By the way, your anti-spam word “Lovecrft” lacks an “a”. Coincidence?
Stargazer´s last blog ..WHFRP 3rd Edition Seminar by Jay Little

I must disagree with Stargazer and suggest you stick with 3.5 or Pathfinder. The less you have to convert, the less work you have to do, especially for things that come up in the middle of game. Wait, that never happens, does it? This way you’ll be doing yourself a favour by playing it straight. You’ll be able to focus your energies on the campaign, rather than the mechanics.

Very interesting. Are derros anything like Richard Shaver’s deros?

The fun of an all-dwarf game for me would be in assuming that the known Fantasy image of dwarfs is just a stereotype. Outsiders all know that dwarfs are nuts about mining and tinkering and metallurgy but no one ever asks why. Must be some weird dwarf thing. They’re crazy like that. But what are dwarfs really into, deep under the mountains, the end to which those things are merely a means? Anything like that in this book?

That’s a good point. It could really be fun to explore the stereotypes and look beyond them. Logically, most Dwarves would be farmers–possibly with a large number of herders or fisherman as well–rather than miners. A Dwarf’s gotta eat. And no, mushrooms don’t count. Mushrooms aren’t exactly green vegetables, or generally even nutritious. Since geography amenable to mining tends to be the exact opposite of the sort suitable for food production, it’s certainly possible that the Dwarves who live in a mine are rather separate from greater Dwarven society.

Who knows what sort of insanity can develop among Dwarves who live for years–even centuries–in a hyper-masculine setting deep under the ground, digging and smithing, not eating properly, not seeing the sun in decades, and never having seen a woman other than your own mother, and that was when you were apprenticed to some crazy longbeard when you were a pup? That’s the sort of thing that can make a Dwarf completely off his anvil. He might even be crazy enough to become an adventurer…

Xose: Derro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derro_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)

They’re degenerate dwarves. Think of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard stories of humans that have sort of devolved and gone mad; now do that to dwarves. And yes, they are believed to have been stolen for D&D from Shaver’s dero.

Thanks for the review, and I’m very pleased you liked the map.