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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the clockwork. A creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Harpoon", "rollDamageType
but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks have been shared between gnome communities over many generations.
Individual Designs
Gnome artisans
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the
underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Long ago, groups of elves ventured from the Feywild to the Astral Plane to be closer to their gods. Life in the Silver Void has imbued their souls with a spark of divine light. That light manifests
’s fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your
Criminal / Spy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You are an experienced criminal with a history of breaking the law. You have spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer
than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Deep Gnome Characters At the DM’s discretion, you can play a deep gnome character. When you choose the subrace of your gnome, you can choose deep gnome, using the following rules to create your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
gnome Lorehold apprentice; see chapter 7) approaches them. The gnome announces that Aerojaunt Field is reserved for the characters’ Mage Tower team to practice. The characters’ designated practice slot is
at the end of this week. As a student referee, Rosie is tasked with helping the characters learn the rules of Mage Tower and the game’s basic techniques. Further, as long as the entire party has not
Goblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight.
Outsiders who don&rsquo
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A gnome’s boot used as a hat
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A pouch of toenail clippings from an allied ogre
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A frog kept in a jar
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Fragile helmets made from axebeak eggs
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Nose rings
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. Light. The interior caves are illuminated by bioluminescent fungi, which provide dim light throughout the area. See “Vision” in the Basic Rules. Walls. The cave walls are formed from hexagonal columns
from deep below the island are slowly poisoning the fungi in the caves. A faint smell of sulfur pervades the place, growing stronger the closer one gets to area B6. If the characters take a long rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
blizzard. The ship’s cocaptains, Vorryn Q’uuol and Dredavex Sinfiz, are chaotic neutral gnome ceremorphs, which are smaller-than-normal mind flayers spawned from gnome hosts. Their crew consists of
three gnome squidlings named Rin, Rix, and Zglarrd. See the “Mind Flayers” entry in appendix C for more information about gnome ceremorphs and squidlings. The illithids are stuck unless they can find a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
surest sign of Lolth’s approval. No tactic is outside the rules in this ongoing conflict. Raids against another house’s outlying property (farming caverns, trade caravans, or hunting parties) are
use of special drow poisons, are a constant threat. Bodyguards and food tasters are as necessary to the survival of a high-ranking drow as air and water. Squabbles within a house also occur from time to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
quite happy with it. Their streets are safe, and as long as you play by the rules of the game, the Trust won’t target you. Outsiders find this casual acceptance of preemptive assassination to be
terrifying, but the Zil actually trust the Trust. Every Zil gnome is in a web of intrigues. This is condoned by the Trust, as long as no laws are broken and the state itself isn’t threatened. It’s fine for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
you are using the “Meet Me in Phandalin” adventure hook, then any character who approaches to make a closer investigation can identify the horses as belonging to Gundren Rockseeker and Sildar
Hallwinter. They’ve been dead about a day, and it’s clear that arrows killed the horses. When the characters inspect the scene closer, read the following: The saddlebags have been looted. Nearby lies an empty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
other mind flayers flowing through its veins. The chaotic neutral gnome ceremorph is equipped with two nonmagical items: Laser Pistol. Rules for laser pistols appear in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. This
themselves across the floor using oversized face-tentacles. The fourth is a lumbering monstrosity made of stitched-together parts from goblins, dwarves, and reindeer.
The three gnome squidlings (Rin, Rix
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
has lost its potency. 15b. Rotting Trogs Stench. A putrid stench fills this 10-foot-high cave, courtesy of three rotting troglodyte corpses riddled with crossbow bolts. Closer examination reveals nasty
clutching a staff.
The stone arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute when the arch is tapped three times with a staff of any kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks manifest on certain members of a few species, represented in the rules by variant race options: For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race
Halfling Food, lodging, urban information Making Cannith Human Manufacturing Passage Orien Human Land transportation Scribing Sivis Gnome Communication, translation, verification Sentinel Deneith Human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
you play by the rules of the game, the Trust ignores you. Outsiders find this casual acceptance of preemptive assassination to be terrifying, but the Zil genuinely trust the Trust. Zil gnomes live
within a web of intrigues. The Trust condones their actions, as long as they break no laws and don’t threaten the state or the status quo. A gnome charlatan can connive to steal a jewel mine from another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
an accomplished gnome map merchant named Anaxi Zephries, known as “the Cartophile.” Information collected by Anaxi over the years has traced Kwalish’s route into the Barrier Peaks — at least up to the
peaks surrounding Halruaa, a land known for its magical technology, are a good choice. Alternatively, campaigns making use of the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist adventure might look for a location closer to the city, including the Greypeaks or the Nether Mountains.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
tent. This challenge doesn’t have an audience. When the characters enter the tent, read or paraphrase the following text: Seated at the middle of this sizable empty tent is a wizened gnome at work amid
tangles of colorful yarn. Several fuzzy, kitten-sized blue caterpillars drowse on her, nestled in her clothing and hair. The gnome peers up and says, “Welcome! I am Madam Kulp. Are you here to play
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
slit for protection, a creature gains three-quarters cover (see the Basic Rules) against outside threats. A Medium character can’t squeeze through an arrow slit, but a Small character can with a
and handles.
Light. The walls are lined with torch sconces, but the torches burned down long ago. Adventurers require darkvision or their own light sources to see inside.
