Dwarves in Dungeons and Dragons 5e: Classes, Backgrounds, and Roleplaying Guide
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I just love my Mountain Dwarf Zealot Barbarian with two handaxes based on Slayers from Warhammer Fantasy :3
I had a homebrew subclass called "Penitent" based on Slayers. They were dishonored Dwarves who were working to regain their honor and place in Dwarves Society. The Clan Head gave them a Task (depending on the severity of the crime, it could be a huge or impossible task!). Not quite as restrictive as a Slayer's Oath, but still pretty tough!
The zealot barb is awesome.
I too have a mountain dwarf who wields hand axes, his is B.O.B.
Nice, I’m planning on making a Dwarven fighter based off the Ironbreakers
Dwarves are not stubborn, we are open minded and you can't change my mind on that! :D Thanks Guys!
Never forget the Dwarven word for gold is, "mine!"
Diggy Diggy Hole.
Now you know all you need to know about dwarves.
I really like that song! :)
The only Dwarven song to survive the test of time!
@@StuffSayoSays Yeah, like a real, national anthem! ;)
fight kill fight. fight fight kill. kill kill fight.
@@DBebeful Never forget the anthem brother! once a Dwarf, always a Dwarf! "Raise your pick and raise your voice!"
It’s almost always a great time when one of the players at the table plays a Dwarf. From first hand experience players who play Dwarves are team players, vow to beat the villain to a pulp, and usually laugh instead of pout when the dice don’t roll their way. Great video guys!
I recently drew my friend into DND and gave her my first character, Helga Hammerhand the dwarf paladin. Her first words at the table were... "I grunt." Then she got hooked and clicked with Helga so much she hasn't created her own character.
I have no idea how you guys only have 91000 subscribers that is a tragedy you guys are by far top-tier in my book keep it up
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a year later is 241k, not bad.
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I love the idea of a Dwarven barbarian who was lost in the wilderness (underground or on the surface) at a young age and has raised themselves and stayed alive through pure Dwarven stubbornness
I enjoy playing a Dwarven melee-based ranger. I know a lot of people view rangers as humans or elves and the like... but I can picture a team of Dwarven rangers scouting out forgotten tunnels, mountains and hills, etc. for new places to build, mine, and forge. They would need knowledge of nature and survival, like a ranger commonly has. Their endurance and fortitude would also help with long treks through the wilderness and mountain passes.
Wednesday Web DM, Thursday Dungeon Dudes. Couldn't ask for a better lead-up to the weekend.
Monday DungeonClass! Start the week off right!
I've got a Mountain Dwarf Storm Sorcerer. He loves to use his hammer to cast Booming Blade.
One of my favorite characters ever is my Dwarf Forge cleric, It's so incredibly tanky and you always have something you can do in and out of combat.
That's what I'm playing for my first campaign!!! So excited
Plus eventual fire immunity is utter chaos for enemies; you can literally be the first dwarf to conquer a volcano, and sleep above lava, create lava weapons, create traps with fire. There’s literally so much you can do as a Forge Cleric it’s insane
Same. That's the first character I made back when I was 10 and still one of the main characters I remake all the time.
Not mine, as I've yet to play a dwarf, by my friend plays a hill dwarf bard college of glamour named Geode. His, as he likes to say, magnificent. He is bold, jovial, and loves to tell stories and sing bawdy tunes. Family is important to him and he is very protective of his sister, a tiefling his parents adopted. He wears his heart on his sleeve and is the emotional rock of the party. I love this guy.
My first D&D character ever in 1980 (damn, I'm old) was a Dwarf warrior named Balthazar Bloodhammer. He had a blue beard and was entirely without fear. Fairly stereotypical, but I loved him and still do to this day.
Eric Payne hey man, too many people these days don’t have an appreciation for the classics. Heck, my favorite character was a very typical triton named Sir Kepheus, but he grew to be one of the most influential characters in the campaign (especially when he became Lord Kepheus)
I've been playing a dwarven bard - Amrak, in my friend's campaign for over two years now. He was basically my first ever thought-out character and I'm quite surprised that even back then when I first started playing I focused on strength and putting my expertise in athletics. I didn't even know about shoving before I made him!
