Author Topic: A Question for Ed or Leanthar (Read 279 times)

gilshem ironstone · « **on:** February 04, 2007, 02:26:35 pm »

What races can dwarves have children with?

Laldiien · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2007, 02:37:50 pm »

Can or should? I mean, who other than a dwarf would want to? Yeachh!

gilshem ironstone · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2007, 02:46:03 pm »

Hey! Dwarves will always provide for their families, are good savers, and always come home on time... Unless they have been hitting the Sledge Draft.

Dorganath · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2007, 03:12:58 pm »

Dwarves cannot breed with any other non-dwarven races.

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2007, 03:15:28 pm »

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Dorganath - 2/4/2007 6:12 PM

Dwarves cannot breed with any other non-dwarven races.

I've seen half-dwarves in game... Either mechanically as humans or as dwarves, but they were RPed as half-dwarves.

Now, I can't recall the names, but I'm certain I've seen them.

Dorganath · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2007, 03:20:24 pm »

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Dorganath - 2/4/2007 5:12 PM Dwarves cannot breed with any other non-dwarven races.

What part of that was not clear?
If people are RPing half-dwarves in-game, I'm really doubtful that was approved...and if it was approved, then it should not have been.

lonnarin · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2007, 03:25:24 pm »

Yeah. The dwarven genome is too tough for the unstocky blood humanoids. Ruptures the entire cell-wall during mitosis.

Now there can be interrcial marraiges and humans raised by dwarves, but never will you see a half-dwarf. It's unprecidented in all fantasy settings.

Eight-Bit · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2007, 06:30:22 pm »

The only "Half-Dwarf" I know of was a Half-Elf, Half-Dwarf Paladin of Vorax from Beta Four. I can't remember her name but she was a good friend of Llu's and we pretty much "grew up" together on Layonara.

Witch Hunter · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2007, 06:59:14 pm »

Elves explode when they see naked dwarves, it's in the bible.

LynnJuniper · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2007, 07:15:19 pm »

I dunno I always thought dwarves and gnomes would be safe with mating

But I guess what Dorg says goes

gilshem ironstone · « **Reply #10 on:** February 04, 2007, 08:27:04 pm »

Thanks for the answer.

Talan Va'lash · « **Reply #11 on:** February 04, 2007, 10:40:59 pm »

Well there are Duergar and maybe Azers, but those fall into the "dwarf-ish" category.

Dorganath · « **Reply #12 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:28:29 am »

Yep...Duergar are dwarves, though any true Dwarf would never admit as much, nor even consider such a pairing. Still, breeding would be possible....hence my choice of words above.
Azers are dwarves from the Elemental Plane of Fire, so while it may be possible for them to cross-breed with dwarves from the Prime, it may be tricky for said Prime to survive the um...encounter.

Blackguy · « **Reply #13 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:32:06 am »

Har. Takes more than a wee bit of scorching heat to kill a dwarf.

Dorganath · « **Reply #14 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:40:43 am »

I didn't say "impossible"....only "tricky".
But before anyone gets any funny ideas.... No, we will not be approving any half-Azer dwarven characters....so don't ask. :p

Blackguy · « **Reply #15 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:49:21 am »

How about a Half-Dwarf Half-Easybake-Oven?

Dorganath · « **Reply #16 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:50:50 am »

*laughs*

Jearick Hgar · « **Reply #17 on:** February 05, 2007, 06:17:24 am »

i like how we can get half demons and half dragons and such but when it comes to dwarves suddenly its like "ZOMG!!! crossbreed with dwarf?!?!?! NEVER!!!!" lol

on the other hand i could easily see a gnome and a dwarf mixign it up, they are somewhat similar

Dorganath · « **Reply #18 on:** February 05, 2007, 06:58:07 am »

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Jearick Hgar - 2/5/2007 8:17 AM i like how we can get half demons and half dragons and such but when it comes to dwarves suddenly its like "ZOMG!!! crossbreed with dwarf?!?!?! NEVER!!!!" lol
on the other hand i could easily see a gnome and a dwarf mixign it up, they are somewhat similar

Well...there aren't any PC half-fiends or half-dragons on this server either. At best, a tiefling or aasimar can only have, at most 1/8th planar blood. Given the rareity of dragons, no one can claim half, quarter, eighth or any fraction of draconic blood at character creation. Besides that, fiends, demons, celestials and dragons are supernatural creatures, and so what they can and cannot breed with follows some different rules.
As was stated before, there's absolutely no precedent in any fantasy setting for dwarves breeding with other, non-dwarven races.
D&D 3rd Edition doesn't support it.
NWN doesn't support it.
Layonara doesn't support it, and we would have to go through a lot of pains to create a subrace type to support it (which isn't going to happen)...not to mention that subrace submissions are currently closed.
Also not allowed/supported/permitted:
Half-Halflings Half-Lizardfolk Half-Gnomes Half-Illithid Half-Brownie Half- (keeping in mind the last three are currently closed anyway)
I hope that clears things up.

Honora · « **Reply #19 on:** February 05, 2007, 07:25:38 am »

Half-Halfling?

Quarterling?

2/3ling?

*breaks down in giggles*