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	[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The 4E version of a Mul, which significantly toned down their original look, to give them a more attractive-to-the-human-eye sort of look.'']]		[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The 4E version of a Mul, which significantly toned down their original look, to give them a more attractive-to-the-human-eye sort of look.'']]
	Finally: [[Half-~~dwarves~~]]!		Finally: [[Half-Dwarf\|Half-Dwarves]]!

	The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds within [[Dungeons & Dragons]] that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to breed would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature, combined with dwarven strength and endurance, thus producing a superior slave-race. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[Star Trek\|Klingon]]-style forehead ridges to boot, so that's not quite so weird.		The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds within [[Dungeons & Dragons]] that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to breed would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature, combined with dwarven strength and endurance, thus producing a superior slave-race. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[Star Trek\|Klingon]]-style forehead ridges to boot, so that's not quite so weird.
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	[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The 4E version of a Mul, which significantly toned down their original look, to give them a more attractive-to-the-human-eye sort of look.'']]		[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The 4E version of a Mul, which significantly toned down their original look, to give them a more attractive-to-the-human-eye sort of look.'']]
	Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!		Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!
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1d4chan>Incassum: Tried to make the entire article a bit more clean, clearing up the distinctions between editions, and the problems, and non-problems, therein (and removed the remark about making them "easier for other settings"; they can just be re-tooled).

2018-05-20T19:53:24Z

Tried to make the entire article a bit more clean, clearing up the distinctions between editions, and the problems, and non-problems, therein (and removed the remark about making them "easier for other settings"; they can just be re-tooled).

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	[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|~~Despite being part dwarf when first encountering~~ them ~~you wouldn't identify them as such~~.'']]		[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The 4E version of a Mul, which significantly toned down their original look, to give them a more attractive-to-the-human-eye sort of look.'']]
	Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!		Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!

	The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds within [[Dungeons & Dragons]] that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to ~~mate~~ would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance, thus producing a superior slave race. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[Star Trek\|Klingon]]-style forehead ridges to boot, so that's not quite so weird.		The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds within [[Dungeons & Dragons]] that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to breed would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature, combined with dwarven strength and endurance, thus producing a superior slave-race. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[Star Trek\|Klingon]]-style forehead ridges to boot, so that's not quite so weird.

	Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] have never been described that way. The idea was to emphasize just how cruel and callous the Sorcerer-Kings are, in that they would force the creation of muls even knowing they were costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have super-good ~~laborers~~ or gladiators.		Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] have never been described that way. The idea was to emphasize just how cruel and callous the Sorcerer-Kings are, in that they would force the creation of muls even knowing they were costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have super-good slaves and/or gladiators, and reinforce the idea of them as a bred-for-slavery race, strengthening the otherwise name-only comparison to real-life Mules.

	4th edition, being the lighter & softer edition in many ways, abandoned both of these aspects~~. Grognards '''raged''' at this~~, ~~but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark~~ and ~~more accessible in settings outside~~ of Dark Sun?		4th edition, being the lighter & softer edition in many ways, abandoned both of these aspects, and generally made them (and the entire setting of Dark Sun) more mainstream-appealing and less original and [[grimdark\|grimderp]].

	In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls, in this case tying them to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls ~~are~~ probably very staunchly anti-slavery and ~~don't~~ get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable ~~and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak~~.		In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls, in this case tying them to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that, like in the original setting, these muls were probably very staunchly anti-slavery and had a strong anti-authoritarian streak. In difference to the original setting, however, they were said to not get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable.

	Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? In 2e, it was generally accepted it was pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin. In 4e, it was changed to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength", and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight.		In the original AD&D setting (and in the fan-made, but WotC-approved, update for 3.X), their general outlook on life was, as stated, similar to the [[Dragon Magazine]] suggestion, and they were a fairly strong racial choice for martial classes - well, barring the (in the right build, quite OP) Half-Giant. They were also, from a player/real-life human-perspective, quite a bit "uglier", but being made up of mostly [[Musclegirl\|musclegirls]] on the female end of things.

			Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? In 2e, it was generally accepted it was pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult (and arguably an analogue for the real-life word "Nigger"), another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin. In 4e, as part of "softening up" the setting, it was changed to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength", and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight.

