Standard Races - Anões

Mestres nas construções em pedra, os anões são uma raça empreendedora. O seu reino, a grande Cidadela de Barzan diz-se ter 500.000 habitantes e que se estende por várias centenas de milhas debaixo do Colosso de Barak, uma das maiores cadeias montanhosas de Arcana. Os anões gostam de viajar, de comércio e sobretudo de ganhar dinheiro, não é pois de estranhar que tenham inventado o comércio, a cunhagem e que os seus bardos tenham criado a lingua comum. Resistentes, apreciadores de boa cerveja, comida e dinheiro (estou a repetir-me? :) ) são os impulsionadores da relação entre civilizações.

• + 2 Constitution, -2 Dexterity: Dwarves are stout and tough but lack coordination.

• Medium-size: As Medium-size creatures, dwarves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

• Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations).

• Darkvision: Dwarves can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and dwarves can function just fine with no light at all.

• Stonecunning: This ability grants a dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn’t stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a dwarf can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up. Dwarves have a sixth sense about stonework, an innate ability that they get plenty of opportunity to practice and hone in their underground homes.

• Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves may treat dwarven waraxes, dwarven warpikes and dwarven urgroshes as martial weapons, rather than exotic weapons.

• Stability: Dwarves are exceptionally stable on their feet. A dwarf gains a +4 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding, or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).

• +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison: Dwarves are hardy and resistance to toxins.

• +2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects: Dwarves have an innate resistance to magical spells.

• +2 racial bonus on Appraise, Diplomacy and Knowledge (Architecture and engineering) skill checks: Dwarves are master traders and engineers.

• Favored Class: Rogue. A multiclass dwarf rogue class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.