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[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

i like to imagine they dont have a concept of gender and only care about sex if they wanna have children

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i'm torn between "agender with magical nonsexual reproduction" and "all hermaphrodites, fully aware of this, and violently homosexual" like bortus and klyden

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 64 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I read about a version (don’t remember where) of dwarven reproduction where two (or more) dwarves lovingly carve their offspring from stone and then dwarven magic brings it to life. Therefore gender didn’t matter at all

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago

In the TTRPG Troika, dwarves reproduce asexually through sculpting another dwarf and one of the character backgrounds was a "derivative dwarf" who was so poorly made that they had a stealth bonus against dwarves as they did their best to ignore their existence entirely. Like a whole race composed entirely of art snobs

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I heard they just spring out of holes in the ground!

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago

They were both dwarves.

[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's official DnD lore for Azer.

Made, Not Born. Azers don't reproduce. They are each crafted from bronze by another azer and imbued with a portion of the crafter's inner flame. Each azer is sculpted with unique features. This crafting process limits the growth of the azer population and is the primary reason that these creatures remain rare.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

The adventurers walked through the ancient dwarven halls. Lining the sides of the hallway were statues of... things, not quite person-shaped, but made with vaguely recognizable arms, legs, and faces.

"Keep your eyes open" said Meldorn. "A fellow dwarf has been living alone here. But maybe a little too alone [ahem] if you know what I mean. Don't touch them."

[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

damn, i love this. now i feel like a basic bitch for even assuming dwarves would reproduce sexually or even have something such a sex or gender

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So Gorons are Dwarves confirmed.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
  • Mountains
  • Mining
  • Toughness
  • BROTHER

Yep, it all adds up to me!

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

FRR KAAARL!

[–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

One of Tolkiens appendices touches briefly on Dwarvish gender. IIRC women were slightly less common than men, and many of them weren't interested in having kids. So only 1/3 of dwarves are women and only 1/3 of them ever reproduce. So even though they have long lives they barely maintain replacement numbers. He also says that both men and women have beards and outsiders can't tell them apart. I think Gimlis line about it in The Two Towers is a direct quote from this section.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Most armor has plenty of room for boobs.

[–] Adori@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago

I'd bet dwarven life would be cool if you cpuld have a good long lifespan with good worklife balance, creating awesome legendary weapons for enjoyment