Quote Originally Posted by Fish View Post
For humans. Dwarves actually live underground. You are equating humans mining on earth without magic, to dwarves mining in OOTS. Humans aren’t adapted to living underground; dwarves are. What a human calls a hellish, inhospitable death trap of a mine, a dwarf calls his living room. Mining for fantasy dwarves is practically a work-from-home career, using the same skill set that a dwarf would use remodeling his house.

I get that you have great sympathy for the plight of the modern miner, and it’s a worthy attitude to take. Fantasy dwarves equipped with underground directional sense, darkvision, and magic spells don’t really have the same hardships.
Apparently though, dwarves still die in mines.