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Mountain dwarves celebrate rare metals and gems, often using them to embellish their crafts and structures. As such, dwarvish goods are highly valued in trade. | Mountain dwarves celebrate rare metals and gems, often using them to embellish their crafts and structures. As such, dwarvish goods are highly valued in trade. | ||
Crag dwarves tend to focus their societies around ancient ruins and archeological treasures found in their mines. They are well known for their clay crafts and stonework. | Crag dwarves are well known for their massive canyon cities built within miles-deep crevices carved by time and dwarven hands. Here great waterfalls spin massive turbines that send elevator lifts hurtling upward and downward between hundreds of stone bridges that crisscross every possible level and gap. Crag dwarves dig their settlements by quarrying the dirt and stone in long layers parallel to streams and rivers, often uncovering long-buried ancient dwarven or elven ruins from ages past. They then rebuild such ruins, reinforcing previous fortifications and repurposing structures as they see fit. In addition, their clothes and creations are an integration of long-forgotten styles found there. Crag dwarves tend to focus their societies around ancient ruins and archeological treasures found in their mines. They are well known for their clay crafts and stonework. Lastly, the crag dwarves are the most surface-adapted dwarves and often extend their territory into nearby forests and plains where farmlands or hunted game can supplement their stone and clay crafts. | ||
Deep dwarves are naturally the most isolated of the sublineages and tend to be wary of outside influences. Their dangerous environments leave them little room for arts or frivolity and their societies focus more on survival than long-term legacy. They have a particular affinity for the ancient technologies and structures found below the earth and have absorbed much of their discoveries into their own societies. In fact, many deep dwarf nations have large populations of remnants, as well as smaller but notable populations of [[raedeen]]. | Deep dwarves are naturally the most isolated of the sublineages and tend to be wary of outside influences. Their dangerous environments leave them little room for arts or frivolity and their societies focus more on survival than long-term legacy. They have a particular affinity for the ancient technologies and structures found below the earth and have absorbed much of their discoveries into their own societies. In fact, many deep dwarf nations have large populations of remnants, as well as smaller but notable populations of [[raedeen]]. | ||
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'''Base Speed:''' 20 ft | '''Base Speed:''' 20 ft | ||
'''Appearance:''' Dwarves tend to have stocky proportions and often have skin and hair tones that reflect their environments, due to generations of evolution. | '''Appearance:''' Dwarves tend to have stocky proportions and often have skin and hair tones that reflect their environments, due to generations of evolution. | ||
* The most plentiful dwarven lines are mountain dwarves, and there are few mountain ranges in the world where you cannot find at least one outpost. With skin colors ranging from brown to pale, most of these dwarves, regardless of gender, grow thick and bushy beards looped with trinkets of precious metals. In most mountain dwarf societies, you can tell a dwarf’s status by the length of their beards and the sheer number of gold and platinum adornments therein. Their hair ranges in shade from blonde and brunette to granite-gray or black. | |||
* Crag dwarves have an earthier coloration, with skin tones like clay or sandstone and hair ranging from red to dark brunette. Deep dwarves look almost alien, with pale skin that borders on translucent and large, dark eyes adapted to navigate the utter blackness of cavern living. They are generally taller and comparatively lankier than other dwarven sublineages. | |||
* Deep dwarves are the rarest of dwarves and the least likely to be seen on the surface world. As denizens of the deepest caves, deep dwarves stand apart from their cousins by their pale skin, large eyes, and beardless faces. Their cities often contain tightly packed and protected districts hidden behind layers of trapped corridors and hidden passageways. Few outsiders ever have the opportunity to travel their tunnels. | |||
'''Lifespan:''' Dwarves reach maturity around 16 years of age and can live as long as 300 years. | '''Lifespan:''' Dwarves reach maturity around 16 years of age and can live as long as 300 years. | ||
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====== '''Mountain Dwarf''' ====== | ====== '''Mountain Dwarf''' ====== | ||
As a mountain dwarf, you gain the following features. | As a mountain dwarf, you gain the following features. | ||
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====== '''Crag Dwarf''' ====== | ====== '''Crag Dwarf''' ====== | ||
As a crag dwarf, you gain the following features. | As a crag dwarf, you gain the following features. | ||
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====== '''Deep Dwarf''' ====== | ====== '''Deep Dwarf''' ====== | ||
As a deep dwarf, you gain the following features. | As a deep dwarf, you gain the following features. | ||
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