Homebrew Half Dwarf Species Details

Short and Stout

Bold and hardy, half dwarves are known as skilled warriors, miners, and workers of stone and metal. Though they stand 4 to 5 feet tall, half dwarves are so broad and compact that they can weigh as much as a human standing nearly two feet taller. Their courage and endurance are also easily a match for any of the larger folk.

Half Dwarven skin ranges from deep brown to a paler hue tinged with red, but the most common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth. Their hair, worn long but in simple styles, is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler half dwarves often have red hair. Male dwarves value their beards highly and groom them carefully.

Half Dwarf Names

It is common for the dwarven parent to name the child.

Subrace

Pick the subrace of your dwarven parent. hill dwarves, mountain dwarves, and duergar (Consult the DM).

Hill Dwarf

With a hill dwarf as your parent, you have keen senses, deep intuition, and remarkable resilience.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Mountain Dwarf

With a mountain dwarf as your parent, you’re strong and hardy, accustomed to a difficult life in rugged terrain. You’re probably on the tall side (for a dwarf), and tend toward lighter coloration.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2.

 

The Other Parent

With the DM's consent

Elf- You gain fey ancestry(but magic can be used to put you to sleep) and/or trance and the language of your parent.

Halfling and Gnome- You may choose to use the Halfling or Gnome height. You gain lucky and/or brave and/or Gnome cunning, and the language of your parent.

Human (using variant human)- Two different ability scores of your choice increase by 1 and you gain one feat of your choice, and the language of your parent.

Orc (uncommon)- You gain relentless endurance and/or savage attack or menacing, and the language of your parent.

Tiefling (rare)- You are a short and stocky tiefling. You gain hellish rebuke and the Language of your parent.

Aasimar (rare)- You gain celestial resistance and/or healing hands, and the language of your parent. You may choose a aasimar subrace.

With your DM's consent you may use subraces for the other parent and choose states and traits from the subrace

Half Dwarf Traits

Walking between the ambitious world of the taller folk and the traditional world of the dwarf, half-dwarves are constantly torn by their dual heritage.

Dwarven Resilience

You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Dwarven Toughness

Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light.

Dwarven Combat Training

You have proficiency with the battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, and Warhammer.

Stonecunning

Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus

Tool Proficiency

You gain proficiency with the artisan’s tools of your choice: smith’s tools, brewer’s supplies, or mason’s tools.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Dwarvish and the language of your other parent.

Size

Half Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Age

Half Dwarves age at half the rate that there longest lived parent. Example if your other parent is elven you age at the elven rate. Your max age is 50 years shorter than your longest lived parent.