His main abilities are: Shoving, buffing his party members, telling dad jokes, annoying the DM with his high AC and making good life decisions.
One of the PCs in my first party was a Dwarven Bard as well. By level 5, he had become the god-king of a tribe of goblins. By level 7, he had made a flesh golem his pet. By the time his player got tired of playing him, the only way for him to 'die' was to suicide via a deck of many things (he actually got his soul trapped in another plane of existance, but that session was a TPK so no one knew to retrieve it).
I've wanted to play a dwarf bard that sings nothing but dwarven mining and smithing songs.
Dwarves Monk with Dad Jokes? Sounds like an Old Dwarf. "It's not a 'Bo', it's a damn walking stick! Now mind thwack your thwack manners! Still given' me lip, boy? I'll show you the back of my hand!"
Do NOT mess with Old Men in Anime!
Please tell me your instrument is bagpipes
Making good life decisions, sounds like the most powerful character on the group
You guys are legitimately some of my favorite UA-camrs.
You are so genuine and clearly love what you do and that means the world to me. Please never change!
Cheers mates.
we were rolling up a one shot in Waterdeep. so I sent with a dwarf. lol he is a proud member of the Gut Buster Bergaide from Mithril Hall.
what made him fun was the RP. his dwarven accent was so deep. he talked normally like a scottish,Gaelic, Germanic "Boomhower" from King of the Hill.
so we were all drinking in game. and made a twist. where the drunker her got his accent and speech would clear up. by the time he was so hammered he could t do anything he was talking FLUENTLY elven. from dwarven, threw common and head long into elven.
I never had to buy a drink the whole damn game. lol
Beautiful!
One of my favorite little ideas I've had is a story where you have your classic, gruff dwarves with their huge impressive subterranean cities and stuff ya know. But there's a catch, the MC discovers the dwarves' biggest secret: dwarves are all secretly the biggest bunch of music nerd bards you've EVER met and the acoustics underground are amazing so they're always trying new shapes, sizes of room, types of stone to bounce the sounds, different instruments, etc and everything in their culture is fronted around this secret from the other races.
It says an awful lot when elves are always being altered and changed and reimagined according to the writer, while dwarves are basically unchanged across media.
I am interested in playing a dwarf sometime. I've yet to introduce either of my groups to Gawain Brightanvil, jolly kilt-wearing paladin of Gorm Gulthyn.
That is the nature of Elves and Dwarves. Elves are flighty, mercurial... They may live to be 1000, but they change every moment. Dwarves are SOLID, reliable!... That's why Dwarves seem dour all the time. They just can't trust other races! make a Trade Treaty with a King, next thing you know, he's dead and his son isn't happy with the deal!
"Yes, I know you helped drive that hoarde out of the Kingdom... but what have you done for us ?"
"LATELY?? That was only 20 years ago, you wee git! But YOU were still dirtying your diapers while MY SON was swinging an axe into some invader's face so YOU could grow up to be an ungrateful ponce!"
@@Joemantler I love this.
I am playing a Mountain Dwarf War Magic Wizard. Between Arcane Delfection, Mirror Image, medium armor, and Haste, I think I've been hit twice over 20 games. And I play this as a melee wizard with high strength for melee cantrips.
Gm needs to try harder :)
This is why Bladesinger was Elf only. Dwarves do it better without the subclass.
That’s awesome!
Reminds me or shadow sorcerer quirk, you blinked once last week.
I was hit by an attack once last month, maybe take a 3 level artificer dip for battle master, make a steel defender. Maybe a ram or goat, grab sentinel and ride around with melee spellcasting infusions for more AC and they have disadvantage against you because steel defender, Check our the battlesmith video by dungeon dudes last week
Try Hill Dwarf War Magic Wizard with a dip in Forge Cleric, 10/10/16/16/14/8 using Point Buy.
You’ll be the most untouchable wizard in history, counting or not Bladesingers.
Dwarven Clerics are a big favourite for me.
How to D&D we had a campaign go on for a year and a half, got to level 11. One player made a dwarf life cleric. Man, his character was so good at keeping our party from falling apart lol. Especially the zealot barbarian.
I always used to go Fighter/Thief in 1st and 2nd Ed. The concept was The Tunnel Fighter! Sneaking around, checking for pesky Goblin and Kobold traps, picking locks, climbing walls...!
