Homebrew Discworld Dwarf Species Details

Dwarfs have a particular religion, which is this: The first thing Tak did, he wrote himself. the second thing Tak did, he wrote the laws. The third thing Tak did, he wrote the world. The fourth thing Tak did, he wrote a cave. The fifth thing Tak did, he wrote a geode, an egg of stone. And in the twilight of the mouth of the cave, the geode hatched, and the Brothers were born. The first Brother walked toward the light, and stood under the open sky. Thus he became too tall. He was the first Man. He found no Laws, and he was enlightened. The second Brother walked toward the darkness, and stood under a roof of stone. Thus he achieved the correct height. He was the first dwarf. He found the Laws Tak had written, and he was endarkened. But some of the living spirit of Tak was trapped in the broken stone egg, and it became the first troll, wandering the world unbidden and unwanted, without soul or purpose, learning or understanding. Fearful of light and darkness it shambles forever in twilight, knowing nothing, learning nothing, creating nothing, being nothing... (In a later version found by the most famous Low King of the Dwarfs [High King being for those who rule above ground, the dwarfs prefer low as a powerful adjective] it says that Tak saw the egg trying to come to life and he wrote: All Things Strive.

The dwarfs are short, serious and non-metaphorical people (at least the mountain dwarfs, the city dwarfs are basically humans) that live in mines (again, except for the true city dwarves) and, when drunk, start running at people shout "AHHHHHHH!!" and chopping people at the knees. They have a hate for Trolls because they don't like rocks that, once you strike them with a pickaxe, get up and tear your arm off. They have low leaders, called Graggs, and a Low King of the Dwarfs.

Dwarf Traits

Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 3–4 feet tall)
Speed: 30 feet

As a Dwarf, you have these special traits.

Troll Hatred

You have a love-hate relationship with trolls.

Knee Choppers

When drunk, you become feral and try to chop people at the knees while screaming a war cry.

Darkvision

You have Darkvision with a range of 120 feet.

Dwarven Resilience

You have Resistance to Poison damage. You also have Advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Poisoned condition.

Dwarven Toughness

Your Hit Point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level.

Stonecunning

As a Bonus Action, you gain Tremorsense with a range of 60 feet for 10 minutes. You must be on a stone surface or touching a stone surface to use this Tremorsense. The stone can be natural or worked.

You can use this Bonus Action a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.