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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8114422" data-attributes="member: 23751">No.   You asked where in the PHB or Mordenkainen's it said X, so I let you know.  You're the one who brought setting specific dwarves into this, not me.  The conversation went like this.Me: The PHB describes ways that the Mountain Dwarf and Hill Dwarf stat bonuses can be explained.You: But they have the same culture.Me: They don't have the same culture(which is obvious as they live in different areas and focus on different things).You: Where in Mordenkainen's or the PHB does it say that.Me: Mordenkainen's does on page 71.  Now, I was looking at the general dwarf section there where it describes how some dwarves went to do X and the others stayed and did Y.  A cultural difference. You: Okay then, let's talk about the setting specific dwarves of the Forgotten Realms.Me:  Fine.  Then I'm going to the setting book that would be the best and most in depth authority on those dwarves.  And look, here are some ADDITIONAL explanations for those bonuses.You: Now we have a problem.There's nothing to square away.  They are not in any book "suspicious and secretive towards everyone."  They are in one book secretive and suspicious of people who don't flaunt wealth, but many, if not most merchants and nobles do flaunt their wealth, and those are the people that they would be eager to trade with.  And one can be secretive and suspicious, and still be optimistic.  Sure.  They are slow to trust, unlike Mountain Dwarves who are slower to trust.  That makes them more open and likely to make friends with outsiders.  And they haven't fought everyone, and most of those that they have fought would be orcs and goblins.  So again, we don't have a situation where anything said in one book is in opposition to anything said in the other.  It's certainly not the clearest way to say it, but that's part and parcel of 5e.  The writing has been pretty poor across the board.When in doubt, you should probably go with the actual setting book, but so far there's nothing that's truly contradictory, so it's not an issue</blockquote>

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