You were shaped by dwarven traditions of endurance, discipline, and stubborn survival. Whether you trained in a monastery, a warrior lodge, or among the hardiest veterans of your clan, you learned that endurance is not merely about withstanding pain, but mastering it.
Your body was hardened through labor, combat drills, and long hours of disciplined training. In battle, you have learned to recover through grit alone, drawing on reserves of strength that others would have spent long ago.
- Ability Scores: When you choose this background, increase one ability score by 2 and a different ability score by 1, or increase three different ability scores by 1 each.
Recommended abilities for this background are Constitution, Wisdom, and Strength.
- Feat: Choose one feat as part of this background.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two of the following skills: Athletics, Acrobatics, Insight, Perception, or Survival.
- Tool Proficiencies: This background grants no specific tool proficiency.
- Languages: This background grants no additional language proficiency.
- Equipment: A set of traveler’s clothes, a clan token or monastery charm, a whetstone, a small flask, a belt pouch containing 10 gp, and a keepsake from your training.
Whenever you take the Dodge action on your turn in combat, you can spend one Hit Die to regain hit points. Roll the die, add your Constitution modifier, and regain hit points equal to the total (minimum of 1).
Suggested Characteristics
Stoneblood Initiates are often stoic, disciplined, and stubborn to the point of absurdity. Many value endurance over comfort, patience over haste, and quiet resilience over loud boasts. Some are shaped by clan traditions, while others learned their grit through hardship, isolation, or relentless martial training.
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