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T-Furan: Clarified the metarace to avoid misunderstanding.

2023-08-03T09:53:41Z

Clarified the metarace to avoid misunderstanding.

T-Furan: Updated

2023-08-01T08:21:06Z

Updated

Sheila at 21:44, 22 February 2019

2019-02-22T21:44:47Z

Piranhamoe: changed bit about dwarves being the only member of their metarace

2018-05-25T00:43:13Z

changed bit about dwarves being the only member of their metarace

OrionAnderson: /* Starting Equipment */

2016-08-07T15:04:12Z

‎Starting Equipment

OrionAnderson: /* Strategy */

2016-08-06T17:31:49Z

‎Strategy

OrionAnderson: /* Strategy */

2016-08-06T17:31:32Z

‎Strategy

Ibanix at 22:14, 7 June 2013

2013-06-07T22:14:36Z

Greycat at 23:30, 30 May 2013

2013-05-30T23:30:02Z

Sebsebeleb: Created page with "== Description == ''Dwarves are a secretive people, hailing from their underground home of the Iron Throne.'' ''They are a sturdy race and are known for their masterwork, yet..."

2013-05-20T19:21:32Z

Created page with "== Description == ''Dwarves are a secretive people, hailing from their underground home of the Iron Throne.'' ''They are a sturdy race and are known for their masterwork, yet..."

New page

== Description ==

''Dwarves are a secretive people, hailing from their underground home of the Iron Throne.''
''They are a sturdy race and are known for their masterwork, yet they are not well loved, having left other races to fend for themselves in past conflicts.''
''They possess the Resilience of the Dwarves which allows them to increase their armour, physical and spell saves for a few turns.''

== Racial Talents ==

{{:Dwarf_(category)}}

{{races}}

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 {{race
 |name=Dwarf
-|metarace=[[Dwarf (metarace)|Dwarf]]
+|metarace=[[Dwarf (metarace)|Dwarf (Metarace)]]
 |life_per_level=14
 |exp_penalty=+0%

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 {{race
 |name=Dwarf
-|metarace=Dwarf
+|metarace=[[Dwarf (metarace)|Dwarf]]
-|life_per_level=12
+|life_per_level=14
-|exp_penalty=+25%
+|exp_penalty=+0%
 |strength=+4
 |dexterity=-2
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 |willpower=+3
 }}
 ==Description==
-Dwarves are a secretive people, hailing from their underground home of the Iron Throne. They are a sturdy race and are known for their masterwork, yet they are not well loved, having left other races to fend for themselves in past conflicts.
+Dwarves are a secretive people, hailing from their underground home of the Iron Throne.
 They possess the Resilience of the Dwarves which allows them to increase their armour, physical and spell saves for a few turns.
 ==Starting Equipment==
 *Brass Lantern
 *[[inscriptions|Infusion: Regeneration]]
-*Infusion: Wild
+*[[inscriptions|Infusion: Wild]]
-*Infusion: Healing (in inventory)
+*[[inscriptions|Infusion: Healing]] (subject to change if the chosen class starts with a different inscription/rune)
 ==Starting Location==
-[[Escape from Reknor]]
+[[Escape from Reknor]] (except for [[Demented (Metaclass)|Demented metaclass]], [[Doombringer]] and [[Demonologist]])
 ==Racial Talents==
 {{:Dwarf_(category)}}
+==Races==
-−
 {{races}}

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−	~~==Strategy==~~
−	Dwarf abilities are survival-oriented; they are the only race whose racial skills provide no offensive benefit whatsoever. Dwarves have 4 advantages: improved saves, a teleport, extra armor, and high HP.
−
−	All characters benefit from saves, if for no reason but to avoid cross-tier effects. However, they are especially useful to classes that provide save bonuses of their own. They are less useful to classes that offer %resistance to status effects. Dwarves get 2 boosts to physical and spell saves, but only one to mental. This works well for Mindpower classes, who tend to have good mental defenses but poor spell resistance, and for tanky classes who can survive a few turns of confusion. Magic characters benefit less; because confusion or silence can get them killed, and their mind saves are typically weak, they may need to invest in additional status defenses on top of the dwarf skills.
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−	Although saves are beneficial to characters of any class, their usefulness depends in part on the class's own anti-status tools. Classes with their own save bonuses tend to benefit most, followed by classes status-curing abilities. Saves are least useful to classes that gain %resistance to crucial statuses. Because dwarves get two boosts to physical and spell saves, but just one for mental save, they do well in willpower-based classes, or those that offer confuse resistance.
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−	The dwarven teleport is most useful to characters who would otherwise lack one, and especially to characters who cannot use runes because they are anti-magic or want to keep their escort betrayal options.
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−	A dwarf's high life rating is most useful to classes with low life ratings, while their armor bonus is most useful to classes that can wear heavy armor. Note that vim and paradox costs are not affected by fatigue, and that celestial energy costs are impacted in a confusing and largely irrelevant way.
−
−	~~Highly Recommended: Berserker, Brawler, Wilders, Mindslayer~~
−
−	~~Not Recommended: Mages, Afflicted, Celestials, Temporal Warden, Solipsist~~

	{{races}}		{{races}}

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 They possess the Resilience of the Dwarves which allows them to increase their armour, physical and spell saves for a few turns.
-Dwarves currently have only one [[race]] in their [[metarace]].
+Dwarves and Drem are currently the only members in their [[metarace]].
 ==Starting Equipment==

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 *[[inscriptions|Infusion: Regeneration]]
 *Infusion: Wild
 ==Starting Location==

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 Highly Recommended: Berserker, Brawler, Wilders, Mindslayer
 Not Recommended: Mages, Afflicted, Celestials, Temporal Warden, Solipsist
 {{races}}

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 ==Strategy==
-Their high [[Strength]] and [[Constitution]] make Dwarves a natural choice for [[Warrior (Metaclass)|Warrior]] builds, while their [[Willpower]] makes them great [[Wilder (Metaclass)|Wilders]], [[Psionic (Metaclass)|Psionics]] or [[Afflicted (Metaclass)|Afflicted]].
+Dwarf abilities are survival-oriented; they are the only race whose racial skills provide no offensive benefit whatsoever. Dwarves have 4 advantages: improved saves, a teleport, extra armor, and high HP.
-Their [[Power is money (talent)|Power is Money]] talent gives them great [[saves]], and is strongly recommended for all builds.
+All characters benefit from saves, if for no reason but to avoid cross-tier effects. However, they are especially useful to classes that provide save bonuses of their own. They are less useful to classes that offer %resistance to status effects. Dwarves get 2 boosts to physical and spell saves, but only one to mental. This works well for Mindpower classes, who tend to have good mental defenses but poor spell resistance, and for tanky classes who can survive a few turns of confusion. Magic characters benefit less; because confusion or silence can get them killed, and their mind saves are typically weak, they may need to invest in additional status defenses on top of the dwarf skills.
 {{races}}

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	They possess the Resilience of the Dwarves which allows them to increase their armour, physical and spell saves for a few turns.		They possess the Resilience of the Dwarves which allows them to increase their armour, physical and spell saves for a few turns.
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		+	Dwarves currently have only one [[race]] in their [[metarace]].

	==Starting Equipment==		==Starting Equipment==