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Dwarves

subssubs Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
in General Discussion
I hope the dwarves we can make more muscular and not look like midgets. more of Lord of rings movies or Warhammer MMO even WOWs are good looking dwarves. I really like playing dwarf hopefully will look good or can adjust body sizes to make look the way we want
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  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited December 2020
    From the artwork it seems the Dwarfs will be quite THICC

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    Just look at those arms
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • subssubs Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    the one I saw Margrett was looking midget these are heading in the right direction
  • CheepsCheeps Member
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    They look like a bunch of beard trimmers...
  • Adaegus WintermightAdaegus Wintermight Member
    Cheeps wrote: »
    They look like a bunch of beard trimmers...

    It's true. The Niküa are incredibly unique in the fact that they seem to prefer coastal regions to mountain fortresses. I wonder if forcing to leave Vera made them feel anxious and unprotected by the mountains, because the Dünir needed to leave anyway. I wonder when the split between Dünir and Niküa occured.

    Things I'm excited to research and uncover when the game goes live.
  • subssubs Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    my thought of Dwarves are mining all day big broad arms and chest, that likes to have a good Stout at the end of the day. and has the beer belly to go along with it
  • perseus01perseus01 Member
    The amount of beard is directly related to the amount of testosterone I think.
  • KhronusKhronus Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Dwarves are kill on sight. Gross.
  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Khronus wrote: »
    Dwarves are kill on sight. Gross.

    Enslave on sight is better, they build good tombs
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • subssubs Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Khronus wrote: »
    Dwarves are kill on sight. Gross.
    Bring it LOL
  • DamoklesDamokles Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    The Nikua finally learned a important lesson:
    THE UNDERGROUND BELONGS TO THE TULNAR!
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  • maouwmaouw Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Damokles wrote: »
    The Nikua finally learned a important lesson:
    THE UNDERGROUND BELONGS TO THE TULNAR!

    Hilarious!
    I never considered the turf war between these two.
    Brutes or Vermin? Tough call.
    I wish I were deep and tragic
  • DamoklesDamokles Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    maouw wrote: »
    Damokles wrote: »
    The Nikua finally learned a important lesson:
    THE UNDERGROUND BELONGS TO THE TULNAR!

    Hilarious!
    I never considered the turf war between these two.
    Brutes or Vermin? Tough call.

    How dare you call us Tulnar Brutes?!? I will tell you, that we have the finest gemsmiths in all the under AND OVER-world!
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  • GroconAlterfGroconAlterf Member
    edited December 2020
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  • CheepsCheeps Member
    subs wrote: »
    my thought of Dwarves are mining all day big broad arms and chest, that likes to have a good Stout at the end of the day. and has the beer belly to go along with it

    I'm with you on the stout at the end of the day. Or in the morning. Or in the afternoon. Or in the shower.

    But from what I hear the Niküa are shandy drinkers.

    Might stick with the Dünir until it's proven otherwise.
  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I heard the Nikua drink hard seltzer and wine coolers.

    That's why you can see their fuzzy navels.
     
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  • BehagueBehague Member, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I thought Nikua couldn't grow beards 🤔
  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Behague wrote: »
    I thought Nikua couldn't grow beards 🤔

    Why? All of the preview images and concept art show them having facial hair of some kind. Here are some others, aside from the picture above in this thread.

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    I'm unable to find an image of a male that doesn't have facial hair.
     
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  • BehagueBehague Member, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Niküa
    Under appearance
  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Behague wrote: »
    https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Niküa
    Under appearance

    The Wiki is wrong. It totally misquoted Steven, who said that Dunir females will have beards, but not Nikua. He said nothing about males. If you follow the link they use to cite the statement, it's pretty clear what he said.
     
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  • PercimesPercimes Member
    Niküas will carve stone slab surf boards.
    Be bold. Be brave. Roll a Tulnar !
  • Lore DynamicLore Dynamic Member, Alpha Two
    I hope there is a slider, to slide Dwarfs right out of existence....

    :neutral:



    Steven Sharif is my James Halliday (Anorak)

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    “That is not dead which can eternal lie,
    And with strange aeons even death may die.”
    -HPL
  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Lore Dynamic wrote: »
    I hope there is a slider, to slide Dwarfs right out of existence....

    :neutral:

    you mean tulnar :D
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • krakazillakrakazilla Member
    I think Dwarfs should have similar look like the ones in the witcher or lotr. One head shorter than humans but broader and more stubborn. NOT like Hobbits or goblins
  • MaciejMaciej Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I've been looking at videos of Ashes and would like to add my 2 cents here: the problem isn't just that dwarves aren't muscular enough, they are just too small. In the gameplay videos they look like they are 3" feet and a tiny bit tall, they should be 4" and a bit. D&D 5e player's handbook describes dwarves as follows:

    > Though they stand well under 5 feet tall, dwarves are so broad and compact that they can weigh as much as a human standing nearly two feet taller.

    Old D&D sketch:
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    Old Warcraft sketch from Metzen
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    If Ashed did nothing but scale the models up by some ~20%, they would automatically become about as wide and tall as they need to be.
  • daveywaveydaveywavey Member, Alpha Two
    Lore Dynamic wrote: »
    I hope there is a slider, to slide Dwarfs right out of existence....

    :neutral:

    Hahahaha, love it :D
    This link may help you: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/


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  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    krakazilla wrote: »
    I think Dwarfs should have similar look like the ones in the witcher or lotr. One head shorter than humans but broader and more stubborn. NOT like Hobbits or goblins

    LoTR Dwarfs or Warhammer dwarfs would be perfect in my opinion
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • krakazillakrakazilla Member
    Yeah, they look more like gnomes at the moment.
  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    krakazilla wrote: »
    Yeah, they look more like gnomes at the moment.

    yeah, they are a bit on the small side. add another foot and make them thicker
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • daveywaveydaveywavey Member, Alpha Two
    edited December 2020
    Nagash wrote: »
    krakazilla wrote: »
    Yeah, they look more like gnomes at the moment.

    yeah, they are a bit on the small side. add another foot and make them thicker

    You'd need to add another leg too, if you were adding another foot, or they'd look even weirder.





    Oh, wait....

    Never mind... :(
    This link may help you: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/


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  • RavudhaRavudha Member
    edited December 2020
    Maciej wrote: »
    I've been looking at videos of Ashes and would like to add my 2 cents here: the problem isn't just that dwarves aren't muscular enough, they are just too small.

    I'd say the bigger problem is that people think one fantasy universe/IP (e.g. D&D, WoW, Tolkien) sets a standard that other fantasy settings need to copy and can't deviate from.

    Edit: don't know if there's much that can be done about it though; people like what they like.
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