DWARF

DWARF TRAITS

Your dwarf character has an assortment of inborn abilities, part and parcel of dwarven nature.

SIZE. Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium.

DWARVEN RESILIENCE. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

SPEED. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.

ABILITY SCORE INCREASE. Your Constitution score increases by 2.

TOOL PROFICIENCY. You gain proficiency with the artisan's tools of your choice: smith's tools, brewer's supplies, or mason's tools.

DARKVISION. Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

LANGUAGES. You can speak, read, and write Common and Dwarvish. Dwarvish is full of hard consonants and guttural sounds, and those characteristics spill over into whatever other language a dwarf might speak.

STONECUNNING. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

DWARVEN COMBAT TRAINING. You have proficiency with the battleaxe, handaxe, throwing hammer, and warhammer.

AGE. Dwarves mature at the same rate as humans, but they're considered young until they reach the age of 50, On average, they live about 350 years.

ALIGNMENT. Most dwarves are lawful, believing firmly in the benefits of a well-ordered society. They tend toward good as well, with a strong sense of fair play and a belief that everyone deserves to share in the benefits of a just order.

SUBRACE. Two main subraces of dwarves populate the worlds of D&D: hill dwarves and mountain dwarves. Choose one of these subraces.

HILL DWARF

As a hill dwarf, you have keen senses, deep intuition, and remarkable resilience. The gold dwarves of Faerun in their mighty southern kingdom are hill dwarves, as are the exiled Neidar and the debased Klar of Krynn in the Dragonlance setting.

DWARVEN TOUGHNESS. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

ABILITY SCORE INCREASE. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

MOUNTAIN DWARF

As a mountain dwarf, you're strong and hardy, accustomed to a difficult life in rugged terrain. You're probably on the tall side (for a dwarf), and tend toward lighter coloration, The shield dwarves of northern Faerun, as well as the ruling Hylar clan and the noble Daewar clan of Dragonlance, are mountain dwarves.

ABILITY SCORE INCREASE. Your Strength score increases by 2.

DWARVEN ARMOR TRAINING. You have proficiency with light and medium armor.

DUERGAR

DUERGAR TRAITS

Duergar have the dwarf traits in the Player's Handbook, plus the traits below.

DUERGAR RESILIENCE. You have advantage on saving throws against illusions and against being charmed or paralyzed.

ABILITY SCORE INCREASE. Your Strength score increases by 1.

SUPERIOR DARKVISION. Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet.

EXTRA LANGUAGE. You can speak, read, and write Undercommon.

SUNLIGHT SENSITIVITY. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

DUERGAR MAGIC. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the enlarge/reduce spell on yourself once with this trait, using only the spell's enlarge option. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the invisibility spell on yourself once with this trait. You don't need material components for either spell, and you can't cast them while you're in direct sunlight, although sunlight has no effect on them once cast. You regain the ability to cast these spells with this trait when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

In cities deep in the Underdark live the duergar, or gray dwarves. These vicious, stealthy slave traders raid the surface world for captives, then sell their prey lo the other races of the Underdark. They have innate magical abilities to become invisible and lo temporarily grow to giant size.