tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post434504629988262347..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: A Quick PollMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-34496041967010908332009-09-28T14:45:06.681-04:002009-09-28T14:45:06.681-04:00Carp. And subsequently, rivers running red with dw...Carp. And subsequently, rivers running red with dwarven blood. But that's because of the game Dwarf Fortress. There was a bug in there that gave carp a bite attack as strong as a blow with a short sword.Big McStrongmusclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067031012393190130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-58020833570922548182009-09-28T12:45:21.869-04:002009-09-28T12:45:21.869-04:00The problem to me is that Dwarves live underground...The problem to me is that Dwarves live underground in the mountains, right? There just aren't many underground-dwelling animals. We can expand the list with common D&D tropes though. <br /><br />Bats? Lizards? Pale cave fish?<br /><br />Then again, maybe we can think about mountains outdoors. That makes me think of eagles or hawks, maybe go so far as a Roc. <br /><br />But you need something tough. A honey badger is undeniably tough. But I think more of the badger climbing trees, digging in the dirt, and ranging over a huge territory of dry badlands or prairie. Badgers can't dig through stone. <br /><br />Maybe we can expand this into D&D monsters. But that gets kind of funky. <br /><br />The source material appears to assume that a Dwarf and a Gnome were very similar, if not synonymous, in many cases. Gnomes were just as much about stone as they were about earth and roots and mossy undergrowth. <br /><br />I'd say warthog but Orcs have that nailed down. <br /><br />If we include monsters I'd suggest the D&D Basilisk. Badger seems like a surprising symbol for some very militant Gnomes, rather than the standard Dwarf tough-guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-56914931526165423442009-09-27T05:14:54.679-04:002009-09-27T05:14:54.679-04:00Wolf, riding lizard, giant ant, talking wolf, rave...Wolf, riding lizard, giant ant, talking wolf, raven. At least, in my campaign world, wolves are sacred to dwarves...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-73550293291401474822009-09-26T18:51:42.613-04:002009-09-26T18:51:42.613-04:00"Actually, badgers are carnivora and moles ar..."Actually, badgers are carnivora and moles are insectivora."<br /><br />I stand corrected.<br /><br />Actually, badgers are Mustelidae, but who's checking?mactavishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863937666133661581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-88195754931707805632009-09-26T17:29:46.733-04:002009-09-26T17:29:46.733-04:00"Badgers, moles, or other subterranean rodent...<i>"Badgers, moles, or other subterranean rodentia."</i><br /><br />Actually, badgers are carnivora and moles are insectivora.<br /><br />I don't associate badgers at all with dwarves. If I associate badgers with anything, I'd associate them with Bill Oddie (who really is more of a gnome). Badgers live in forests. They don't usually burrow through solid rock, so how'd they get to the dwarves in the first place?<br /><br />The animal I'd link to dwarves is the raven, like in <i>The Hobbit</i>, where the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain use them to send messages to distant dwarven strongholds.Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360872886639277389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-5894325284910826372009-09-26T09:43:15.117-04:002009-09-26T09:43:15.117-04:00You know, after reading a bit, I noted that someon...You know, after reading a bit, I noted that someone said mountain goat. That's really an even better choice than badger (my first inclination). <br /><br />Mountain goats, bearded, ornery, and accustomed to mountain living... yeah, maybe mountain goats.mactavishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863937666133661581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-28826973100549247592009-09-26T03:52:43.764-04:002009-09-26T03:52:43.764-04:00"Yeah, you heard it from Wizards of the Coast..."Yeah, you heard it from Wizards of the Coast first: if you're a really good dwarf, then after you die, you get to fuck a badger."<br /><br />Adam Thornton, that is one of the funniest things I have read in a while.The Pretentious Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16735230941952160631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-45306305676016446652009-09-25T22:23:22.997-04:002009-09-25T22:23:22.997-04:00English Bulldog.English Bulldog.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-41927386249815568352009-09-25T22:15:29.158-04:002009-09-25T22:15:29.158-04:00Although there was that 3E or 3.5E supplement (was...Although there <i>was</i> that 3E or 3.5E supplement (was it <i>Manual of the Planes</i>?) that had the race produced by the coupling of, uh, dwarves and celestial badgers.<br /><br />No, I'm not making this up. I'm going to go look right now.<br /><br />All right, here it is. It's the <i>Planar Handbook</i>:<br /><br />"Some instead mingle with the beasts they will one day become, creating new races that are perpetually half-animal, half-humanoid. Prominent among these are the wildren, beings descended from the union of partially transformed dwarf petitioners and celestial badgers."<br /><br />Yeah, you heard it from Wizards of the Coast first: if you're a <i>really good</i> dwarf, then after you die, <i>you get to fuck a badger</i>.<br /><br />And they say <i>Carcosa</i> is transgressive. Pfah!Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368676086759298705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-86088714402500697832009-09-25T22:08:18.094-04:002009-09-25T22:08:18.094-04:00Dragons.
