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Dwarven References

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I created this as a sticky topic to talk about useful source materials for the dwarven campaign.

Dragon #278

I was readying through Dragon #278 last night, which has several excellent articles on dwarves, including:
  • A Short History of Dwarves (real world dwarven history)
    A Dwarven Lexicon (dwarven language)
    Cry Havoc (dwarven war cries)
    Forge and Hammer (dwarven society)
    The Old Words are the Best Words (dwarven sayings)
I'm about halfway through it. Bob -- have you read these articles, and what do you think of them? How much of this do you think we should incorporate into Greyhawk?
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Ken, also look at Dragon 261 for a great dwarven name generator.
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Post by Lars Porsenna »

That is where Moraim's name (as well as Durric) originated...

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For those who do not have that issue of Dragon, here are some online versions of those generators:

Female Names
http://grey-starr.ca/Tools/random-female-dwarf-name.htm

Male Names
http://grey-starr.ca/Tools/random-male-dwarf-name.htm
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Here's another dwarven name generator from RPGinspiration.com:

http://www.rpginspiration.com/tables/DwarfName.ipt
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Post by EvilGenius »

These are the versions I typically use. :)
NukeHavoc wrote:For those who do not have that issue of Dragon, here are some online versions of those generators:

Female Names
http://grey-starr.ca/Tools/random-female-dwarf-name.htm

Male Names
http://grey-starr.ca/Tools/random-male-dwarf-name.htm
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I've added all this to the campaign page under "References"

BTW, if you haven't been to the Khelez-Mar campaign page lately, you should stop by -- Bob's been very busy.

http://www.griffcrier.com/wiki/index.ph ... r_Campaign
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