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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melfast" data-source="post: 4504856" data-attributes="member: 17870">Duergar Weapon ProficiencyChronoplasm,I'm glad you think this version is better. I appreciate your comments and helping me make it better.Regarding the racial weapon proficiency, I agree it would make the duergar a little more distinctive from dwarves if they used an axe instead of a hammer.I bounced this idea back and forth and finally decided not to do it, because of a couple of things.  1) Every duergar write-up has them using hammers, even when they are representing classes that don't have a hammer proficiency.  This is not conclusive, but it allows me to parallel the creature write-up just as the dwarf PC race parallels the dwarf entry in the MM. 2) Axes thematically seem wrong for an underground race.  Fighting axes developed from a tool to chop down trees, etc.  Hammers developed from a tool to pound things.  I see an underground race using a hammer to break rock, knock in pitons for climbing, etc. and not developing a bladed chopping tool.  So, it feels more right to have hammers rather than axes.  I'll consider adding the thrown hammer back into the mix as a racial benefit if it looks like the race ended up leaning to the weak side.  For now, I see them using beard quills in lieu of throwing hammers.  The lower range is a disadvantage, but underground the LOS distances tend to be shorter.  Of course, since this is an encounter power, I may have to relook this when all is said an done.    Melfast</blockquote>

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