Editing Yagura:SRD:Dwarves (Race) (section)

==All Are Outsiders==
Dwarves get along passably well with most other races. "The difference between an acquaintance and a friend is about a hundred years," is a dwarf saying that might be hyperbole, but certainly points to how difficult it can be for a member of a short-lived race like humans to earn a dwarf's trust. Relations within a clan are always the strongest, as the clan is family, and few who are not members of the clan ever know the full loyalty and love of a dwarf.

:'''''Elves'''. "It's not wise to depend on the elves. No telling what an elf will do next; when the hammer meets the orc’s head, they’re as apt to start singing as to pull out a sword. They’re flighty and frivolous. Two things to be said for them, though: They don’t have many smiths, but the ones they have do very fine work. And when orcs or goblins come streaming down out of the mountains, an elf’s good to have at your back. Not as good as a dwarf, maybe, but no doubt they hate the orcs as much as we do."''

:'''''Gnomes'''. "Barely tolerable as a group, but if you get one alone they start making sense. Not even a human can be as unpredictable and flighty as a gnome. The mischief they get into is the least that they deserve. But you have to give them credit, they are clever. And crafty, and shifty, and usually crazy. Just when you think they gone running from the slightest danger, they'll appear with double the numbers in a flanking position. You never know what a gnome's going to do, but at least the worst they cause they bring on themselves.''

:'''''Halflings'''. "Sure, they're pleasant folk. But show me a halfling hero. An empire, a triumphant army. Even a treasure for the ages made by halfling hands. Nothing. How can you take them seriously?"''

:'''''Humans'''. "You take the time to get to know a human, and by then the human’s on her deathbed. If you’re lucky, she’s got kin—a daughter or granddaughter, maybe—who’s got hands and heart as good as hers. That’s when you can make a human friend. And watch them go! They set their hearts on something, they’ll get it, whether it’s a dragon’s hoard or an empire’s throne. You have to admire that kind of dedication, even if it gets them in trouble more often than not."''