dwarf

Racial Traits

Racial Abilities: +2 CON, -2 CHA.

Dwarves are stout and tough but tend to be gruff and

reserved.

Base Speed: A Dwarf's base land speed is 20 ft.

Medium Size: As medium creatures Dwarves have no

bonuses or penalties associated with size. However,

Dwarves also do not have their speed reduced for

wearing medium or heavy armor or carrying a

medium or heavy load.

Resistances: Dwarves are gain a +2 racial bonus on

saving throws against poison and saving throws

against spells and magical effects. Dwarves are

naturally resistant to toxins and magic-spells.

Darkvision: Dwarves can see in the dark up to 60 feet.

Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise

like normal sight, and Dwarves can function just fine

with no light at all.

Stonecunning: A Dwarf gains a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual

stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction, unsafe stone

surface, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something not stone but disguised as

such also counts as unusual stonework. A Dwarf who comes within 10 feet of

unusual stonework can make a search check as if he were actively searching, and a

Dwarf can also use the search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A Dwarf

can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a

human can sense which way is up.

Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves may treat Dwarven Waraxes and Dwarven Urgroshes as

martial weapons rather than exotic ones.

Enemy Familiarity: Dwarves receive a +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against orcs and

goblinoids. Dwarves also receive a +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against enemies

of the giant type. Dwarves receive special training against these enemies as a result

of struggles against their races generations ago.

Stability: Dwarves are remarkably stable and receive a +4 bonus to resist being bull

rushed or tripped while standing on the ground.

Skill Bonuses: Dwarves receive a +2 racial bonus on Appraise checks related to stone

or metal items and a +2 racial bonus on Craft checks related to stone or metal.

Dwarves are exceptionally familiar with metals and stones of all sorts.

Longevity: Dwarves are remarkably long-lived. Their lifespans are twice that of a

human's, and as such they age at half the rate.

Automatic Languages: Common, Dwarven

Bonus Languages: Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, Terran, and Undercommon.

Favored Class: Fighter. A Dwarf's fighter class does not count when determining an

experience penalty.