Homebrew Duergar Species Details
Kingdoms rich in ancient grandeur, halls carved into the depths of the earth, and fortresses armed by strong and merciless warriors
Short and Stout
Though they stand well under 4 feet tall, duergar are so broad and compact that they can weigh as much as a human standing nearly two feet taller. Their courage and stubbornness are also easily a match for any of the larger folk.
Long Memory, Long Grudges
Duergar lives in rigidly structured fiefdoms, living for over 300 years, they are slow to forget and slow to forgive. Militaristic and ruthless, campaigns by warbands can last for almost 100 years to claim an objective, with the guidance of one often being considered to be a grievance to the entire nation.
While not unified and sometimes to be found in conflict with each other. The Duergar fiefdoms are all unified by one major common thread, their hatred for their surface-dwelling kin and the gods they abandoned long ago. Known as the first grievance, it is a perceived betrayal that they will NEVER forget, taking precedence above all else except maybe to holding the ancestral land they still have against the incursions of the other races of the Underdark. Primarily from the Drow.
Duergar Traits
Your duergar character has an assortment of inborn abilities, part and parcel of their legacy and nature.Stability
Duergar cannot be tripped while on solid ground and get a +4 racial modifier against a bullrush.
Racial Advantages
Achieved with much effort, the Duergar were able to awaken some of what was once lost to them. Though its form is much twisted and changed from what was originally intended by the gods as a result of Duergar's own effort.
- A duergar can use enlarge person once per day, using its character level as its caster level and affecting itself only.
- A duergar can use invisibility once per day, using its character level as its caster level and affecting itself only.
Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2.
Legacies of struggle
Due to their history of perseverance, the Duergar people have built up immunities to paralysis, poison, and illusions. Further gaining a +2 racial bonus to all saves against all spells and spell-like abilities.
Alignment
While Duergar can often be hateful and cruel, they value Honor above all else and will never break a promise.
Size
Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 20 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.
Darkvision
Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in faint light within 120 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 Combat Training
You have proficiency with the battleax, handaxe, light hammer, and Warhammer. Also gaining a +2 bonus to all rolls vs dwarves from their training against this most-hated foe.
Light Sensitivity
Duergar is dazzled in areas of bright light.
Also suffers extremely in sunlight, having passed into the realm of the gods they abbandoned.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Dwarvish. Dwarvish is full of hard consonants and guttural sounds, and those characteristics spill over into whatever other language a dwarf might speak.
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