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Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.
In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in
. Goliaths see females and males as equal in all things, and they find societies with roles divided by gender to be puzzling or worthy of mockery. To a goliath, the person who is best at a job should be
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
civilization. Silent Rain. Consisting solely of elves, Silent Rain is a legendary mercenary company operating out of Evereska. Caring little for gold or fame, Silent Rain agrees only to jobs that either
enemies is blind and unreasoning.
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I obey the law, even if the law causes misery.
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I’d rather eat my armor than admit when I’m wrong.
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation
Bugbear
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
rather than perform the work or confront the foe. Even when subsumed into a goblinoid host and drawn into war, bugbears must often be roused from naps and bribed to get them to do their duties.
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individuals in a group typically number fewer than a dozen, consisting of siblings and their mates as well as a handful of offspring and an elder or two. A gang lives in and around a small enclosure
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
of the world beyond their home.
Barterers of Lore
Tabaxi treasure knowledge rather than material things. A chest filled with gold coins might be useful to buy food or a coil of rope, but it’s
path to satisfy their obsessions become wandering tinkers and minstrels.
These tabaxi work in small troupes, usually consisting of an elder, more experienced tabaxi who guides up to four young ones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
likely to take up roles as druids, who serve various forest spirits and deities. Forest gnomes in Faerûn have the racial traits of forest gnomes in the Player’s Handbook.
Forest Gnomes The reclusive forest gnomes live simply in hillside dwellings deep in the woods. A neighbor could live only a few miles from a forest gnome settlement for a lifetime and never know it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
likely to take up roles as druids, who serve various forest spirits and deities. Forest gnomes in Faerûn have the racial traits of forest gnomes in the Player’s Handbook.
Forest Gnomes The reclusive forest gnomes live simply in hillside dwellings deep in the woods. A neighbor could live only a few miles from a forest gnome settlement for a lifetime and never know it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
recovery. Once the characters reach the gates, they can see that the truth lies somewhere in between. The characters must prove their goodwill to the deep gnomes before they are allowed inside. Once the
characters win the gnomes’ trust, they are welcomed into Inner Blingdenstone, and to what food and comfort the locals can readily provide. ROLEPLAYING THE SVIRFNEBLIN
Deep gnomes are a dour lot
Bard
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Basic Rules (2014)
necessary, using their magic to bolster their swords and armor. Their spells lean toward charms and illusions rather than blatantly destructive spells. They have a wide-ranging knowledge of many
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
recovery. Once the characters reach the gates, they can see that the truth lies somewhere in between. The characters must prove their goodwill to the deep gnomes before they are allowed inside. Once the
characters win the gnomes’ trust, they are welcomed into Inner Blingdenstone, and to what food and comfort the locals can readily provide. ROLEPLAYING THE SVIRFNEBLIN
Deep gnomes are a dour lot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Deep Gnome (Svirfneblin) Deep gnomes, or svirfneblin, live far below the world’s surface in twisting warrens and sculpted caverns. They survive by virtue of their stealth, cleverness, and tenacity
typical svirfneblin enclave contains several hundred deep gnomes and is strongly fortified. Secret tunnels lead to and from the settlement, and the deep gnomes use these as evacuation routes when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Deep Gnome (Svirfneblin) Deep gnomes, or svirfneblin, live far below the world’s surface in twisting warrens and sculpted caverns. They survive by virtue of their stealth, cleverness, and tenacity
typical svirfneblin enclave contains several hundred deep gnomes and is strongly fortified. Secret tunnels lead to and from the settlement, and the deep gnomes use these as evacuation routes when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Character Names Part of your campaign style has to do with naming characters. It’s a good idea to establish some ground rules with your players at the start of a new campaign. In a group consisting
names, that’s fine. If the group would rather take the characters and their names a little more seriously, urge Bob’s player to come up with a more appropriate name. Player character names should match
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Gnomish Deities Gnomes honor a small pantheon of seven primary deities, known as the Lords of the Golden Hills, plus two other entities. Wise Protectors The Watchful Protector, Garl Glittergold, is
the king of gnomish gods, a deity of humor, gemcutting, protection, and trickery. His pranks serve to protect gnomes and to teach his victims humility and wisdom. Garl’s second, Gaerdal Ironhand, is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Gnomish Deities Gnomes honor a small pantheon of seven primary deities, known as the Lords of the Golden Hills, plus two other entities. Wise Protectors The Watchful Protector, Garl Glittergold, is
the king of gnomish gods, a deity of humor, gemcutting, protection, and trickery. His pranks serve to protect gnomes and to teach his victims humility and wisdom. Garl’s second, Gaerdal Ironhand, is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Character Names Part of your campaign style has to do with naming characters. It’s a good idea to establish some ground rules with your players at the start of a new campaign. In a group consisting
names, that’s fine. If the group would rather take the characters and their names a little more seriously, urge Bob’s player to come up with a more appropriate name. Player character names should match
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, adventurers traveling along a road or a trail might come across a tiny settlement consisting of a handful of homesteads built around an inn or tavern where locals gather. (If you need a tavern name, use the
ignore the encounter and create your own activity based on the information given in a location’s description; for example, the “Arn Forest” section mentions rock gnomes who inhabit the woods, which might make for a fun encounter of your own creation. Map 3.1: The North
