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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larry Fitz" data-source="post: 273120" data-attributes="member: 3949"><p>To me the point of Dwarves is not just "Short guys who live underground" and then paint them with whatever cultural textures you admire...  Dwarves should have come commonality, looking at their racial adjustment gives us some indication of what those commonalities are. They lose Charisma and gain Constitution in equal measure, as a race they lack in social graces but are tough. I agree that Dwarves should be gruff, curmudgeonly, etc. They should be somewhat cold and hard when you first encounter them, like the earth itself. As you get to know them better they may not actually warm up, but they will become more comfortable and familiar. Just as to those who learn how the earth releases it's bounty of precious materials. I like multiple Elven races, but disdain vast numbers of subspecies of Dwarves. I like my Dwarven races 'vanilla'. You can get all sort's of Ben and Jerry's on elves and humans, but Dwarves are staid and solid and fairly unwavering in my campaigns...</p></blockquote><p></p>