Gnomengarde
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Let’s look at the Gnomengarde Wild Magic Effects table, as it appears in Dragon of Icespire Peak: Now, let’s do the math. When rolling a 1-6, there is a 30% chance nothing will happen. Nada. Zip. Zero. In an area suffused with wild magic – where something wild, wacky, or disastrous could happen the moment a spellcaster utters “obla di obla da”…
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At the time the events of Dragon of Icespire Peak take place, there are/were twenty-two rock gnome recluses residing in the caves of Gnomengarde (RIP Orryn & Warryn). There are eleven 40-gallon barrels of wine in Gnomengarde’s wine alcoves (area 8). The map of Gnomengarde shows twelve barrels, but one of them is not as…
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I thought I’d follow up with another trinket tied to Gnomengarde, since I was just talking about the place yesterday: A sheet of parchment upon which is drawn a mechanical contraption. Like yesterday, this trinket can help nudge players toward the Gnomengarde adventure hook, and can even serve as a bridge between Dragon of Icespire…
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If you’re a frequent bot (or visitor) to this space, you’d never guess that I once hated Gnomengarde. Now that I have authored sixteen blog entries on Gnomengardian topics (with more on the way) and a DM’s Guild supplement on Gnomengarde (with another on the way), I think it’s safe to say I’ve gotten over…
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If you get literal with the text in Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak, it can lead you to some fun places. For instance, the background section of El Mop states “Few survived the cave-ins and tremors, and the location of Wave Echo Cave was lost,” which led me to conclude that the…
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My quest to make Magick of Gnomengarde something more than just another cut and dried spell list continues! Sally forth! One of the cool things about this exercise is that I’ve learned some fun 10 dollar words in my search to name these spells. Not that I have many chances to work sternutation (an uncontrollable…
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For a guy who once considered Gnomengarde his least favorite adventure among the pages of Dragon of Icespire Peak, it would seem I cannot shut up about the mushroom capital of the Sword Coast. About 10% of my articles are Gnomengarde-inspired. I should consider changing the name of this blog. Anyhoo, another Gnomengardian common magic…
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Banging on about the moon-touched sword the other day made me want to create some common magic items of my own. And since there are some industrious rock gnomes between the High Road and the Long Road who are in the business of crafting common magic items, let’s say these items can be found at…
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If you want to bum a player out, by all means, give them a pole of collapsing as treasure. If you really want to bum them out, get all clutchy about whether they can use a pole of collapsing as a quarterstaff, or if it can only be used as an improvised weapon. I have…
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Earlier this month, I shared my thoughts on how to get the characters from Dragon of Icespire Peak to other adventures listed at the end of the module. I gave an example of how Dungeon Masters might use the Altar of Fate located at the Shrine of Savras to show visions of what awaited them…