Dwarf
“Dwarves are creatures of stone, and like stone they change only in response to extremes. The dwarves of the many worlds share much in common, but never allow those similarities to blind you to their unique traits.” - Mordenkainen
Civilization and Culture
Culture and Cultural Heritage
Dwarves highly valued the ties between family members and friends, weaving tightly knit clans. Dwarves particularly respected elders, from whom they expected sound leadership and the wisdom of experience, as well as ancestral heroes or clan founders. This idea carried on to relations with other races and dwarves were deferential even to the elders of another, non-dwarven race.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Dwarves were firm believers in the righteousness of their own ways, yet were surprisingly tolerant of the cultures of others, much of which was due to their natural introversion. Polite dwarves normally declined to speak their minds about others regardless of their true feelings; behavior considered "good enough" was left alone and not considered their business. Certain violent behavior might prompt more direct forms of response, but for the most part dwarves would live and let live. They got along passably well with most other races, their pragmatism and sense of honor serving diplomacy well, and few reasonable societies could not come to some level of agreement of them.
Genetic Descendants
Lifespan
350 years
Average Height
3-4 ft (1-1.3 m)
Average Weight
150 lb (68 kg)
Average Physique
Dwarves were a short race, as their name implied, standing from 4'3"-4'9" (1.3-1.45 meters) on average, with hill dwarves a bit shorter. What dwarves lacked in height they made up for in bulk; they were, on average, about as heavy as humans. A dwarf could weigh anywhere from about 160-220 lbs. (73-100 kg). Dwarven males were a bit taller and heavier than their female counterparts.
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