@@Joemantler
You could do that in 5e- Battlemaster Fighter X / Thief Rogue 3.
I'm playing a Dwarf Drunken master, and it's awesome, love Dwarven characters 💪
me too.
I'm ashamed to say I've never played a Dwarf in a DnD game. But I always thought they were some pretty badass guys.
One of the things that bug me about 5E is no drinking rules. Another thing is No Alcohol (or poison) Resistance for Drunken Master! Dwarves take care of that! Also, their size makes them seem more Rolly Polly, and I bet that looks much funnier than other Drunken Masters!)
I was thinking about a Drunken Master Dwarf. How is it?
@@Quickieq7 really fun, but I use the open hand way, and I call it drunken master, and my character is a Brewer. Cuz mechanics are better design for the "Open hand" and my DM is new to the job (I've DMing since I have 15 yo, now I 'm 34 and still loving DMing)
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Battlerager Barbarian. It's THE dwarf class. My main dwarf pc is a Battle Rager/Drunken Master mountain dwarf named Axe who just hugs his foes into submission.
"I LOVE YOU, MAN!"
XD
Either dwarf subrace works insanely well as a barbarian. Mountain gets extra strength, but hill gets that extra HP
Don’t forget the poison resistance + the Smith/Brewer supplies (for flavor)
Having a dwarf in the party, especially when they’re played by someone who really leans into it, always makes for a great time.
Pickle Bouldershoulder. Best dwarf druid ever. Probably spelling his name wrong.
Pikel, I think. Underused in the Drizztverse. Killed off way too early.
I haven't played since 2nd edition. Some time about a year ago I got it in my head that I wanted to make a Dwarven geomancer. I recently bought the core rule books for 5e. This and some of your videos on spells are helping to keep the wheels turning in my head while I figure how to fit this idea in with the new rules
The same for me, played during 1st-2nd edition, life, got back into D&D in 5th. I can highly recommend the 5th edition starter set. 5 classic characters, enough NPC's to keep you busy, and the adventures are varied enough to keep your players busy for a few months. For $20 bucks it's hard to beat.
Saw you guys at the Fan Expo! You guys are probably my favorite dnd channel keep up the great work
Another great source of dwarf lore is none other than Dwarf Fortress. Sunlight sickness in particular is something I like using a lot for mountain dwarves, in that maybe after more than a few days without sun their body loses that desensitization of constantly being bathed in bright light and can get wicked headaches and even nausea from too much exposure. Also dipping into food culture is great for dwarves because they are usually isolationists so going into what food they would have under the mountains is really interesting. Like for example dwarves eating mostly vegetables and mushrooms because they grow and animals are harder to rear underground so their diet has very little meat traditionally. Also water! The reason they drink so much liquor is because it's easy to make from natural levans and it keeps for a long time which is great considering fresh water is usually hard to find underground outside of natural auqifers
One of my Dwarf characters was a Druid. He had a strong connection to Dragons, even was there for a couple hatchlings. He was a few thousand years old, and accidentally became seen as a Demi-God
Nice, I have a Mountain Dwarf Runecarver background Wizard who is planning on School of Necromancy.
He also outside of Necromancy primarily uses Acid and Poison Magic:)
He is Chaotic Neutral and plans on restoring his family's Ancestral Home as well as achieving Apotheosis afterwards (similar to the Tribunal of Elder Scrolls or Myrkul of D&D old lore).
Great video, had to send it out to my friends that play dwarves. Talking about unexpected classes, I have a Dwarven Warlock waiting to be played, he forged a Pact to use it against the enemies of his Clan. He was cast out for it, but as an adventurer he still watches out for his home.
Such an underrated video !! I love your guys input it gives me so many ideas for a dnd oc of my own
such great information. I have never played but am getting a group of people together. As I wait for my book I am researching what I can. so in-depth thanks!
You guys are so great ^^ your videos are filled with so much information and creative ideas.
Also love that dwarves have a rumspringa. Nice call, Monty.
This was a huge help. I'm trying to get into D&D (It's in my bucket list of things to do) and I've been gravitating towards a dwarf character. Cheers!
