Gnomengarde
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If you overlay the maps of the Sword Coast for Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak, you’ll note that Gnomengarde is just eight miles south of Wave Echo Cave. This is notable for a few reasons. According to the background lore for Lost Mine of Phandelver, we know the following: “More than…
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Ain’t no fight like a gnome tickle fight! AMIRITE?! I’ve spent the past week trying to make The Magick of Gnomengarde more gnomish, entirely with debuff spells designed to make foes fail in spectacular and hilarious ways. But I I thought I’d close this segment out with a little offense. Q: What do you get…
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Our quest to make The Magick of Gnomengarde more Gnomish continues with another homebrewed creation of my own design, muff. I’m three homebrewed spells into this exercise, and all of the ideas that creep into my imagination tend to be debuffs designed to see a foe fail in spectacular and hilarious ways. I suppose it’s…
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Today, we continue making the spells contained within The Magick of Gnomengarde more…Gnomish. Today’s addition is another spell of my own design listed on dndbeyond.com. So, if you use dndbeyond.com to manage your campaign or character sheet, you can access and save this spell if you like. Next up: Sternutation, which afflicts the target with an…
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Hands down, the best loot drop in Gnomengarde is the community spellbook titled “Magick of Gnomengarde.” Seven 1st level spells? Yes please! Better yet, characters don’t need to be dicks by stealing it from the rock gnome recluses, because a wizard can simply copy the spells from the spellbook into their own. Kings Korboz and…
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In yesterday’s thoughts, I proposed a side quest given by Sister Garaele using the ghouls from the Wilderness Encounters table in Lost Mine of Phandelver Chapter 3: The Spider’s Web. With her religious training, Garaele knows the telltale signs of a ghoul pack, as well as what makes this particular undead creature dangerous. So, in…
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Meanwhile, at the Stonehill Inn: Dungeon Master: So according to Ol’ Narth, Sister Garaele left Phandalin for a few days and then “returned wounded and exhausted.” Players: Hmm. Interesting. I wonder what happened? Dungeon Master: (oh, shiiiit…) Players: Let’s head over to the Shrine of Luck. Dungeon Master: (fuuuuuuhhh…) Don’t get caught flat-footed. If you’re…
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Though not explicitly stated, King Korboz’s malady sounds a lot like Indefinite Madness. Providing Korboz with evidence of the mimic’s demise restores the mad King’s sanity, somehow making it the equivalent of a spell of Greater Restoration (which is an actual in-game mechanic for curing indefinite madness). With all due respect, the Wyle E. Coyote-esque…
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How many adventurers over the centuries have come into contact with a mimic – one of Dungeons & Dragons weirdest and most iconic monsters – without completely losing their shit? I’m guessing all of them. So, why would the mimic inhabiting Gnomengarde have such an extreme effect on King Korboz? But wait, there’s another gnome…
Along The Triboar Trail 