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Silverwulf
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 Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 01:50:49
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Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it? |
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 03:54:29
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Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it?
I don't think the race has ever been statted out, but there has been the odd "dwelf" or two in the Realms. |
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Runis Silverhammer
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 12:25:19
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| I play a dwarf of course! What else is worth going! bah we can drink any of you other races under the table...and that counts for a lot with dwarf-folk! *Chuckles* |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 13:33:52
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Originally posted by Silverwulf
Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it?
According to Sian's quote from another thread this would not be possible:
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Originally posted by Sian
halfbreads (like halfelves) that mate with one of the races their parents (or grandparents if both parents is halfbread) would get that race as childen ... only expection to the rule is dwarves which no matter how little amount of dwarf blood you have will be dwarf (slightly higher or lower or thiner depending on the other race) ... this is written in Dwarves Deep ... also that some dwarves (specially females) mate with gnomes due to a 'general' lack of males due to wars and the like
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 13:55:46
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As a DM I like all races equally, so I chose other.
As a player, I'd say it depends on the setting/campaign.
However, I think Halflings and Gnomes are very intersting (but not for their noses, no). Neither of those races is loisted by the way. So I put out the demand for editing the Poll by not only adding the gnomes but also the halfling.
For interesting character play all halfbreeds (planetouched, Halfelf, halforc) would be my favorite choise.
Elves have been around a little too often IMO and dwarves are tough to play if you don't want to play the 'typical' dwarfen type. So I would not choose to play one just to avoid falling into the usual stigma.
Humans, IMO, are the best choice game-startigy-wise with the additional skillpoint and extra feat. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 14:16:25
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Originally posted by Ergdusch
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Originally posted by Silverwulf
Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it?
According to Sian's quote from another thread this would not be possible:
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Originally posted by Sian
halfbreads (like halfelves) that mate with one of the races their parents (or grandparents if both parents is halfbread) would get that race as childen ... only expection to the rule is dwarves which no matter how little amount of dwarf blood you have will be dwarf (slightly higher or lower or thiner depending on the other race) ... this is written in Dwarves Deep ... also that some dwarves (specially females) mate with gnomes due to a 'general' lack of males due to wars and the like
It is possible, though. Quite rare, but possible.
There is a "dwelf" mentioned in part 5 of Mintiper's Chapbook (specifically, footnote 7). Isinghar "Feyrune" Ironstar, a dwelf runecarver and archmage of Ammarindar, helped raise Myth Glaurach's mythal.
There was another dwelf who was one of the earliest settlers in Cormanthyr. Labrad is discussed on page 81 of the tome of the same name, which is available for free from the Wizards downloads page. It says "Labrad was among the first settlers here soon after the city of Cormanthor was founded, an orphan of Old Elven Court. His parents were Drannor Whitethistle, his elf father, and Konora Onyxhelm, his dwarf mother from Sarphil, both killed in the Darkwoods on their trek to answer the Summoning of the Rule Tower and the People."
Those are the only two canon dwelves I know of. But Steven Schend also discussed them on one occasion:
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Dwelves....okay, I'll stop myself early before I start doing haiku about stone shelves and dungeon delves....
As stated above (and like half-elves), they favor and adopt the lifestyle/culture under which they are raised. Same goes for which gods they revere.
Both elves and dwarves have serious cognitive dissonance when it comes to dwelves, as (unlike half-elves or half-orcs, IMO) there's no set form or expectation for how they'll look. It's anyone's guess if you'll end up with a dwarf's body size and shape with elven features and ears or an elf's body but stocky vs. svelte and rather hairier than the norm. Dwarven parents may mourn their child's inability to grow a decent beard, thanks to their elven half, while elves may grumble that the child is more interested in the dirt rather than the tree from which it springs. Most likely, they're only comfortable among some societies that embrace acceptance and unity (like Myth Drannor or Miyeritar or elsewhere).
That said, I was surprised by that Myth Glaurach note. Methinks I'll have to talk to Eric and find out what else he's had the Blackstaff up to while I've not been watching....if only for my own curiousity, of course.
Steven
(and some day I'll tell y'all about the Pentad, an alliance of the churches of five gods of four races...but not today, as only three dwelves worshiped among them, and none of them reached high priest stage or any ranking of note)
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 17:24:55
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Originally posted by Ergdusch
According to Sian's quote from another thread this would not be possible:
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Originally posted by Sian
halfbreads (like halfelves) that mate with one of the races their parents (or grandparents if both parents is halfbread) would get that race as childen ... only expection to the rule is dwarves which no matter how little amount of dwarf blood you have will be dwarf (slightly higher or lower or thiner depending on the other race) ... this is written in Dwarves Deep ... also that some dwarves (specially females) mate with gnomes due to a 'general' lack of males due to wars and the like
Elves and dwarves can have offspring, but it only occurred at the heights of racial cooperation. The offspring aren't a distinct crossbreed race, but taller dwarves, as FR11 Dwarves Deep also discusses.
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Kyrene
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South Africa
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Posted - 29 Apr 2008 : 08:38:27
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| Plain old human, thanks. There's enough ethnic difference in the Realms for me to always play humans. After that I like playing half-drow, but they're not an option in the poll. |
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