Dwarves.

[spawnloser]

Anything that smacks of DarkSun too much will be overrun in some way.  It's something that we have to accept intellectually.

[FantasyWriter]

Yeah, I'm seriously bummed that dwarves won't make it to Reborn.

They mate with the smart, club-wielding, cloak wearing raptors and we get the Durza.

[spacewars]

stump

[jriley]

That's your opinion. Which i believe is wrong.

If a dwarf is just an infallible machine they should not even be PC Class. NPC is fine for that. What you lazy smelly and flea ridden humans may see as wasting coins drinking, a dwarf may perceive as a needed relaxation to clear his mind so he can attack his goals even stronger later. The hard part of being a dwarf is having to justify to yourself or others why you are doing something where as a human just does it for the fuck of it. I see everything as a dwarf does as a long Con. Eventually he'll run off and try and cut Tek's balls off and drink the tea he made for it and become immortal. But in order for him to think he has a good chance, he may wait until he can procure his +8 steel dagger and have his army of twenty seven max-climb skilled HGS ready.

And as for why dwarves might be blustery. They have to deal with a lot of issues that don't directly relate to their focus. Eating and drinking is not really related to many focuses but you have to stay alive. They may know they have to bow to templars, make coins, and so on and so forth to -survive- because you can't do shit dead. That doesn't mean they -like- dealing with said necessary but very faintly focus related activities. I play it as impatience with having to do irritating things such as eat, drink, sleep, follow laws, talk to people, etc.

You know, I think that you and I really don't agree about how dwarves should be played, but I'll give you this -- you really seem to have thought the matter through.  You make a good case for that style of role-play. 

I wish that other players would put as much work into their dwarves.