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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
them. Altered by unbridled magic, a group of gnomes were transformed and given almost supernatural curiosity and fearlessness. These were the first kender.
Originating on the world of Krynn, kender are
other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of widespread languages to choose from. The DM is free to add or remove languages from
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its own.
An
you like to identify what event set you on the path to adventure. If nothing on the table appeals to you, work with your DM to create an origin story for your character.
Like gnomes, autognomes can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
themselves at odds with a sapphire dragon if they cross into the dragon’s territory. But sapphire dragons sometimes forge peaceful relationships with rock gnomes or deep gnomes, relying on these folk
, the largest cavern serves as the dragon’s sleeping chamber. A raised section studded with sapphire crystals offers a vantage from which the dragon can keep an eye on the chamber’s access
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
they cross into the dragon’s territory. But sapphire dragons sometimes forge peaceful relationships with rock gnomes or deep gnomes, relying on these folk to help protect the territory
, particularly art objects that are impressive but not irreplaceable.
Sleeping Chamber. At the heart of the lair, protected behind more thin crystal walls, the largest cavern serves as the dragon’s
races
. Cannons, automatons, flintlocks, and explosives are all reputed to be results of gnomish crafting. The process of tinkering is as important as the result. Gnomes create new inventions simply to prove it
Ingenious and full of energy, gnomes are thought to be distant cousins of the dwarves. Shorter than their dwarf kin and less bulky, these small-framed folk are often known for their ever-working
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises
all life except for kobolds. He especially hates Garl Glittergold, gnomes, and fey creatures that enjoy playing pranks. He taught the first kobolds how to mine, tunnel, hide, and ambush. He is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Deep Gnomes Deep gnomes, or svirfneblin, are the pragmatic and often grumpy cousins of the gnome family, who live deep underground. The Underdark is full of danger, meaning that deep gnomes spend
the stone-like features of a deep gnome who finds a truly remarkable gem, and such a discovery lightens the mood in the enclave for a time. Elminster calls gnomes the Forgotten Folk — an apt name
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
4. Gauntlet Blingdenstone’s last line of defense is a wide, winding tunnel behind a gate similar to the one in area 1. Gate Towers Flanking the gate are two stone towers embedded in the cavern walls
. Peering through shuttered windows in each tower are four deep gnomes, eight in all. These gnomes operate winches that open and close the gate. If the characters are traveling with a deep gnome escort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Background More than five hundred years ago, clans of dwarves and gnomes made an agreement known as the Phandelver’s Pact, by which they would share a rich mine in a wondrous cavern known as Wave
Echo Cave. In addition to its mineral wealth, the mine contained great magical power. Human spellcasters allied themselves with the dwarves and gnomes to channel and bind that energy into a great forge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Villages. Settlements populated by giants, duergar, deep gnomes, and other creatures dot the cavern. Waterfall. A mighty river plummets down a cliff face beneath the Radiant Sun. The waterfall gleams with
ceiling is a quarter of a mile high and has the appearance of a strangely rough-looking blue sky. The microclimate within the cavern features cloudy and rainy weather in addition to sunshine. Map 4.1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Chapter 1: A Dangerous Journey More than five hundred years ago, clans of dwarves and gnomes made an agreement known as the Phandelver Pact, by which they would share a rich mine in a wondrous cavern
known as Wave Echo Cave. In addition to its mineral wealth, the mine contained great magical power. Human spellcasters allied themselves with dwarves and gnomes to channel and bind that energy into a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
come to the Stone Tooth in search of a reputed cache of Durgeddin’s superior blades and find the stronghold inhabited by dangerous monsters. The complex consists of the following five sections: The
Mountain Door. The Mountain Door comprises the uppermost level of the cavern complex. It is currently inhabited by a tribe of fierce orcs, led by a brutal ogre known as Great Ulfe. The Glitterhame. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(see the “Whorlstone Tunnels: General Features” sidebar). The tunnel slopes down to the edge of a large pool that fills the cavern ahead. The opposite shore is nearly one hundred feet away, but nothing
must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is infected with cackle fever (see “Diseases” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Gnomes are immune. The characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
9. Great Cavern This cave once served as the banquet room, meeting area, and mead hall for the miners. Steep escarpments divide this large cavern into three sections—high ledges at either end, and a
. The skeletal remains of dozens of dead warriors—dwarves, gnomes, orcs, and ogres—attest to the fierceness of the fighting that took place here long ago.
