Dwarven Glory

There’s an excellent D&D/Warhammer hack available online from Chris Hogan at the Vaults of Nagoh, called Small But Vicious Dog.

The following excerpt has been making the rounds lately in the old-school blogosphere, but I’d like to repeat it here to provide an idea of how elves are perceived in Dwarven Glory:

All elves are metrosexual minstrels and archers who fly into fey rages when provoked. The elven ability to lose it in spectacularly violent fashion has been clocked at “Nought to Feanor in 4.2 seconds”. Most PC elves are filthy tree-hugging pseudo-Celtic Wood Elves, although the Sea Elves who hang out in coastal cities seem to be a kind of Elven gap year backpacker. No one’s quite sure what the mohawked, spandex-wearing paramilitary Riverdance troupe known as Wardancers are supposed to be, apart from FABULOUS!

Rumour has it that the Elven homelands are contested in an endless war between two mighty and ancient factions: the louche-and-arty vs. the darker-and-edgier. The origin of their interminable strife is unknown, although it probably began as a spat over the relative aesthetic merits of art nouveau and gothic revival styles. Elves of these factions are far too in love with themselves to do anything so déclassé as adventuring for gain.

Check out the Character Races post for rules on playing an elf.

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