Well, dwarves have more sturdy bones and heavier body structure than humans, so it could actually work! (They are not made literally of stone, though, contrary to popular opinion.)
I was goping to suggest this being an actual Troll practice, but
realized the anchortroll then would be _certain_ to eat the anchor,
not just _likely_ to.
Anyway, if you did it at sea, you might attract Sea Trolls - HEY!
There _have_ to be someone somewhere who fishes for Sea Trolls using
live Dwarfs as bait!
Jane Williams:
That Orlanthi player has been asking me about elementals. In
particular, it seems to him that this business of Summoning them and
giving them orders is a disrespectful way of treating the
representative
of his God.
'Higher' air spirits is another thing, though. By that I do not mean just bigger; a big sylph is just a stronger horse, so to speak.
That could actually be a way for an Orlanthi to prove himself (the 'test of Holiness' if you wish): 'OK, Buck, if you can ride in Orlanth's Stallion, El Diablo, I'll hire you as a cowpoke, erh, Storm Servant'. You have to control the sylph staying on top of it - if you fail, it'll toss you, if you succeed, it is tamed.
This could be played out in a sort-of-spirit-combat in RQ X/PDP, and is a perfect example of HW-style 'extended resolutions4.
Dwarf Lost at Sea:
First mate O'Toole here of the Dwarven Bronzeclad Dreadnautilis Mark II
reporting in.
I understand that some be callin us Piratyes or sumthin, I will av ye know we is no such thing, Cap'n say we be Private Ears, or Buccan ones.
Shiver me timbers it be a jolly life at sea (snip)
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'Shiver me _timbers_'??!! A- HAA! A closet Vegetarian! Recycle! Recycle!
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'The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea,
In a beautiful, pea-green boat...'
>From 'The Owl and the Pussycat' by Edward Lear
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