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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Gnome Names Gnomes love names, and most have half a dozen or so. A gnome’s mother, father, clan elder, aunts, and uncles each give the gnome a name, and various nicknames from just about everyone
else might or might not stick over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Gnome Names Gnomes love names, and most have half a dozen or so. A gnome’s mother, father, clan elder, aunts, and uncles each give the gnome a name, and various nicknames from just about everyone
else might or might not stick over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
as a fighting platform for up to four Small people. Ogre howdahs are most often seen bearing bow- and spear-wielding goblin;goblins into battle, or perhaps kobold;kobolds or deep gnome (svirfneblin
of them learn to carry out specialized missions. The names they are given—the ogre battering ram;battering ram, the ogre bolt launcher;bolt launcher, the ogre chain brute;chain brute, and the
Gnome
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enjoy a mix of serious learning and delighted enjoyment. A gnome might tutor several generations of a single human family over the course of his or her long life.
Gnome Names
Gnomes love names, and
over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who are “stuffy” about
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
improvised traps they use to protect their warrens.
KURTULMAK: GOD OF KOBOLDS
The god of kobolds was a vassal of Tiamat. When the gnome god Garl Glittergold stole a treasure from Tiamat’s hoard, she
; animosity, gnomes tend to avoid or abandon settlements that have a severe infestation of kobolds, and conversely kobolds are usually driven out of communities that have a large gnome population
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
hands and feet from a halfling, exceedingly large eyes from a gnome, and so on).
Genasi almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring
natural homes. They go where they want, do what they want, and rarely feel bound to anything. Good backgrounds for water genasi include hermit and sailor.
Genasi Names
Genasi use the naming conventions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Zil Names Zil society is divided into major houses, each of which is composed of multiple families. Each gnome has three names: their personal name, their family name, and their house name. For
example, Alina Lorridan Lyrris and Tallian Talius Lyrris are members of different families within House Lyrris. Gnomish names are long and lyrical; a Zil proverb claims “the sweetest song is the name of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and Talius) within House Lyrris. Gnome names are long and lyrical; a Zil proverb claims “the sweetest song is the name of a friend.” Personal and clan names are usually at least three syllables long, and there is a strong tradition of alliteration.
Gnomes of Zilargo To say that every Zil gnome is a ruthless schemer would be a hurtful exaggeration. Intrigue is the favorite pastime of most Zil, though. Every gnome child of Zilargo is taught to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
occasional adventuresome rock gnome takes up residence in a human or dwarven city. Rock gnome communities are most common in the Western Heartlands and along the coast of the Shining Sea, but gnome
machines to work as tinkers, alchemists, and engineers. In human communities, gnome tutors and sages are popular, since their comparatively long life spans enable them to acquire and pass on knowledge for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Gnomengarde Roster Twenty rock gnome recluses dwell in Gnomengarde, including King Gnerkli and King Korboz. The gnomes’ names and locations are described in the “Gnomengarde Locations” section
trace behind and relocating after each kill. It won’t leave Gnomengarde of its own accord, as it’s taken a liking to the taste of gnome flesh. If you want a more interesting antagonist, make the mimic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Pronunciation Guide The Pronunciations table highlights notable people, deities, and locations, along with how to pronounce their names. The “Introduced” column notes where in the book you can find
DARE-et HIGH-wah-ter Human Knight of Solamnia in training Chapter 3 Demelin dem-ME-lin Elf high mage of the city of Onyari Chapter 6 Duskwalker DUSK-wahl-ker Treant guardian of the City of Lost Names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
expanse separating Faerûn from whatever lies to the far west. Between the shore and the unknown are a number of islands, some large and others so small they lack names of their own. These island
nations trade — and war — with Faerûn and one another, just like any mainland nation. The information below is drawn from Fifty Years at Sea, Volume the Third, by Gardorra Burr, a gnome sailor who has spent most of her two hundred years traversing the Sea of Swords.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
. Feywild Guide Names d8 Name 1 Fetter 2 Fiddlebones 3 Moonray 4 Pip 5 Starlight 6 Stumpwick 7 Thistledown 8 Whisperwind Feywild Guide Identities d8 Identity 1 Friendly forest gnome (use the
. Conversely, a bad guide can easily get an adventuring party into trouble. Use the Feywild Guide Names, Feywild Guide Identities, and Feywild Guide Quirks tables to create Fey guides on the fly
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corpse’s 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
fight another day.
