Dwarf

Dwarf

skill	5-10
stamina	4-22
Habitat	Caves, Dungeons, Hills, Mountains, Plains, Towns
Number Encountered	1-6
Type	Humanoid/Dwarf
Reaction	Friendly-Unfriendly
Intelligence	High

A Dwarf (two forms of the plural, Dwarfs and Dwarves, exist in canon), was a member of one of the four great original sentient races of Titan.

Description[]

Dwarves were short, stocky, bearded humanoids, standing only about three or four feet tall. They usually dwelt in underground villages. Many, however, lived in human settlements, where they were fully integrated. They had a great affinity with the underground. Dwarfs typically had four strong interests; gold, drinking ale, fighting, and story-telling, though smoking smoking weed was common as well amongst their kind.^[1] Dwarves were excellent miners and tunnelers, due to the fact that dwarves could see in the dark.^[2] Dwarf adventurers were very common.^[1]

Dwarfs often specialised in fighting with axes and crossbows, while encased in plate.^[1] They tended to be unpretentious and plain-speaking, taking offence quite easily.

Dwarfs were very devoted to their patron goddess, Throff, who they knew as Kerellim.^[1]

Allansian Dwarfs were organised in familial groups called "Clans". Notable Allansian Dwarf Clans included the Redweed Clan and the Battleaxe Clan of Firetop Mountain, the Tornhelm Clan of the Moonstone Hills, and the now extinct Slate Peak Clan in the Dragon Reaches.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In Allansia, adventuring dwarves would usually be from King Gillibran Ironhelm III's tribe in Stonebridge, or King Kurad Dragonhelm's tribe in Warpstone.^[1] Dwarfs from Fangthane would not usually be adventurers, unless they are carrying out special missions for the Dwarf leaders of Fangthane.^[1]

Dwarfs and elves usually did not get on well; the former usually considered elves to be strange and over-intellectual, while the latter consider dwarfs as greedy, and could not understand how dwarfs could shut themselves in the underground, away from the sun. Despite this, the two races would cooperate if they faced a common threat, such as the much hated goblins or orcs. There have also been several notable adventuring partnerships between an elf and a dwarf.^[1]

Origins and Distribution[]

Said to have been created by Throff in the Godtime, the dwarfs had great affinity with hills and mountains and all crafts associated with stonework.

Much information on this race can be found in the books Out of the Pit and Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World.

Throff's Dwarfs — A depiction of the interrelationships and evolution of the race of the Dwarfs

Dwarfs could be found all over Titan, it being said that dwarves could be found wherever there was precious resources to mine, good ale to quaff, and goblin heads to smash.

They could be found in the villages of Stonebridge and Mirewater, and the cliff city of Warpstone, in northwestern Allansia.^[6]^[7]^[1] Dwarfs also lived and work in many human settlements in Allansia, including Port Blacksand, Salamonis and Kallamehr.^[8]^[9] The biggest community of Allansian Dwarfs dwelt in the north-eastern city of Fangthane. Fangthane was sacred to dwarfs all over Titan, and every dwarf who was able to made a pilgrimage to "Sacred Fangthane" once in his or her lifetime.^[1]

Dwarfs could be found across the Old World, including northern Gallantaria, north-western Ruddlestone, Mauristatia, Femphrey and Kakhabad.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Dwarfs also dwelt within Khul's mountains. Those dwarfs who ventured to the south of Irritaria made their mansions in the Mountains of the Giants. Their various clans and members from these groups appeared in many of the great stories of Khul. A number of dwarfs lived in Neuberg.^[14] Their mansions were found in the Mountains of the Giants, Cloudhigh Mountains, and in the Copper Mountains. It was rumoured that some still lived in the Northern Mountains of north east Khul, although surprisingly there are no records of Dwarf settlements in the Shios'ii.

Dwarfs and Magic[]

Dwarfs had a complex relationship with the arts of magic. Dwarfs would often distrust "academic" styles of magic, and a dwarf wizard or sorcerer was very rare.^[15] Instead, Dwarfs with magical aptitude would be trained in the dwarfs' own magical tradition, Rune Carving. Such a dwarf was known as a Rune Carver or Runesmith, who practiced the craft of making rune-engraved magical weapons, armour and other equipment of use to their fellows.^[16]^[17] Some Dwarfs also learned and practised Minor Magic.^[18] Dwarf priests existed, but were not usually adventurers, tending to stay near their underground temples.^[1] Some Dwarfs even had Psionic Powers.^[19]

Further Information in Canon[]

More information can be found at:^Source^[20]

The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook

(pg34, pg58, pg76, pg78, pg95, pg105, pg109, pg126, pg128*, pg129, pg162-163, pg186, pg194, pg204, pg209, pg213, pg224)

Out of the Pit

(Large) (pg23, pg36, pg43#*, pg47, pg60-61, pg89-91, pg94, pg99, pg103, pg116, pg126, pg127)

Allansia

(paraCover*, pg5, pg8*, pg21, pg28, pg54-57, pg59, pg61-62, pg65, pg67, pg69, pg71, pg76*, pg114*, pg115, pg129, pg137, pg141, pg188*, pg204*, pg217, pg266, pg267, pg279, pg280)

Blacksand!

