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    4 months ago

    Because Tolkien said they do, and everyone’s copying Tolkien. Yes, I’m no fun at parties.

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      “J.R.R. Tolkien has become a sort of mountain, appearing in all subsequent fantasy in the way that Mt. Fuji appears so often in Japanese prints. Sometimes it’s big and up close. Sometimes it’s a shape on the horizon. Sometimes it’s not there at all, which means that the artist either has made a deliberate decision against the mountain, which is interesting in itself, or is in fact standing on Mt. Fuji.” - Terry Pratchett

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      Wasn’t original beer more of a grain soup that lasted longer? I’d imagine drawven alcohol to be basically a protein shake in a way

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      Dwarves are not small in the first place anyway. Small races are below 1,20m tall. Dwarves are around 1,30-1,50m tall. They are short, but not small.
      In comparison, humans are only 10-30cm taller on average with their 1,60-1,80m heights.

      They may appear smaller because they are stockier and wider. So unless you see them next to a human, you won’t realize they are only about a head or so sorter.

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    When your size requires constant caloric intake, you eat 5 meals a day. You eventually get really good at it.

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    It’s actually reproducable in british fiction, even when Terry Pratchett writes fantasy the good food is foreign (Klatchian)

    I made Klatchian food once, mixed noodles with curry.

    Turned out great.

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    I mean… it is universally agreed upon that the best food in the real world is from people in tropical regions (India, Mexico, etc.), where people are generally shorter…