Generations/Lore/Races/Dwarves

Dwarf

Attribute Ranges

• Body: Average to Exceptional (5-8)
• Mind: Weak to Superb (3-7)
• Spirit: Pitiful to Above Average (1-6)

Biology

Appearance

Dwarves are thick, short fey-descended humanoids.

• Height: Dwarves tend to be shorter than humans. Averaging between 3'6" and 4' tall. Particularly tall dwarves can reach as tall as 4'6". Dwarves proportions are such that they are generally half as wide as they are tall, making them look rather boxy.
• Weight: Dwarves are quite a bit heavier than their height and build indicate. They are about twice as heavy as they appear that they should be. (Multiply the weight that they would be were they human by 2 to get the dwarf's weight.) Dwarves are so dense that they cannot float in water, and have great difficulty swimming.
• Build: Dwarves are composed of dense, stone-like muscle. While a dwarf can have some weight to him, you'll never find a truly obese dwarf; though somewhat fat dwarves are not uncommon.
• Bust: Dwarven females have a broad range of breast sizes; from tiny little AA-cup, all the way to the occasional H-cup.
• Penis: Dwarven males have large penises for their size. Dwarves penises can get as large as 10". They are generally thicker than those of humans. Dwarves do not possess foreskins.
• Skin: Dwarven skin is generally shades of peach, brown or gray.
• Hair: Dwarven hair is generally brown, black, red or blond.
• Eyes: Dwarven eyes can be any color.
• Other details: Dwarves have thicker, fuller body hair than most humanoid races. Male and neuter dwarves grow thick coarse beards very quickly. If a dwarf were to shave their beard and go to sleep, they would have a full beard the next morning (equivalent to about a month's growth for a human). Dwarven beard growth slows down the longer the beard gets. Contrary to popular myth, dwarven women do not grow beards . . . unless you count crotch-beards or underarm-beards.

Genders

Dwarves can be Male, Female, of Neuter.

• Neuter dwarves, called drones, are the most common. They have a simple urethra opening, which would be difficult for anything other than a fairy to penetrate. They can be used for anal sex, but have no sex drive, and derive no pleasure from sex. They are the predominate workforce and rank and file for the dwarvish army.
• Male dwarves are the second most common gender of dwarf. They are generally the community leaders and decision-makers.
• Female dwarves, called queens, are rather rare; and are protected and pampered, living a life of luxurious slavery. Dwarf queens spend most of their adult lives producing children. They do not have the level of difficulty in childbirth that most humanoid races do, and spring back from it quickly and fully.

Reproduction

Dwarves reproduce sexually

• Dwarves can cross with any lesser, humanoid, or greater race.
• 80% of dwarves are born as drones, 15% are born male, and only 5% are born queens.
• Several males (usually of the same family) generally share a queen, and take turns impregnating her.
• Twins are common among dwarves. Triplets are a bit more rare. Quadruplets aren't unheard of but are very rare.
• Queens can give birth to more than one male's offspring in a single birthing.
• Purely dwarven pregnancies last about 7 months.

Age

Dwarves age slower than humans.

• Dwarven ages can be calculate by multiplying the age of their physical appearance were they human by 5.
• A dwarf that is entering adolescence would be around 50-60 years old.
• Dwarves reach maturity at around 90 years old and live to about 400 years.

Diet

Dwarves are Omnivores and Geovores.

• Dwarves can eat meat, vegetation, and minerals.
• Stones are central to a dwarf's diet, and cannot be left out.

Other Considerations

• Because they are geovores, dwarven teeth are harder than most other humanoids. Dwarven teeth are composed of the hardest minerals that have been consumed by that particular dwarf. For this reason wealthy dwarves like to sprinkle diamond dust on their food like a human would salt. Less well-to-do dwarves must make do with sapphire dust, or even garnet dust for the very poor. In any case, dwarven teeth tend to sparkle with refracted light.

Spirituality

Worship

Dwarves practice a form of ancestor worship, rather than worshiping deities or following a philosophy.

• The were no dwarven gods to be overthrown. The souls of the dwarven paragons gain power from the worship of their descendant, but most of this power is used to keep death from returning them to the stone.
• They are still powerful entities, but weren't nearly a match for the deities when they were around. Now they are some of the most powerful beings in existence, but generally only concern themselves with dwarven affairs.

Afterlife

Dwarves do not have an afterlife.

• Dwarves who die return to the stone, becoming one with their burial place.
• Dwarves who do great deeds may be declared a paragon upon their dead, in which case they live again through the worship of their descendants.

Other Considerations

• Do to the nature of their beliefs, the dwarves are quite industrious and inventive. The quest to become a paragon drives the dwarves to greater and greater accomplishments, spurring the advancement of the race. This also can cause dwarves to push too far, and take unnecessary risks, which occasionally leads to disaster.

Magic and Technology

Magic

Dwarves are highly resistant to magic.

• Dwarves cannot learn any magic that requires direct manipulation of magical energy.
• Dwarves can learn Runic Magic. They actually invented it.
• Spells cast on dwarves have a tendency to fizzle and fail, whether they are beneficial or detrimental.
  • More powerful spells have a better chance of working.
  • Spells that create a dangerous situation (a ball of fire, a bolt of lightning, etc.) do not fizzle when cast at a dwarf. Only spells whose magic tries to directly affect the dwarf (charm spells, transformation spells, sphere of truth, etc.)

Technology

While dwarves do embrace technology, and learn it quite easily, they prefer Magitech (the imbuing of magic into a constructed object).

• Dwarves are not as advanced technologically as they might be if they couldn't fold magic into items. They are at a level equal to the middle ages.
• Dwarves focus on forging magic directly into items, something they can do because of their resistance to magic.
• Dwarves often use Runic Magic to further enchant their items.
• ANY object forged by a dwarf that was trained by other dwarves is inherently magical; even something as simple as a spoon.