Just recently found your channel and I have been watching a bunch of your older videos, like this one. I just wanted to say that my favorite character that I have gotten to play, since I am usually the DM, was my dwarf bard with a charlatan background. He was a tone of fun to play against the traditional dwarf builds.
Currently rollin' with: Thorin Rockfist, hill dwarf moon druid lvl 2 (so far). I love me some dire wolf, bear, giant spider combo action. Great work fellas. I've watched a bunch of your videos so far and shared with my party to get ideas. First campaign in 20+ years.
I like this new video about Race, I hope you keep this up for the other races as well!
Oh jeez - craft breweries idea!!! Love that shit, man. Nice one!
I wish I could do more but you guys are as inspiring as some other groups like critical role and have had an impact on the way I DM and before a player joins my game I have them watch your videos just so they have a better grasp on how to play that character
Thank you!
One of my favourite characters I have made was this jovial dwarf fighter who was a guild artisan, specifically a cook. They specifically left their home to find new recipes and ingredients on their overarching quest to become the best chef in the world, and so whenever there was something the party had killed their first question after was always “so what would be the best way to cook this”
I've had a party member who played a Dwarven drunken master in the Curse of Strahd campaign. Amongst our group we always reminisce about the time he suplexed Baba Lysaga off of her flying Skull.
XD Did he talk like a Wrestler? "OH, YEAH! I'M GON'NA GIT CHA!"
Unfortunately nah he didnt. Just with slurs, because his character was almost always drunk.
I really like the ignorant dwarf from the underground idea. I haven't seen that one played, and it makes so much sense.
Early D&D Dwarf who wanted to be a Bard (when you couldn't). Played a fighter who dumped all of his skills into music (bagpipes). He was always positive and supporting and would lull the party to sleep with bagpipe music regardless of the surroundings...
The best fantasy race. I heartily recommend Markus Heitz' The Dwarves series for Dwarfish inspiration!
Great video. The line Monty had about young dwarven volcanoes erupting so they can become pillars of stone to be the foundation of future generations. Very nice line and super inspirational for character creation
Great show guys as always, you should consider doing shows for other game lines!
My hill dwarf is a Circle of the Shepherd Druid and he is a ton of fun. Almost as many hit points as the fighters of the party.
Please do a video on giants. I’d love to see my favorite monsters tackled by my favorite dudes!
I've played 2 dwarves and they were both amazing (and I've commented about them on previous videos). My first dwarf was a mountain dwarf paladin who got me my first inspiration point by saying "shush, smiting undead is its own reward". My other one was a hill dwarf cleric and after learning that I was joining a warlock and a rogue (squishy boys), I went nature domain with 16 CON and 16 WIS just so I could stand in melee and hit things with my shillelagh stick. 1d8+4 on level up and 18 AC goes a long way at low levels.
Dwarves are great, I can't wait until the party get to the dwarven citadel in the campaign I'm running, it's going to be fantastic :D
Favorite Dwarf character right now, Ulfbert Ironpoint. In our campaign he is a Dundier Mountain Ranger. Ranger, hunter, horde breaker, heavy cross bow, with crossbow expert. Favorite tactic, bottle necking the enemy then rain death with the cross bow and Hail of Thornes
Playing my first D&D character, a “Kuldjargh” battlerager barbarian dwarf, who is an absolute tank. At level 5 I managed to almost single-handedly take out a mind-flyer who was trying to Interrogate me, by ripping out one of the chains holding me to the stone chair and with 20 roll managed to wrap the chain around the mindflayer’s neck and beat it to death with my other hand.
I always heard the Battlerager was bad.
Awesome video as usual. If I may point out one thing, though, I think you missed a good opportunity to speak about the dwarf only class of the battlerager.
If I'm gonna be honest, battelrager isn't all that interesting. It was fun for a little bit in the Drizzt Dro'Urden books but got worn out fast. You can only run into people and impale them with spikes on your armor in so many ways...
DUDES! Duergars! No mention of duergars PCs? I hoping to play an Oath of Vengeance Palidin Duergar someday.
I played a Duergar Warlock with the an Old Ones Pact once. Pulled some pretty great shenanigans with him.
Duergar Grappler Rogue with the Innate ability to be invisible and/or enlarged
@@Stormeris The big fella creeping up on ya!
