badlands > April 25th, 2024, 09:45 PM
august > April 26th, 2024, 03:42 PM
RobRoy > April 26th, 2024, 09:09 PM
(April 26th, 2024, 03:42 PM)august Wrote: People often think that there are no half-dwarves. because they so closely resemble the full-blooded.
(It's the beards. )
Michael > April 28th, 2024, 12:59 AM
Mordomin > April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM
RobRoy > April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM
(April 28th, 2024, 12:59 AM)Michael Wrote: Tolkien left open the possibility of half-dwarves, and he even teased the reader with a reference to "men like half-dwarves" (probably just a tribe of short, beaded men, though).
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote: A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
Mordomin > April 30th, 2024, 12:56 AM
(April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM)RobRoy Wrote: Sure. I wasn't saying it couldn't happen. I just wasn't aware of it ever happening, and ran through the most likely reasons why.
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote: A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
(April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM)RobRoy Wrote: So . . . Men, Elves, Hobbits, and Orcs/Goblins.I do. The races you list are all part of, or corruptions of, the Two Kindreds; which the Dwarves expressly are not. There is no reason to assume that Aule used the same basic chassis and engine design as Eru. Personally, I see Aule as a 'metric-system' guy, while Eru used 'Imperial measures'.
All of these use the same basic chassis and engine design. We know that Men/Elves and Men/Orcs was a thing, so I don't see a physical reason why these combinations wouldn't work.
(April 29th, 2024, 02:41 PM)RobRoy Wrote: Dark Lords are right out, though. They have their own dating app."Binder"? I thought that was for....er, nevermind. :::deleting app:::
Michael > April 30th, 2024, 01:47 AM
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote:(April 28th, 2024, 12:59 AM)Michael Wrote: Tolkien left open the possibility of half-dwarves, and he even teased the reader with a reference to "men like half-dwarves" (probably just a tribe of short, beaded men, though).A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
RobRoy > April 30th, 2024, 01:34 PM
(April 30th, 2024, 12:56 AM)Mordomin Wrote: I do. The races you list are all part of, or corruptions of, the Two Kindreds; which the Dwarves expressly are not. There is no reason to assume that Aule used the same basic chassis and engine design as Eru. Personally, I see Aule as a 'metric-system' guy, while Eru used 'Imperial measures'.
Alvin Eriol > April 30th, 2024, 06:48 PM
(April 28th, 2024, 03:54 PM)Mordomin Wrote: A half-dwarf/half-what? What are we suggesting could interbreed with Dwarves?
(April 30th, 2024, 01:34 PM)RobRoy Wrote:(April 30th, 2024, 12:56 AM)Mordomin Wrote: ... There is no reason to assume that Aule used the same basic chassis and engine design as Eru. Personally, I see Aule as a 'metric-system' guy, while Eru used 'Imperial measures'.
There's also no reason to assume Aule didn't.
Besides which, SAE and metric have equivalents. A 9/16ths is close enough to an 14mm to get the job done, and done right! Ask any McGuyver.
RobRoy > May 1st, 2024, 12:22 PM
(April 30th, 2024, 06:48 PM)Alvin Eriol Wrote: What are we suggesting would want to? Even a drunk Orc might need some persuading!
Four words: the women have beards!
Even Gimli the Dwarf seemed to have a thing for beardless nissi, as Coco Ent once pointed out!
Speaking of Ents and Coconut Ent, if the Onodrim reproduce by pollination, would other races merely respond by sneezing?
Quote: I've always been quite fond of adjustable wrenches anyway, including a peculiar resident of my toolbox that adjusts to grip four faces of any small hex nut and has a ratchet tighten/loosen switch, operating generally like an adjustable socket wrench! I've also got complete sets of smaller metric sockets, but each one fits 3/8", 1/2", or 1/4" drives!
Michael > Yesterday, 05:53 PM