Dwarves

The Dwarven Kingdom was destroyed in the First Era. As a result, Mountain Dwarves are no longer found on Erun and the Hill Dwarves mostly live in their feuding clans in the Kopca Hills. The clans are generally martial patriarchies with strict gender roles. Female and those male dwarves who have yet to reach maturity tend to basic agricultural endeavors while adult males focus on hunting, raiding other clans, and fighting the goblin tribes that also inhabit the Kopca Hills.

Hill Dwarves tend to have lighter hair (blonde, red, brown) and lighter eyes (blue, green, hazel). Hair styles vary from clan to clan, with some growing full beards and long hair, to shaved heads and faces. Adult males adorn their bodies with tattoos and brands to commemorate victories, major life events, and to indicate clan membership.

Hill Dwarves do not worship the gods like other races, but practice ancestor worship. While they acknowledge the existence of the gods and venerate them, their ties to their clan and ancestors are strongest. This does not effect their access to priest and priest-like classes.

Intraclan conflict is decided by the clan Patriarch and usually determined with trial by combat. Trial by combat is usually unarmed and non-lethal, though combatants must fight until the Patriarch decides that the issue has been settled. If In extreme circumstances, a dwarf may be exiled from his clan. This is the greatest punishment a chieftain can dole, viewed worse than death. Exile from a clan not only removes the individual from society, but breaks the link between the exiled and his ancestral lineage.

There is little contact between the Hill Dwarf Clans and the settled lands of the elves and humans. However, individual dwarves have been known to leave their clans to either become traders or artisans. These dwarves function as de facto ambassadors to the outside world. Because these dwarves leave their clans, they are viewed as second class citizens to their clansmen despite providing a vital function to the clan itself.

Traits

Same as PHB, but age is decreased to only being slightly longer than humans (125 years, typically)

Classes

Only dwarves can be Berserkers.