Very cool. I actually did not know that Moradin was Clangedins father. However the Dwarven "police" in my world are called Clangedin's Fist, and they report to the temple of Moradin. I love accidental success.

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“Strike the forge with the fury of a thousand hammers!”

I'd buy you a Flask of Dwarven Ale in recognition for everything you do for Dungeons and Dragons Lore :)

7:48 "I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole! Diggy Diggy Hole! Diggy Diggy Hole!."

All Hail Moradin! God of HD! Lord of Contrast and Sharpness!

I look forward to seeing you cover the celestials and rest of the devils. :)

So... Even Asmodeus wouldn't stand a chance against this guy in a fight?

I nerver really thought that dwarves were interesting before but after these videos from AJ my mind has compleatly been changed.

You are my source for my d&d

got home after work, jumped on my computer, boom Dwarves part two oooooo yeah, made my day :D thanks

Dude. X) the pronunciation struggle is real. I appreciate the hell out of you for getting as many as you did spot on. Better than me at least.

This channel is a double edged sword for me. The more I learn from you, Professor Pickett, the more changes I notice Critical Role has made to the lore. Knowing where that company is based I can only imagine it's ideaology driven. . . Krosis Ps. Sorry, I've been watching a Skyrim playthrough. . .

Urdunnir are an excellent dwarf to play as a PC but remember,they are not allowed to use weapons. So i chose martial arts (Karate) to bypass that restriction for my character "Dorn" as well as psionics! Hes a beast. 😬

I just bought the Deities and Demigods book yesterday so I know God’s are insanely powerful especially greater gods also in the book Tiamat was a lesser god, weird.

Amazing content as always.

I love seeing these cause and effects from events in their history on their culture. Makes them feel vibrant and real

You’ve now covered the Half-Dwarfs, but when are you putting out the video about the Half-Halflings, AKA the 3/4-lings?

This dwarf series has been brilliant to help me get into character for my next campaign. Thanks mate!!

Hey AJ, excellent set of videos. Those pic's AJ are just jaw-dropping. I left you a message on the clockwork Dragon video. Its almost done. After 4 attempts on the my mothers embroidery manchine the Orange Dragon is done. I will be sending you some pic's on facebook. Probably in the next few days. Thanks AJ for your inspirational videos & have a great day.

Kinda want to play a bald dwarf with claustrophobia

Wow the physic of that stone brage would be amazing i IRL. in short it's constantly fail and thats what holds it up. Every stine would have to be cut in a way to allow it's waet to transfer to the next .this creates tanshin between the blooks by garavity . so every block would be failing bown and into each other and thats what holds it up.

Here wuz Seamus!

Wow AJ, you’ve put out so many great videos but this one in particular was so awesome! Keep up the great work man!

I finally watched this. Now me thinks anything really made as a dwarf vehicle is most definitely holy.

I've bin playing a old dwarven claric for two weeks now so this is good timeing

There's actually more good aligned creatures in Dungeons & Dragons think there are evil and they're usually more powerful The thing is evil has a much better PR guy and their publicist is killing it

So there are physically more male dwarves than female? I never knew. Urdunnir are so awesome. If eladrin are super elves, urdunnir are super dwarves! Did you mention the wild dwarves of Chult and the arctic dwarves of the Great Glacier. Damn 3rd edition and its unfair LAs. XD

My favorite character that I have is half Dwarf and half Gnome. I delt with the whole Dwarven Racism issue by making part of his backstory that his mother(Dwarf) was exiled from her clan and he goes by a fake name while in Dwarven territory to avoid any issues that may occur.

Are there any known mixings of dwarves and elves? Maybe the product of one of Jarlaxles affairs? Anyway your videos rock sorry i missed the live stream yesterday keep up the great work! Oh and when I looked up what time it was in New Zealand compared to where I am I realized you're a time traveler cuz I live in America rock on AJ

Dwarves are FULL of lore, very detailed and one of my favorite races.

Dwarves…. Are…. Awesome!!!!!!

