10-22-2015, 10:05 AM | #41 | |
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Re: A dwarf by any other name...
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There are also subsets of the above such as a (from the human POV) skewed gender ratio so that dwarven females are rarely seen because they are rarely born and/or dwarves being eusocial mammals so that the ones normally encountered are non-reproducing drones and actual males and females are never seen outside the dwarf-holds. |
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10-22-2015, 10:13 AM | #42 |
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Re: A dwarf by any other name...
If you want them to be somewhat recognizable as dwarves, but cue the players that they are Different, you might call them [adjective] dwarves, much the way grey dwarves in That Other Game are very different from the standard model. Perhaps Silver Dwarves or some adjective that actually has to do with their unusual social structure (Clan Dwarves, Harem Dwarves, whatever).
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10-22-2015, 01:25 PM | #43 |
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Re: A dwarf by any other name...
...and then there's the idea that dwarves, gnomes and nasty hobbittses could all be different races/cultures of the same species...
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10-23-2015, 07:21 AM | #44 |
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Re: A dwarf by any other name...
Didn't someone here once post ideas about eusocial dwarves? That sounds interesting- have most of the ostensibly "male" dwarves be sterile drones, and have a 4:1 gender ratio with multiple births for the women. I did something similar for a monster race, once.
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10-23-2015, 08:09 AM | #45 | |
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10-23-2015, 08:10 AM | #46 |
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Re: A dwarf by any other name...
An interesting idea that I'm considering adding is having the dwarves give birth to their own slave/labour class. True dwarves live a long time, and so they can't just have kids all the time (same problem as with elves, but to a lesser degree since Dwarves do eventually die). Most of their offspring (say 9 out of 10) are larger, sterile, dumber creatures. Dwarves are very good at industry because their race has a built in labour class that is nearly inexaustable.
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