Arctic Dwarf
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- Humanoid (good fort)
- Level Adjustment
- +2
Arctic dwarves have all the dwarven racial traits listed in the Player’s Handbook, except as follows:
- +4 Strength, —2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, —2 Charisma. Arctic dwarves are incredibly strong, but shorter and more stout than other dwarven subraces.
- Small: As Small creatures, arctic dwarves gain a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks, but they must use smaller weapons than humans use, and their lifting and carrying limits are threequarters of those of Medium-size characters.
- Immune to cold.
- Automatic Languages: Dwarven, Common, home region. Bonus Languages: By region.
- Favored Class: Ranger.
- Level Adjustment: +2. Arctic dwarves are significantly stronger on average than most Stout Folk, and they possess an immunity to cold. They are slightly more powerful and gain levels more slowly than the common races of Faerûn. See Table 1 in the Introduction.