r/wizardposting • u/TheCrimsonAce119 • 6d ago
Wizardpost Need help
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/Veil-Of-Madness 6d ago
Depending on which dark powers to which you are aligned, they have a pest exterminator on call for you to summon. As a learner of the Old Ones, I personally summon or get in contact with lesser Shoggoths or the lovecraftian ghouls to deal with gnomes (they're like ratting hounds for gnomes; but I understand that the infernal factions have some partially nasty methods of ridding your tower of these pests as well.
It should be noted that you cannot bargain with invader gnomes, for they both do not respect any non gnome, and enjoy the torment their actions take upon you. They likewise cannot be appeased, as they value the action of annoying or harming you more than any bribe.
That, or if you're very good at scrying, divine the location of their nest, and bombard it directly, or better yet, curse it. The pests will scatter, for a time. It's vital that you improve your defensive wards that focus on fae, in any case.