DWARVES
35 points
Dwarves are short, stocky, gruff
miners and cave-dwellers. All male
dwarves are bearded. Dwarves are
moody: some are vulgar, others merry,
surly, cruel, or dignified, but their personalities
are always emphatic. Few
dwarves are introverts. They are
native to Yrth, and most live in Zarak
All dwarves are craftsmen to one
extent or another. Status among them
comes as much from craft ability as
birth or heroism. They love gold and
jewels, and will happily work all day to
mine precious things and build with
them. Anything they make will be
both useful and beautiful.
Their preferred weapons are martial
versions of tools: the hammer, the
pick, and the axe. Their great
strength lets them use massive
weapons efficiently.
Dwarves love good craftsmanship
and react well to any good craftsman
or to proposals involving a challenge
to their skills. They get along quite
well with gnomes and adequately with
most humans. The newcomers may be
fragile and short-lived, but they are
also clever at some things, and appreciative
customers. Dwarves dislike
things that are shabby or ill-made, and
pointless destruction enrages them.
Some are afraid of open spaces; they
usually stay happily underground.
They have a keen sense of personal
pride and honor.
Dwarves have 1 point in Signature
Gear. This represents a beloved $500
item (or items) probably hand-crafted
by the dwarf. Possibilities include an
ornate, fine-quality warhammer or a
beautiful set of craftsman’s tools.
Dwarves are 1 1/2 feet shorter than
human average for their ST, but weigh
50 lbs. more than a human of that
height. Usually this extra weight is
solid muscle.
Attribute Modifiers: ST+2 [20]; HT+1
[10].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers:
FP+3 [9]; Basic Move-1 [-5].
Advantages: Artificer 1 [10]; Damage
Resistance 1 (Tough Skin, -40%)
[3]; Extended Lifespan 1 [2];
Lifting ST+2 [6]; Longevity [2];
Resistant to Poison (+3) [5];
Signature Gear [1].
Disadvantages: Greed (12) [-15];
Intolerance (Racial enemies) [-5];
Miserliness (15) [-5]; Stubbornness
[-5].
Quirks: Expects male dwarves to have
long beards; Prefers gold to other
precious metals [-2].
Racial Skills: Axe/Mace (A) DX [2]-10;
Merchant (A) IQ [2]-10.
Features: Taboo Traits (Jumping,
Running skills).

Bulk
Ranged weapons only. A measure of
the weapon’s size and handiness. Bulk
modifies your weapon skill when you
take a Move and Attack maneuver (see
Move and Attack, p. 365). It also serves
as a penalty to Holdout skill when you
attempt to conceal the weapon.
Rcl (Recoil)
Firearms only. A measure of how
easy the weapon is to control when firing
rapidly: the higher the value, the
less controllable the weapon. Rcl 1
means the weapon is recoilless, or
nearly so.
When firing at RoF 2+, every full
multiple of Rcl by which you make
your attack roll means you score one
extra hit, to a maximum number of
hits equal to total shots fired; see Rapid
Fire (p. 373). (Firearms with RoF 1 still
list Rcl, for use with certain rules.)
LC (Legality Class)
This is only noted for firearms and
grenades. All melee weapons and muscle-
powered ranged weapons intended
for combat are LC4. An exception is
the force sword, which is LC2. Ignore
LC for “weapons” intended as tools, or
for hunting or recreation, and for
those that are completely improvised
(like a wooden stake). See Legality
Class (p. 267).