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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 1716730" data-attributes="member: 4134">Even though I may sound like a dwarf-basher, I voted for "not sick". Why? Dwarves are an important part of fantasy, just like elves, halflings, orcs and humans.There are a couple of dwarf-related issues I'm kinda sick of, though:There are a lot of elf-bashers out there (and, at least as far as I have seen, not nearly as many "rabid elf-fanboys" with a "make elves +10 everything cause they're sooo coool" attitude as many want you to believe. OK, that may be due to the fact that I only frequent enworld, not the wizards boards or RPGnet, which are infamous for their Trolls & and Thickheads), but noone ever bashes dwarves, even though they also have the "problems" elves have: They also have several subraces (especially in the FR, which are usually called as the breeding ground of countless elf subraces). Usually this is downplayed because "there are even more elven subraces". Nonetheless the dwarves are second, with the third close behind. Not that I have a problem with subraces, even when there's a lot of them.... Another "problem" is that dwarves are quite powerful, too, especially in 3.5, where they get more goodies on top of the old stuff (including con for cha, and cha isn't a problem for a lot of character builds, especially for power gamers).Then, dwarves are often used by people to play someone who doesn't care about dialogues and is quite greedy to boot. "I can demand payment, I'm a dwarf" "I don't have to try to talk nice, I'm a dwarf" is something I've heard quite a lot.But dwarves themselves? Another nice race for players to play. If you like tradition, community, a clearly defined chain of command and hierarchical structure in everyday life, mental privacy, and valor, honor, and unwavering courage, go for them.</blockquote>

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