Mountain Dwarf Vs Hill Dwarf
If you build a cleric with a mountain dwarf you can have 18 Str and 18 Con by 4th-level. Or 18 Str and 16 Wis. Compared to hill dwarf where you'd be getting 18 Wis only. So whilst a hill dwarf's sacred flame might hit more often, so will the mountain dwarf's melee attacks. Compare 1d8+4 to 2d8 and it averages to 8.5 vs. The hill dwarf is a good option with it’s bonus to wisdom aiding their senses, dwarven dark vision making it so no light source is needed, and never forget that bonus to HP that hill dwarves get. (average for a d8 is 4.5, the dwarf con bonus and hill dwarf ability brings that average up almost 50% to 6.5 per level).
The Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure introduces Gundren Rockseeker simply as a 'dwarf' and doesn't seem to mention what kind of dwarf he is. They are (arguably) Hill dwarvesThere's nothing to go on in the module book.You're right, it is never stated explicitly anywhere in the module what kind of dwarf the Rockseeker brothers are. Not directly specifiedI searched the entire adventure text on D&D Beyond, but the adventure never provides more details about the Rockseeker brothers other than that they're dwarves. Gundren and Nundro use the generic statblock if their stats are relevant/necessary.but one pregen might provide the answerThe Starter Set comes with.
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One of them is a hill dwarf cleric with the following listed under 'Bonds':I have three cousins—Gundren, Tharden, and Nundro Rockseeker—who are my friends and cherished clan members.This would suggest that the Rockseeker brothers are also canonically hill dwarves. There is a strong argument for Mountain DwarfIn the description of in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide (p.