Dwarf Types

[Thumperganker]

What are the different types of dwarves, and which is the best for a player character??

[Righteous Doggy]

Plenty of types of dwarves, plenty of them good depending on the situation. Why and what do you need to know them for?

Edit: Frost, Gray(duergar), lesser duergar, Badlands, Desert, Mountain/Hill, gold, Glacier, Earth, Dream, Deep, Aquatic, Arctic, Jungle, and Seacliff. I think is all i can think of... lots of dwarves out there! Don't think i got them all.

[Mithril Leaf]

That's a large question. You've got a ton of racial variety's and each has a different specialty. The default dwarf (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dwarf.htm) is pretty good, as are the racial variants, both enviromental (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/races/environmentalRacialVariants.htm) and elemental (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/races/elementalRacialVariants.htm). I'm personally a fan of the Aleithian Dwarves (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psb/20030926a), for they get a bonus to Con and Int. But really, you'd have to read Races Of Stone to truly appreciate the many dwarven races, and their fun peculiarities.
I could help more if you told me what you wanted from the race.

[Kuulvheysoon]

That's a large question. You've got a ton of racial variety's and each has a different specialty. The default dwarf (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dwarf.htm) is pretty good, as are the racial variants, both enviromental (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/races/environmentalRacialVariants.htm) and elemental (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/races/elementalRacialVariants.htm). I'm personally a fan of the Aleithian Dwarves (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psb/20030926a), for they get a bonus to Con and Int. But really, you'd have to read Races Of Stone to truly appreciate the many dwarven races, and their fun peculiarities.
I could help more if you told me what you wanted from the race.

Did anybody ever update Aleithian Dwarves for 3.5? As it stands, they're 'polluted' with 3.0 psionics.

[Bard for Kicks]

Can you specify what type of character you plan to play? I like the standard dwarf but it wouldn't make as much sense to play a standard dwarf druid as opposed to a dream dwarf whose favored class is druid

[Rift_Wolf]

If you're allowed Pathfinder dwarves, not only are there two subspecies (Regular Mountain Dwarf and Deep Dwarf), but a lot of racial customisation rules to create different tribal tics (Like swapping out bonuses to saves for a little spell resistance, or trading bonuses to Appraise for bonuses to Knowledge.).

What kind of dwarf you want is entirely up to you and the campaign setting; you won't get much mileage out of a duergar in a desert (Unless you get hold of some smoked glass goggles), but otherwise dwarves have abilities and bonuses that made them decent as almost any class (Except sorcerer and caster-specced bard. As a PF paladin they're okay, but overshadowed by other races. As a 3.5 paladin, they're probably not much fun.)

[grarrrg]

What are the different types of dwarves, and which is the best for a player character??

:smallconfused:
Your question confuses me.
There is only one type of Dwarf (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame).
"Gruff, gold-loving, blunt-speaking, Scottish-accented, Viking-helmed, alcohol-swilling, Elf-hating, ax-swinging, stout, long-bearded, stolid and unimaginative, boastful of their battle prowess and their vast echoing underground halls"

[Averis Vol]

here (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19546874/Master_Player_Race_List_Version_2.0) ya go, theres a whole dwarf section.