Dwarf | |
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skill | 5-10 |
stamina | 4-22 |
Habitat | Caves, Dungeons, Hills, Mountains, Plains, Towns |
Number Encountered | 1-6 |
Type | Humanoid/Dwarf |
Reaction | Friendly-Unfriendly |
Intelligence | High |
A Dwarf (two forms of the plural, Dwarfs and Dwarves, exist in canon), was a member of one of the four great original sentient races of Titan.
Description[]
Dwarves were short, stocky, bearded humanoids, standing only about three or four feet tall. They usually dwelt in underground villages. Many, however, lived in human settlements, where they were fully integrated. They had a great affinity with the underground. Dwarfs typically had four strong interests; gold, drinking ale, fighting, and story-telling, though smoking smoking weed was common as well amongst their kind.[1] Dwarf adventurers were very common.[1]
Dwarfs often specialised in fighting with axes and crossbows, while encased in plate.[1] They tended to be unpretentious and plain-speaking, taking offence quite easily. They would often distrust magic, and a dwarf wizard or sorcerer was very rare.
Dwarfs were very devoted to their patron goddess, Throff, who they knew as Kerellim.[1]
Dwarves were excellent miners and tunnelers. Dwarf priests existed, but were not usually adventurers, tending to stay near their underground temples.[1]
Allansian Dwarfs were organised in familial groups called "Clans". Notable Allansian Dwarf Clans included the Redweed Clan and the Battleaxe Clan of Firetop Mountain, the Tornhelm Clan of the Moonstone Hills, and the now extinct Slate Peak Clan in the Dragon Reaches.[2][3][4]
In Allansia, adventuring dwarves would usually be from King Gillibran Ironhelm III's tribe in Stonebridge, or King Kurad Dragonhelm's tribe in Warpstone.[1] Dwarfs from Fangthane would not usually be adventurers, unless they are carrying out special missions for the Dwarf leaders of Fangthane.[1]
Dwarfs and elves usually did not get on well; the former usually considered elves to be strange and over-intellectual, while the latter consider dwarfs as greedy, and could not understand how dwarfs could shut themselves in the underground, away from the sun. Despite this, the two races would cooperate if they faced a common threat, such as the much hated goblins or orcs. There have also been several notable adventuring partnerships between an elf and a dwarf.[1]
Origins and Distribution[]
Said to have been created by Throff in the Godtime, the dwarfs had great affinity with hills and mountains and all crafts associated with stonework.
Much information on this race can be found in the books Out of the Pit and Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World.
Dwarfs could be found all over Titan, it being said that dwarves could be found wherever there was precious resources to mine, good ale to quaff, and goblin heads to smash.
They could be found in the villages of Stonebridge and Mirewater, and the cliff city of Warpstone, in northwestern Allansia.[5][6][1] Dwarfs also lived and work in many human settlements in Allansia, including Port Blacksand, Salamonis and Kallamehr.[7][8] The biggest community of Allansian Dwarfs dwelt in the north-eastern city of Fangthane. Fangthane was sacred to dwarfs all over Titan, and every dwarf who was able to made a pilgrimage to "Sacred Fangthane" once in his or her lifetime.[1]
Dwarfs could be found across the Old World, including northern Gallantaria, north-western Ruddlestone, Mauristatia, Femphrey and Kakhabad.[9][10][11][12]
Dwarfs also dwelt within Khul's mountains. Those dwarfs who ventured to the south of Irritaria made their mansions in the Mountains of the Giants. Their various clans and members from these groups appeared in many of the great stories of Khul. A number of dwarfs lived in Neuberg.[13] Their mansions were found in the Mountains of the Giants, Cloudhigh Mountains, and in the Copper Mountains. It was rumoured that some still lived in the Northern Mountains of north east Khul, although surprisingly there are no records of Dwarf settlements in the Shios'ii.
Further Information in Canon[]
More information can be found at:Source[14]
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Appendix[]
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
Adventures
- Armies of Death
- Assassins of Allansia (book)
- Caverns of the Snow Witch (book)
- Chasms of Malice
- Citadel of Chaos (AFF)
- Crypt of the Sorcerer (book)
- Daggers of Darkness (book)
- Deathtrap Dungeon (book)
- Deathtrap Dungeon (d20)
- Eye of the Dragon (book)
- Fangs of Fury (book)
- Forest of Doom (d20)
- Island of the Lizard King (book)
- Portal of Evil (book)
- Secrets of Salamonis
- Shadow of the Giants
- The Citadel of Chaos (book)
- The Forest of Doom (book)
- The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (AFF)
- The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (book)
- The Warrior's Way
Sourcebooks
- Advanced Fighting Fantasy – The Roleplaying Game
- Beyond the Pit (mentioned)
- Blacksand (AFF) (mentioned)
- Combat Companion (mentioned)
- Heroes of Titan (mentioned)
- Out of the Pit
- Return to the Pit (mentioned)
- Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Allansia - para. 54-56
- ↑ ''The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (AFF) , Advanced Fighting Fantasy – The Roleplaying Game , pg. 13
- ↑ Dungeoneer , pgs. 401-402
- ↑ Night Dragon - para 85, 80,49, 268, and 217.
- ↑ The Forest of Doom - para 141
- ↑ Crypt of the Sorcerer - para 244
- ↑ Blacksand - p. 35
- ↑ Magehunter - para 100 (Illustrated), 210
- ↑ The Tasks of Tantalon - pg. 14
- ↑ Spellbreaker para 246, 254, 266, 312
- ↑ Howl of the Werewolf - para 2, para 26, para 69
- ↑ Stormslayer - pg11, para4, para16, para18,
- ↑ Beneath Nightmare Castle - para 45, 74, 116, 136
- ↑ Complete list of references catalogued by FF Titan Bestiary