(pg19, pg34*, pg60, pg65, pg81, pg118, pg137, pg143, pg150, pg166, pg189, pg240*, pg260*, pg308*, pg318*, pg356*)

The Warrior's Way

(para14, para139, para329, para423#*)

Dungeoneer

(pg10*, pg38*, pg47, pg48*, pg49-50, pg52, pg59, pg60, pg62, pg114, pg132, pg139, pg173, pg178, pg195, pg206, pg251, pg253, pg255, pg267, pg284, pg315, pg328, pg370, pg401#-402*)

Fighting Fantasy - The Introductory Role-playing Game

(paraCover*, pg26-32, pg72*, pg73-74#, pg150*, pg151-154#, pg239)

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

(para20#, para68, para91, para100, para102, para131, para227*, para317)

The Citadel of Chaos

(para13*, para33, para60, para213#, para295, para339*, para380)

The Forest of Doom

(pg1, pg21, pg23, pg24, para141, para176, para204, para261, para271, para340*, para347#, para363, para400)

City of Thieves

(para57, para62*, para66, para134, para173, para206, para218, para221, para224*, para236, para247, para384)

Deathtrap Dungeon

(para18, para26, para28, para40, para42, para55, para60*, para121, para145#, para152, para163, para179, para302, para347. 354, para363, para365, para379)

Island of the Lizard King

(para3, para11, para74, para77, para101*, para114, para121, para161, para173, para201, para216, para223*, para265, para279, para360*, para361, para386, para393, para400)

Scorpion Swamp

(para14*, para42, para253, para312, para324, para338, para383)

Caverns of the Snow Witch

(para3, para13, para20, para28, para48, para55, para57, para61, para69, para75, para90, para96*, para110, para117, para135, para155, para171, para173, para176, para189, para196, p ara199, para203, para211, para213, para220, para227, para239, para248, para251, para262, para272, para278, para285, para289, para311, para313#, para315, para332, para339, para365*, para372, para376, para388, para399, para400)

Temple of Terror

(pg21, pg22, para47*, para161, para171, para230)

Trial of Champions

(pg21, para22, para94, para124, para142, para202, para261, para360)

Masks of Mayhem

(para42*, para78)

Creature of Havoc

(para1*, para72, para86, para93, para148, para160, para185, para248, para311, para364, para372, para399)

Beneath Nightmare Castle

(para1, para3, para45, para74, para116#, para136, para143, para151, para205, para222, para225, para235*, para268, para272, para280, para311*, pa ra312, para334, para341, para369, para375, para396)

Crypt of the Sorcerer

(para4, para12, para15, para17, para22, para24, para28, para30, para34, para51, para56, para59, para63, para69, para71, para72, para76, para78, para79#, para88, para92, para93, p ara99, para104, para117, para126#, para132, para134, para135, para144, para145, para152, para157, para158, para160, para176, para186, para198, para204, para210, para212, para220, para225, para229, para231, para240, para245, para247, para253, para266, para267, para269, para277, para286*, para288, para293, para294, para305, para307, para311, para315, para316, para320, para323, para325, para331, para344, para347, para353*, para370, para371, para378#, para381, para400)

Phantoms of Fear

(para9, para120, para254, para341, para386)

Midnight Rogue

(para6, para86, para322, para323, para369)

Chasms of Malice

(para5, para29, para41, para49, para73, para84*, para88, para98, para101, para105, para107, para123, para129, para163, para164, para184, para187, para221, para239, para245, para2

46, para247*, para261, para265, para267, para281, para285, para303, para328, para329, para350, para352, para371, para375, para378*)

Stealer of Souls

(pg18, para59, para98, para304)

Daggers of Darkness

(para6, para26, para37, para53, para112, para117, para129, para136, para230*, para239, para246, para249, para306, para390)

Armies of Death

(pg12, pg13, pg18, pg22, para7, para14, para22, para33, para37, para60, para74, para91, para191, para196, para202, para217*, para229, para252*, para313, para316, para336, para338*, para361)

Portal of Evil

(para27, para34, para40, para52, para65, para82, para97, para135, para140, para149, para153, para165, para166, para181, para202, para203, para211, para260, para265, para275, para276, para278, para299, para323, para342*, para353, para362, para364, para389)

Vault of the Vampire

(para192)

