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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 1922299" data-attributes="member: 22882">In my Dwarven Age campaign, I didn't so much modify most races as reevaluate what their racial traits would mean in the long-term.Dwarves have both the physical and mental traits to dominate.  Lawful yet inventive, tough yet smart, long-lived yet fast-breeding.  As such, they became the dominant race in that world, and were made a young rather than old race to explain why it took so long for them to take over.I then split the dwarves into two factions.  One, a constitutional monarchy with a house of clan leaders (lords) beholden to a high king.  The other, a democracy typically by an uneasy alliance of merchant-oligarchs and rabble-rousers.  The latter group, emphasizing inventiveness, smarts and long-life, are the main villains.  The former group, emphasizing lawfulness, toughness and large families, are the main force for good.  Both, however, are greatly disliked by the other races, who they completely overshadow and dominate.</blockquote>