Questions tagged [dwarf]
For questions about dwarves in tabletop role-playing games. Dwarves are a fictional race found in many fantasy media, notably LOTR and D&D. Dwarves are usually portrayed as shorter than humans, stout, and bearded. They are also often characterized as being fond of gold, skilled at crafting, and avaricious. (For questions about gray dwarves/duergar in particular, you may want to use the [duergar] tag in addition to or instead of this one.)
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How do dwarves age relative to humans?
I'm trying to figure out how dwarves in dungeons and dragons, mainly in lore, age relative to humans, specifically behaviourally?
My preference for lore references is the Forgotten Realms but if there ...
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Do Kaladesh Dwarves get +4 in Constitution?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I read that that dwarves in general get a +2 in Constitution, and under the Kaladesh subrace, it doesn't just say "your Wisdom score increases by 1", it ...
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Does the Duergar race have racial feats available in D&D 4th edition?
Duergar has been introduced as a PC race in Monster's Manual 3 if I'm correct. I have found no sight of additional Duergar rules if any other book for D&D 4th edition. I was wondering if Duergar ...
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Is this "Wandering Dwarf" subrace balanced?
In a campaign setting I designed, the Dwarves are wandering nomads who rarely stay in one place. I created the following subrace for these nomads, and I was wondering if it was balanced.
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Can a monk with the Dwarven Fortitude feat attack twice and heal (using Patient Defense to Dodge as a bonus action) in the same turn?
In D&D 5e, a monk can use Martial Arts to attack twice. They can then spend a ki point to Dodge as a bonus action using the Patient Defense benefit of the Ki feature; if they have the Dwarven ...
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Mixed race from half-elf and half-dwarf
I'm creating a character and looking for help on how to go about applying racial traits. My character's father is half human, half dwarf and her mother is half-elf.
I've only been playing for maybe ...
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What features, items, or spells allow dodging as a bonus action other than Monk's Patient Defense?
I'm looking for features, spells, or items that trigger Dwarven Fortitude without the use of Ki points.
Dwarven Fortitude:
Whenever you take the Dodge action in combat, you can spend one Hit Die to ...
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What is the origin of Faerûn's languages?
I'm not a D&D pro but I'm writing a thesis about how Tolkien created his languages and which was/is their following influence.
A friend of mine told me that the languages of Faerûn are inspired by ...
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What Golarion god of the dwarven pantheon dislikes hammers?
I've created a dwarven monk (Pathfinder First Edition) and I'm thinking about the story my character has. Dwarves are usually associated with axes or warhammers but that doesn't fit the theme of a ...
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The Dwarven Afterlife?
I'm building a campaign and in it, my PCs need to retrieve the soul of a now-dead dwarven king. This mission would take them to one of the outer planes to find his soul and bring him back to the ...
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A dwarven Path of the Ancestral Guardian, good builds/tips? [closed]
Recently I finished playing a character of mine in a long-running D&D campaign. My DM and I both decided it'd be best to leave my character behind because his story was finished and there was no ...
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What is the relationship between dwarves and elves in the Forgotten Realms?
It is common knowledge that elves and dwarves don't like each other. But I'm curious if there were historical events which forged their views on each other in the lore of Forgotten Realms, or any ...
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Lore connections between Gold Dwarves and Calimshan / Dragons in Forgotten Realms Sourcebooks
What other sourcebooks exist for Dwarven lore, races, classes, feats or equipment specific to faerun beyond the Campaign Setting & the Races of Faerun?
Specifically, I'm considering a Draconic ...
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How did the Duergar break free of the Mind Flayers?
It is known that the Duergar (a.k.a. Grey Dwarves, evil dwarves from the Underdark) were once slaves of the mind flayers, but then managed to break free. However, I can't find much information on how ...
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Is this homebrew Duergar subrace balanced?
I'm planning a campaign with an underdark-based homebrew setting, and I want to give them the option of Duergar as a race. Does this seem unbalanced, and are there any potential issues in particular ...
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