Oath of Redemption would be an interesting story for an 'evil' race.
Duergar's arent really the typical kind of dwarf. Considering they are mainly only found in the underdark.
If you see one topside at all he would defenitly attract attention to himself and/or be hunted down because hes an evil SOB :P
I have a dirty dwarven druid I love to play. Falling into the underdark at a young age, he's spent most his life looking for a way out. Eventually he found friends with the stones and learned some aspect of magic. Magic to him comes from asking the stones around him for help and trusting in his body's abilities. He wipes the snot from his nose and rubs his hands together smearing the snot across his hands. No worries he says as he climbs the cliff without any tools. His spells are my favorite thing cause everyone wants your help until a heal spell comes with a foul stench.
Related: I had a Creepy Doctor in a Changeling Game once. He was slovenly and leering, but it felt GOOD when he healed you. I had a lot of fun role play with him!
My first character for a tabletop RPG was a dwarf inquisitor named Ol' Capn' Ironside. I had such a blast playing that character, who eventually became the party's designated pilot for their airship. That dwarf was my gateway into Pathfinder and eventually D&D. I've gotta give it to the dwarfs, they don't change because they don't need to be changed!
In the awsome book The Weirdstone of Brisingamen one of the dwarves, Durathror, has a cloak of feathers that wraps round him when he leaps down cliffs and slows his fall. Would be fun Feather Fall magic item, especially if it would only work for smaller races
In 3.5, I used to play a dwarven monk named Zeblek Goblingutter. His Intelligence and Charisma were dump stats (8 and 6, if I remember correctly) and he often worked as the party scout and front-line melee offense. Fun times!
recently started playing dnd, and i have to say, even though, i love my gnome battlemaster whose actually a cavalry man, my next character gonna be a tempest domain mountain dwarf sailor, who got his powers from umberlee, when he was hired to build a stone lighthouse on top of a rocky cliff, got struck by a lightning and fell in the water, only to be rescued by his goddess... watching your videos just giving me confidence, that my character ideas gonna work out just fine and fun....
Had an amazing Dwarf Paladin who worshipped Ioun, and was pretty much a Dwarf version of Indiana Jones. My DM even came up with a new vow to accommodate his goal of making a museum out of all his treasures (longest term goal was to buy a dungeon and turned it into a type of museum/theme park so visitors could get a safe feel of adventuring life). With all this effort put into the character, it's needless to say he didn't survive the third gaming session.
Still, I might come back to the archetype, and thanks for the inspiration for the museum/theme park (the protective spheres where you take now damage really put everything else into place)!
I’m currently playing a Dwarven Gloomstalker, called Herne Mossbeard. When the campaign started I had the idea of the earth druid type, but one of the other players had already rolled an Aarakocra druid character, so I went ranger instead. Have just hit 5th lvl, and at the next level am going rogue, eventually Scout, just to cement his outdoor credentials. A fun character, and a pretty decent hitter with his longbow.
Currently playing a level 10 hill dwarf life cleric and I love it.
At 17 sec, that's a lot of b words 🤣🤣
This video comes just as I was creating a Dwarf Circle of the Land druid, so I found Monty's musings on the dwarves' connection to the land particularly pertinent.
Here's my character, who I play in one shots like Monty's dwarf. I played Stagg Orenstone, a seasoned, Dwarven Forge Cleric, who's fought many a battle and lived many a century. He's a legendary smith for his creation of a powerful mythrel blade, that's now been lost forever. Seemingly he's back, and he travels the land in search of it, or at least for worthy materials to replicate it. The twist: Stagg's dead and has been for over a century, but before his death, he encountered and protected a tribe of changelings, it cost him his life to defend their land. Now in his debt, they keep his memory alive, as his identity is passed as a mantle through the generations from one changeling to another.
I like it! It reminds me a bit of
Lee Falk's The Phantom!
My first character is a Hill dwarf rogue. His clan has Duergar origins to lead to their sneaky/spy ways. He then lived with his dad in the dwarft/artisan/smith district of a halfling town, as a guild spy. He adventures cuz he loves his dad, wants to find and make the family he doesnt know proud, and hone his skills.
Please do a Genasi guide soon, love the content dudes!
