Editing Dvati (section)

==AD&D Lore==
[[File:Dvati Dragon 271.png|thumb|[[Dragon Magazine]] #271]]
Always found as identical twins, dvati believe their souls are so powerful that each soul requires two bodies to house it. They are a slightly built race, with an [[elf]]in frame, but more visibly inhuman than elves; snow-white skin offset by thick black hair and solid blue eyes devoid of iris or pupil make this obvious at a glance, but a closer look reveals their hands are only four-digited (3 fingers, 1 thumb) and their noses are almost non-existent, consisting of a pair of small, slitted nostrils that protrude slightly from the face.

There is no singular pronoun in the dvati language; "dvati" refers to the race as a whole and to a set of twins. So strong is the bond between twins that individual dvati cannot survive without them; should one of a pair of twins die, the other will lose 1d6 hit points per day until it also dies, with the damage irreversible by anything short of a Wish spell. A comparatively lesser aspect of this bond is that dvati twins can communicate with each other telepathically.

Consequently, dvati society is based entirely around the number 2. This doesn't mean they are obsessively orderly or lawful - in fact, their mandated [[alignment]] is "Any Good or Neutral" - but simply that their art, architecture, language and philosophies are all based around the idea of duality. Twins are never separated, being raised together and living together once they reach adulthood.

Found in large communities acros the [[Outlands]], dvati groups divde themselves into four ruling houses, each governed by four subgroups called "rings". These communities support themselves by hunting and farming as the local environment allows; dvati consume meats and vegetables.

Socially, they're friendly and outgoing, actively trading with other races and encouraging contact with strangers. Extremely honest, they are slow to recognize dishonesty in others, and take an extremely negative view of it; one act of recognized dishonesty brands you a liar for life.

Typically, dvati are non-violent, considered themselves artists and philosophers. However, they are not naive, and so recognize the need to defend themselves, commonly employing small, hand-held throwing blades and stars. Their iconic weapon is the ''tvan'tha'', an S-shaped throwing blade that returns to its wielder's hand when thrown properly.

All dvati are inherently ambidextrous, possessing the Two-Weapon Fighting Style proficiency. They specialize in the use of paired weapons for melee combat, gaining an extra attack per round when using them. Additionally, they possess special attack called the echo-voice; a pair of dvati twins that can circle an enemy whilst speaking can make their voices seem to come from everywhere at once. It takes one round of activity to activate an echo-voice attack, and it forces the victim to make a save vs spell; if they fail, they suffer a -4 penalty to their To Hit rolls so long as the dvati continue doing nothing but maintain the echo-voice attack.

Dvati are technically a playable race, although one is left to infer most of the mechanics from their single-page monster writeup. They are Medium sized, with a movement value of 12 and an unarmored [[THAC0]] of 10. Class-wise, they can be [[Fighter]]s (16), [[Cleric|Priests]] (13), [[Wizard]]s (16), [[Rogue|Thieves]] (12), or [[Bard]]s (15). They are capable of [[multiclassing]], becoming Fighter/Wizards, Fighter/Priests, Fighter/Thieves, Wizard/Thieves, or Fighter/Wizard/Thieves.

Because dvati are paired twins, a dvati player has to create two separate characters, representing each member of the dvati pair.

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