Fangs of Fury

(para20, para26, para122, para131, para149, para154, para156*, para169, para179, para208*, para214, para215, para238, para259*, para283, para303, para394, para399)

Master of Chaos

(para104, para181*, para188, para265, para311, para397)

Siege of Sardath

(pg15, para4, para28, para35, para36, para39, para63, para68, para74, para97, para108, para128, para135, para158, para162, para172, para181, para188, para194, para202, para205*,para211, para220, para223, para224, para237, para244, para247, para257, para264, para266, para274, para284, para290, para293, para295, para300, para306, para307, para315, para322, para331, para341, para344, para354, para368, para372, para376, para385, para391, para400*)

Return to Firetop Mountain

(para132, para227#, para238, para250, para347*)

Night Dragon

(para5, para14, para19, para41, para44, para49, para51, para60, para90, para115, para127, para152, para157, para159, para188, para192, para206, para220, para270, para296, para324, para337, para369, para382, para385)

Spellbreaker

(para246, para254*, para266, para312)

Knights of Doom

(para19, para24, para40*, para71, para85, para115, para213, para219, para295, para310, para356, para375, para398)

Magehunter

(para210*, para394*)

Revenge of the Vampire

(para42, para206*, para260, para329)

Eye of the Dragon (para1, para7, para11, para16, para19, para22, para27, para31, para33, para35, para36, para38, para44, para46, para48, para49, para50, para52, para56, para60, para63, para66, para68, para70, para75, para84, para87, para89, para96, para97, para101, para104, para108, para113, para118, para123, para125, para126, para132, para133, para135, para137, para145, para148, para150, para152, para156, para160, para169, para171, para172, para178, para183, para185, para189, para197, para200, para202, para203, para205, para209, para212, para219, para224, para228, para232, para233, para237, para238, para240, para242, para244, para247, para249, para253, para255, para259, para261, para263, para265, para266, para269, para273, para276, para277*, para279, para282, para289, para291, para294, para298, para300, para303, para310, para314, para316, para320, para321, para324, para328, para332, para333, para335, para337, para341, para344, para346, para347, para349, para351, para353, para354, para358, para360#, para361, para364, para366, para368, para370, para371, para373, para375, para376, para378, para380, para382, para386, para390, para400, para401, para405, para407)

Bloodbones (para156, para288)

Howl of the Werewolf (para2, para26, para69*, para122, para266, para281, para418, para442, para498, para509)

Stormslayer (pg11, para4, para16, para18, para25, para27, para30, para57, para68, para75, para77#, para92, para98, para110, para124, para140, para190, para240, para244, para247, para250, para260, para281, para314, para345, para368, para383, para399)

The Trolltooth Wars

(pg66, pg144, pg176-178, pg190, pg209)

Shadowmaster

(pg25-26, pg50-51, pg53-54, pg56, pg62, pg66, pg79, pg81-82, pg97, pg128, pg131, pg152-153, pg170)

The Riddling Reaver

(pg61)

Kharé - Cityport of Traps

(para71, para98*, para153, para233, para244, para269*, para293, para321#)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Large) (pg9, pg12, pg15, pg16*, pg26, pg29, pg29, pg30, pg32, pg33, pg40-41, pg42, pg43, pg45, pg46, pg48*, pg49*, pg50*, pg51*, pg52, pg53, pg55, pg58, pg60, pg63, pg64, pg75, pg76, pg76, pg79, pg79, pg81, pg82, pg83, pg83, pg84, pg88, pg90*, pg94, pg96, pg97*, pg103, pg116, pg120, pg121, pg123, pg125)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Small) (pg10, pg16, pg19-20, pg20-21*, pg44*, pg51, pg52, pg55, pg59, pg62, pg80-81, pg83-84, pg86, pg91, pg97, pg99-107 (pg100*, pg103*, pg104*), pg108, pg110, pg114, pg119-121, pg125, pg134, pg136-139, pg165, pg167, pg168, pg172, pg175, pg179, pg181, pg184, para pg185-186, pg187-189, pg198, pg204*, pg213, pg217, pg221-222*, pg223, pg239, pg271, pg282, pg285, pg290, pg296)

The Tasks of Tantalon

(Hardback)'(paraCover*, pg16*, pg17*)

Warlock Issue 1

(pg4*, pg5*, pg7, pg26 (68), pg30 (102), pg48 (260))

Warlock Issue 2

(pg4#*, pg5, pg14 (287#), pg15 (319), pg16 (323, para339), pg20 (381*), pg26*, pg28 (2), pg35 (53#), pg36 (76*), pg48 (186))

Warlock Issue 3

(pg10, pg12, pg24#*, pg29)

Warlock Issue 4

(pg32 (59), pg41 (128), pg50*)

Warlock Issue 5

(pg14, pg17*, pg23 (18), pg32 (66#*))