Sean Does Games

This post is a bit early, but I figured why not publish it since it's ready to go. This is another gnome NPC. It might be off the beaten path, but I thought it was a neat idea.  Battlespring Umbodoben ( BATTLE-spring um-BOW-da-bin ) "Nothing will stop this lovely once I've installed the full scale version of my fire infused clockwise momentified water cooled long biter hyperdrill extension encasement unit and reinforced the armor plating with this here dragon scale." Battlespring (N) is a competitive, 66-year-old, male rock gnome who enjoys a good brawl as much as he enjoys tinkering. It should come as no surprise then that he is devoted to the gnome sport of construct fighting, an inventively brutal pastime that pits clockwork inventions against each other in no-holds-barred pit-fight matches for fun, profit, and inebriation. His artificial champions have won a respectable number of bouts but he has not yet qualified for Regionals or any other champion...

I struck on the idea of creating NPCs for my blog mostly as a means to let these personalities stretch their legs a little and perhaps entertain a few of you.As I release NPCs, I'll be following a general format for each one. First, there is a general description, including a portrait and stat blocks. Following that is a set of roleplaying hints, ideas for involving the NPC as a recurring character, and then some ideas for building one-shot adventures, story arcs, and side quests using the NPC.  In some posts, there might be some additional information related to the NPC. This will usually be additional reference material that I've collected from previous versions of Dungeons and Dragons . For example, the NPC I've created for this blog is an arcane gnome, and so I've included some information about arcane gnomes after the NPC description. Also, as promised, I'm including a new gadget (following the rules in my very own Epic Gnomish Invention DMsGuild supplement...