Dwarf

Wide as a barrel and about as tall. This short stocky race builds the best stone houses/tunnels or anything made of stone around. Perhaps due to their underground existence, Dwarves have developed the ability to see outside the normal range of visible light, into the infrared. Due to their short legs they sometimes have trouble keeping up with companions of taller races. Dwarves are known to have very good constitution, but as also known to be very hard to get along with. Some races hate all dwarves. Some (jealous of fine Dwarven craftsmanship no doubt) claim dwarves are a bit clumsy. Dwarves do seem to gain HP faster, and they are hard to poison. If a dwarf does not have a beard a foot long he must be a baby. Dwarves fight on the side of good in the race war.\ Dwarves start at 45, mature at 61, reach middle age at 121, old age at 181, and are ancient at 271.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: GNOME, DARK DWARF, RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, AGING