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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bwgwl" data-source="post: 960145" data-attributes="member: 3876">i would call "no movement penalty in medium and heavy armor" quite a large bonus, not a slight mitigation. the movement penalty in medium armor is the only thing keeping my 3.0 dwarf barbarian in light armor. with the barbarian fast movement ability, i've just caught up with the other PCs. to put on heavier armor would make me fall behind again. in 3.5, i can wear much heavier armor and still keep up with everyone. that's a big benefit.as far as the weapon familiarity goes, it can be quite powerful.in 3.0, for a dwarf fighter or barbarian to dual-wield dwarven waraxes, it would cost three feats (Ambi, TWF, Exotic WP). that's 2nd level if he's a fighter, 3rd if he's a barbarian and he needs at least a 15 Dex, which is hardly common among dwarf characters.in 3.5, a dwarf fighter or barbarian can dual-wield dwarven waraxes with one feat (TWF) and he can do so at 1st level with no Dex prereq. that's quite a power-up.and this is coming from a player that loves dwarves and is currently playing a dwarf PC. all i've seen of 3.5 dwarves is additional benefits; i haven't heard anything about any mitigating factors. so it looks like they received a big power-up in relation to the other races.</blockquote>