Dwarves
“Always digging beneath the mountains, only taking a break to return home to their families, to share a drink a laugh and a story.”
As a Player Race
Stats
Ability Scores: Your Constitution score increases by 2.Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium
Speed: Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.
Lifespan: up to 150 years
Abilities
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.Dwarven Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.
Dwarven Combat Training. You have proficiency with the battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, and warhammer.
Tool Proficiency. You gain proficiency with the artisan's tools of your choice: smith's tools, brewer's supplies, or mason's tools.
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.
Subraces
Hill Dwarf
Ability Scores: Your Wisdom score increases by 1.Dwarven Toughness. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.
Mountain Dwarf
Ability Scores. Your Strength score increases by 2.Dwarven Armor Training. You have proficiency with light and medium armour.
Origins & History
Dwarves were shaped and formed by Dorok - The Divine Hammer, they revere him as their divine ancestor. Since this day, during the age of Darkness, the dwarves have lived beneath the world. Feeling most comfortable when they get to dig into a mountain or cave system. Over the millennia, they have carved out great cities in their ancestral mountain ranges. Their politics and internal struggle often reflected the outside world.Culture & Society
No one is more open than a dwarven family. It is not uncommon for half of a clan to belong to a different race. Many dwarves greatly enjoy intermarrying with other races and happily welcome them into their homes. Just as Dorok commands, the family is not bound by blood, but by a shared feeling of belonging.Generally they are the most accepting and innovative of the ancestral races. Just don't insult their beards, that is bound to result in chaos.
“They look as rough as the stone they mine, but are as welcoming as any great tavern keep.”
Comments
Author's Notes
The sub-species listed here are the official ones from PHB, let me know if you want to play a sub-species from a different official source. That is completely fine, I'll gladly add them. If you want to use an unofficial source, please refer to the primer on character creation.