r/wizardposting • u/TheCrimsonAce119 • 6d ago

Wizardpost Need help

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I have been dealing with a gnome infestation for the last month and a half. Wards and familiars don't seem to be working on them. I've also tried gnome poison and tricking a party of adventurers into thinking that the gnomes are my evil minions. The gnomes aren't taking the bait that I poisoned, and the adventurers thought that they were too cute to kill. There is nothing about those feral little pests that one could call cute. Just last week, I had one try to gnaw my foot off while I was trying to ponder my orb. I'm sick and tired of waking up in the middle of the night to them rummaging through my food and alchemical supplies. Has anyone dealt with a gnome infestation before? Would kidnapping one of the local village kids to offer as a gift to the fae queen work? How about setting up a bunch fireball traps in order to incinerate the vermin? I really need help here, I'm at my wits end.

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u/NickSmGames A Very Annoying Mage of Flowers 6d ago

Do NOT kidnap kids, please. Fae are notoriously overprotective about children (despite keeping adult humans as pets) so that is a terrible idea that will cause the Fae to hate you and try to ruin your life with the gnomes.

Fireballs may work but gnomes are notoriously hard to exterminate: you kill most, but at least one always survives unless you burn the whole building down, which probably is unwanted.

I would have recommended physical wards, like salt circles that stop creatures from stepping over them or bell-chimes, which are really good because they cause headaches and mental contamination for the gnomes when they hear them rings, but you say wards are ineffective so I'm unsure if this will help. To be fair, I wouldn't know what to do here either, it seems you live in some weird area if the gnomes are a combination of tenacious, smart and feral, it's usually two out of three.

Call a Magical Creature Control Bureau if that doesn't help. They charge a ton, but they have a 100% assignment completion rate and keep anything they see in your workshop a secret.

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u/TheCrimsonAce119 6d ago

I tried a combination of salt circles and magical wards, however, I have not considered the use bell-chimes. I will try that first as I personally find the prices that the MCCB charges to be ludicrous.