TheJayde
2012-03-07, 12:44 AM
In so many D&D worlds of old, Dwarves were incapable of using magic. This was a staple of the dwarven race in days past, and I'm not sure how many people like or dislike that thought. In the Warhammer universe they use Runes as a replacement for magic and I like that idea. My first question to you, the community... is: How do you feel about dwarves being unable to wield magic in the standard style that other races can through spellcasting?
The second part is this, which I will explain first, to get some opinions on the subject.
My system is that Dwarf Males cannot use magic, also known as the Weave, which is the intertwining path of souls. Only female dwarves can use magic, and they use 'wands' as a knitting needles to change the path of the weave to thier own purposes, but they do this carefully because they can't really see the total effect and every thing that will be changed. Using the weave, dwarf mages can see into the future as it is supposed to be now, and see how a soul progresses through time, and in this way they gain prophecy, but they also can change that prophecy by manipulating the other souls that cross. That is how the dwarves view magic, and they only pass down thier education to specifically chosen girls. The mages are covens of women who are not assigned to any Dwarf Kingdom, or City, but roam around and are said to bring great danger with them. They are portents unto themselves, and to prove themselves as powerful fateweavers, they bring forth magically enhanced weapons to the Dwarf Kings as gifts. Dwarf males gain a resistance to magic because they are void of it, which is why they cannot gain the use of magic (though this leaves open a dwarf male who CAN use magic) but the women are actually susceptible to it, which is why the covens are so able to find the particular ones that are strongest with magic. They are brighter strands in the greater weave of the cloth of life.
Now, that is a loose basis on the way I have done dwarves with magic... Any thoughts? Ways to make it better? Don't like it? Lemme know!
The second part is this, which I will explain first, to get some opinions on the subject.
My system is that Dwarf Males cannot use magic, also known as the Weave, which is the intertwining path of souls. Only female dwarves can use magic, and they use 'wands' as a knitting needles to change the path of the weave to thier own purposes, but they do this carefully because they can't really see the total effect and every thing that will be changed. Using the weave, dwarf mages can see into the future as it is supposed to be now, and see how a soul progresses through time, and in this way they gain prophecy, but they also can change that prophecy by manipulating the other souls that cross. That is how the dwarves view magic, and they only pass down thier education to specifically chosen girls. The mages are covens of women who are not assigned to any Dwarf Kingdom, or City, but roam around and are said to bring great danger with them. They are portents unto themselves, and to prove themselves as powerful fateweavers, they bring forth magically enhanced weapons to the Dwarf Kings as gifts. Dwarf males gain a resistance to magic because they are void of it, which is why they cannot gain the use of magic (though this leaves open a dwarf male who CAN use magic) but the women are actually susceptible to it, which is why the covens are so able to find the particular ones that are strongest with magic. They are brighter strands in the greater weave of the cloth of life.
Now, that is a loose basis on the way I have done dwarves with magic... Any thoughts? Ways to make it better? Don't like it? Lemme know!