Dwarves

Mountain Dwarf
Mountain Dwarves dwell in the Mountains of Thaxanos and are the strongest of all Dwarves.

Mountain Dwarves make awesome armsmen, skald and battleragers.  They make great warriors, runesmith, and priests.  They make good dragonslayers, bandits, bards and clerics.  They make bad mages, thieves, monks, necromancers, rangers, transmuters, invokers, assassins, illusionists, warlocks/witches, jongleur and enchantors.

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Hill Dwarf
Hill Dwarves dwell in the hills outside the mountains of Thaxanos. They are slightly quicker and smarter than Mountain Dwarves but slightly weaker. The Thaxanos hills are located next to the Shalonesti forest so the hill dwarves end up in more fights with the Shalonesti than any other dwarven race. Hill Dwarves descend from the same families as the mountain dwarves, but were separated in what became known as the "great betrayal".

Hill Dwarves make awesome armsmen, skald and battleragers.  They make great warriors, runesmith, and priests.  They make good dragonslayers, barbarians, bandits, clerics and druids.  They make bad mages, thieves, monks, necromancers, transmuters, invokers, assassins, illusionists, warlocks/witches, jongleur and enchantors.

(picture by Stephanie Shimerdla)

Dark Dwarf
Dark Dwarves dwell in the darkest portions of the Thaxanos mountains. They are cruel and mostly evil. The Dark Dwarves are the only Dwarven race that meddles in magic. They have a clear history of violence and tried to take over the Kingdom of Thaxanos itself centuries ago. They are less dexterous than any other Dwarven race but they are more intelligent and slightly wiser.

Dark Dwarves make good mages, clerics, necromancers, witches/warlocks, priests, nightshades and Dragonslayers.  They make bad Warriors and Armsmen.

Mul
Mul Dwarves are the cross-breeds between dwarves and humans. They are broad built and range from five to five and a half feet in height. They are unable to grow hair on any part of their bodies. As a result of their unusual breeding they are born sterile, unable to produce. The mul race was very suited to slave labor and gladiator fighting which encouraged many, especially the goblins, to breed them regularly for this purpose. It is rumored that the founder of the Algoron Gladiator League, Baron Randorf Del'nichi, bred the first Mul for the purpose of shaping a better fighter for the Gladiator League.

Mul are best suited to serve in Wargar or Thaxanos.

Mul make good assassins, bandits, warriors dragonslayers and armsmen.  Mul make bad battleragers.  They make horrible Swashbucklers and Bards and extremely bad Nightshades, Druids and Mages.