Fantasy world in which Dwarves are not motivated by greed or love of gold, only by a profound scientific enthusiasm for geology.
I’d love to see this implemented, especially as TTRPG start becoming more self-aware of their racist / sexist foundations and start working to better themselves.
The legendary Dwarven treasure is not a horde of gold and gemstones, but a paleontology museum with a vast collection of rare and exquisite fossils. Dwarven universities specialize in the natural sciences, Dwarven economies based on the trade of interesting rocks and minerals, Dwarf detectives able to identify different muds and soils on sight.
“You said there were precious stones in here.”
“… yes? These stones hold pieces of ancient life in them; what could possibly be more precious?”
This is a Good Post, especially because it reminds me of that scene in LotR where Gimli waxes poetic about carefully carefully chiselling into caverns to bring out their potential beauty.
The dwarf-equivalent species in the Dragon Keeper books by Donita K Paul are that exactly lol
it really is next to impossible to write realistic sibling dialogue, I just passed my brother on the stairs and instead of greeting each other like human beings I said ‘born survivor’ and he said ‘youtube rewind. let’s set it to rewind.’ like you ain’t gonna find that shit in a novel
aw man writing siblings is so wild because sometimes you just can’t portray it
me and my little brother don’t even greet each other - if we pass each other on the stairs or in the corridor, we jump into ridiculous fight stances then feign karate chopping and slapping each other (stopping just before we make contact) whilst making “HIIIYA” and “POW” noises for a solid 30 seconds, then silently walk off and continue what we were doing
and then sometimes he’ll either just do the Had To Do It To ‘Em pose when I enter the room or dab as a greeting
