Dwarfkin

A dwarf's beard is his standing among dwarves, and this is as true of the women as of the men. It is combed before a battle and braided for a wedding, and to lay a hand on it unasked has begun more than one war under the mountains.

They are an older people than humans, and do not think the younger kins have improved the world. They are slow to move and slower to tire, and so stubborn that a dwarf is said to have argued once with a rockfall, and the rockfall gave way. What they love lies under the ground: ore, and gems, and the working of both. No other kin makes engines as they do, and no dwarf will say how it is done.

Details

• The peoples of this kin: Gray Dwarf, Gerp, Gully Dwarf and Mountain Dwarf, each with an entry of its own; and the Tinker Dwarf, which the creator shows as locked.
• All of them have infravision and speak common and dwarven.
• Dwarves have stamina and strength in plenty and little nimbleness. Most of those who leave the mines become warriors.