I'm currently playing a Mountain Dwarf Path of the Ancestral Guardians Barbarian, and he is so much fun. Great race to play and they are excellent stats wise....
I once had a Dwarven battlemaster that added to his name with great deeds he performed.
The idea of a dwarf wanting to build a ship is funny to me, because suposedly they hate boats. One of my favorite dwarfs is a fighter, named on a variaton of the weapon's manufacturer Northrop Grumman, named "Northran Grummop"
One of my favorite characters to date was a Mountain Dwarf Barbarian - Path of the Ancestral Guardian
So my DM came up with an original campaign in which I a dwarven monk named Chester Winterbottom was introduced to a set of three somewhat freshly buried heroes . Introductory role was Sherrif of Hidden Harbour, a pirate beach community.
It was a blast...
And because we live in a world looking for a grand reason to keep being creative we turned it into a podcast
I always loved the dwarf paladin from the Fell's Five series, because he had this great quirk. He was a love poet (apparently) who went on a paladin quest for Moradin to prove himself worthy of the hand of his beloved.
Not only have I never played a dwarf, but in my 2+ years of playing, I’ve never been in a party with one outside of 2 one shots, I should definitely get on that and bring a pact of the blade warlock who ISNT hexblade and DOESNT use a sword to the table, maybe while mining he stumbled on something he shouldn’t have seen and the knowledge of the great old one grabbed onto his mind, great vid guys!
I have been building out a background for my Mountain Dwarf Monk. The short version is that he would sneak out from under the mountain and climb to the top to see the stars and discovered a mountain top monastery. And on from there.
In my campaign right now I have a player running a multiclass druid and monk as a hill dwarf. His whole concept is based around kung fu panda but with a lot more alcohol. It’s been a great combination for him, he’s currently druid 2 (circle of the moon)/ monk 6 (drunken master).
Not mine but the best dwarf i ever witnessed is Merle Highchurch from the adventurezone balance. I love how Clint played him
Dwarf is consistent because they are slow to change, stubborn, and rarely abandon traditions. I love that the emotions they can show are some joy (while drinking and telling battle stories) and in battle, and wrath and determination. I love the love, the grudge holding, the slowness to trust, how they view elves, halflings and humans, and while I normaly play chaning characters, and thend to go for humans, half elves, I fell in love playing a duergar druid (Yeah, odd combination, I was goind to do a circle of the land-undercommon, but the circle of the blighted came out and between that and circle of spores was a toss up, and blighted won. I like some of the little details of the duergar class.
Great video (I dont' always agree with your ranking and opinions, BUT I ALWAYS enjoy your videos aand your campaign. Keep'em coming!)
again, youdidn't mention, but I love DUergar. Not sure why, because I think sword coast adventure was out (where this class was published) when you made this video? I could be wrong.
I just rewatched this video as preparation for my Dwarf Valour Bard that I will be playing in an upcoming Lost Mine of Phendelver game.
Will you be doing the other races?
Love your videos btw, super new and finding everything so so helpful.
Yup!
I have recently been playing a Draven artificer. he is a son of the Ivaldi. he is currently wandering the world learning how thing are made in different cities and realms so he can make magic items for his clan.
I do love the dwarves. My best pair was in 2nd edition. It was a pair of twin brothers. The FM let me home brew a twin fighting style. When I finally stopped playing them one was a 29th lvl fighter and the other was a 21st lvl cleric fighter multi class. Built a whole clan around Korm and Kor TigerTooth. Started them in the night below campaign. That one was brutal.
My awsome dwarf character... was a dwarf that studied gobelins to know how to get rid of them.
Doing so he ended-up learning gobelin shamanic ways... He was a wizard with a ton good acid/poison spells.
Using "gobelin" abilities is not really well seen in dwarven society so he left, going to an adventure challenging his vision of the world.
I played a dwarf in a similar way. But instead of learning goblin magic, he was a ranger who learned to live in the wilds so he could fight the enemies of his people on their home turf.
I have a Mountain Dwarf Runecarver background Wizard who is planning on School of Necromancy and outside of Necromancy he primarily uses Acid & Poison Magic!
The armor proficiency and higher Constitution is helpful to limit the "Squishy Wizard" stereotype.
