Homebrew Half Dwarft Species Details

Of Two Worlds

To humans, half-dwarves look like dwarves, and to dwarves, they look human. In height, they’re on taller than their dwarves parent but shorter than their human parent, though they’re neither as slender as humans nor as broad as dwarves. They range from under 5 feet to about 5 and a half feet tall, and from 120 to 180 pounds, with men only slightly taller and heavier than women. Half-dwarven men do have facial hair, and sometimes shave their beards to mask their dwarves ancestry. Half-dwarven coloration and features lie somewhere between their human and dwarf parents, and thus show a variety even more pronounced than that found among either race. They tend to have the eyes of their dwarves parents.

 Half-Dwarf Names

Half-dwarves use either human or dwarves naming conventions. As if to emphasize that they don’t really fit in to either society, half-dwarves raised among humans are often given dwarves names, and those raised among dwarves often take human names.

Half Dwarft Traits

Your half-dwarf character has some qualities in common with elves and some that are unique to half-dwarves.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Age

Half-dwarves mature at the same rate humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 20. They live much longer than humans, however, often exceeding 150 years.

Alignment

Half-dwarves share the lawful bent of their dwarves heritage. They value loyalty, honor, and practicality demonstrating love of leaders and honor.

Size

Half-dwarves are on average a little shorter than humans, normally just a little over 5 feet tall but often hardy and weighing about 140 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your dwarf blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Dwarven Resilience

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

Skill Versatility

You gain proficiency in one skills of your choice 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 one extra language of your choice.