Girdle of Dwarvenkind

This broad girdle is typically made with precious metals (gold) in the fashion of dwarves and will grant the wearer certain dwarven attributes.

When donned by an attuned wearer, the wearer is granted the following attributes as per dwarves:

• Ability Scores. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Minimum ability scores are an 8 Strength and 12 Constitution. Maximum scores are an 18/99 Strength, a 17 Dexterity, and a 19 Constitution.

• Infravision. You have infravision in dark conditions. You can see in dim light outdoors out to 100 yards as if it were daylight. Others may see you in the darkness due to eye shine (light reflecting off your eyes) out to double the normal radius of your light.

• Expert Miner. [complex]—As per a dwarf.

• Gruff Demeanor—When interacting with races other than dwarves, your Charisma is treated as if it were 1 point lower with a maximum of 16.

• Resistance (magic, poison)—You gain a Constitution racial bonus on saves against poison and magic.

• Ring Failure—Anytime you don a magic ring, you must make a resistance roll (d%); 01-20: the ring will never work for you; 21-00: the ring will function some of the time. If functioning, continuous functions (protection, fire resistance) will always work but invoked functions (invisibility, feather falling) have a 20% chance per use of malfunctioning (not working). Additional invocation attempts may be made during each subsequent round (action type/time required as if using the item normally). This failure chance is checked for any rings currently worn once the girdle is attuned.

• Dwarf-friend—When dealing with dwarves, your Charisma is treated as if it were 2 points higher. When dealing with gnomes (or halflings that live near dwarves or gnomes), your Charisma is treated as if it were 1 point higher.

These attributes will over-ride/replace the wearer's original racial attributes if of the same or similar type.

These girdles never resize and most (01-70) are made for Man-sized humanoids while the rest (71-00) are sized for Small sized humanoids.

Attunement. In order to operate, the girdle must be worn for at least 48 hours continuously to attune itself with the wearer. Sometime during this period, the wearer must be named a "dwarf-friend" by a dwarf (in a special ritual known only to dwarves). During the attunement period, the wearer will grow a full and luxurious beard regardless of gender (and the beard will regrow within 1 hour if shorn). The dwarf-friend attribute will not function without the beard.