Dwarf
Ability Scores: Con +2
Size: Medium
Speed: 25 ft.
Dwarves are unchanged in almost all ways but one, they are almost immortal. They do not die of old age, and even stop aging once reaching adulthood. Dwarves are gender polyphasic meaning they can change genders. Dwarves are typically an insular people and don’t discuss gender with outsiders, they find the matter to be a deeply personal issue and will not put up with stereotyping or gender bias in their presence. Dwarves can alter their gender through a process known as “The Transition” in which they drink a series of teas and smoke a regiment of different herbs over the course of two years from start to finish. The teas and herbs are the same for transitioning either direction, the only change is the order you take them in. A Dwarven female who is pregnant and begins the transition will carry the baby to term before the transition progresses too far and then will catch up after the birth. Dwarves actually have to change gender or subrace periodically or they will die. Changing Subrace also requires a transition, but it is a much shorter process lasting only a year and a day. They must perform a transition each Changing of the Ages. Every 1000 years a Dwarf must undergo a transition or resist it. If they resist, they must succeed a wisdom save and a constitution save DC 11, or they take a permanent level of exhaustion that cannot be recovered from except with a Wish spell or similar magic. When a transition becomes resisted, the Dwarf begins aging very slowly until the next time they transition at which point they stop aging again.
Traits 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. Size. Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor. 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. 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.
Dwarves are unchanged in almost all ways but one, they are almost immortal. They do not die of old age, and even stop aging once reaching adulthood. Dwarves are gender polyphasic meaning they can change genders. Dwarves are typically an insular people and don’t discuss gender with outsiders, they find the matter to be a deeply personal issue and will not put up with stereotyping or gender bias in their presence. Dwarves can alter their gender through a process known as “The Transition” in which they drink a series of teas and smoke a regiment of different herbs over the course of two years from start to finish. The teas and herbs are the same for transitioning either direction, the only change is the order you take them in. A Dwarven female who is pregnant and begins the transition will carry the baby to term before the transition progresses too far and then will catch up after the birth. Dwarves actually have to change gender or subrace periodically or they will die. Changing Subrace also requires a transition, but it is a much shorter process lasting only a year and a day. They must perform a transition each Changing of the Ages. Every 1000 years a Dwarf must undergo a transition or resist it. If they resist, they must succeed a wisdom save and a constitution save DC 11, or they take a permanent level of exhaustion that cannot be recovered from except with a Wish spell or similar magic. When a transition becomes resisted, the Dwarf begins aging very slowly until the next time they transition at which point they stop aging again.
Traits 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. Size. Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor. 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. 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.
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