Thimble Briarwhistle
Thimble Briarwhistle
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AC 12 · HP 22 · 25 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- ArcanaINT
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- ReligionINT
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Tools
Languages
Features
12 featuresAlways on
- PortentLevel 2
When When initiative is rolled after a long rest
When Thimble rolls initiative, they can still rely on careful planning and arcane foresight to shape the encounter, then use Divination magic to tilt key moments in their favor.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
You can cast wizard spells using your spellbook and prepared spells. Your spellcasting ability is Intelligence. You know three cantrips and have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. You prepare a number of wizard spells equal to your Intelligence modifier plus your wizard level, and can replace spells when you gain a level.
- Arcane RecoveryLevel 1
You can recover some of your magical energy by studying your spellbook for 1 minute during a short rest, regaining expended spell slots whose combined levels equal half your wizard level, rounded up, and no slot can be higher than 5th level.
- School of DivinationLevel 2
You choose a School of Magic. Here, Divination grants Portent, allowing you to replace attack rolls, saving throws, or ability checks with foreseen d20 results after a long rest.
- Spellbook ExpansionLevel 2
You can copy spells into your spellbook using your own research and the written formulas you discover, expanding your magical repertoire over time.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
You gain an Ability Score Improvement. This character uses it to increase Intelligence by 2.
- TraitGnomeDarkvision, 60 ft.
- TraitGnomeGnome Cunning, advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic
- TraitGnomeGnomish Notice, keen awareness of small details
- TraitGnomeSpeed 25 ft.
- TraitGnome+2 Intelligence
- DiscoveryHermit
The character has spent years in seclusion, and can often find shelter, sustenance, and spiritual or practical assistance among those who respect ascetics, recluses, and folk with a reputation for unusual wisdom.
Spells
10 spellsSpellcasting. Thimble Briarwhistle casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 14, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , , ,
1st level (4 slots): , , , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): no spells
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- DaggerA simple wizard weapon, useful for close defense or as an arcane focus substitute with some tables.
Tools
- Herbalism kitA small set of needles, herbs, and pouches used to identify and prepare remedies.
Gear
- SpellbookA book of spells containing the character's wizard spells, notes, and formulae.
- Component pouchA pouch holding spell components for wizard spells.
- Scholar's packA scholarly kit with books, parchment, ink, and small research tools.
- Winter clothesWarm travel clothing suited for long seclusion in the wild.
- BlanketA rough-spun blanket from the hermitage.
- Coin pouchCopper pieces and saved oddments from years of solitude.
Appearance
A small forest gnome with ink-stained fingers, bright moss-green eyes behind round brass spectacles, and a mane of silver-brown hair tied back with twine. Their robe is patched and practical, layered over hermit wool and lined with pockets of herbs, chalk, and folded notes. A carved wooden staff is etched with tiny constellations, and their spellbook is wrapped in oilcloth and rabbit hide.
Mannerisms
Speaks softly and precisely, often pausing as if listening to an answer only they can hear. They tap two fingers against their wrist when thinking, and unconsciously dust off stones, books, or table edges before sitting down.
Personality
Quiet, patient, and intensely observant. Thimble rarely rushes to judgment, preferring to gather evidence, test assumptions, and let the world reveal its pattern. They are kind in a reserved way, and their humor is dry enough to be mistaken for solemnity.
Ideals
Truth. Reality is worth understanding as it is, not as anyone wishes it to be. Knowledge should be weighed carefully, used sparingly, and never trusted simply because it is beautiful.
Bonds
Thimble is devoted to preserving the grove shrine where their awakening began, and will not let it be pillaged, mapped, or profaned. They also owe their life to the nameless hermit who first taught them that patience can be a form of courage.
Flaws
Thimble can become so absorbed in observation that they miss obvious social cues, immediate danger, or the feelings of people who are trying to help. When challenged, they can grow stubborn and quietly defensive, especially if someone dismisses their hard-won conclusions.
Quirks
Background
Before the world knew them as a wizard, Thimble Briarwhistle was a patient keeper of lanterns in a forgotten grove shrine, where the old paths of the forest crossed the half-buried ruins of a watchtower. While other gnomes traded jokes and trinkets, Thimble traded silence for patterns, studying the movement of fireflies, the drift of spores, and the way moonlight pooled in broken stone. One winter, while meditating in isolation, they discovered a sequence of glyphs hidden in the frost on an ancient wall. The marks formed not a prayer, but a spell formula, and with that discovery, Thimble's life of quiet observation became a life of deliberate magic. They left the hermitage reluctantly, carrying a spellbook copied from scraps of bark, slate, and field notes. Thimble does not seek power for its own sake. Instead, they believe knowledge is a current that should be followed where it leads, even when that path is inconvenient, lonely, or dangerous. Their studies have made them methodical, but the wild edge of their hermit years remains, and they still sleep lightly, listen before speaking, and treat every forgotten ruin as if it might be an old friend.
“One winter, while meditating in isolation, they discovered a sequence of glyphs hidden in the frost on an ancient wall.”
- Background
- Hermit
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Gnome
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