DnD Races Gnomes of Darkness (Shadowkin)

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara

Races – Gnomes of Darkness (Shadowkin)

Source: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (5e-wiz-mtf-113), Sword Coast Adventures Guide (5e-wiz-scag-115)

Shadowkin Nationalities

Shadowkin Heritage

• Height – men 3 ft and women 2’8″.
• Complexion –
• Colouration –
• Known Locations – Broken Lands, Shadowlands
• Traits – based on the Deep gnome and meets any requirements requiring that race.

Shadowkin Traits

• Ability Score Increase: Dexterity +1.
• Superior Darkvision: Your darkvision radius is 120 ft
• Stone Camouflage: You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in rocky terrain and underground.
• Extra Language: You also know Undercommon (Shadowtongue).
• Secret Crafts: (Starting) Your choice of starting secret crafts include: Darkologist.
• Deep: Count as a Deep Gnome.
• Evolution (1st Evolution): Counts as the Gnome and Genasi races for the purposes of effects and magical items. As a 2nd evolution, there is a 25% chance for any offspring to be a Genasi.

Most shadowkin Gnomes have the Darkness Aspected Traits, to select other elemental traits please gain the game masters permission.

Elemental – Darkness Aspected Traits

• Ability Score Increase: Charisma +2
• Touch of the Darkness (Darkness aspected) While taking a short rest in an enclosed space without light, you can spend 1 HD to roll two dice and take the results of both.
• Power of Entropy Darkness aspected) When using (or effected by) Necrotic or Psychic you add your proficiency bonus to the damage (or reduce damage taken) and cause your eyes to turn completely black till the start of your next turn
• Danger of the Competing Elements (Darkness aspected) When hit by both Energy (fire or radiant) and Time (cold or force), or both Matter (acid or poison) and Thought (lighting or thunder) damage types in the same round you are considered to have weakness to the second energy type. If you are hit by both energy types of Energy, Matter, Thought or Time in the same round you take additional damage equal to your proficiency. If you use an energy type against those with the same aspect, you have your attack, damage and saving throw reduced by your proficiency instead of increased by it.
• Dark Evolution: Counts as a Genasi for the purposes of using Darkness Genasi effects and magical items, but not as a Darkness Genasi. With every offspring there is a d20 roll to determine their elemental aspect:
  • 80% chance of an Darkness Aspected child (1 to 16)
  • 5% chance of an one of the other elements aspects. Air (17), Earth (18), Fire (19), Water (20)

• Character Options – All Darkness Aspected Sub-Races
  • Barbarian – Path of the Storm Herald (Shadowlands)
  • Cleric – Domain of Darkness
  • Monk – Way of the Elements (Darkness)
  • Sorcerer – Draconic Bloodline (Black), Elemental Essence (Darkness)
  • Warlock – Pact of the Genie Lord (Darkness)
  • Wizard – Elementalist (Darkness)

Shadowkin Character Options

• Locations: Broken Lands, Shadowlands
• Gnome Feats: Fade Away

Shadowkin Class Options

• Barbarian –
• Cleric – Domain of Darkness

Shadowkin Campaign Examples

Shadowkin Gnome Racial Magical Items

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Gnome Magical Items (15)

Items by Gnome Race: (C6/U3/R4/VR1/L1)

All Gnome Items (15)

1 – Armour (Total 1): Helm of Brilliance (VR),

2 – Wondrous Items (Total 13): Apparatus of Kwalish (L), Chime of Opening (R), Clockwork Amulet (C), Daern’s Instant Fortress (R), Eyes of the Eagle (U), Folding Boat, (R), Goggles of Night (U), Instrument – Cittern (U), Iron Bands of Bilarro (R), Lock of Trickery (C), Mystery Key (C), ORB OF (Direction (C), Time (C)), Pole of Collapsing (C)

Common Gnome Items (6)

Common Item Value
Price: (1d6+1) x10 gp (20 to 70 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 50 gp or 25 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Wondrous Items (Total 6): (1) Clockwork Amulet, (2) Lock of Trickery, (3) Mystery Key, ORB OF ((4) Direction, (5) Time), (6) Pole of Collapsing

Uncommon Gnome Items (3)

Uncommon Item Value
Price: (1d6) x100 gp (100 to 600 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 400 gp or 200 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Wondrous Items (Total 3): (1) Eyes of the Eagle, (2) Goggles of Night, (3) Instrument – Cittern

Rare Gnome Items (4)

Rare Item Value
Price: 2d10 x1,000 gp (2,000 to 20,000) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 12,000 gp or 6,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

2 – Wondrous Items (Total 4): (1) Chime of Opening, (2) Daern’s Instant Fortress, (3) Folding Boat, (4) Iron Bands of Bilarro

Very Rare Gnome Items (1)

Very Rare Item Value
Price: (1d4+1) x10,000 gp (20,000 to 50,000 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 30,000 gp or 15,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Armour (Total 1): (1) Helm of Brilliance,

Legendary Gnome Items (1)

Legendary Item Value
Price: (2d6) x25,000 gp (50,000 to 300,000 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 100,000 gp or 50,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Wondrous Item (Total 1): (1) Apparatus of Kwalish,

Designing the Shadowkin Gnomes

These are based on the Gnomes from the players handbook Rock Gnomes.

Content Updates

• 2021-03-15 – Removed the halfling references.

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