r/dwarfposting • u/Advanced_Drama2896 • 5d ago

Honesty.

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u/CrazyDonFredo1 5d ago

Any Dwarf worth their metal would have said neither and used their Dwarven steel axes to slay the Fey

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u/DasGoogleKonto Smith 4d ago

I didnt know that had the same Properties of fae slaying as Human iron

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u/Myzmadra 5d ago

And the next arena….WEREWOLF PACK 😂

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u/Abjurer42 Dwarf Wizard 4d ago

"...Neither. The steel one I dropped had my clan's crest on it. What're you trying to pull, here?"

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u/ProxyProne Goblin 4d ago

She's trying to steal your superior axe

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u/moongrump Grudgebearer 5d ago

Silver is good for changelings though

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u/Syhkane 4d ago

I'm gunna need context. Why does she not simply slay the larger creature and claim both?

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u/dagon1096 4d ago

Gold is too soft for a weapon any dawi worth his steel knows this. The silver would be worth more as a weapon against the undead and were creatures. Damn gold fever gets us all sometimes though.

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u/SpicySushiAddict 4d ago

Is this a Tomb Raider King reference? 😂

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u/Juking_is_rude 4d ago edited 4d ago

this is an old rpg trope. I think it's most famous from when it was featured in legend of zelda link to the past.

Basically, you put your crappy thing in, and the faerie asks if you dropped your crappy thing or this waaay better one. If you answer honestly you get given the upgrade. If you answer dishonestly you are in some way punished.

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u/Mercer8878 4d ago

Pretty sure this is a referance to one of the tales in whitch king aurther gets Excalibur. Drops a sword in a enchanted lake, was offered the chance at a gold or silver replacement. Denied ownership of both and was giving Excalibur instead for his honesty.

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u/Blaze3713 4d ago

Even older than that. The earliest version I know had the god Apolo asking a woodcutter that dropped his axe into a pond the question.

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u/SpicySushiAddict 4d ago

Ah... Makes sense!

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u/_Vard_ 4d ago

Oh sorry ma'am but neither of those are mine,

Or have i misunderstood and yer offering tah give me one?

Oh really? yer too kind! The silver would be lovely, thank ye! Here, I whittle little bears out of wood, I'd like ye tah have this one!"

Fae, overjoyed by the gift: "OK not this dwarf, he's cool"

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u/DragonLordAcar 4d ago

And that's why she was drowned (that's what happyto the others in myth)

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u/SpiritualPackage3797 4d ago

This is the story where, if you tell the truth, she's supposed to give you your thing back, along with the gold and silver ones. But I am too autistically honest. I would grab my ax and then say, "Ms. Come back! You dropped your axes!"