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Species: Dwarves
Dwarves. We remember. Our people ruled the world once. Then the Great Mountain fell, the Guilded Era ended with it, and the dwarves spread out across the world instead, carrying their ledgers and their grudges.
Metal is holy to our people. Everything we dwarves ever built, we built while chasing it: the mines, the bank-cathedrals, the fleets, and the long terrible expeditions. Others call it greed. They do not understand. Gold never corrupts. A gilded prayer to our Saints and Ancestors will never weaken.
What holds now is the clan. Come back home with enough gold, and your clan will hail you as a hero, no matter your past transgressions.
Think, adventurer: what will you do with the gold you carry home? Raise a shrine to a Saint? Open a Bank Temple? Or spend it on spices and mead?
- Size: Medium
- Speed: 30 ft.
It is said that all dwarven eyes remember the mountain You can see in Dim Light within 120 feet as if it were Bright Light. In Darkness within that range you can see as if it were Dim Light (you have Disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight, and colors are only shades of gray).
- Darkvision: 120ft
Your dwarven diet could kill an elf. You have Resistance to Poison damage. You also have Advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Poisoned condition.
Your Hit Point maximum increased by 1, and it increased by 1 again whenever you gained a level: +{level} at Level {level}.
As a Bonus Action, you gain Tremorsense with a range of 60 feet for 10 minutes. You must be on a stone surface or touching a stone surface to use this Tremorsense. The stone can be natural or worked.
You can use this Bonus Action a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
Forging Your Legend
Dwarves are resilient, honorable, and driven by deep traditions (or determined to defy them). Whether you're a stoic smith, a wandering philosopher, or a gold-souled tactician, playing a dwarf means wielding willpower like a forgehammer.
- Do you uphold your clan’s legacy? or forge a new one?
- Do you hoard, spend, or protect the sacred gold?
- Is your soul metal a burden, or your guiding star?
- What metal is your soul made from?
- What clan or company do you hail from?
- Do you follow dwarven traditions or reject them?
- What does gold mean to you?
- What invention or creation are you most proud of? or ashamed of?
- Loyalty to Kin
- Duty and Legacy
- Innovation vs. Tradition — some dwarves forge, some preserve.
