Recommend Me a background and a God for a Mountain Dwarf

[golan2072]

Hello, I'm new to these forums and to Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

I've been thinking about playing a Mountain Dwarf in my next game. So far I've played them as Hunters (which are excellent with crossbows) or Chaos Knights of Makhleb and went as down as D:7, but I've been considering playing a Fighter (which seems natural given the MD's aptitudes) or a Paladin. Which background and god do you recommend for a Mountain Dwarf?

EDIT: I'm playing v0.71.

[szanth]

Well if you really want to get the most for your mountain dwarfiness, play .8; heavy armor takes a huge buff.

Aside from that, people generally don't start out as paladins because of the difficulty. If anything they usually switch off to TSO after they've hit the end-game. MdFi is good. Find a shield and use axes or maces.

[lucy_ferre]

Fighter of Okawaru
Beserker of Trog
Hunter of Okawaru/Trog (I prefer Trog)
Healer of Elyvilon (switch to TSO when you find the crypt)

[golan2072]

My most successful character build so far was a Mountain Dwarf Fighter of Okawaru, got to XL8 and DL7.

[lk1d]

Reavers can work well with Ashenzari. You can use the Tranfer Knowledge to boost spellcasting with xp earned in axes for instance...

[Grimm]

If you go with MDFi of Okes I can give you character-specific advice. It's my preferred build.

[golan2072]

If you go with MDFi of Okes I can give you character-specific advice. It's my preferred build.

I definitely like this build as well, so any advice would be welcome.

[Grimm]

I'll make a new thread and we can discuss it there.

[golan2072]

With time, I grow to love Mountain Dwarf Hunters of Trog. My last game, the best so far for me (I got to XL9 and DL8), was with a Mountain Dwarf Hunter of Trog, and it went great for the most part.

[danr]

Before the armour nerf, I used to play a lot of MD Paladins. I liked starting equipment and the "To Hit" bonus from the halo effect and the free SInv effect of it. Unfortunately I could never train invocations high enough to use the summons ability reliably.

I should try that again now that armour is improved again and now that I know a bit more about training skills.