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Dwarven Roleplaying Notes

Dwarves are very stubborn and tough. They LOVE to drink and bar-room brawl,
usually with other dwarves, but will do it with others if no dwarves are there.
They always have a high pain tolerance, and usually just get pissed off when
hit, instead of feeling the pain. Dwarves never run from battle. There is almost
never such a thing as a cowardly dwarf. Dwarves hate riding horses, and they
can't stand being on boats or fording rivers and such. A dwarves' idea of
comfort is a rocky hard floor in a room at the bottom of a mine or elsewhere
underground. Pillows and soft beds are for pansies. Work is paramount to a dwarf
- there is no time for play. They are never lazy and always are thinking of
something to do. You NEVER touch a dwarves weapon. That is a good way to get
your head cut off. More importantly, you NEVER steal a dwarf's ale or make him
spill it. This can result in someone getting beaten within an inch of their
lives. Dwarves dislike and distrust mages and magic alike. It's silly to them.
People should spend their time doing something useful like mining, making
weapons and armor, or killing orcs and giants... not playing around with
abstract things you can't see and touch like magic.

Dwarves hate orcs and half-orcs with a passion. They also can't stand goblins or
kobolds, but not as much as they hate orcs and half-orcs. Dwarves also do not
like giants at all, but they LOVE to fight them. Dwarves constantly taunt and
jeer at giants while in combat with them. Dwarves are very cold to elves, as
elves are pansies in their eyes which don't know how to fight, have no pain
tolerance, and always waste their time doing stupid things like painting and
sculpting, dancing, and hanging out in the forest, which is a place a dwarf
can't stand. And worst of all, most elves drink WINE!! GACK!!! A common gripe
from a dwarf to an elf would be: "Go climb a tree or something, ye pointed-eared
pansy-ass." or something similar. Elves are also viewed by dwarves as
self-important snobs. A dwarf's beard is an extreme source of pride to him.
One of the worst things someone can call a dwarf is a "bearded gnome". They find
this very insulting.

So, if you are willing to be stubborn and difficult, and want to charge into
combat without abandon, and you are tired of all these elves everywhere, a dwarf
is most definitely for you.