Stench. A foul stench lingers in Axeholm, becoming stronger as one gets closer to the resident ghouls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
like a fork on one end and a spoon on the other 6 A thick, sun-yellowed book on seasonal agriculture written in Halfling 7 A well-used squeaky toy in the shape of a garden gnome with a red hat 8 A
glass statuette of a rust monster Price Clawson’s rules are simple: a buyer can take any item from the rug, so long as they replace it with an item of similar value. What counts as “similar value” is up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Character Species When you choose your character’s species, you determine whether your character is a human or a member of a fantastical species, such as dragonborn or gnome. The peoples of the D&D
following parts. Creature Type. A character’s species determines the character’s creature type, which is described in the rules glossary. Every species in this chapter is Humanoid; playable non
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Character Species When you choose your character’s species, you determine whether your character is a human or a member of a fantastical species, such as dragonborn or gnome. The peoples of the D&D
following parts. Creature Type. A character’s species determines the character’s creature type, which is described in the rules glossary. Every species in this chapter is Humanoid; playable non
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
revive your character, such as with the Raise Dead spell. Or talk with the DM about making a new character to join the group. The rules glossary has more information on being dead. Falling Unconscious
If you reach 0 Hit Points and don’t die instantly, you have the Unconscious condition (see the rules glossary) until you regain any Hit Points, and you now face making Death Saving Throws (see below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
all. Rules for Everything Devils are evil schemers by nature, but they must operate within the bounds of the Nine Hells’ intricate legal code. A devil’s attitude toward the law is in part driven by its
law that “prevents” it from offering help. Three Paths to Power Rank-and-file devils have three ways of ascending through the ranks. The Nine Hells uses a complex system of rules to quantify and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
associate of the clan, you’ll be expected to respect the hierarchy and follow the rules, and you might be targeted by Daask just as if you were a Boromar yourself. If you have a contact in the Boromar Clan
, you might know someone on the Boromar Contacts table. Boromar Contacts d6 Contact 1 Sundry (gnome) is a fence who runs a pawn shop in the Bazaar of Dura and has ties to many smugglers, sailors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
revive your character, such as with the Raise Dead spell. Or talk with the DM about making a new character to join the group. The Rules Glossary has more information on being dead. Falling Unconscious
If you reach 0 Hit Points and don’t die instantly, you have the Unconscious condition (see the Rules Glossary) until you regain any Hit Points, and you now face making Death Saving Throws (see below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
patch of green slime to drop from the ceiling onto one randomly determined party member (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the rules and effects of green slime). When
friendly toward the characters after the battle. Development Back in Diggermattock Hall, the gnome leaders make good on their promise, giving the characters a stone of controlling earth elementals along with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
d10 Connected Creatures
1 An entrepreneurial gnome uses a faerie dragon’s Euphoria Breath to open a novel relaxation spa; the dragon appreciates the steady stream of treats and baubles they
branches of a tree that recently received the benefit of a druid’s awaken spell and promises to teach the awakened tree in exchange for shelter and companionship.
7 A faerie dragon rules a pack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Lord. A deep gnome spurned by others of his kind weeps as he wanders the dark tunnels, talking to the things that crawl and seep from the walls. You see him adopt two slick patches of ooze, sensing his
innate power over them. He plays with them as if they were children, chasing them through the gloomy depths.
Something changes, and the oozes flow away. The deep gnome runs after them, fearful of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
unconscious.
Death Saving Throws Whenever you start your turn with 0 hit points, you must make a special saving throw, called a death saving throw, to determine whether you creep closer to death or hang
than having it fall unconscious and make death saving throws. Mighty villains and special nonplayer characters are common exceptions; the DM might have them fall unconscious and follow the same rules as player characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
have been shared between gnome communities over many generations. Bronze Scout A bronze scout seldom emerges from underground. Its telescoping eyestalks observe foes at close range while most of its
, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). While grappled in this way, a creature’s speed isn’t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the clockwork. A creature takes 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
degrees of success. So you could decide that an attack roll of 11 or 12 lands in the outermost ring, a 13 or 14 hits the next ring closer to the center, a 15 or 16 hits the third ring, a 17 or 18
rules cover what happens on a natural 20 (it’s a Critical Hit) or a natural 1 (it always misses). Resist the temptation to add additional negative consequences to a natural 1 on an attack roll: the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
with 0 hit points, you must make a special saving throw, called a death saving throw, to determine whether you creep closer to death or hang onto life. Unlike other saving throws, this one isn't tied
throws. Mighty villains and special nonplayer characters are common exceptions; the DM might have them fall unconscious and follow the same rules as player characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Interacting with Myconids The myconids’ initial attitude toward outsiders is hostile (see “Social Interaction” in the Basic Rules). They aren’t malicious, though, and they don’t resort to violence
. Encourage the players to think about how this might affect their characters. Does it make them feel closer to their friends? Does it ease any suspicions they might have had about each other? Distress
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the Beholder Memories table. These memories are experienced from the eye tyrant’s point of view. Beholder Memories d100 Memory 01–20 The beholder chases a deep gnome through a fungal forest in a
is “Kelserath,” but Halaster changes it every few days. The rules of this gate are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute if a creature speaks the proper command word within 10 feet of it. Characters