Once, the dwarves at Pettenau lived in peace with their human neighbors.

Then things... escalated quickly.

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After the Norse god Odin and his brothers killed the giant Ymir and created the Earth from his corpse, they discovered huge maggots crawling through Ymir's flesh. The gods turned the maggots into the first dwarves, who still prefer to live underground (in Ymir's body).
Lorenz Frølich

Did I get really into this one tonight and lose the run of myself? Yes, yes I did.

Re-watched @JHMiniatures’s video on True Metallic Metallics (did I even type that right?), and I just got into things with it. Normally something with as much armour would be an instant turn off for me, but just totally loving this.

This week a look at updating weapons from Starfinder 1E to Starfinder 2E, using some dwarven mining equipment as an example.

https://solorunstudio.com/2025/06/29/starfinder-2e-converting-weapons/

Dwarves live in a hill north of Lautenthal. Their relationship with their human neighbors has had its ups and downs.

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The dwarves of the town of Wernigerode were not always on the best terms with their human neighbors.

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The dwarf king Hibich was able to roam the surface near the town of Bad Grund - until Imperial forces put an end to this during the Thirty Years' War.

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The dwarves of the Petersberg near Goslar have hidden many things within their hills - from treasures to giant babies to sleeping emperors!

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Why work hard at tilling the land, if you can kidnap and torture a dwarf into building you a better plow?

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My wife got me a dwarf and some tomato pie.

So we're good here y'all!

If you dig too deeply, you might reach the realms of the dwarves.

Which... probably is something you want to avoid.

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The dwarf realms, too, have a different flow of time than we do.

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Inspired a bit by @rob_haines's screenshot albums, I've started recording my experiments designing little Dwarf settlements in Return to Moria, a game I've played *far* too much of recently (digging a lot of virtual holes feels like one of my less bad options for coping with the world...)

I've been making some quite pretty places! I've got the first post up, and there'll be more to come in a variety of dwarfish styles and biomes :)

Link is: https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?msg=162518

Many tales of the dwarves praise their beautiful subterranean gardens.

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I am pretty sure that demanding marriage in exchange for a cure violates all sorts of ethical guidelines for healers...

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The one-legged dwarves are generally regarded to be the fastest sprinters among their people.

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Just like humans, giants can suffer from the frailties of old age.

Perhaps they even suffer more than most.

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Even when helping those in need, King Hübich of the dwarves maintained a mischievous streak.

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