

There were a few orphans that had come of age that may yet move into the trade class but for now they toil in the mines or work outside on a farm. The second level held the poorest laborers that demonstrated little interest or talent in their work and so never became tradesmen. The next level down would be other trades like scribes, masons, carpenters, clerks, tavern workers, and some of the aspiring performers. He explained the middle class, as you would understand them, live on the upper level and are comprised of merchants, craftsmen, adventurers, clergy and some of the better performers. He says he adventured for a spell but had to give it up for family reasons when his father died suddenly. You ask about your host and about the town. Your guide says you will need to wait to address the Council, as he points to the large grand doors, closed and under guard. If you happen into a modest Dwarven home you might need to watch your head, but in their halls and taverns, things are bigger than in any human dwelling, except maybe the palace." They build things in a grand fashion like they want their architecture to be bigger than even the humans. "Dwarves don't build little Hobbit Holes. You are struck by how all the passages and doors are oversize for Dwarves and you recall what they told you about them. At the other wall you ascend another stair to the fourth level as your guide says, "The Council's up here."Īt the top(?) level, things are much more open in the manner of the layout. They have everything you would expect in an outdoor town a general goods shop, a tailor, a cabinet maker, a leather worker and such. As you walk he says the name of the shops as you pass by. Nothin' dair fer you ta see." He walks on down a balcony that allows you a view of the lowest level through the middle. He replies, "Oh, that's the poor miners, an' a few shops that cater to dair needs. At the third level you ask about the second. He just keeps walking at the next level to the third and you follow. You continue behind your guide and he ascends a stair made of wood that spirals up to another level about twenty feet up. You've never been in a mine before have you?" You ask your guide and he replies, "Aye, mine drainage. The floor continues to ascend the slow gradual grade, but now also slopes to either the right or left. A little further ahead to your right you see they have a stable and beyond that a place for wagons with a few dwarves busy working at a forge or with some wood. To your right, your guide indicates the Village market where goods are brought in early to be sold from places beyond.
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To your left is a series of wooden structures with some soldiers milling about. Immediately to your front is a large fairly open zone all the way to the far wall, which you can only see because of the torches along the far wall. Like the passage you walked to get here, the ceiling is an enormous barrel vaulted system with two reinforcing ribs lengthwise and widthwise dividing the chamber into nine equal parts. At the end of this passage they enter a large chamber hewn from the mountain that is a little less than 300 feet wide and 300 feet deep. After breaching the main doors at the base of the mountain the party climbs a very gradual 1/2% grade for over 100 feet on a smooth finished floor in a tunnel that has a barrel vaulted ceiling 15 feet wide and 20 feet at the apex. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft CreaturesĪs the title says, I am building a Dwarven village, which is the entrance to their mine.
