Duergar

[oslecamo]

Duergar, Gray Dwarves



Class
Hit Dice: d8
Level   BAB   Fort   Ref   Will   Special
1   +1   +2   +0   +0   Duergar Body, Gray Birthright, Light Sensitivity, Powerful Mind, +2 Con

Class Skills: 4+Int modifier (x4 at first level) Appraise, Bluff, Craft, Hide, Intimidate, Listen, Move Silently, Search, Spot

Proficiencies: All simple weapons, plus light and medium armor.

Duergar Body: The Duergar loses all other racial bonuses, and gains the Humanoid (Dwarf) type and subtype, medium size, 120 foot darkvision, and a base land speed of 20 feet.

Gray Birthright: A Duergar may choose three of the following traits. At 7 HD the may pick another. At 14 HD the may pick the last.

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Powerful Mind: A Duergar who chooses this option can use enlarge person and invisibility as spell-like abilities usable once per day per HD as a wizard of twice the Duergar's HD (minimum caster level 3rd); these abilities affect only the duergar and whatever it carries.

Stability: Duergar are exceptionally stable on their feet. A duergar receives 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).  Duergar can move at full 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)

Stonecunning: This ability grants a duergar 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 gray dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a duergar can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A duergar can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up. Duergar have a sixth sense about stonework, an innate ability that they get plenty of opportunity to practice and hone in their underground homes.

Dwarven Heritage: Immunity to paralysis, and poison.  +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against orcs (including half-orcs) and goblinoids (including goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears).  +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against creatures of the giant type (such as ogres, trolls, and hill giants).

Cunning Thoughts: Immunity to phantasms, +4 racial bonus on Move Silently checks and a +1 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks. They have a +2 racial bonus on Appraise and Craft checks that are related to stone or metal.  +2 racial bonus on saves against spells and spell-like effects.

Light Sensitivity: Duergar are dazzled in sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.

Ability increase: a duergar gains +2 Con

Done by Jallorn from GITP

[TC X0 Lt 0X]

So for Grey Birthright, would you consider adding in more options?


PF Dwarfs have a few alternate racials that might make for more diversity perhaps, like bonuses vs elves(drow) instead of orcs, or bonus ac/grapple vs abberations instead of AC vs giants

[oslecamo]

I would consider adding more options to this, yes, but not something like "change this super situational bonus to another super situational bonus", that's the most boring type of ability if you ask me.

[TC X0 Lt 0X]

I would consider adding more options to this, yes, but not something like "change this super situational bonus to another super situational bonus", that's the most boring type of ability if you ask me.

Perhaps, though it allows for more customization.
Though either way it wouldnt make too much of a diffrence so it shouldnt matter one way or the other.

It would be interesting to see a few other unique options though, yes.