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->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->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Social Interaction During their adventures, player characters meet many different people and face some monsters that would rather talk than fight. In those situations, it’s time for social
interaction, which takes many forms. For example, you might try to convince a burglar to confess to wrongdoing or try to flatter a guard. The Dungeon Master assumes the roles of any nonplayer characters who are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Social Interaction During their adventures, player characters meet many different people and face some monsters that would rather talk than fight. In those situations, it’s time for social
interaction, which takes many forms. For example, you might try to convince a burglar to confess to wrongdoing or try to flatter a guard. The Dungeon Master assumes the roles of any nonplayer characters who are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation where the townsfolk would try to
hatred of gnomes, city kobolds often go out of their way to target gnomes’ houses and shops. Even in such cases, the kobolds’ fear of retaliation usually prevents them from trying to directly harm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, adventurers traveling along a road or a trail might come across a tiny settlement consisting of a handful of homesteads built around an inn or tavern where locals gather. (If you need a tavern name, use the
ignore the encounter and create your own activity based on the information given in a location’s description; for example, the “Arn Forest” section mentions rock gnomes who inhabit the woods, which might make for a fun encounter of your own creation. Map 3.1: The North
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation where the townsfolk would try to
hatred of gnomes, city kobolds often go out of their way to target gnomes’ houses and shops. Even in such cases, the kobolds’ fear of retaliation usually prevents them from trying to directly harm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Forest Gnomes As the companions of nature and its animals, forest gnomes learn from their surroundings as if from a master teacher. They evade incursions into their wooded realm by great numbers of
community of elves might be surprised to discover they have been neighbors of a forest gnome village for years. Forest gnomes are good at making their homes vanish into the landscape. It helps that they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Forest Gnomes As the companions of nature and its animals, forest gnomes learn from their surroundings as if from a master teacher. They evade incursions into their wooded realm by great numbers of
community of elves might be surprised to discover they have been neighbors of a forest gnome village for years. Forest gnomes are good at making their homes vanish into the landscape. It helps that they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
monsters that would rather talk than fight. In those situations, it’s time for social interaction, which takes many forms. For example, you might try to convince a burglar to confess to wrongdoing or try
to flatter a guard. The Dungeon Master assumes the roles of any nonplayer characters who are participating. An NPC’s attitude toward your character is Friendly, Indifferent, or Hostile, as defined in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
such figures have been included as NPCs, but you should not treat this adventure’s approach to those characters as canon. Rather, use them to flesh out this particular adventure in “what-if” fashion
. Alternatively, if you prefer not to populate the adventure with such prominent names, you can substitute those characters with unnamed general NPCs who can fill the same roles. Some of the NPCs in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
settlement. Four-fifths of the district’s residents are human, with the remainder split between gnomes, dwarves, halflings, half-orcs, half-elves, and a smattering of other humanoids. The Styes is ruled by a
mage; also see “Thornwell’s Offer,” above). The district is policed by a poorly trained militia consisting of some two hundred guards (LE humans) led by ten officers (LE human bandit captains) and one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Zilargo Capital: Trolanport Hallmarks: Alchemy, education, elemental binding, entertainment, gnomes, precious stones At first glance, the homeland of the gnomes appears to be a paradise. City streets
and a seat on the Triumvirate that governs the nation; the Trust reports to the Triumvirate. The Zil gnomes built this system, and they are quite happy with it. Their streets are safe, and as long as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Zilargo Capital: Trolanport Hallmarks: Alchemy, education, elemental binding, entertainment, gnomes, precious stones At first glance, the homeland of the gnomes appears to be a paradise. City streets
and a seat on the Triumvirate that governs the nation; the Trust reports to the Triumvirate. The Zil gnomes built this system, and they are quite happy with it. Their streets are safe, and as long as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
settlement. Four-fifths of the district’s residents are human, with the remainder split between gnomes, dwarves, halflings, half-orcs, half-elves, and a smattering of other humanoids. The Styes is ruled by a
mage; also see “Thornwell’s Offer,” above). The district is policed by a poorly trained militia consisting of some two hundred guards (LE humans) led by ten officers (LE human bandit captains) and one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
monsters that would rather talk than fight. In those situations, it’s time for social interaction, which takes many forms. For example, you might try to convince a burglar to confess to wrongdoing or try
to flatter a guard. The Dungeon Master assumes the roles of any nonplayer characters who are participating. An NPC’s attitude toward your character is Friendly, Indifferent, or Hostile, as defined in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
such figures have been included as NPCs, but you should not treat this adventure’s approach to those characters as canon. Rather, use them to flesh out this particular adventure in “what-if” fashion
. Alternatively, if you prefer not to populate the adventure with such prominent names, you can substitute those characters with unnamed general NPCs who can fill the same roles. Some of the NPCs in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
threatens a community. Brains over Brawn. Garl favors trickery and illusion over direct combat, preferring to use his mind to overcome a problem rather than his steel. For gnomes to thrive, they must
chooses to act pleasant rather than annoying). Forest gnomes believe that they can speak to the animals of the woods and on the wing because Baervan teaches their souls how to do so before they are