HOLMENTZER DWARVES
Dwarves are about four feet tall, stocky of build and weigh 150 pounds, shoulders very broad, their skin a ruddy tan, brown or gray. They wear long beards. They are sturdy fighters and are especially resistant to magic as shown by their better saving throws against magical attack*. They have infravision and can see 60 feet in the dark. Underground, they can detect slanting passages, traps, shifting walls and new construction about one-third of the time. Dwarves can all speak the languages of gnomes, kobolds and goblins. - Holmes, pg. 6
The traps a dwarf can find are those involving large dungeon features, such as a falling ceiling, floor pit, and so forth. The traps a dwarf may discover does not refer to all traps. For example, a dwarf would have no chance at detecting a small dart trap on a chest; this could be detectable only by a thief.^ - Mentzer DMR, pg. 15
* The resistance to magic a dwarf enjoys is most beneficial using the saving throw table from the back of Mentzer DMR, i.e. Holmentzer. The Mentzer chart comes from Cook Expert.
^If a dwarf is a thief, these abilities will be in addition to their thief abilities.
DWARVES IN FURTHERMOOR
The origin of the dwarf in Wild Earth, published in Hooded Periscope #2, is mostly concerned w/ the realm of Kush, which is west of Furthermoor. In Furthermoor, dwarves come from various places, but mainly the SW, the magnificent, loud city of Moloch, or the nearby Mines of Turnip Skull. Though the dwarves have other places, unknown to non-dwarves, all over & through the mountains.
