Mordenkainen's tome of foes.

[@inyrmind]

I would argue that the high ceilings of their strongholds is less of a design choice and more the result of either a naturally large cave or from when they first started mining the area. Think about it, they'd be pretty thorough with their mining and then they realize they've got all this space. Might as well build some homes here

[@DustyLamp]

"Drawves > Elves, change me mind"

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

nobody will change your mind, because you are right

[@alphanoodle1877]

what is that spelling?

[@theprinceofawesomeness]

i integrated hill dwarfs in to my champain, they live in cities that are at the most part outside of mountains but still made to be vadged in, Hill Dwarfs are more farmers and lumberjacks, they do more syrfice level mining compared to the mountain dwarfs

[@viktord2025]

My favorite iteration of dwarves are Rockborn dwarves, they're workaholics, they don't care for traditional entertainment, and they're resistant to magic and can go on a vacation to Chernobyl. Granted, they can't be arcane casters, but they don't need arcane magic, they can pump out artifacts without it

[@powerist209]

2:30- That’s not a Dwarf hold, it’s a Orcs and Goblins’ sacrilege on Dwarven beauty. (Context: this is from Kharak Eight Peaks, where Goblin clans made their homes and having a conflict with rat people and returning dwarves).

[@idontno6d105]

"the goblins learned about the Dwarvish hoards" nobody tell the goblins that Kobolds are filthy rich because they dig better than dwarves. and nobody tell the dwarves that Kobolds dig better than them.

[@kuradamax]

Right your names going in the Book of Grudges

[@lonelywanderer1114]

Thank you, me and my friend will now be adding that to our character dynamic in our campaign.

[@Ranulfdatank]

@@kuradamax TWICE!

[@idontno6d105]

@@kuradamax oh no, I have surely insured my death 100 or so years from now

[@kuradamax]

@@idontno6d105 in hundreds of years, when all seems buried ad forgotten, Lombart the farmer hears a commotion outside, as he walks through the dreary wooden farmhouse he receives a knock at the door, opening it he is greeted with an over-sized cannon pointed at his face, a cough from around the back of the instrument of war draws his attention to a squat humanoid made out of beards and alcoholism, "Lombart, son of Hrothbart, who was son of Gerald, who was son of..." the dwarf goes on, listing Lombarts ancestors for what seems like an eternity, "who was son of John, who was son of Idontno6 D, who F**KING INSULTED MY GRANDFATHER! we, the dwarfs of Shipslautered fortress find you guilty of being descended from someone in our great book of grudges, MY GRANDDAD HAS BEEN FUMING OVER WHAT YOUR ANCESTOR SAID TO HIM! SO I BROUGHT HIM OUT HERE TO PERSONALLY LIGHT THE FUSE ON THE CANNON POINTED AT YOUR FACE! say hello Granddad." Lombart hears a "Hello!" from the other side of the cannon. "By the way, it was lovely meeting you, no hard feelings aye? PREPARE TO MEET THE JUSTICE OF THE STRONGHOLDS!".

[@charbplus]

LoTR book: A wonderful culture that focuses on riches and honor. Only looking to reclaim their former glory LoTR movies: scottish

[@cwovictor3281]

There's quite some overlap in there, to be fair.

[@OMalleyTheMaggot]

"Compressed ball of dense muscle" >shows Wagyu beef which is ridiculously fatty and tender

[@xander1517]

Rock and stone you beautiful dwarf

[@Phelan666]

2:35 a reference older than many watching this vid.

[@CenJohan]

Dwarves: Stocky, traditional, conservative, long-lived (but not too long like those filthy knife-ears), xenophobic, passionate about their crafts, love their alcohol. Is there any reason dwarves aren't the best race?

[@pippogriffthegreat7003]

Ah, I always love seeing how Dwarves are arranged and how their cultures develop!

[@garnet_gaming4269]

This is extremely interesting. I’ve known more about the lesser races but you should totally do more on the more well-known stuff.

[@Scorpio9809]

It always annoys me how dwarves are so often play second fiddle to elves and humans in fantasy, they're so easy for me to like and be interested in, but they're always seen as the 3rd option or even lower.

[@pachacutti1012]

"As time goes on, which its known to do." Lol that line for some reason was so funny to me I subscribed

[@Loe7]

“That’s your existence.” Ya got a problem with that, knife ear?

[@sgregory0753]

“Rock and Stone!”

[@McGrackles]

As a dedicated Dwarf player I can safely say, "Yeah, pretty much."

[@alphanoodle1877]

traitor

[@TheMariosack]

He smoll and hairy and that's kind of epic

[@weezact7]

When designing my world, I initially wanted to make Dwarves as unlike their usual schtick as possible (since, out of all the standard fantasy races, Dwarves are almost always the least diverse) and made them sailors. But, in the end, my love of oversized underground cities won out and now they're kind of split between the Dwarves whose underground homes were left intact and Dwarves whose homes were not and led them to take up a life of nomadic sailing.

[@lukegilbert8033]

"And humans are also a**holes so they get along." that line broke me I was laughing for a solid minute.