He plans on restoring his Ancestral Home which was taken over during his Great-Grandmother's time by an Arch-Lich (wearing a strange circlet/crown) leading an Army of Undead. His Great-Grandmother lead a number of the clan & it's friends away from the home sealing the entry ways behind them. They eventually settled in a new home but still remember their ancient home. He realizes that the best way to restore his Ancestral Home is by becoming a Master of Undeath himself so can counter the Arch-Lich potentially and even turn it's Undead Army on them. Afterwards he plans on achieving Apotheosis/Deity status so can survive and guide his people to greater status and limit the chance of the home being taken away again.
I haven't played a dwarf since 1st edition AD&D, but this gets me excited to try one
I am playing Thorbin Clifbreaker, Tempest Cleric of Moradin. He is a brew master and hopes to start a proper brewery that can fund an orphanage. He most recently used call lighting in the under dark to take down an Illithid. My first game with him I jumped him out of the steeple of a church onto a goblin shaman. Squishing him with a Dwarven cannonball.
I'm in the process of creating an exciting dwarf. Brynjar Ironbender is a Bardbarian who was once a great warrior, but he's so battle-hardened and traumatized that he uses music to cope with his PTSD. His primary weapon is a lyre/bow combo. Aesthetically very Norse inspired
The Dwarf Drunken Master was 1 of 3 potential characters I was considering for my group's new campaign. I ultimately did not choose him, but he is still in the back of my mind as a character I REALLY want to play. As myself I really like craft beer, mead, etc so the drinking part would be totally up my alley. As a kid I took Taekwondo lessons, and I do some meditations and similarcthings to keep my stress levels under control. I have a lot of real-world experience that makes playing a monk totally doable.
Actually making my first character and it's a dwarf fighter, with a hermit background. He fell in love with the clan leaders wife, the leader killed his wife and forced him into exile hiding away.
Classic first character! How are your parents?
@@siemslouise they turned their back on me along with the rest of the clan, loyalty to the collective over their love for their son.
I like your videos more and more as I watch more :)
Morgran Ironfist aka Creed. A dwarf who wandered away from his family in the mountains to become a pirate at sea. Lots of stuff has happened, and maybe some day he will reconcile with his family.
I loved my Hill Dwarf Sailor Bard of the college of Lore. He'd lost his ship (think turtle ship of steel and cannons) and planned on making a proper Dwarven Tavern in a Human City.
I had a character, Boln Brasshands, a dwarf who was tricked into being a Monk. He enrolled in the Hall of Heroes, a Dwarven monastery that rebranded itself an adventurer academy and churned out Kensei monks. Funny thing is that until you get to 9th level and start being able to run across water and up walls, the Kensei is a pretty good stand-in for a generic adventurer. A bunch of battleaxe/warhammer wielding dwarves with a crossbow slung over their shoulder whose idea of martial arts is a headbutt to the nose, fist to the groin, stomp on the knee. The monk is a character who seeks perfection but a Dwarf monk seeks Dwarven perfection, which is often indistinguishable from Dwarf concentrate.
"The true treasure of the dwarf people is friendship."
Very inspiring video - thanks for sharing your ideas!
So agree
Great video! Dwarves are my favorite fantasy race but recently I've tried branching out a little. Played a Hill Dwarf Way of the Drunken Master Monk for my friend's one shot and I had a blast! His name is Tormin Duskgrog :)
My hill dwarf, Aksryot Holderhek, was a cleric of the light domain burning the devil out of tarnished souls
I busted out at the dragon bit, as my first adventure that happened. Save the princess dungeon, last room princess was shaped red dragon. I was swallowed hole in the first round, eventually cut my way out with help from a ring of acid resistance, found the party dead. I was forced to retire that one.
My Favorite Dwarf is a Sorcerer/Cleric; Sorcerers Origins: Draconic Bloodline & Cleric Domain: Tempest. Able to be on the front lines as a meat shield while zinging spells.
I have a Path of the Ancestral Guardian barbarian. I feel like a bit of ancestor worship really fits with the Dwarven mindset. I probably will try a Dwarven druid in time, or a Forge Domain cleric, or a Vengeance Paladin that seems out eveil that has harmed or offended the clan.