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[StrongAxe]

How can I get some armor for my dwarven adventurer, who started with only clothes?  I can only find the "large" size in human shops, we already went through the fact Dwarves don't have shops, and I don't have any abandoned forts in the region.  Do I have no choice but to strangle my bearded brethren?

[Don Blake]

How can I get some armor for my dwarven adventurer, who started with only clothes?  I can only find the "large" size in human shops, we already went through the fact Dwarves don't have shops, and I don't have any abandoned forts in the region.  Do I have no choice but to strangle my bearded brethren?

You could bring a dwarf with you on a dangerous quest, instead.

[Kagus]

Well, you could always punch them to death.

...yeah, that's pretty much it.  Since you don't have any abandoned forts, you can't pick up any dwarf-sized leavings.  You'll just have to buckle down and start dwarf-hunting.

Dwarves use small, stout armor.  Humans use large armor.  Elves use large, narrow armor.  Goblins use small armor.  This means every race has its own unique size and shape, and cannot use the equipment from any other race. 

Humans are the only ones who have easy access to more equipment that's their own size.  Elves are really boned, as elves don't use metal or animal products.  You won't be able to find any really good armor for them (unless a few elves have joined another civ during worldgen, in which case they'll start using elf-sized armor based on the types and material used by that civ.  But this, of course, can't be relied upon).

Dwarves have a doubly hard time, as they have to wander around those baffling underground forts in order to find someone who wears the same size high boots.


PRE-POST EDIT:  Or, as Don just pointed out, you could try hiring an adventurer dwarf.  You could even go so far as to hire your own adventurer dwarves by retiring several dudes in a town that's easy to find.

[Tarran]

Simple, light a fire, the common !!Urist!! does not notice until they are dead.

[kotekzot]

Take regular armor and cover it with spikes, rings and bands of gold.

[XSI]

You can retire any dwarf adventurer in a civilisation, and when you get him back he will have fitting armour for the civilisation you retired in. At least so I think, I haven't tested this much as my adventurers never last long enough to retire.

[Tarran]

You can retire any dwarf adventurer in a civilisation, and when you get him back he will have fitting armour for the civilisation you retired in. At least so I think, I haven't tested this much as my adventurers never last long enough to retire.

...You don't mind killing yourself?

just saying.