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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8342595" data-attributes="member: 4534">According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, the modern English  dwarf comes from the Old English word dweorg which has some cognates in other languages including devergr in Old Norse.  And if you can't trust Wikipedia who can you trust?  D&D dwarves aren't too far from some mythical versions as a short tough person who know how to craft well and lives in a mountain isn't exactly breaking new ground.  Maybe we could make dwarfs more lusty like they are in some of the myths?  I've never seen a dwarf female played as a temptress before but there's at least one Swedish ballad about it.  I don't know if that'd fly well with modern sensibilities though.  Plus, as someone already mentioned, dwarves aren't sexy.</blockquote>