	==Mul Crunch==		==Mul Crunch==
	In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...~~work~~. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.		In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of... Work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign-wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.

	They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with Cahulaks (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.		They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with Cahulaks (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.
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	In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.		In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.

	For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, ~~who were given the rights to create a~~ conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage ~~Resistence~~ of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.		For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were semi-officially published by Athas.org, whose conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials were considered "officially approved" by WotC. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistance of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.

	4th edition, being somewhat more ~~practical~~, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off.		4th edition, being somewhat more mainstream, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|~~The awful and prettyfied art of 4e muls~~. ~~Does that look like a sterile half-dwarf from a post-apocalyptic desert hell?~~'']]		[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Despite being part dwarf when first encountering them you wouldn't identify them as such.'']]
	Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!		Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!

	The '''Mul''' is a race of human/dwarf crossbreeds that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with ~~pronounced forehead ridges (although not quite~~ [[Klingon]]-~~like)~~ to boot, so that's not quite so weird.		The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds within [[Dungeons & Dragons]] that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance, thus producing a superior slave race. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[Star Trek\|Klingon]]-style forehead ridges to boot, so that's not quite so weird.

	Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] ~~sadly~~ never ~~having~~ been described that way. The idea was ~~likely~~ to emphasize just how cruel and callous the ~~setting is~~, in that ~~rulers and nobles~~ would force the creation of muls even knowing they were ~~often~~ costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have ~~superior slaves and~~ gladiators.		Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] have never been described that way. The idea was to emphasize just how cruel and callous the Sorcerer-Kings are, in that they would force the creation of muls even knowing they were costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have super-good laborers or gladiators.

	4th edition, being ~~<strike>~~the lighter & softer edition in many ways~~</strike> '''shit'''~~, abandoned both of these aspects. ~~<strike>~~Grognards~~</strike> Fans of Dark Sun~~ '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun? ~~'''FOR EXACTLY THE STATED REASONS OF GRIMDARK YOU FUCKING RETARD, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE LIGHTER OR SOFTER OR ACCESSIBLE'''~~		4th edition, being the lighter & softer edition in many ways, abandoned both of these aspects. Grognards '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun?

	In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls - in this case ~~they were tied~~ to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable, and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.		In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls, in this case tying them to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.

	Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? ~~During~~ 2e, ~~many thought~~ it ~~pronounced~~ pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin~~, but in the official novels audiobooks, it is pronounced as written, mostly as "mull". Likely, it is simply intended as a bastardization of "mule", given the enormous timespans of the setting~~.		Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? In 2e, it was generally accepted it was pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin. In 4e, it was changed to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength", and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight.

	In 4e, ~~the naming retconned~~ to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength" ~~(even though this makes no sense in the context of the established nature or muls and the general social standing of dwarves)~~, and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight ~~for some reason, despite no living thing on Athas possibly knowing what and actual mule is '''other''' than a Mul. Truly, 4e was a bane on everything creative~~.

	==Mul Crunch==		==Mul Crunch==
	In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.		In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.

	They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with ~~cahulaks~~ (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.		They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with Cahulaks (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.

	In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.		In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.
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	For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.		For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.

	4th edition, being ~~<strike>~~somewhat more practical~~</strike> '''shit'''~~, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis ~~('''WHY THE FUCK WOULD MULS BE ABLE TO GET A BONUS TO WISDOM WHEN THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY DEPICTED AS BEING FUCKING BRICKHEADS?''')~~, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off~~. So far, nobody has been held accountable for this shit~~.		4th edition, being somewhat more practical, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|~~Despite being part~~ dwarf ~~when first encountering them you wouldn't identify them as such.~~'']]		[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The awful and prettyfied art of 4e muls. Does that look like a sterile half-dwarf from a post-apocalyptic desert hell?'']]
	Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!		Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!

	The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds ~~within [[Dungeons & Dragons]]~~ that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance~~, thus producing a superior slave race~~. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[~~Star Trek\|~~Klingon]]-~~style forehead ridges~~ to boot, so that's not quite so weird.		The '''Mul''' is a race of human/dwarf crossbreeds that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with pronounced forehead ridges (although not quite [[Klingon]]-like) to boot, so that's not quite so weird.

	Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] ~~have~~ never been described that way. The idea was to emphasize just how cruel and callous the ~~Sorcerer-Kings are~~, in that ~~they~~ would force the creation of muls even knowing they were costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have ~~super-good laborers or~~ gladiators.		Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] sadly never having been described that way. The idea was likely to emphasize just how cruel and callous the setting is, in that rulers and nobles would force the creation of muls even knowing they were often costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have superior slaves and gladiators.

	4th edition, being the lighter & softer edition in many ways, abandoned both of these aspects. Grognards '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun?		4th edition, being <strike>the lighter & softer edition in many ways</strike> '''shit''', abandoned both of these aspects. <strike>Grognards</strike> Fans of Dark Sun '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun? '''FOR EXACTLY THE STATED REASONS OF GRIMDARK YOU FUCKING RETARD, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE LIGHTER OR SOFTER OR ACCESSIBLE'''

	In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls, in this case ~~tying them~~ to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.		In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls - in this case they were tied to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable, and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.

	Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? In 2e, it ~~was generally accepted it was~~ pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin. In 4e, ~~it was changed~~ to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength", and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight.		Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? During 2e, many thought it pronounced pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin, but in the official novels audiobooks, it is pronounced as written, mostly as "mull". Likely, it is simply intended as a bastardization of "mule", given the enormous timespans of the setting.

			In 4e, the naming retconned to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength" (even though this makes no sense in the context of the established nature or muls and the general social standing of dwarves), and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight for some reason, despite no living thing on Athas possibly knowing what and actual mule is '''other''' than a Mul. Truly, 4e was a bane on everything creative.

	==Mul Crunch==		==Mul Crunch==
	In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.		In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.

	They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with ~~Cahulaks~~ (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.		They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with cahulaks (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.

	In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.		In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.
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	For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.		For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.

	4th edition, being somewhat more practical, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off.		4th edition, being <strike>somewhat more practical</strike> '''shit''', instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis ('''WHY THE FUCK WOULD MULS BE ABLE TO GET A BONUS TO WISDOM WHEN THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY DEPICTED AS BEING FUCKING BRICKHEADS?'''), a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off. So far, nobody has been held accountable for this shit.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|~~The awful and prettyfied art of 4e muls~~. ~~Does that look like a sterile half-dwarf from a post-apocalyptic desert hell?~~'']]		[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Despite being part dwarf when first encountering them you wouldn't identify them as such.'']]
	Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!		Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!

	The '''Mul''' is a race of human/dwarf crossbreeds that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with ~~pronounced forehead ridges (although not quite~~ [[Klingon]]-~~like)~~ to boot, so that's not quite so weird.		The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds within [[Dungeons & Dragons]] that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance, thus producing a superior slave race. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[Star Trek\|Klingon]]-style forehead ridges to boot, so that's not quite so weird.

	Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] ~~sadly~~ never ~~having~~ been described that way. The idea was ~~likely~~ to emphasize just how cruel and callous the ~~setting is~~, in that ~~rulers and nobles~~ would force the creation of muls even knowing they were ~~often~~ costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have ~~superior slaves and~~ gladiators.		Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] have never been described that way. The idea was to emphasize just how cruel and callous the Sorcerer-Kings are, in that they would force the creation of muls even knowing they were costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have super-good laborers or gladiators.

	4th edition, being ~~<strike>~~the lighter & softer edition in many ways~~</strike> '''shit'''~~, abandoned both of these aspects. ~~<strike>~~Grognards~~</strike> Fans of Dark Sun~~ '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun? ~~'''FOR EXACTLY THE STATED REASONS OF GRIMDARK YOU FUCKING RETARD, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE LIGHTER OR SOFTER OR ACCESSIBLE'''~~		4th edition, being the lighter & softer edition in many ways, abandoned both of these aspects. Grognards '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun?

	In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls - in this case ~~they were tied~~ to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable, and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.		In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls, in this case tying them to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.

	Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? ~~During~~ 2e, ~~many thought~~ it ~~pronounced~~ pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin~~, but in the official novels audiobooks, it is pronounced as written, mostly as "mull". Likely, it is simply intended as a bastardization of "mule", given the enormous timespans of the setting~~.		Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? In 2e, it was generally accepted it was pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin. In 4e, it was changed to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength", and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight.

