Dwarven Parentage

Though they stand well under 5 feet tall, dwarves are so broad and compact that they can weigh as much as a human standing nearly two feet taller.
Dwarven skin ranges from black to a paler hue tinged with red, but the most common shades are light brown or deep tan earthen tones. Their hair is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler dwarves often have red hair. Dwarven beards grow fuller, thicker, and faster than those of humans.
Dwarves can live to be more than 400 years old, so the oldest living dwarves often remember a very different world. This longevity grants them a perspective on the world that shorter-lived peoples such as humans and halflings lack.
Dwarves come in three physiologically distinct types: hill, mountain, and gray. All adapted to life underground, but at different depths. Hill dwarves adapted closest to the surface, mountain dwarves a little deeper, and gray dwarves adapted to a life totally bereft of sunshine. Of course, whatever your dwarven parentage, you are free to live wherever you feel most at home.

Dwarven Traits

You have a pool of 16 points to spend between your two birth parents. If either or both of your birth parents are a Dwarf, choose from the following.

Dark Vision (4 Points)

  • 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 (5 Points)

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

Dwarven Toughness (5 Points)

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

Long-Lived (0 Points)

  • If you inherit this trait from your other birth parent also, your lifespan is relatively long.

Stocky (-1 Points)

  • Your base speed reduces to 25 feet. Your speed is not further reduced by wearing heavy armor.

Strong (4 Points)

  • Your Strength score increases by 1. You can’t increase an ability score above 17 using this trait.

Superior Darkvision (2 Points)

  • If you inherit darkvision from your other birth parent, increase your darkvision’s range by 60 feet.

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