I read about Half-Dwarves years ago in some FR book. It stated that females were relatively rare and as a result, young usually male Dwarves became adventurers as it was found that Dwarves could procreate with others and if that Half-Dwarf offspring then had children with a full Dwarf, they would be completely Dwarven and some Dwarves embraced this as a way to get new blood and remain fully Dwarven. Whereas our group of 5 people with 2 characters each, had to take at least one Dwarf. We cleaned out some old Dwarf Kingdom, Derro and Duergar and Drow. We Polymorphed all the Derro/Duergar females into Mountain Dwarf Females (We were Mtn. Dwarves) and kept them sequestered for a couple months while we did daily secret "Know Alignment"s until we knew who was to be trusted and who wasn't. Those who kept their old Alignments were released deep in the UnderDark alone while those who were now totally Mountain Dwarf Females joined the community. We made it known we had a surfeit of female Dwarves and soon had many Dwarves from many fallen strongholds arrive...Last I heard we were doing very well with a very strong population. It was a great campaign with BattleRagers, Champions of Clanggedin and such.

I ❤️ AJ. Thank you

Fucking Glorious! But what abt Midgard Dwarves!?!!? Or the Watchers!?! Or the dwarves of Krynn and their near immunity to all magic through sheer logic!?!

A fantastic video as always! I can't wait to hear more about the forces of good!!!!

Not even 45 sec. in and I liked the video. I was so hyped xD

Thank you aj! I love Dwarves!

Good video AJ

There may not be many half-dwarves, but I wonder about adoption. I would assume any non dwarf raised in their society would be looked after, but worked hard their entire lives. Obviously treated as lesser, not being of Moradin's blood. Also, I didn't hear any mention of dwarves and their military/martial lives (battle tactics, formations, historic battles and heroes of legend). Or is that in Part 3? : )

YES THE KIN OF MY HEART!!! BY FIRE AMD MUSCLE WE MAKE THING OF BEAUTY AND USEFULNESS!

So here's a question: can a race that Moradin hates, like a duergar or an orc, become a cleric or paladin of Moradin? Failing that is it possible for a duergar or duero to be redeemed in the eyes of Moradin?

Oh Moradin, if it has stats it can be killed

Dwarvish architecture is Art Deco. Elvish architecture is Art Nouveau.

Dwarves are some short bois.

When you said that the dwarves sing while they work I instantly thought of "We All Lift Together" from Warframe.

One of my friends said that New Zealand was diet Australia as a joke. Can you confirm or deny?

Great video AJ. I allow half-Dwarves in my campaigns and have rules for them, but the story must be really good... starting with the parents... possibly grandparents. I have a reoccurring bad guy (sometimes anti-hero) that was inspired by the Elf Quest comics (not AD&D): Two-Edge. Two-Edge is an Elf-Dwarf hybrid NPC and general pain in the ^ss. His racial stats vary campaign to campaign as a custom NPC and sometimes paragon level antagonist. His origin begins with his adoptive grandparent, a priest of Pan (an Elfin guy) that adopted his father when his party was investigating a Dark Elf raid on a Dwarven citadel. They and their summoned demons pretty much wiped them out. That Dwarf grew up as not only an Elf-loving Dwarf but also became a Priest of Pan himself. That's when he had some fun and used his charms on a blessed fertility (Pan in my campaigns is loosely based upon Grecko-Roman god Pan/Euros) get-together with an Urban Elf thief (Urban Elves were High-Elves that were corrupted by generations of living similar to and among Humans), a rather brutal one. Surprised and intrigued by her pregnancy, she retired... she was adventuring for the thrills by that time anyway. Her hide-out had more than a Kingdom of wealth. When she saw her child was a hulking big-nose baby, she knew that somehow she carried the Dwarf seed. Being raised by her and her trustees (brutal thugs, opportunists, male consorts, grifters, corrupt guards, etc) and seeming to become a more slender Dwarf the height of a Human with sharper features, he became someone almost born for the role of a (thief) Guild Master who can take down anyone via combat, sneaking or leverage. His only weakness was his more-than-willingness to get his hands dirty. In every campaign, my PC party always eventually kills that guy because of that... not without really hurting in the process.

Had to dig a grave for one of my dogs today(not the one in the picture). She’s a bull mastiff so I was digging for quite some time. While doing so, I felt oddly compelled to listen to Diggy Diggy Hole a few times on repeat.