Orc Names
Orc names don’t always have meaning in the Orc language, and most noteworthy orcs are given epithets by their tribe mates.
Orc Names
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
hallways to fool intruders and lead them into traps. (Goblins just can’t pass by a door that calls them names.) Gnomes make excellent librarians and curators. Give a gnome something to catalog and organize, and you’ll have a happy gnome on your hands.
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
often strive to collect rare mintages. Most emerald dragons can precisely enumerate the names, amounts, and denominations of every bit of currency in their hoards. Emerald dragons also prize cultural
crystal ball used by Firendelbip, a deep gnome seer who predicted the overthrow of a thousand-year-old fomorian empire
3 Spurs worn by the famous human cavalier Roganvald, who challenged the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
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 can’t tell you, but the answers lie in the Golden Hills. And
if Garl and his gang don’t know, it can’t be known.
— Griballix, gnome of Sigil
It shouldn’t be surprising that gnomes, inveterate inventors that they are, have an incredible number of legends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Individual clans and kingdoms of dwarves might revere some, all, or none of these deities, and some have other gods unknown (or known by other names) to outsiders. THE LIFE AND DEATH DOMAINS
Many
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
casting speak with dead on one or both of the dead Zhentarim sellswords: Their names were Bashekk Ortallis and Wern Malkrave. They worked for Urstul Floxin and resided at Gralhund Villa. Their job was to
help catch a gnome named Dalakhar. Dalakhar had some kind of artifact in his possession which, according to Urstul Floxin, would make them as rich as kings.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Korranberg Chronicle Exposed!
Who really pulls the strings behind the ostensibly unbiased news coverage of the Korranberg Chronicle? The Chronicle’s publisher, a wily Zil gnome named Cassia Lorridan
does not. No, that honor goes to the shadowy board of the Chronicle’s owners.
Voice reporters have uncovered the names and positions of several members of this board, and the results are nothing less
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Pronunciation Guide The Pronunciations table on the facing page shows how to pronounce many of the non-English names that appear in this adventure. Pronunciations Name Pronunciation Description
Caer-Dineval
Dorbulgruf Shalescar DOR-bull-gruff SHAYL-scar Dwarf town speaker of Bremen
Dredavex Sinfiz DRED-ah-vex SIN-fizz Gnome ceremorph (illithid) aboard the Id Ascendant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, including the names of places visited and people met during missions. Those records are then sent to Head Office (often through a franchise’s documancer) to ensure brand integrity. As a loremonger
important lore gained during the characters’ travels, and reporting on competitors’ goals and methods. Noteworthy Loremongers: Mabannok Kovri Essential Functions: Record names, dates, and vital
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
impress Nakari with their artistic skills and thus win her favor. The kobolds’ names are Drix, Grox, Kex, Mox, Nix, Prax, and Zox. Roleplaying the Kobolds. The kobolds are initially Indifferent toward
them as her own. Both wyrmlings have tried to murder the kobolds more than once. (The kobolds don’t know the wyrmlings’ names.) Sculpting the Statue. The statue is meant to depict an adult copper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
captained by Ortimay Swift and Dark (CG female rock gnome bandit captain with darkvision out to a range of 60 feet), who is both clever and calm. The first mate is Grig Ruddell (N male Illuskan human
glorious history. Few who see it fail to get the message. 13. Harbormaster’s Office Outside of the harbormaster’s office is a bulletin board that provides the names and whereabouts of several wilderness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
ritual of astral transmogrification?”
