Why are dwarves Scottish? - Page 6

Anaraxes · 03-21-2019, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by johndallman

Obviously, there's no reason at all why the Swiss army should be interested in the best way to move a lot of mechanised troops through a mountainous forest quickly.

Clearly, they're plotting revenge for Marignano.

jason taylor · 03-21-2019, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by johndallman

They seem to be keeping up with the theory. The best technical book on the Ardennes Offensive of 1940 was written by a Swiss colonel. Obviously, there's no reason at all why the Swiss army should be interested in the best way to move a lot of mechanised troops through a mountainous forest quickly.

While they were getting ready for self-defense. Quite sensibly. They were not however contracting out soldiers this round.

It is more logical than making a plan for fighting off a Zombie invasion.

Irish Wolf · 03-21-2019, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jason taylor

How about Swiss Dwarves? Swiss love money, love craftsmanship, live in Mountains, have lots of tunnels and have ice axes. They are also good at war, though they have kind of given up on that. For now.

Just wait until they start unfolding all the tools in that Dwarf Army Axe!

Agemegos · 03-21-2019, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jason taylor

How about Swiss Dwarves? Swiss love money, love craftsmanship, live in Mountains, have lots of tunnels and have ice axes. They are also good at war, though they have kind of given up on that. For now.

I once ran a DragonQuest campaign set in western Europe (mostly the Rhône valley) in 1122, in which fantasy parahuman species such as elves, dwarves, giants, and orcs took the place of various historical races and cultures. Hungarians and Finns were orcish. The Rus, Swedes and Norwegians, the Irish, and Ethiopians were different kinds of giants. The Welsh, Cornish, Bretons, and Galicians were elves. Speakers of Alemannic German were dwarves. That includes the German-speaking Swiss.

jason taylor · 03-21-2019, 07:55 PM

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Just wait until they start unfolding all the tools in that Dwarf Army Axe!

Speaking of that, I named my two favorite Swiss Army Knives after Telchar's most famous creations. My SwissChamp is Angrist and my Traveller Lite is Anduril (OK it's name at Telchar's time was Narsil but it got broken fighting Sauron, don't you know).

Come to think of it, Angrist was a knife. Maybe it was a SwissChamp. After all Dwarves reincarnate. Maybe the Elsener's are reincarnations of Telchar and his kin.

Þorkell · 03-22-2019, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jason taylor

How about Swiss Dwarves? Swiss love money, love craftsmanship, live in Mountains, have lots of tunnels and have ice axes. They are also good at war, though they have kind of given up on that. For now.

Oh, great...So now dwarves yodel?

The Colonel · 03-22-2019, 09:29 AM

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Oh, great...So now dwarves yodel?

Better that than the bagpipes...

Stormcrow · 03-22-2019, 11:23 AM

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Oh, great...So now dwarves yodel?

Or sing polka!

jason taylor · 03-22-2019, 05:19 PM

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Oh, great...So now dwarves yodel?

I'm sure they love beer in any event.

SolemnGolem · 03-23-2019, 09:40 AM

In my gaming group, we're playing an East Asian themed setting with heavy influence from wuxia China.

For a dwarf, you'd need a tribe of folk who were shorter than average, work in inhumane conditions, and who are obsessed with money above all else.

So we basically made them Cantonese.

03-23-2019, 09:40 AM	#60
SolemnGolem Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: The Hall of Fallen Columns	Re: Why are dwarves Scottish? In my gaming group, we're playing an East Asian themed setting with heavy influence from wuxia China. For a dwarf, you'd need a tribe of folk who were shorter than average, work in inhumane conditions, and who are obsessed with money above all else. So we basically made them Cantonese.