Awesome video. Loved the shout out to Mul's from Athas(Darksun)

Praise be to Brother Duin! (Take that as a vote on the next god you speak on after the big ones)

Keep up the excellent work AJ! Could you explain the Day of Reckoning?

Thanks for the vid sir.👍🏼👍🏼

I love the idea of a hill dwarf Druid who speaks to stones, helping dwarven miners below, and as guides above.

If Moradin sprang whole from the earth, could he be a Primordial?

Glad you’re still killin it! Good job!

@AJ Pickett love your videos, these, on combination with videos from one other creator (not gonna mention the name here) makes for a perfect guide to Dwarves, pick through biases (something present in all media nowadays) of the creator (not hating on creators or biased videos, it human nature) and you can find a lot of factual data to enrich your characterization of the Dwarves in your realms. Thank you AJ for the lore. It is greatly appreciated and you're videos are loved by myself and most others out there.

How would Io fight? Is he kinda like Xeno (from DBS) in that he doesnt need to fight, and he could destroy the entire multiverse in the blink of an eye if he wanted?

You know, I am curious what Dwarves think of Gnomes considering both races have a penchant for crafting.

I have been waiting for this! Woooo!!!! :D

Dwarves are based af

I hope we get a series on the Elves. I couldn't find one if there already is

Loved this video AJ,the artwork is fantastic. I hope you eventually choose differant types of dwarves and do videos on each of them. I have a very powerful arch/illusionist of 30th level that adored the dwarven culture and its deities and as an homage to their race he created a spell of "8th" level known as "Ellis Dees Amazing Orgasmatron" it can be cast on any species but was created primarily for the dwarves and halfling races for the sole purpose of not only insuring fidelity but also insuring fertility in the couple in question! The spell became extremly popular among the dwarves of his world which had been nearly driven to extinction by our humanocentric Black Company over a 300 year period!

very close to my dwarves. Mine are in a more primitive setting. and in Pathfinder

Fantastic man . You're my muse

Dwarves are born miners. They must be good at minecraft. Those dwarves are greedy and stingy, much worse than Scrooge McDuck. On the plus side, they are excellent builders, blacksmiths and forgers.

Damn, i figured gnomes would have clann names of gems. Amazing lore and culture!

So Professor... maybe gonna get a look at Correllon soon? :) Cuz this was one of my favorite videos of 2019 so far

*Sad Clanggedin noises

Ok if asmodeus and demegorgon and orcus and grazzt and all the rest fight him at the same time can they win

How long until the video on the lore of halflings? I'd like to know if there is such a thing as 3/4lings (human and halfling)

In Krynn, of the Dragonlance setting, the God dwarves worshipped was Reorx.

I love the little hairy men.they build they fight they drink and more.I got one dwarf mini had three lost two oh well lol... still a fair amount of hssss.ssss though how can u fix it why does it happens I don't understand

Nice give ME more

YES YES YES WOOP WOOP PRAISE MORIDANE

Thanks for this! Is there a part three? This video is a year old but I can’t find the next one

Dwarf Lich

Is the god Reorx in the Dragonlance setting, an aspect of Moradin? both share domains, and have similar holy symbols...

I missed it. What book was referenced for this information?

What's the relationship between dwarves and the azer? What I've read is that they are the former dwarven slaves of the giants and titans who were transformed by their exposure to the plane of fire, but their method of reproduction suggest being a construct. WTD?

So the dwarves hate giants but how do they feel about dragons? Obviously the good ones

What happened to Clangeddin Silverbeard the dwarf god of battles?

Dwarfs aren’t built to swim. Short, thick arms and stubby legs aren’t all that good for treading water. Plus the beards tend to get in the way.

What about Gully Dwarves?

how are you so good?

What is the gestational period for a dwarf

Who is the God of the human in toril?

I thought the stout halflings were the result of human dwarf interbreeding

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If females are so rare and important, we would expect to see that reflected in their social structure, leaders etc. We’re also in a high magic setting, one that we do not need to force our contemporary homophobia into. There’s no reason male pairings can’t have M-preg . Hell it’s rare, but there’s men that can carry a pregnancy in our world - we usually refer to them as “transgender” in our current culture. My two cents. Love your videos @AJ Picket. Thank you so much for this wealth of content and information ❤️