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I seem to remember reading some place that the Dwarves as a race can not get drunk of alcohol as humans and the other races do, in fact the are more or less immune to its effects. They only drink ale (And maybe some other alcoholic beverage) For the sole reason they love the taste.

True or False :?:

From what I know, it's just harder to get a dwarf drunk.

You also won't get drunk if you're immune to poision.

Because alcohole = poison.

Which is why the subject gets drunk, the subjects body is protecting itself against the poision/alcohole.

Terra_777 wrote:

You also won't get drunk if you're immune to poision.

Because alcohole = poison.

Which is why the subject gets drunk, the subjects body is protecting itself against the poision/alcohole.

That's why you wear a Purple Dragon Ring in a drinking competition.
Or in negotiations.

You should be ashamed of yourselves. What kind of bloody idiot thinks alchohol is a poison? It's plainly beneficial.

Yurell wrote:

Terra_777 wrote:

You also won't get drunk if you're immune to poision.

Because alcohole = poison.

Which is why the subject gets drunk, the subjects body is protecting itself against the poision/alcohole.

That's why you wear a Purple Dragon Ring in a drinking competition.
Or in negotiations.

Or when being a Drow *shifty eyes*

Dwarves aren't immune to alcohol. They're just very resistant to it! And no, alcohol is not a poison!

Uncle-Opustus wrote:

Dwarves aren't immune to alcohol. They're just very resistant to it! And no, alcohol is not a poison!

You mean in the same way arsenic is a useful medicine for improving one's complexion?

Alcohol is useful as a medicine... Just less used these days.

Yurell wrote:

Terra_777 wrote:

You also won't get drunk if you're immune to poision.

Because alcohole = poison.

Which is why the subject gets drunk, the subjects body is protecting itself against the poision/alcohole.

That's why you wear a Purple Dragon Ring in a drinking competition.
Or in negotiations.

Or be a Duergar. Which is yet another reason why Duergar are far superior to Dwarfs :wink:

The beverage has to be at least 45% pure alcohol. Even the dwarf immunities cant do anything to that. (im sure i read this somewhere...probably false information, but meh.)

one day i met a dwarf that keeps drinking and got drunk, it was pretty fun rp.

Making Patè from a dwarf's liver would make alot of money for the owner of the business.

Or be a 9th level + Druid dwarf.

Uncle-Opustus wrote:

Alcohol is useful as a medicine... Just less used these days.

So are cow urine, belladonna, and chemotherapy. Just because something is a medicine doesn't mean that it can't also be a poison or toxic.

Why Dwarves Drink

.....where's the locks of woman beards!?

It's a WoW picture, that explains why it is full of fail and beardless women.

Addendum: 4e retconned bearded Dwarf women. WotC felt they needed to make Dwarf women "sexier". Look at some of the female dwarf 4e art for examples.

EDIT:

What the hell? Why does she have six fingers?

TormakSaber wrote:

It's a WoW picture, that explains why it is full of fail and beardless women.

Addendum: 4e retconned bearded Dwarf women. WotC felt they needed to make Dwarf women "sexier". Look at some of the female dwarf 4e art for examples.

Did you not hear? 4E does NOT exist.

TormakSaber wrote:

It's a WoW picture, that explains why it is full of fail and beardless women.

Addendum: 4e retconned bearded Dwarf women. WotC felt they needed to make Dwarf women "sexier". Look at some of the female dwarf 4e art for examples.

EDIT:

What the hell? Why does she have six fingers?

Probably because of the perspective of the fellow being that of a drunkard, he's seeing one finger in excess?

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Yurell wrote:

Did you not hear? 4E does NOT exist.

Actually it does, you're just in denial.

I find the thought of a character being immune to getting drunk stupid because:

"Hey everyone, I can drink 8 litres of vodka mixed with 2 litres of bourbon and I won't get drunk!! Unfortunately my kidneys will fail and I will die an extremely slow and excruiciating death. I wish I could just get drunk and live longer."

Edit: Dri beat me to the post!

TormakSaber wrote:

What the hell? Why does she have six fingers?

Bahahahaha! Shes a Gnome experiment! FREAK!!!!

I would like to take this time to apologize to any Amians who may be or may know someone who has an extra finger and/or toe.

Wrong, wrong, wrong and WRONG. Dwarves like dwarven women just like they are. Hairy and fat.

lol, Well thanks for the answers

Galenson wrote:

"Hey everyone, I can drink 8 litres of vodka mixed with 2 litres of bourbon and I won't get drunk!! Unfortunately my kidneys will fail and I will die an extremely slow and excruiciating death. I wish I could just get drunk and live longer."

Doesn't getting drunk mean that your liver/kidneys fail to process all the alcohol? (Im not sure, and im too lazy to check. please correct me if i'm wrong) If so, wouldn't that mean that the kidneys/liver of a dwarf are a lot stronger and better than a humans, meaning that they can process enormous amounts of alcohol? Im not sure what im writing right now, 'cause im gonna fall asleep. NOW!

Cant remember which organ does what >_>

Liver mainly handles poisons etc. Kidneys take care of the usual crap that's stuck on red cells in and other stuff that goes in your blood veins.

I could try to explain it, but I'd say they get drunk, their unusually high CON scores are supposed to support the fact that they are highly resistant to poison, alcohol, damage, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FYlhYGjuY

Words of Wisdom, from Mr. Baywatch on the subject (The previous posts reminded me of this, hehe

Atleast we are in agreement that in all but the most bizzare case a dwarf can drink a hell of alot more than other races?

No, an elf can drink at least as much as a dwarf.

Corendran wrote:

No, an elf can drink at least as much as a dwarf.

It's true, actually. Elves can handle a ridiculous amount of alcohol, and they never get hangovers, either.

Carter wrote:

Corendran wrote:

No, an elf can drink at least as much as a dwarf.

It's true, actually. Elves can handle a ridiculous amount of alcohol, and they never get hangovers, either.

I didn't think that elves could handle anywhere near as much due to their physical frailties.

Common misconception! Elven bodies don't process alcohol the same way, or something, so they can down huge amounts without any effect at all, and they never experience ill effects. It's the reason they're the only race that can safely ingest Fey Wine.

Carter wrote:

Common misconception! Elven bodies don't process alcohol the same way, or something, so they can down huge amounts without any effect at all, and they never experience ill effects. It's the reason they're the only race that can safely ingest Fey Wine.

Can I ask where you got that? I've only scanned my books but I can't find anything about elven alcohol consumption.

To think of all those bursted, overused kidneys...

Yurell wrote:

Did you not hear? 4E does NOT exist.

Once again, you're in denial. The next dnd game is going to be 4e, you're going to have to swallow your pride and accept it soon.

I prefer paizo's pathfinder, it is much better, and the quality seems to be alot higher.

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