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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1706248" data-attributes="member: 151">I don't buy that argument for a second.&nbsp; Being able to see in the dark for 60' does not equate not being afraid of the dark.&nbsp; You could just as easily argue that being able to see in the dark makes utter darkness even more terrifying to a dwarf.&nbsp; If you've ALWAYS been able to see in the dark, and then suddenly you can't, that might be one of the most horrifying things, ever.&nbsp; Fear of the dark is fear of the unknown.&nbsp; My children have night-lights...but they're still afraid of what they can't see beyond the limit of that light.&nbsp; The same would hold true of some dwarves, and dwarven children especially.&nbsp; Unlike above-worlders, Dwarves have to learn to adapt to the fact that, outside of torch or lantern-light, they cannot see nearly as far as above-worlders can...and there are creatures in the deep that don't need to see at all.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;I mean, at best Dwarves exchange one set of phobias for another.&nbsp; Consider how terrifying unidentifiable noises are, or random earth tremors.&nbsp;&nbsp; Was that a thoqqua?&nbsp; Will it burst through the wall and come get me?&nbsp; Could it be an umber hulk or a xorn, moving silently through the walls???&nbsp; AAAHHHH! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Either direction works.&nbsp; The fact is, that every race in D&amp;D are essentially humans in funny bodies...since the last time I checked, only humans were playing them.&nbsp; Alien outlooks are highly overrated. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1706248, member: 151"] I don't buy that argument for a second. Being able to see in the dark for 60' does not equate not being afraid of the dark. You could just as easily argue that being able to see in the dark makes utter darkness even more terrifying to a dwarf. If you've ALWAYS been able to see in the dark, and then suddenly you [i]can't[/i], that might be one of the most horrifying things, ever. Fear of the dark is fear of the unknown. My children have night-lights...but they're still afraid of what they can't see beyond the limit of that light. The same would hold true of some dwarves, and dwarven children especially. Unlike above-worlders, Dwarves have to learn to adapt to the fact that, outside of torch or lantern-light, they cannot see nearly as far as above-worlders can...and there are creatures in the deep that don't need to see at all. I mean, at best Dwarves exchange one set of phobias for another. Consider how terrifying unidentifiable noises are, or random earth tremors. Was that a thoqqua? Will it burst through the wall and come get me? Could it be an umber hulk or a xorn, moving silently through the walls??? AAAHHHH! :) Either direction works. The fact is, that every race in D&D are essentially humans in funny bodies...since the last time I checked, only humans were playing them. Alien outlooks are highly overrated. :D [/QUOTE]

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