The Dwarves of Rockhome describes a land mostly inhabited by dwarves in the Known D&D World/Mystara setting. I think that if you are interested in playing a particular race, such as a dwarf in third edition, it is useful to have other supplements from earlier editions for inspiration. Similarly other supplements can provide inspiration for creating a kingdom of dwarves. Rockhome is highly recommended for players who like dwarven characters and DMs looking for ideas about dwarves. Of course it is also recommended for Mystara collectors.
Rockhome provides alternate rules for dwarven-clerics. These are very similar to the elven fighter/wizard model from BECMI except that it features clerical spells instead of wizard ones. There are also new rules for high level dwarves to craft magical armor and weapons.
Like the other excellent gazetteers, Rockhome provides a good outline of the history, geography, culture, politics, and general background for using Rockhome as an adventure setting. There is also a section on dwarven cities. It is similar to the treatment of dwarven cities in the Krynn modules based on the Chronicles trilogy. The section on cities is still a useful resource.
There is a discussion of dwarven technology and the DM is given the option of using it in a serious or comedic fashion.
Of course there are also sections on NPCs, monsters, campaigning in Rockhome, and adventure ideas.
All in all an excellent product. Highly recommended. 4 out of 5 stars.
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