belowzeros
Level 1
2 years ago
(edited)
equipping heavy armor on dwarves lowers their movement by 10 feet (2 squares), a penalty if one does not have STR 13/15.
However dwarves are exempt from this rule according to 5e SRD.
https://www.5esrd.com/races/dwarf/#Dwarf_Traits
Race details > Dwarf traits
"Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor."
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IXI
Level 14
2 years ago
you are correct. however, SOLASTA's dwarves are, unfortunately, a bit different than SRD. so to fix things i "cheat" a little and i raised my dwarf's STR to 15 even if i was only going to get 14 from point buy. that way it will not affect anything other than being able to carry a little be more. although it was not long before i got some gantlets of ogre strength so it is now a mute point
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belowzeros
Level 1
2 years ago
ah ok thank-you, I didn't realize that aspect deviated from SRD. I should have probably gone STR then on my cleric vs DEX which I usually do for the INIT advantage, Athletics checks and DEX saves. I was trying to play with the Solasta variant weight rule but that plus the heavy armor penalty reduced me to 5 feet of movement lightly encumbered. So I guess I'll go vanilla weight and take the heavy armor penalty when I find some that works better than medium + 2 dex. And thanks for the gauntlets heads up, I was wondering if that was a viable solution too.
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