To All Dwarven Players.

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0305.html

This just says it all.

[Niles09]

It's actually quite funny that Thor is worshipped by dwarves, in the northen mythology the gods and dwarves are two different "factions", as far as I know. But yeah, Thor knows how to drink ale, there goes a story where he is cheated to drink from a horn magically enchanted so he will drink from the sea. He drinks so much that the sea level sinks!

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

SHHH. The Norse pantheon fits the typical "dwarvish" culture for D&D better than any other that spring to mind.

[gilshem ironstone]

Awesome!  I like the transcribing the accent bit...

[Niles09]

Stephen_Zuckerman - 2/26/2007  11:01 AM

SHHH. The Norse pantheon fits the typical "dwarvish" culture for D&D better than any other that spring to mind.

but Thor dont have a scottish or irish accent or whatever strange accent it is!

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

SHHHHHHH.

[Varka]

Stephen...it MUST be done

[ycleption]

Random...

Does anybody know where the whole dwarves have Scottish accent thing came from? I used to play a dwarf based heavily on the Norse conception (which Tolkien used for his as well; almost all the names come from the the Voluspa), created a detailed, nuanced background, wrote a significant portion of the game material about dwarves. . . and then everyone said I wasn't roleplaying a dwarf well because I didn't speak in a Scottish accent. *sigh*

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

ycleption - 3/5/2007  3:27 PM

Random...

Does anybody know where the whole dwarves have Scottish accent thing came from? I used to play a dwarf based heavily on the Norse conception (which Tolkien used for his as well; almost all the names come from the the Voluspa), created a detailed, nuanced background, wrote a significant portion of the game material about dwarves. . . and then everyone said I wasn't roleplaying a dwarf well because I didn't speak in a Scottish accent. *sigh*

Smack them.

I'm not actually sure where it started... Though the dwarvish accent isn't quite "Scottish" per se. It's a nice brogue, aye, but...

Honestly, I've always thought of the dwarves as Norse, too. Apparently, so does Rich Burlew, as his dwarves worship the Norse pantheon.

[Niles09]

We are tall, blond proud, muscular people, or well.... they say we used to be that.. anyway, not dwarves!... Play some more elderscrolls, they know who we are!

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

Well, in terms of culture, Niles... Not in terms of any physical resemblance (aside, perhaps, from the sturdiness you northmen exhibit), but culturally.

[Niles09]

well Ive noticed that some people drink some pretty unhealthy amounts of liquid at parties... which I guess suits Ducan's praise of Thor.

[lonnarin]

Bjornigar's low charisma leads him to combine a neigh incomprehendable combination of scottish, Irish, English Cockney, and even some ebonics. (aight!)  He has a decent intelligence too, so he often mangles some fairly complex words to boot.  Only his name is Nordic, heheh.

[Wraithdur]

a wizard did it.





for all other technicalities, remember that it's not norse or scottish, it's "Dwarvish" (except for Thor, he's spanish)