Yagura:SRD:Dwarves (Race)

RACE Background

Intro blurb, to get a sense of who they are as a people

Characteristic Looks as Heading

What they look like, how that relates to who they are.

Characteristic Mindset as Heading

How they think, worship, and what they value.

Characteristics of Society as Heading

How they make their way in the world, how their society is structured.

Characteristic Relations as Heading

How they view other races. Subsection describing opinions about each of the other races

RACE Names

How they get their names Subsection with examples for male, female.

RACE Traits

• +2 Constitution, –2 Charisma.
• Humanoid (Dwarf)
• size Medium
• Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations).
• Yagura:SRD:Darkvision A dwarf can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and a dwarf can function just fine with no light at all.
• Stonecunning: This ability grants a dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn’t stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A hill dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a hill dwarf can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A hill dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up.
• Weapon Familiarity: Hill dwarves may treat dwarven waraxes and dwarven urgroshes as martial weapons, rather than exotic weapons.
• Stability: A hill dwarf gains a +4 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding, or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).
• +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison.
• +2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects.
• +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against orcs and goblinoids.
• +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against monsters of the giant type. Any time a creature loses its Dexterity bonus (if any) to Armor Class, such as when it’s caught flat-footed, it loses its dodge bonus, too.
• +2 racial bonus on Appraise checks that are related to stone or metal items.
• +2 racial bonus on Craft checks that are related to stone or metal.
• Automatic Languages: Common and Dwarven.
• Bonus Languages: Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, Terran, and Undercommon.

Table: Dwarf Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
20 years	+1d6	+3d6	+6d6

Table: Dwarf Aging Effects

Middle Age	Old	Venerable	Max Age Modifer
50 years	140 years	198 years	1

Table: Dwarf Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	3’ 9”	+2d4	130 lb.	× (2d6) lb.
Female	3’ 7”	+2d4	100 lb.	× (2d6) lb.