DORN (Dwarves)

            The Dorn are a race that are fighting a war almost unknown to the rest of the world. The Kells and Elves may have heard of the race called  kronns from dwarven refugees, but the Dorn have seen their putrid forms and watched their destruction for the last hundred years. The Dorns have but one last bastion, the Last Hold, to hold back the tide of the planer invaders.

PERSONALITY

            The Dorn where a peaceful people, but the kronns changed all that. The typical Dorn places clan and family above all else. They trust in their own race almost blindly but other races they have to warm up to. Once a Dorns trust is earned, they will stand between sword point and death for an ally. They are fond of working with their hands and telling great tales of Dorn heroes past.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

             The Dorn range from 4.5 to 5.5 feet in height. The men are generally slightly stocky, while the women are less so. They have a deep tanned complexion with dark hair. The features that distinguishes them the most from the other races is their beards, worn in a fashion that distinguishes one clan from another, and their milky white eyes that have no sign of pupils.

RELATIONS

            The dwarves have no like or dislike for the other races of Arram. There are many dwarven refugee families scattered across Arram. These families have left the war torn hell of the Last Hold to raise their families in relative safety.

DWARVEN LANDS

            The Last Hold is all the Dorn have left to call their own. During the Breaking, many holds where lost completely to the Grey. After the breaking, the kronns appeared, and wiped out almost all the other holds left. The dwarves pooled their resources and held the kronns back at the Last Hold. Today they fight a daily battle to keep the kronns contained. Many dwarven refugees have found their way across the various cities and villages of Arram.

RELIGION

            The Dorn hold to the belief in the Asgrind pantheon.

LANGUAGE

NAMES

DWARVEN TEMPLATE

• Medium: As medium creatures, dwarves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

• +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma.

• Dorn base land speed is 30 feet. Dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying medium or heavy loads.

• Darkvision: Dwarves can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but otherwise like normal sight, and dwarves can function just fine with no light at all.

• Skin of the Mountains: Dwarves are very tough to injure. There are dwarven legends of warriors blocking axe blows with nothing but their forearm. A Dorn gains a +1 Natural Armor Bonus

• Automatic Language: Dorn. Bonus Languages: Santic, Elvenist-ai,