Fun with a dwarf - Page 2

Kyrvias · 08-08-2005, 12:48 AM

Also, in Dragonlance Lore, Reorx, the god of Darvin Kind, used a hammer to forge Krynn, I believe...

It also just seems right to have a dwarf use Crom Faeyr...

Olorin · 08-08-2005, 01:26 AM

In most of the tales I've read, dwarves are known for endurance and strength. Axes and hammers are a great weapon for them because they have enough strength to weild them well. Trying to make a sword large enough to take advantage of a dwarf's strength would result in a sword much too long for his stature.

They often outfit themselves in heavy armor, making it more advantageous to wield heavy weapons. Parrying with them is more difficult than with a balanced weapon, but your foes also have increased difficulty in parrying your heavy blows. Against another heavily armored opponent, heavy weapons are the only ones that can pound through the armor. Against a lightly armored foe wielding a smaller weapon, you can afford to take their hits on your armor, but they can hardly afford to take a single blow from a dwarven axe or hammer.

Armen · 08-08-2005, 05:11 AM

you could be a left-the-mines urban thug style of dwarf

i'm thinking fighter/thief, dagger, short sword, club . . .

or (with the tactics mod's generic archer component)

a crossbowman

Ilythiiri · 08-08-2005, 05:55 AM

Currently I am playing a chaotic evil dwarven barbarian... dual-wielding, and specialising in warhammer and axe.
I intend to go solo, but paired up with Korgan instead, since he's a chaotic evil dwarven berserker...
I had so much fun in cleaving one enemy after another. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Tyrion · 08-09-2005, 09:12 AM

Is it possible in shadowkeeper to make a "cleric/berserker"? would go with the role-play as a priest of war!

ister · 08-09-2005, 01:03 PM

" Dwarves make fine thieves. You get so many skill points and get to such a high level, a point or two of dexterity doesn't matter."

Plus they get racial bonuses in find traps and open locks - the two you want to improve early on.

I played all the way through with a dwarf F/T. The only drawback of a dwarf is that there are no romances.

[ 08-09-2005, 01:04 PM: Message edited by: ister ]

Sir Goulum · 08-09-2005, 01:10 PM

Well, you can get a mod to fix the romance thing, so that isn't really a problem.
Tyrion- Probably... you can pretty much make any combination with Shadowkeeper. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Bithron · 08-09-2005, 01:52 PM

Dwarven monks work for me.....

Kezardin · 08-09-2005, 05:10 PM

Tyrion,

dwarven berserker/cleric works very nicely in BGII - you just need to set the initial number of rages appropriate to the characters levels.

I don't know if it's possible to 'create' a B/C in the original BG if Tutu is installed.

[ 08-09-2005, 05:13 PM: Message edited by: Kezardin ]

Klorox · 08-09-2005, 09:25 PM

dwarves are the coolest rac e option!

08-08-2005, 01:26 AM	#12
Olorin Avatar Join Date: May 27, 2002 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 48 Posts: 544	In most of the tales I've read, dwarves are known for endurance and strength. Axes and hammers are a great weapon for them because they have enough strength to weild them well. Trying to make a sword large enough to take advantage of a dwarf's strength would result in a sword much too long for his stature. They often outfit themselves in heavy armor, making it more advantageous to wield heavy weapons. Parrying with them is more difficult than with a balanced weapon, but your foes also have increased difficulty in parrying your heavy blows. Against another heavily armored opponent, heavy weapons are the only ones that can pound through the armor. Against a lightly armored foe wielding a smaller weapon, you can afford to take their hits on your armor, but they can hardly afford to take a single blow from a dwarven axe or hammer. __________________ "Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olorin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not" --The Two Towers

08-08-2005, 05:55 AM	#14
Ilythiiri The Magister Join Date: September 2, 2002 Location: Underdark Age: 47 Posts: 141	Currently I am playing a chaotic evil dwarven barbarian... dual-wielding, and specialising in warhammer and axe. I intend to go solo, but paired up with Korgan instead, since he's a chaotic evil dwarven berserker... I had so much fun in cleaving one enemy after another. [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ \"d\' jal lil things usstan inbal noamuth, usstan miss ussta mind lil mzilst.\"<br />\"Of all the things I\'ve lost, I miss my mind the most.\"<br /><br />-= Ozzy Osbourne =-

08-09-2005, 09:12 AM	#15
Tyrion Quintesson Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: straight outta Kålltorp Age: 38 Posts: 1,081	Is it possible in shadowkeeper to make a "cleric/berserker"? would go with the role-play as a priest of war! __________________ ...with the Bible and the Uzi as weapons

08-09-2005, 01:03 PM	#16
ister Drow Warrior Join Date: January 12, 2005 Location: usa Age: 57 Posts: 291	" Dwarves make fine thieves. You get so many skill points and get to such a high level, a point or two of dexterity doesn't matter." Plus they get racial bonuses in find traps and open locks - the two you want to improve early on. I played all the way through with a dwarf F/T. The only drawback of a dwarf is that there are no romances. [ 08-09-2005, 01:04 PM: Message edited by: ister ] __________________ \" Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.\"<br />JFK

08-09-2005, 01:52 PM	#18
Bithron Baaz Draconian Join Date: May 2, 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 789	Dwarven monks work for me..... __________________ Let it not be said that it was done out of pride

08-08-2005, 12:48 AM	#11
Kyrvias Lord Ao Join Date: May 15, 2005 Posts: 2,092	Also, in Dragonlance Lore, Reorx, the god of Darvin Kind, used a hammer to forge Krynn, I believe... It also just seems right to have a dwarf use Crom Faeyr...

08-08-2005, 05:11 AM	#13
Armen Symbol of Cyric Join Date: February 11, 2003 Location: UK Age: 55 Posts: 1,375	you could be a left-the-mines urban thug style of dwarf i'm thinking fighter/thief, dagger, short sword, club . . . or (with the tactics mod's generic archer component) a crossbowman

08-09-2005, 01:10 PM	#17
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	Well, you can get a mod to fix the romance thing, so that isn't really a problem. Tyrion- Probably... you can pretty much make any combination with Shadowkeeper. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

08-09-2005, 05:10 PM	#19
Kezardin Elminster Join Date: June 20, 2001 Location: Sydney Age: 68 Posts: 486	Tyrion, dwarven berserker/cleric works very nicely in BGII - you just need to set the initial number of rages appropriate to the characters levels. I don't know if it's possible to 'create' a B/C in the original BG if Tutu is installed. [ 08-09-2005, 05:13 PM: Message edited by: Kezardin ]

08-09-2005, 09:25 PM	#20
Klorox Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 21, 2004 Location: USA Age: 49 Posts: 1,168	dwarves are the coolest rac e option! __________________ Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-mênu! "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."-- Edmund Burke

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