Cozmo, you add disadvantage with a heavy weapon for a small character (Dwarfs are medium) atop that decrease of 10ft and it's like shooting yourself in the foot.
Might be fun. A weak halfling (str dump) with a napoleon complex running around the battlefield in heavy armor and a sword that's bigger than him.
Well his character is obviously suffering that penalty. It's not a racial thing...why everything got to be about race!!!
He ups his strength and that penalty goes away. Dont know where your getting dwarves supersede the requirements for armor. That's not a thing.
It is a thing. Read the dwarf racial features:
Speed
Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.
Setting aside dwarves, everyone suffers the speed penalty for wearing heavy armor below the strength requirement and no one suffers that penalty if they do meet the strength requirement. So what can "Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor" possibly mean if not exactly what it says, that dwarves don't suffer that speed penalty associated with wearing heavy armor?
This may be completely unrelated, but I'm playing an Artificer, and I was wondering if playing a dwarf would help with the penalties of non-proficiencies with heavy armor?
Well his character is obviously suffering that penalty. It's not a racial thing...why everything got to be about race!!!
He ups his strength and that penalty goes away. Dont know where your getting dwarves supersede the requirements for armor. That's not a thing.
Cozmo, you add disadvantage with a heavy weapon for a small character (Dwarfs are medium) atop that decrease of 10ft and it's like shooting yourself in the foot.
Might be fun. A weak halfling (str dump) with a napoleon complex running around the battlefield in heavy armor and a sword that's bigger than him.
It is a thing. Read the dwarf racial features:
Setting aside dwarves, everyone suffers the speed penalty for wearing heavy armor below the strength requirement and no one suffers that penalty if they do meet the strength requirement. So what can "Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor" possibly mean if not exactly what it says, that dwarves don't suffer that speed penalty associated with wearing heavy armor?
This may be completely unrelated, but I'm playing an Artificer, and I was wondering if playing a dwarf would help with the penalties of non-proficiencies with heavy armor?
Could not be more wrong, even if you tried. Clearly you didn't read the issue. Dwarves do not need to meet any str requirement for any armor.