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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8508161" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>Dwarves in my games:</p><p></p><p>1. Do NOT have darkvision. Nearly every media/book/image of dwarves (even underground) shows them with light sources; and personally I think way too many races have darkvision (so others have lost it as well). YMMV, but that is my experience.</p><p></p><p>2. Dwarves are known as excellent crafters of <em>ALL</em> trades, not just smith's tools, brewer's tools, and mason's tools (those three are severely limiting IMO and too stereotypical), and so gain tool proficiency in any tool (including instruments, game sets, anything under the Tool table in the PHB).</p><p></p><p>3. Although dwarves are comfortable underground, most dwarves actually <em>live</em> above ground. Some groups stay for extended periods underground, of course, but even if a community has an extensive underground network, most will reside above ground and have several other buildings there as well.</p><p></p><p>4. Dwarves can exchange <em>Dwarven Combat Training</em> for a language, skill, or tool proficiency.</p><p></p><p>5. Dwarves can exchange the poison damage type of <em>Dwarven Resilience</em> for acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder (basically "elemental" types) damage instead. Dwarves with different types come from different clans or families and are related. You can also roll a d6 to determine it randomly.</p><p></p><p>6. Dwarven <em>Stonecunning</em> is replaced by <em>Craftcunning</em>, which is the same benefit but you can choose any tool proficiency to gain the benefit for. If you want the original <em>Stonecunning</em> you choose Mason's tools.</p><p></p><p>7. Dwarves receive a +2 CON bonus and have maximum CON 20 (other races are maximum CON 18), and only floating +1 ASI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8508161, member: 6987520"] Dwarves in my games: 1. Do NOT have darkvision. Nearly every media/book/image of dwarves (even underground) shows them with light sources; and personally I think way too many races have darkvision (so others have lost it as well). YMMV, but that is my experience. 2. Dwarves are known as excellent crafters of [I]ALL[/I] trades, not just smith's tools, brewer's tools, and mason's tools (those three are severely limiting IMO and too stereotypical), and so gain tool proficiency in any tool (including instruments, game sets, anything under the Tool table in the PHB). 3. Although dwarves are comfortable underground, most dwarves actually [I]live[/I] above ground. Some groups stay for extended periods underground, of course, but even if a community has an extensive underground network, most will reside above ground and have several other buildings there as well. 4. Dwarves can exchange [I]Dwarven Combat Training[/I] for a language, skill, or tool proficiency. 5. Dwarves can exchange the poison damage type of [I]Dwarven Resilience[/I] for acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder (basically "elemental" types) damage instead. Dwarves with different types come from different clans or families and are related. You can also roll a d6 to determine it randomly. 6. Dwarven [I]Stonecunning[/I] is replaced by [I]Craftcunning[/I], which is the same benefit but you can choose any tool proficiency to gain the benefit for. If you want the original [I]Stonecunning[/I] you choose Mason's tools. 7. Dwarves receive a +2 CON bonus and have maximum CON 20 (other races are maximum CON 18), and only floating +1 ASI. [/QUOTE]
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