This is the racial enhancement book for the dwarves in Shadow of the Demon Lord game. This clocks in at 17 pages. The first 7 pages are dedicated to expanded lore from history and religion to personality and racial relations. A lot of this information is covered in Uncertain Faith but there is more here. The Dwarf race itself offers one alternative ability, “Sturdy as the Mountain”, at Level 4 which would be useful for some so it isn’t a worthless option. The next 9 pages are dedicated to randomized character creation tables. These tables go into much more depth of traits than the core rulebook and can go a long way toward assisting with character development. The remaining page and a half is dedicated to Rune spells and the Grudge Bearer Expert Path. This anger-based path is a solid mix of spellcasting and warrior based abilities.
As a dwarf specific supplement is well done if you are interested in expanding the ancestral details of your dwarven characters. Though a bit of the material is covered in Uncertain Faith, the information is expanded upon and retains value. The art is well done and matches the theme perfectly. If you are looking for a lot of crunchy alternative abilities and traits, this has very little but if you are looking for enhanced random character generation or more detail behind the dwarven race in general, this fits the bill perfectly.
Should you buy?
For theme, dwarven history, and session zero randomized character development, yes, otherwise no. Most of my players prefer randomized characters for grim settings so this was a nice supplement for me. YMMV.
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