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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 20540" data-attributes="member: 259">Now see, me, I'd be extra scared if that gnome were under the effects of a spider climb and an expeditious retreat when I first encountered him.  If he's scuttling all over the walls, raising dead, throwing up clouds of darkness, summoning undead animals, and so forth, he'll be a freaky little guy.In fact, if you haven't already done so, consider giving him a single level of sorcerer.  It'll mesh nicely with the high charisma he'll need in order to control lots of undead.Emphasize in your description how sick he looks:  grey skin, sunken cheeks, eyes black as night.  This isn't how gnomes usually look, and the contrast might be a little creepy.Ultimately, however, if you haven't established gnomes as a credible race in your game, then they'll be funny no matter what.  You may want to have the PCs meet some non-goofy gnomes before this encounter.  Nemmerle's Out of the Frying Pan story hour contains some compelling gnomes; IMC, I describe gnomes like Greek slaves, quiet and servile around humans but extremely observant and kinda crafty; I've also seen them well-depicted as Gypsylike nomads.Daniel</blockquote>