You never understood the purpose of pranks, even as a gnome. This only encouraged others to target you for all of their jokes and self-amusement. Prank after prank, your patience with everyone else has worn extremely thin. Even worse, your brother seems to be the worst offender. Leaving you in bed with sleepless nights, and if you’re lucky a silent meal.
As you wish for the power to overcome this childish torture you hear a voice in your head. “I can give you power child, but it comes at a cost.” Without caution, you agree to the strange voice’s offer. “Then it will be done child.”
The next day, you find yourself in the family barn. Your brother has wrestled you down to the ground and is Gleeking into your face while slapping your forehead. While your face turns reddish-blue, the air strangely gets hotter. A bolt of fire shoots from your hand and directly into a small barrel of oil. The oil exploded and the barn immediately cached a blaze and collapsed. Before you, you saw your brother crushed to death by flaming debris. As you stare into your brother’s lifeless eyes, the strange voice echoes into your mind, “How does it feel to be the first Ipsum to have magic?”
You rush out of the burning barn, and as you do, the flames seem to dance out of your way. Your family is starting to gather down the road, but you keep going. Faster and faster, you make it to a desolate road. Shaken and unable to get the thought of your brother’s eyes from your mind, you look back at the burning barn. Nervously, you start to quickly wander into the unknown.
Must be a Gnome Wizard
- Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History
- Languages: Abyssal, One of your choice
- Equipment: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a small knife, a letter from a dead colleague posing a question you have not yet been able to answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
To determine if the Strange Voice is trustworthy at the start of your journey, roll a d4, if it's odd, you see it as untrustworthy.
| d4 | Friend or Foe |
|---|---|
| 1 | Untrustworthy |
| 2 | Trustworthy |
| 3 | Untrustworthy |
| 4 | Trustworthy |
You have an excellent memory for maps and geography, and you can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other features around you. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth.
Spell List
Spells gifted by the Strange Voice
Fire Bolt, Frostbite, Message, Alarm, Burning Hands, Disguise Self, Identify, Magic Missile, Shield
| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| Cantrip | fire bolt, gust, message |
| 1st | alarm, burning hands, disguise self, find familiar, identify, shield |
Suggested Characteristics
A Strange Voice comes to you in your dreams. Guiding you on a path to power and knowledge. You are constantly looking through books to see if you can find a way to further yourself in the arcana arts. Most guided by the Strange Voice leans towards Evocation school of magic.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition. |
| 2 | I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have. |
| 3 | I’m used to helping out those who aren’t as smart as I am, and I patiently explain anything and everything to others. |
| 4 | There’s nothing I like more than a good mystery. |
| 5 | I’m willing to listen to every side of an argument before I make my own judgment. |
| 6 | I … speak … slowly … when talking … to idiots, … which … almost … everyone … is … compared … to me. |
| 7 | I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations. |
| 8 | I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral) |
| 2 | Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good) |
| 3 | Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful) |
| 4 | No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Power. Knowledge is the path to power and domination. (Evil) |
| 6 | Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have wronged those I love, and now I seek power to ease my guilt. |
| 2 | My torment drove me away from my family. I strive to win back the love I’ve lost. |
| 3 | I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy. |
| 4 | My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of arcana. |
| 5 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 6 | There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am easily distracted by the promise of information. |
| 2 | I assume the worst in people. |
| 3 | I have an addiction. |
| 4 | I overlook obvious solutions in favor of complicated ones. |
| 5 | I speak without really thinking through my words, invariably insulting others. |
| 6 | I can’t keep a secret to save my life, or anyone else’s. |
Contacts
Strange Voice
A Strange Voice comes to you in your dreams, guiding and persuading you.
| d1 | Contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Strange Voice |