You were once a great wizard who's tales would be told in every tavern across the land. Well... probably not. In truth, though you will never admit it, you were a sub-par wizard who would cut a few corners in developing arcane formulas and sigils. Luck would have it though! You got ahold of the spellbook that once belonged to a world renown Archmage. Why study to become a greater mage when you could simply copy the notation found in this book!

The next phrase would be your last as a gnome... as you wished to become the epidemy of arcane knowledge you were transformed into the very spellbook you once admired. Now you are but a fraction of what you once were... Everything you did seem to actually know and the spells you did study don't seem to work well in this new form. No bother! You have the will to be great nonetheless!

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History

Languages: Two 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