How many Dwarves...

[feniox]

This is a question that came up a while ago at the end of a quest involving mainly Dwarves, when I asked if anybody knew how many Dwarves there were on the server, the DM (mixafix) said that "they" used to keep record of the amounts of each race currently active on the server, and suggested I put a post here and....well I completely forgot about it until now.

So here it is: does anybody know, approximately, how many Dwarf PCs there are on layonara?

If it's as simple as a list I think it would be quite interesting to see how many PCs there are of each race on Layo so that we can compare.

thanks

[Lalaith Va'lash]

The easiest way for you to figure this out, may be to begin a poll with all the races.   

[feniox]

Except it would only give a good result if every single person on layo cast a vote for every character they have, which I doubt is going to happen

[Lalaith Va'lash]

Hehe.. true..  
  But, you would have a better idea than you do now..   
  I suppose you could look through char approvals.. but thats not really and better, since all approved characters are not played.
  I think most people visit the forums, and most may even vote, if you asked real nicely *smiles*
  -LV

[PsychicToaster]

Announce that you are going to tax dwarves and only dwarves for use of craft halls, mines, taverns, and campsites.

Count the number of complaints.

[LoganGrimnar]

lol

[Leafgreen]

Announce that you are going to tax dwarves and only dwarves for use of craft halls, mines, taverns, and campsites.

Ready yer axes, orc season be open...

[IDii]

Well, ale hasn't run out. Means there's not too many.

[Leafgreen]

Naw, just means we don't drink that leafmuncher vinegar or watered down human swill.

A dwarf has to have SOME standards.

Course, I could wash me armor *shudders at the thought* and sell the skunkwater ta orcs as a pilsner.

[teefal]

There's probably some hidden report page on the website that reports player information to the staff, much like the "server status" page and the "crafting rolls" page.  I'd be surprised if someone didn't make one, though it might be considered private to the staff.

It'd be easy enough to make, given what I see from server status, etc.

[Zen]

Hey don't be uncool 'n tax us or count how fast the ale goes! My Dwarf Garnet Stonesmythhy is a monk so he only drinks when he is positive he is not needed to defend the world. (haha like thats gonna happen)
Garnet also uses no weapons 'n that includes digging picks 'n shithing hammers, so you would be outta luck there too.  Ever thought about countin grooming products used on long beards? Now that might work!
As for the rest of it oh well.

Praise be to VORAX!!!!!!!

[aragwen]

bah....grooming products for long beards....
  I thought dwarves just groom their beards with ale...

[Diamondedge]

Beard Grooming

A spot of lore by Turor Sunderstone

Lo, should the time be before dwarves were forged from the tough steel they're made of, when the only two dwarves in all the realms should sit upon a lonely mountaintop, staring into a pond and wondering what might happen should someone wish to see them.

For you see, although great friends, Vorax and Dorand started out as a very competitive sort. Each one tried to best the other; Vorax could cleave a great mountain in half, carve lakes with a single swipe of his axe, and even hunt dragons for game, while Dorand would always best him with crafts of beauty and use, even crafting that which would end the competition; The Dwarves.

But before even this, the stout two drank their mystic mead and glared into the sparkly fountain of reflection. They had each been trying to grow the longest beard, and were having sore luck. Vorax's great beard of glittering silver and platinum rolled down the one side of the mountain into a great lake, and Dorand's beard of gold and mithril rolled down the other side, into a deep forest.

Vorax said, "Lo, brother, but our beards, they grow too long, let us end this petty quarrel and cut these great beards clean off!"

Dorand, growing furious with Vorax at this, said "You only wish to cleave the beards because you expect me to be stupid and do it first! I would never take my beard before you!"

And so the two would stay there for eons, growing their beards. The veins would reach deep, deep within the earth, and grant future dwarves the greatness of metal veins. Of course, the two dwarves stood atop the mountain for a long while, bickering about who ought to cut their beard off first. Finally, they came to a conclusion. They would tie the beards together around waist level, and cleave them off together.

And so they did. But the trouble with cutting it, so even were Dorand's cuts, that the beards frayed everywhere! They parted wildly, until both dwarves looked like balls of fuzz from the waist up.

"We must do something about this, Brother!" cried a frantic Vorax.

And so they did. They each took a mighty cord of platinum and tied all the hairs together, binding them at their waist. As they did this, the sun began to rise on the horizon.

And so would two traditions be born of this; Every morning, a sensible dwarf keeps his beard tidy and clean with the rising sun. And also, all dwarves shall forever take mining as a holy practice, but not because the metals you collect are needed or useful; You should mine religiously because as you do, you are trimming the gods' great beards, which should be not a duty but a gift and honor.

~Turor Sunderstone


//And thus, dwarves are cleaner than you. Don't dis grooming habits.