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Returning 35 results for 'gnome certain letting'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
checks might be appropriate in certain situations, at your DMâs discretion. Pay attention to your skill proficiencies when thinking of how you want to interact with an NPC, and stack the deck in your
favor by using an approach that relies on your best bonuses and skills. If the group needs to trick a guard into letting them into a castle, the rogue who is proficient in Deception is the best bet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
checks might be appropriate in certain situations, at your DMâs discretion. Pay attention to your skill proficiencies when thinking of how you want to interact with an NPC, and stack the deck in your
favor by using an approach that relies on your best bonuses and skills. If the group needs to trick a guard into letting them into a castle, the rogue who is proficient in Deception is the best bet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
dealings with the surface world. Among the partyâs fellow escapees, the deep gnome Jimjar is the most enthusiastic about visiting Blingdenstone, and he can lead the adventurers there. Topsy and Turvy also
sure how to reach the gnome settlement, but is in favor of going there if it offers a route to the surface or to Gauntlgrym. If the characters allow Glabbagool (the sentient gelatinous cube from âThe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Gnome Traits Your gnome character has certain characteristics in common with all other gnomes. Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2. Age. Gnomes mature at the same rate
as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You canât discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Gnome Cunning. You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Gnome Traits Your gnome character has certain characteristics in common with all other gnomes. Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2. Age. Gnomes mature at the same rate
as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You canât discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Gnome Cunning. You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
temple is dedicated to Segojan Earthcaller, the svirfneblin god of deep earth and nature. The rituals and day-to-day duties of the temple are overseen by a deep gnome named Glyphic Shroomlight, a nervous
young novice doing his best in a situation requiring a much older and more experienced cleric (use the acolyte statistics in the Monster Manual, but also give Glyphic the Stone Camouflage, Gnome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
How and When to Use the Tables If youâre comfortable with letting the dice decide a certain fact about your character, go ahead and roll. If not, you can take charge and make the decision, choosing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
blizzard. The shipâs cocaptains, Vorryn Qâuuol 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 âMind Flayersâ 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
stone being their favorite of all gems. Forest gnome settlements often escape notice. Roving hunters can wander through without ever suspecting they are walking through anything but wilderness. A
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->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
for bringing it back. You have the freedom to chart your own destiny, while still letting the patron shape the nature of your group and the adventures you undertake. It might help to think of the
you assignments or reward you for achieving certain objectives, but it doesnât dictate your activities. Adventurersâ guilds, heads of state, immortal beings, inquisitive agencies, religious orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and travel more challenging, to be sure, but the tribes are weathering these difficult times by rationing their food and letting nothing go to waste. If anything, the Frostmaidenâs cruelty has
glorify the nomadsâ outlook on life are common pastimes (see the âReghed Storiesâ sidebar), as is sharpening weapons. Food is critical, of course, and certain beasts of the tundra are staples among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
, but countless lives have also been lost because of the mass destruction unleashed by certain artificersâ creations. In the Forgotten Realms, the island of Lantan is home to many artificers, and in
there, the gnome artificer Vi runs a cosmos-spanning business that hires adventurers to fix problems that others deem unfixable. In Viâs home world, Eberron, magic is harnessed as a form of science
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->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
blazed the trail for that journey. Alchemists Rock gnome alchemists explore the nature of minerals and chemicals, curious to see what happens when they mix certain substances with other compounds or
Rock Gnomes A visitorâs first steps into a rock gnome warren are accompanied by the sounds of industry â hammers rapping on metal, chisels chewing wood, cauldrons bubbling, and a host of assorted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
and a pair of gnome children work the machines, filling the room with a loud, rhythmic clatter. A door is set in the opposite wall, and an archway to the east leads to a storeroom.
Each night
have advantage on this check. The boggles avoid combat, surrendering if they face certain harm. If Squirt is with the party, it encourages the characters to acquire as much slippery boggle oil as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
14. Temple Only stone giant thanes are allowed inside this hallowed cave. All other stone giants must remain outside or face certain punishment, by order of Thane Kayalithica and the others who have
trusted?
Is the gnome lying about Loudwaterâs defenses?
The primordial isnât an all-knowing entity â quite the contrary. Its answers are motivated by a desire to sow discord, and it has no knowledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
send an omen to nudge a group of gnomes in a certain direction, or even manifest an avatar in the middle of a gnome burrow. When Garl makes one of these rare appearances, it is to resolve a dispute that
Gnome Gods Who forged the chains that bind Tiamat in Avernus? Why do the modrons go on the Great March? Who is the Lady of Pain, really? I canât tell you, but the answers lie in the Golden Hills. And
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
but not with another. When I write about the RAI interpretation of a rule, Iâll be pulling back the curtain and letting you know what the D&D team meant when we wrote a certain rule. RAF. Regardless of
players. Such DMs aim for RAF, ârules as fun.â We expect DMs to depart from the rules when running a particular campaign or when seeking the greatest happiness for a certain group of players. Sometimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Nonhuman Deities Certain gods closely associated with nonhuman races are revered on many different worlds, though not always in the same way. The nonhuman races of the Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk
starburst Deep Sashelas, elf god of the sea CG Nature, Tempest Dolphin Eadro, merfolk deity of the sea N Nature, Tempest Spiral design Garl Glittergold, gnome god of trickery and wiles LG Trickery Gold
Goblin
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A gnomeâs 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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stone
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Special breed of rat kept as pet
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Teeth pulled out in certain places
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Owlbear-feather cloaks
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Scars from lashings
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Orc-tusk lip piercings
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Umbrellas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
allies and even friends. And though our lives may eventually diverge from theirs, that doesnât make the friendships any less meaningful.