The characters will not have heard of the legendary ritual Flabbergast names, which has long been lost to history. Its magic allows characters to enter a dreamlike
with the psychopathic gnome. If the characters take more downtime to seek out the ritual’s components, they might use marketeering to find customers or brokers of magical supplies and rare spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the shelves, each section of which has a rolling ladder anchored to a ceiling rail.
Three custodians are working here, sweeping the floors: a human, a gnome, and a half-elf.
After Kandlekeep
Dekonstruktion was stolen from this room, Stonky ordered three of his most fanatical cultists—Alpaca Macadamia Nuts (the human), Chicken Peach (the rock gnome), and Cow Cotton (the half-elf)—to guard the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
names at the tournament. I also want you to steal back the five thousand gold pieces he stole from me. Bring the statuette and the gold here, where I’ll be waiting for you.”
Verity can provide the
reveal they’re working for Verity Kye, the gnome laughs and makes them a counteroffer (see area A14 for details). If the characters refuse his counteroffer, Quentin has them tossed out of the casino and sent up the river in a gondola.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Eye Names. If you need a name for a member of the Scaly Eye, you can make one up or use any of the following names: Aeris, Bronce, Cobril, Fervo, Gwendal, Headard, Kiltom, Olistan, Surgon, Tazir, Wei
a female gnome and former Scaly Eye member, watches this area from the Ethereal Plane. If the characters display disrespectful behavior toward the interred dead, such as shouting in the hall, looking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
air. The player should secretly write down their character’s wish on a piece of paper; collect these notes and keep them somewhere safe. On the Story Tracker, jot down the names of the characters who
Intervention. If the characters haven’t found a way to Prismeer by the end of the evening, Ellywick Tumblestrum (see “Feasting Orchard” earlier in the chapter) comes to their aid. The gnome bard appears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
gemstones, a torn-up suit of gnome-sized leather armor with a tiny electrum music box (worth 50 gp) tucked inside one of its many pockets, a dagger with an obsidian blade (worth 75 gp), a gold-plated helm
THE YAKFOLK
Most of the prisoners in the yakfolk village aren’t given identities. You can assign names and genders to them as needed. Prisoners of the yakfolk who are set free try to return to their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
unarmed and unarmored. Their names and descriptions are as follows:
Anaïs Bellefleur (chaotic good tiefling) smokes foul-smelling cigars, has a bellowing laugh, and enjoys ale a bit too much.
Jetta
Personnel. Three guards staff the security office across the hall. A14: Quentin’s Office Employee-Only Area This roomy office contains an L-shaped desk sized for a gnome, cushioned chairs, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the hags by name, lest the hags hear their names being uttered. The dolls were made from the souls of children and want to be free of the captors. The hags are nursing some kind of creature that
. When she laughs, yellow gas billows out of her nose and ears. Around her neck, she wears a pouch made from gnome skin, inside which is a heartstone and five lustrous black marbles (see area 81). Tied
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
skitterwidgets, which follow those commands to the best of their ability. The figures crawling on the floor are three Livestock cult fanatics who go by the names Pig Wheat (the halfling), Ram Sugar (the dragonborn
area B1), Stonky is here. The intrepid gnome master sage (see "Sages and Master Sages" for his stat block) is currently crawling underneath the console, looking for his ring of telekinesis. (The ring is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the marid enjoys the work. Cult Activity. Cruel cultists bully the Elementals in the next room and are keeping a prisoner nearby. The prisoner is a gnome whom Shanzezim hasn’t yet met. Pipe System. The
to the surprise of this room’s occupant, Umberto Noblin. Water leaks down the walls of this cell and pools on the floor near a rusty drain. A dejected gnome sits on a sodden mattress in one corner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
in the pavilion and the ettercaps in the rose garden) are frozen in time. Pixies are suspended in midflight or frozen mid-frolic in the stream, the waters of which are perfectly still. Forest gnome
declare their allegiance to the hags, saying, “What fine ladies they are. Their names should be Sweetness, Kindness, and Charity, for all the good they do!” (The badgers aren’t evil, just misguided