Seven ghouls lurk in the shadows on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
29. Ruined Stockade This cavern was once a shrine for Baervan Wildwanderer, the gnomish deity known as the Father of Fish and Fungus. Now it belongs to the Pudding King. The sound of dripping water
wreckage and debris scoured clean by the oozes.
This area once contained a stockade fashioned from zurkhwood and trillimac fungi. Here, the deep gnomes kept their deep rothé (Underdark cattle). The place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
25. Hall of Miners During Blingdenstone’s heyday, this cavern held the old city’s smelters and marketplace for ore and uncut gems. It’s now the main square of the wererat warrens. A small crowd has
gathered here. Most of the assembled creatures are deep gnomes, but some have ratlike features — including a fat specimen standing in front of the others, smiling at you with jagged buckteeth. “Peace
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of his demonic mistress. Instead, it led to his sudden and horrific death. Xopal (area 14) occasionally ventures into the cavern to harvest poisonous toadstools from his corpse. To remove the brass key
22. Fungi Cavern The passage widens into a cavern filled with fungi. Toadstools, puffballs, and other tuberous growths cover the walls and floor. Against the far wall, a malformed skeleton lies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
experiment. A rock gnome alchemist who discovers a new form of fungus growing in a nearby cavern might wander farther afield from the burrow, looking for knowledge about other fungi in the world. A forest
giant machine of wonderful complexity — a banquet for a curious gnomish mind. Many renowned astronomers, wizards, and extraplanar travelers are gnomes, having undertaken those disciplines in the hope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
22. Steadfast Stone Once a temple of Callarduran Smoothhands, the deep gnomes’ god of stone and mining, this cavern was named after its long-lost galeb duhr protectors — the dharum suhn (the “Hearts
of Steadfast Stone”). The floor of this cavern is worn smooth, but the walls are rough. A great menhir carved from a stalagmite stands in the center of the chamber, pockmarked with dozens of empty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Blingdenstone covers the areas the svirfneblin have recovered from supernatural squatters and other dangers, now secured by mundane and magical means.
Chambers. Blingdenstone is not a single cavern, but a
of svirfneblin families, all chambers are tall enough for Medium creatures to walk around without difficulty, and common areas are even larger.
It is rare for cavern walls to be bare in Blingdenstone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
General Features The town is situated in a vast cavern tinged red by the magma that flows through the channels that separate the various districts. By and large, the town is well maintained, with
structures (about 12 feet high) with stone doors that are 5 feet high and 3 feet wide. Building interiors tend to be unlit (which is of little concern to deep gnomes, who have darkvision), and they contain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
guards in area 1 that they are fleeing from the drow. Two dozen or so svirfneblin occupy this well-lit cavern, some moving briskly with messenger pouches in hand while others huddle around several stone
tables covered in maps and other papers, talking in hushed, serious tones. The back of the room is dominated by a dais carved from the rock of the cavern, atop which rest two stone desks facing each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
securely in the catacombs beneath the temple. A passage on the east side of the cavern leads down into this network of small linked caverns accessible only through the temple. The catacombs are built
disappears through a wall if they attack. (Word quickly gets around the settlement of the adventurers’ rudeness, negatively shifting the gnomes’ attitude toward the characters.) Jadger speaks candidly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
a vassal of Tiamat. When the gnome god Garl Glittergold stole a treasure from Tiamat’s hoard, she sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the
exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity.
Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises all life except for kobolds. He especially hates Garl Glittergold, gnomes, and fey creatures that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
12. Smelter Cavern Like the fungi cavern at area 8, this chamber poses a serious obstacle that prevents Nezznar from reaching his objective—the Forge of Spells (area 15). The drow is still
gnomes, and it continues to act on ancient instructions to prevent intruders from passing through.
This impressive chamber was the heart of the Wave Echo Cave mining operation. Here, the dwarves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
5. Demon’s Triangle Floor. The earthen floor of this cavern is covered by a 2-foot-thick layer of fog.
Pillars. Three natural pillars of rock support the 25-foot-high ceiling. The fog takes on a
succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or manifest a character flaw that lasts until the victim is subjected to a remove curse spell, a greater restoration spell, or similar magic. The flaw supersedes any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Development Another tunnel on the opposite side of the cavern heads off in a different direction than where Yeenoghu led his pack. Characters who defeat the remaining gnolls can continue on their way
, which the characters can remove from its corpse. The massive heart is the size of a small trunk and weighs nearly one hundred pounds. Any characters close to it while it is being transported imagine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Reflections This swampy cavern has a 50-foot-high ceiling of jagged rock. Rising from the mire is an island of dry rock, upon which are the following features: Ruins and Statue. Amid the ruins of
. Until the curse is ended with a remove curse spell or similar magic, the character is beset by nightmares and gains no benefit from a long rest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
8. Made of Stone Gargoyles and stone golems watch over these caves, and Halaster has left a few other surprises here as well. 8a. Gargoyles and Golems Ceiling. This cavern has walls that slope inward
to form a 30-foot-high peak.
Gargoyles. Six gargoyle cling to ledges 20 feet up the walls, three at the north end of the cavern and three at the south end.
Golems. Two stone golems carved to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
approach it closely, as it is reputed to be the haunt of various demons and devils. The occasional disappearance of those who stray too close to the Plume reinforces this belief. Thirteen hundred
Wave, you must do battle
With the Beast in the Boiling Bubble
Crost cavern vast, where chain-links rattle
Lies Whelm, past water-spouts double.
Blackrazor yet remains to be won
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
13. Speaking Stones A circle of stone menhirs predating Blingdenstone stands at the center of this small cavern. The gnomes believe this henge is a cluster of truly ancient galeb duhr, venerated as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Forests of Slaughter These caverns house a Thayan menagerie. Locations in the Forests of Slaughter are identified on map 5.7. Map 5.7: Forests of Slaughter Light. The cavern ceilings glow with
housed in the area. An area of trees is difficult terrain. Magic Turf. The rocky cavern floors in this sector are covered in a layer of magic turf that uses transmutation magic to slowly absorb the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Entémoch’s Boon This large cavern is located west of Blingdenstone (see the map of Underdark regions and locations in chapter 2) and has always been a closely guarded secret. Most svirfneblin who
preoccupied with the reclaiming and rebuilding of Blingdenstone to search for it. The cave is two days’ walk of the settlement, its entrance a small tunnel leading to a ledge high above the cavern floor. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
cults, one of which has an ancient dragon in its employ. The gnomes of Gnomengarde have offered to supply a magical weapon to drive off this beast should it trouble the town. Meet the gnomes at
to seize the House of Thalivar and steal the ruinstone. When the characters undertake this quest, see “Leilon Besieged.” When this quest becomes active, remove the third starting quest from the quest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
12. Trapped Chest Water pours from cracks and seams in the rough walls of this cavern, whose floor is a muddy pool that flushes out into the tunnel beyond. Just above the pool’s surface, a large
does so with disadvantage. Treasure The chest interior is lined with lead and contains 300 gp, a gold tankard embossed with a sad face that smiles when the tankard is filled (250 gp), and a stoppered bone tube containing a spell scroll of remove curse.