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[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

I have issue with almost all of your points.

  • Dex & wisdom would be the important stats for sailors IMO (i am not saying strength and con are useless, but just not as important, they would be 3rd and 4th IMO).
  • Darkvision wouldn't do a damn thing, its range would barely get off the side of the boat.
  • Poison resistance is not disease resistance.
  • Some spoiled food would be poison, but some would also be disease (depends on how it spoiled and the food).
  • In order for short stature to be relevant to ship design, they would need a completely custom designed ship tailor made for them, which would have benifits but sounds unlikely for what pirates would be sailing. (That being said, a dwarven merchant ship designed speciifcally for their stature would be a massive pain for normal height characters to battle on)
  • lower speed means they swim slower too which means going overboard is even worse.

EDIT: dwarven submarines!

  • short stature actually hugely relevant as submarines are notoriously cramped
  • darkvision means no need for lights in the sub, beneficial for multiple (admittedly somewhat minor) reasons.
  • honestly no clue what stats would be important for a sub, no argument here
  • toxic gasses less of a problem thanks to poison resistance
  • Dont even need to go to the surface, a fully underwater submarine port could be connected to existing dwarven settlements near the ocean with the correct design and planning.
  • Also benefits from legendary dwarven engineering.
[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Dex is valuable for tall ships, but steamships and ironclads, str/con is the way to go.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

tall ships are a hate crime to dwarves

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like the mental image of a dwarf ship that's 6 ft tall and got 47 masts to make up for it.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 days ago

like one of those italian airplanes from the 1920s!

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