Chapter 5: Proficiencies

Proficiencies are the best way to quantify the various skills that distinguish dwarves from each other.

Acquiring Proficiencies

How weapon and nonweapon proficiency slots are acquired is described on page 51 of the
Player's Handbook. Detection proficiency slots are described below.

Refer to the following table when it is necessary to determine the number of proficiency slots a character starts with, the number available, and at what levels new ones are acquired.

Proficiency Slots

Weapon
Nonweapon


Detection


Proficiencies
Proficiencies


Proficiencies

Group
Initial
#Levels
Penalty
Initial
#Levels
Initial
#Levels
Warrior
4
3
-2
3
3
5
4
Priest
2
4
-3
4
3
5
4
Thief
2
4
-3
3
4
5
3
Warrior/Priest
4
3
-2
4
3
5
4
Warrior/Thief
4
3
-2
3
3
5
3

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