/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

>>165963
That "expectation" pic is so soyfagged. Who actually fantasizes about being a short fat bastard drawn in calarts?

>>165964
>Who actually fantasizes about being a short fat bastard
Me
>drawn in calarts?
Not me.

>>165966
Dwarves are cool.

>>165967
Very cool.

Dwarves are a bit like a parody of men. They drink, they fight, they shoot (probably) or swing axes or mine or do blacksmithing. Man stuff. But where Elves tend to be parodies or unintentional parodies of pretentious pussies and they accomplish fuck all even with incalculable riches and some degree of agelessness or even complete immortality, Dwarves are simple, and that's okay. The Elf player has a backstory too long to read. The Dwarf keeps things simple. Elves might claim they're naturally superior. If they feel they have to say it out loud within earshot of a Dwarf or Man, they're not. Can they really call themselves superior when everything good was usually invented by Humans or Dwarves or Gods in most settings, not the Elves who had 200 years to get almost as good as a human who's been at this for 6? Dwarves aren't a mockery of men. They're a homage to them. Hard to believe they were possibly intended to be Jews in LOTR.
LOTR Rings of Power gives Dwarves the magic to know where the best treasure is, because they could sniff out treasure with their giant noses in World of Warcraft. But when a man thinks "Dwarf", he thinks of a short, gruff, loveable Elf-hater, not some greedy Grabbler or Goblin.

>>165971
>they accomplish fuck all even with incalculable riches
Iirc, that's not unlike what the Tolkien dwarves were like before they lost their homeland: happy, merry go-lucky folk who spent their days making toys and singing songs and whatnot. Their rugged and tough demeanor was a consequence of centuries of strife and hardship.
In d&d, that niche was given to gnomes, which is part of why I consider d&d gnomes to be a bit poorly designed for being too similar to many of the other races, particularly dwarves. Pathfinder does them better.

Advice for getting into Whore Hammer and DND alone, with no one to play with?
Can I solo DnD?

>>166267
Technically, you can solo d&d, but it's not as fun. It's best with at least two players.
Instead of playing alone, spend your alone time writing adventures and content to present to your eventual party.

>>166267
>warhammer
pirate some of the good games (Dawn of War 1 and 2 and Space Marine for 40K, Total War/Vermintide for Fantasy), 3D print some minis and paint them (supporting GW is a bad idea, trust me), and watch some videos to learn the lore.

>DnD
read the sourcebooks, learn the modules, and when you know everything official, start preparing some homebrew campaigns for any future adventures you may run.

>>166287
>Dawn of War 1 and 2
Holy shit. I heard of the Total War games, but I didn't even know they had old school rts games. I'm absolutely going to become addicted to them. Thank you.
>watch some videos to learn the lore.
That's kinda what got me interested in Warhammer to begin with.