Fear the Worst

GOING UNDERGROUND! Once the Dwarfs were rulers of the mightiest empire in the Old World. Now, after four thousand years of war, their great underground fortresses are under attack or have fallen to Orcs, Goblins, Skaven and the hordes of Chaos. But with their advanced weapons and steam-technology, their knowledge of runic magic and their love of a good fight, the Dwarfs are striking back. They will free their homes from the greenskins, rescue the great weapons of legend, and make the Ancestor-Gods proud – or they will die trying. Because for the Dwarfs, a life without honour and glory is not a life worth living. This book contains all the information that Warhammer FRP players and GMs need to make exciting Dwarf characters and set adventures in Dwarf lands, including: Expanded character creation rules, with new skills and 18 new careers such as Miners, Loremasters and Dragon Slayers; Information on runes, runic magic and powerful rune weapons; Dwarf technology, from guns and cannons to gyrocopters and Ironclads; Dwarf Holds in the World’s Edge Mountains, the Black Mountains and Norsca; A gazetteer of the Dwarf realms; A history and timeline of the Dwarfs; Dwarf religion, including new gods; and much more! With the publishing of the much anticipated Realm of Sorcery (RoS) for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Hogshead has begun its printing of books dedicated to the various races of the Old World in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WFRP) with its first book: Dwarfs: Stone and Steel by Alfred Nunez Jr. Keep in mind it is difficult to judge WFRP products, since Hogshead (hereafter referred to as HH) requires approval from Games Workshop for any of its products and must follow closely any precedent set by Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) by Game Workshop (GW). Thus the finished and approved product may not be what the author or HH set out to produce. In WFRP and WFB, dwarfs have been your typical gruff and dour dwarfs, with a splash of steampunk tossed in to sell minis. It was my hope that the product would expand beyond the typical genre conventions typified by Tolkien and a generation of gamers.