Let Players Take Charge Consider letting your players control
tag along for only a session or two, or limit the encounters they appear in. Maybe the ally helps the characters in only a certain region or part of town and then leaves to attend to other duties
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the gods has no clear explanation, the priests might have to meditate for hours or days to get a vision of its meaning.
Every group of orcs has particular superstitions and recognizes certain omens
corpseâs ears for three days to ward off any retribution, and then bury or burn them.
Three ravens is always a good sign.
It is good luck to spit where you are about to sleep.
Gnome bones can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
have to meditate for hours or days to get a vision of its meaning. Every group of orcs has particular superstitions and recognizes certain omens. These tenets vary from tribe to tribe, and are often
then bury or burn them. Three ravens is always a good sign. It is good luck to spit where you are about to sleep. Gnome bones can ward off diseases if they are worn. Donât stand inside a ring of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarks and Backgrounds Dragonmarks are bound to certain bloodlines, and by choosing a mark you are establishing that your character has a blood connection to one of the families in the
Human Manufacturing
Passage Orien Human Land Transportation
Scribing Sivis Gnome Communication, Translation, Verification
Sentinel Deneith Human Bodyguards, Mercenaries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Golden Hills Seven hills set in a ring on Dothion, the more pastoral half of the plane of Bytopia, are the homes of the gnome gods. Each one of the Golden Hills, described below, is the domain of
a certain deity, except for Callarduran, who dwells deep beneath them all in a set of caverns called Deephome: Glitterhome. Garlâs hill is no larger than the rest, but it glows more brightly than the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Dexterity check using thievesâ tools opens the lock (DC 35 while the arcane lock is in effect). Only the Biblioplexâs reference librarians and certain faculty members know the arcane lockâs password
. Ordinarily, three more students work here, but during orientation, the cafĂ©âs manager, Aisla Fitzbottom (chaotic good gnome commoner), is working alone. She is charmingly perky and has a mind like a steel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
discovery. Use the following tables to fill in details about a magic itemâs history. Some table entries make more sense for certain items than for others. If you roll something that doesnât make sense
repulsive. 15 Giant. The item is larger than normal and was crafted by Giants for use by their smaller allies. 16 Gnome. The item is crafted to appear ordinary and well used. It could also incorporate gears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
rest, violate the cycle and must be thwarted. A gnome druid of spores picks mushrooms with his bullywug zombie companion. Circle Spells 2nd-level Circle of Spores feature Your symbiotic link to
fungi and your ability to tap into the cycle of life and death grants you access to certain spells. At 2nd level, you learn the chill touch cantrip. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
table entries make more sense for certain items than for others. Some magic items are made only by certain kinds of creatures, for instance; a cloak of elvenkind is made by elves, rather than dwarves. If
larger than normal and was crafted by giants for use by their smaller allies. 19 Gnome. The item is crafted to appear ordinary, and it might look worn. It could also incorporate gears and mechanical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
war is over, some members of this specialization have sought to build a more peaceful world by using their powers to fight the resurgence of strife in Khorvaire.
The gnome artificer Vi, an unlikely
choice.
Artillerist Spells Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Artillerist Spells table. These spells count
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
newspaperâs main office. Zilargo. The gnome nation of Zilargo is generally friendly to the newspaper. The senior editors, publisher, and owners of the Chronicle are influential people in the city of
reporting the truth, and such an attitude is always certain to arouse the ire of those who would rather keep their secrets hidden. The following represents just a fraction of the enemies the newspaper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
appearance is yours to customize, and donât feel confined to a single appearance. Perhaps the spiritsâ look changes with the rangerâs mood or with the seasons. You decide!
Gnome Swarmkeeper Gathered
hand cantrip if you donât already know it. When you cast it, the hand takes the form of your swarming nature spirits. You also learn an additional spell of 1st level or higher when you reach certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
their powers to fight the resurgence of strife. The world-hopping gnome artificer Vi has been especially vocal about making things right: âItâs about time we fixed things instead of blowing them all to
of your choice. Artillerist Spells 3rd-level Artillerist feature You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Artillerist Spells table. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisanâs tools of your choice. Battle Smith Spells 3rd-level Battle Smith feature You always have certain spells prepared after you
chosen recipient, restoring 2d6 hit points to it. Gnome Battle Smith with Steel Defender You can use this energy a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once), but you can do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
played Hoard of the Dragon Queen have already met one member of the Black Networkâthe female gnome Jamna Gleamsilver. If the characters need information or gear they canât obtain any other way
Ideals: Logic, greed (âIâm certain we can come to an agreement that all parties will favor. But if not, we have other means of settling the issue.â) Interaction Traits: Polite, mercantile, ruthless