Yeah, not going in quite the same direct...Dragons.<br /><br />Yeah, not going in quite the same direction, I know.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368676086759298705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-4375844281390945962009-09-25T20:38:50.860-04:002009-09-25T20:38:50.860-04:00Bears are the first to come to my mind.Bears are the first to come to my mind.Marcelo Paschoalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869301766211022548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-6786145449939039862009-09-25T19:43:37.323-04:002009-09-25T19:43:37.323-04:00Badgers. And beware of dwarven werebadgers!Badgers. And beware of dwarven werebadgers!Joe Bardaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242764968237965401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-16134806250879767452009-09-25T18:12:37.492-04:002009-09-25T18:12:37.492-04:00HamstersHamstersDavid The Archmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-6884653060686068042009-09-25T17:17:47.414-04:002009-09-25T17:17:47.414-04:00Badgers, moles, or other subterranean rodentia.Badgers, moles, or other subterranean rodentia.mactavishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863937666133661581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-18854987905408815092009-09-25T17:12:35.257-04:002009-09-25T17:12:35.257-04:00Hedgehog or javelinaHedgehog or javelinaChris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-67140244815311587972009-09-25T17:11:04.507-04:002009-09-25T17:11:04.507-04:00mules. don't know why.mules. don't know why.Ragnorakkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812860633134547618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-20765738458246521962009-09-25T17:08:07.619-04:002009-09-25T17:08:07.619-04:00and groundhogs and stoats, can't forget stoats...and groundhogs and stoats, can't forget stoats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-2474901134826903022009-09-25T17:05:41.427-04:002009-09-25T17:05:41.427-04:00moles and or gophersmoles and or gophersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-41710174498250846052009-09-25T15:46:50.967-04:002009-09-25T15:46:50.967-04:00Badger, followed by mountain goat.
And Brock is a...Badger, followed by mountain goat.<br /><br />And Brock is an obviously dwarven name.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-35401071086310185322009-09-25T15:46:25.173-04:002009-09-25T15:46:25.173-04:00Like so many before me, I would say badgers.Like so many before me, I would say badgers.The Pretentious Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16735230941952160631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-8079886167815628262009-09-25T15:30:08.871-04:002009-09-25T15:30:08.871-04:00Rhino.Rhino.Vic Palisadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171058190669699613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-48207307490300320142009-09-25T15:27:18.731-04:002009-09-25T15:27:18.731-04:00War ponies.War ponies.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999861302655014098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-80928320354035446312009-09-25T15:26:28.675-04:002009-09-25T15:26:28.675-04:00My wife says "rates", probably because s...My wife says "rates", probably because she reads a lot of Discworld. Then, after a few minutes "bats" and "badgers".<br /><br />I'll nominate canaries (always company of miners) and ground squirrels (hoard and love shinies).davidvshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041923215861465835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-45423997826147410112009-09-25T15:07:19.096-04:002009-09-25T15:07:19.096-04:00Badgers.Badgers.Yesmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12574297955275829831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-52316791469995454322009-09-25T14:58:01.274-04:002009-09-25T14:58:01.274-04:00In my campaign world, Dwarves are renowned for the...In my campaign world, Dwarves are renowned for the quality of their mead, thus I associate honey bees with them.John Miskimenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903992788094485597noreply@blogger.com