	In 4e, ~~the naming retconned~~ to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength" ~~(even though this makes no sense in the context of the established nature or muls and the general social standing of dwarves)~~, and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight ~~for some reason, despite no living thing on Athas possibly knowing what and actual mule is '''other''' than a Mul. Truly, 4e was a bane on everything creative~~.

	==Mul Crunch==		==Mul Crunch==
	In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.		In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.

	They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with ~~cahulaks~~ (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.		They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with Cahulaks (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.

	In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.		In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.
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	For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.		For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.

	4th edition, being ~~<strike>~~somewhat more practical~~</strike> '''shit'''~~, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis ~~('''WHY THE FUCK WOULD MULS BE ABLE TO GET A BONUS TO WISDOM WHEN THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY DEPICTED AS BEING FUCKING BRICKHEADS?''')~~, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off~~. So far, nobody has been held accountable for this shit~~.		4th edition, being somewhat more practical, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|~~Despite being part~~ dwarf ~~when first encountering them you wouldn't identify them as such.~~'']]		[[File:Mul Battle Slave.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The awful and prettyfied art of 4e muls. Does that look like a sterile half-dwarf from a post-apocalyptic desert hell?'']]
	Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!		Finally: [[Half-dwarves]]!

	The '''Mul''' is a race of [[human]]/[[dwarf]] crossbreeds ~~within [[Dungeons & Dragons]]~~ that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance~~, thus producing a superior slave race~~. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with [[~~Star Trek\|~~Klingon]]-~~style forehead ridges~~ to boot, so that's not quite so weird.		The '''Mul''' is a race of human/dwarf crossbreeds that originated in the [[Dark Sun]] campaign setting, wherein dwarves are primarily a slave race. The idea was that forcing humans and dwarves to mate would produce a race that would hopefully have human flexibility and stature combined with dwarven strength and endurance. The result worked more or less like a charm; muls are taller than normal humans and massively muscled, with absolutely incredible physical prowess. They are, however, usually completely hairless, sporting at most some hair on their head -- but then, Athasian dwarves were usually depicted as being completely bald as well, with pronounced forehead ridges (although not quite [[Klingon]]-like) to boot, so that's not quite so weird.

	Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] ~~have~~ never been described that way. The idea was to emphasize just how cruel and callous the ~~Sorcerer-Kings are~~, in that ~~they~~ would force the creation of muls even knowing they were costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have ~~super-good laborers or~~ gladiators.		Dark Sun being the [[grimdark]] D&D setting of its time, muls were stated as being very prone to dead mother syndrome - since a baby mul is so much bigger than a human or a dwarf baby, birthing is very difficult - and also to be sterile, despite the fact that [[half-elf\|half-elves]] and [[half-orcs]] sadly never having been described that way. The idea was likely to emphasize just how cruel and callous the setting is, in that rulers and nobles would force the creation of muls even knowing they were often costing women their lives for something that would live one generation and then be gone, all so they could have superior slaves and gladiators.

	4th edition, being the lighter & softer edition in many ways, abandoned both of these aspects. Grognards '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun?		4th edition, being <strike>the lighter & softer edition in many ways</strike> '''shit''', abandoned both of these aspects. <strike>Grognards</strike> Fans of Dark Sun '''raged''' at this, but, really, why is it a bad idea to make half-dwarves less grimdark and more accessible in settings outside of Dark Sun? '''FOR EXACTLY THE STATED REASONS OF GRIMDARK YOU FUCKING RETARD, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE LIGHTER OR SOFTER OR ACCESSIBLE'''

	In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls, in this case ~~tying them~~ to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.		In fact, 4th edition actually devoted an article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #391 to examining a more setting-neutral possible origin for muls - in this case they were tied to a [[drow]] city-state that had a [[Lolth]]-inspired vision to breed super-slaves from their human and dwarven slave-stock, only to lose control of them when the fickle bitch lost interest. It was suggested that these muls are probably very staunchly anti-slavery and don't get on well with dwarves, due to many dwarves seeing their half-human origins as being abominable, and muls have a strong anti-authoritarian streak.

	Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? In 2e, it ~~was generally accepted it was~~ pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin. In 4e, ~~it was changed~~ to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength", and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight.		Incidentally, their name has long been a source of some minor debate; why ''are'' they called Muls instead of "half-dwarves"? And how do you pronounce it? During 2e, many thought it pronounced pronounced "mule" and was given as an insult, another way of highlighting their "born to slavery because of bastard overseers" origin, but in the official novels audiobooks, it is pronounced as written, mostly as "mull". Likely, it is simply intended as a bastardization of "mule", given the enormous timespans of the setting.

			In 4e, the naming retconned to being short for Mulzhennedar, the dwarven word for "Strength" (even though this makes no sense in the context of the established nature or muls and the general social standing of dwarves), and it was noted that the two most common acceptable pronunciations were "Mull" (probably the "purest" pronunciation) and "Mool", with "Mule" being a good way to start a fight for some reason, despite no living thing on Athas possibly knowing what and actual mule is '''other''' than a Mul. Truly, 4e was a bane on everything creative.

	==Mul Crunch==		==Mul Crunch==
	In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.		In [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], muls had minimum Strength scores of 10 and Constitution scores of 8 (bumped up to min Con 10 in the Revised version) and maximums of 20 , paired with +2 Str, +1 Con, -1 Int and -2 Cha as racial modifiers. They also had a really weird focus for racially specific abilities, in the form of...work. No really, due to their mix of human and dwarf parentage that was one of their special gifts. The ability to work for literally days at a time before needing to stop and rest. Generally speaking, this had zero practical use campaign wise as there aren't many GMs who are going to feature a campaign where you have to dig a ditch in a hurry.

	They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with ~~Cahulaks~~ (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.		They make good tanks and in particular they made excellent choices for [[Gladiator]]s, otherwise known as "[[Fighter]]s better than all other fighters." The damage a Mul gladiator with a strength of 20 could inflict with cahulaks (a type of weaponized grappling hooks tied together by rope) was a beautiful thing to behold.

	In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.		In 3rd edition, they appeared in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319, where they had +2 Strength, +4 Constitution, the "Hardy" racial trait (requires only half the normal amount of sleep to eliminate fatigue & exhaustion), the Faster Natural Healing racial trait (recover 2 hitpoints per day, gain Fast Healing 1 at 10th level, increase to Fast Healing 3 at 15th level), and an Inborn Power trait that gave them 3 psionic power points and the innate ability to use ''Offensive Prescience'' with them, which just got added to their class-based psionic power pool and powers if they took one of the psionic classes. They had a [[Favored Class]] of [[Fighter]] (although you could argue that [[Psychic Warrior]] was just as fitting) and a [[Level Adjustment]] of +1.
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	For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.		For the 3.5 rules revision, Mul Racial Traits were officially published by Athas.org, who were given the rights to create a conversion of all 2e Dark Sun materials. In Dark Sun 3 (revision 7), the stats given deviate heavily from the stats given by Dragon Magazine for 3e. Mul gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma. They count as Medium-sized Humanoids with the Dwarf subtype, and have Darkvision. They have regained the 2e bonuses to hard work with "Tireless", granting a +4 racial bonus to checks for performing physical activity over an extended period of time and +4 saving throws against spells that cause any form of weakness (fatigue, exhaustion, enfeeblement, etc.), as well as "Extended Activity", allowing them to engage in up to 12 hours of hard labour without becoming fatigued. They also count as a dwarf for all effects related to race and have a Damage Resistence of 1 vs. Nonlethal damage. Their favored class is Gladiator, their automatic language is common, and they have a level-adjustment of +1.

	4th edition, being somewhat more practical, instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis, a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off.		4th edition, being <strike>somewhat more practical</strike> '''shit''', instead gave them a static race bonus of +2 Con and then their choice of either +2 Str or +2 Wis ('''WHY THE FUCK WOULD MULS BE ABLE TO GET A BONUS TO WISDOM WHEN THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY DEPICTED AS BEING FUCKING BRICKHEADS?'''), a bonus healing surge, the ability to count 6 hours of sleep out of every 72 as a long rest, and the ability to automatically end any ongoing damage/dazed/slowed/stunned/weakened effect once per encounter due to being so goddamned tough they could just shrug it off. So far, nobody has been held accountable for this shit.

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