[@justinfabela4899]

Anyone else immediately go and listen to Diggy Diggy Hole right afterwards?

[@dudeslayer4505]

This video has removed your name from the Book of Grudges. Never mind, finished the video your going back in the book

[@InquisitorThomas]

1:50 And with that he got a new entry.

[@InquisitorThomas]

4:32 and another entry.

[@liamassassingaming922]

Dwarfs in a nutshell: BROTHERS OF THE MINE REJOICE!

[@liamassassingaming922]

No this isnt an original comment and I dont care.

[@Grayald]

I changed the dwarfs for my setting. They live along the frigid Northern coasts as guides, trappers, Hunters, Whalers, ice fishers and the like. They don't build grand cities. Their cities are like outposts, and they're the ones who drive and maintain the Icebreaker ships around the northern seas. They carve tattoos into their flesh whenever they achieve some great achievement, the ones living to their oldest age and having the most accomplishments eventually being covered with their own autobiography.

[@blacksheepscrook8850]

So dwarves are competent, hardy, skilled craftsmen, who produce things of actual worth. Then as is they naturally expect to keep the results of their labour and trade it as they so choose. You think there expectation that their private property is their own, weird? If anything I think that dwarves are the most reasonable of the dnd “races”. Grumpy old men, ahh yes. How about I worked for this and you don’t get to take it from me without a fight, this isn’t a fantasy communist utopia, you work for what you get and you fight to keep it. Like reality for most rural people.

[@powerist209]

To be fair, Dwarf are fairly communalistic. I mean everything is owned by the clan rather than individual, and no social class distinction except for monarch and people.

[@blacksheepscrook8850]

@@powerist209 true enough, but that’s still the communal family fallacy. The clan or smaller tribe system in our own world has been very in-group, out-group they still own what they make, their skilled labour belongs to their people and their families not to the orcs that show up and try to steal. My argument is against his comparison to old greedy men. They work hard and create beauty. To me this is an issue of ideals, it is better to have the expectation of sovereignty and free association than not. The dwarves make for their own, and to trade their wares willingly. Having the above expectation is a higher principle. That whole, you’re rich so therefore are you really surprised that people come to steal from you, is in my opinion a ridiculous mindset.

[@alexsduthie23]

I missed out on stibbles on account of a brain tumor but you've got my backing for the next one

[@StarkMaximum]

You okay, bro?

[@alexsduthie23]

@@StarkMaximum yeah man my arm doesn't work properly but I'm alive I'm pretty young so I bounced back

[@Strix182]

I read something in a Pathfinder sourcebook once that said something along the lines of "beware a clean shaven dwarf, for they are most likely insane." From that wonderful line sprung my dwarven Warlock of the Great Old One pact, Gurdi. They were basically the anti-dwarf: soft spoken, thoughtful, eager to meet new people and try new things, dedicated to primordial chaos, a teetotaler, and completely hairless. Best character I've ever played.

[@klaykid117]

The good thing about this video is that it doubles as dwarf lore for every setting yes even settings that aren't related to D&D because dwarves are the same in every setting

[@BJGvideos]

Except Elder Scrolls. I mean they had the big halls carved into mountains, but they prized knowledge and were also very tall (they were called dwarves because the history of them comes from giants)

[@ShankMugen]

I was going to be doing some Dwarf stuff in my campaign, this will help me make it better

[@alphanoodle1877]

no it will not this was made by a man who only did surface-level readings of the dwarves

[@ShankMugen]

@@alphanoodle1877 Yes it will, as surface level reading is far more than I have done

[@alphanoodle1877]

@@ShankMugen that does not mean you should except what is blatant ignorance to the values and reasoning behind dwarves

[@Griffolion0]

Currently playing a Dwarf that's basically a Longbeard from WH Fantasy.

[@powerist209]

Think Boomer Dwarf but actually has merits (being in a universe where living that long in a chronic green skin invasions with mandatory military service shows how tough you are) and their rants boost morale.

[@Fluffysbeans]

"nobody uses hill dwarves" As I sit here with my hill-dwarf led nationwide trading infrastructure across my homebrewed continent.

[@jay_hebi]

Thank you so much for your informal video about dwarves currently trying to make a civil dispute more interesting between elves of all kinds against dwarves in this was a big help.

[@ashtongiertz8728]

A lot of people debate over whether or not female dwarves have beards, but allow me too introduce an alternative: chest hair.

[@sevearka]

Hey, I heard that Diggy Diggy Hole!

[@zero69kage]

One time wen me and my sister were trying to make a fantasy world. One of things that we came up with was that the Dwarfs were extinct. Basically their massive underground fortresses which were filled with gold and gems ended up attracting dragons. So the Dwarfs being Dwarfs continually went to war with the dragons. And eventually most of them were just wiped out. So now most of their cities are either abandoned or occupied by a dragon.

[@alphanoodle1877]

and people wonder why they dont like dragons smh

[@arbiterskiss6692]

At 3:27, you said that's your existence, and I felt that. I AM like a dwarf; not so much my body or drinking habits, but I would fit in with them otherwise.