Mountain Dwarves
Kingdoms rich in ancient grandeur, halls carved into the roots of mountains, the echoing of picks and hammers in deep mines and blazing forges, a commitment to clan and tradition, and a burning hatred of goblins and orcs – these common threads unite all dwarves. As a mountain dwarf, you're strong and hardy, accustomed to a difficult life in rugged terrain. You're probably on the tall side (for a dwarf), and tend toward lighter coloration.
- Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2.
- 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.
- Alignment. Most dwarves are lawful, believing firmly in the benefits of a well-ordered society. They tend toward good as well, with a strong sense of fair play and a belief that everyone deserves to share in the benefits of a just order.
- Size. Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
- Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. 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.
- Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2.
- Dwarven Armor Training. You have proficiency with light and medium armor.
History
The Mountain Dwarves are well known for their mason work and their ability to create entire cities underneath mountains and being the first Dwarves. While many races had to adjust to living underground in the Earth-an era, most dwarves were way ahead of them. Thus leading to them being a major power until the end of the Earth-an era.
While these dwarves get along well with most Goliaths and Earth Genasi, they have a deep hatred for most Kobolds, Goblins, and Orcs due to fights for resources and raids during the Earth-an era to the Fourth eara.
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