[quote=@Halvtand]
My point is that craftsmen and miners always have been considered "low-class" occupations (in any culture in the real world at least). Nothing for a noble dwarf that can track their lineage back to the founding fathers. While soldiering is well in the list of typical nobleman's work. 

I find it strange that two so very different worlds should be the same. Surely there is an explanation.
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In a normal D&D dwarf society, miners and craftsmen are the most respected and traditional jobs, if not the only, In the tolken world, I believe it´s the same, Dwarfs live in mountains to dig and build and craft, that´s why they´re so bulky and strong, couse of mining and diging and forging, etc. The warrior aspect is second in most dwarf societies