#npc #hedgehaven #gnome #wizard > [!npc] Stellan Quickfoot > **Role:** Magic Shop Owner > **Affiliation:** Independent > **Location:** [[The Shady Gnome]], [[Hedgehaven]] > > ## Physicality > A sly, middle-aged gnome with the bearing of someone who has read every book in the room and wants you to know it. Runs [[The Shady Gnome]] with an eye firmly on the bottom line. > > > [!npc-stats]- Stat Block > > *Small Humanoid (Gnome, Wizard), Neutral* > > **AC** 15 (Mage Armor) · **HP** 28 (8d6) · **Speed** 25 ft. · **CR** 1 (200 XP; PB +2) > > > > | STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA | > > | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | > > | 8 (-1) | 14 (+2) | 12 (+1) | 16 (+3) | 13 (+1) | 10 (+0) | > > > > **Saving Throws:** Int +5, Wis +3 > > **Skills:** Arcana +5, History +5, Perception +3 > > **Senses:** Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 13 > > **Languages:** Common, Gnomish > > > > > [!passive] Traits > > > ***Gnome Cunning.*** Advantage on INT, WIS, and CHA saving throws against magic. > > > > > [!actions] Actions > > > ***Arcane Burst.*** *Ranged Spell Attack:* +5 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. *Hit:* 11 (2d10) force damage. > > > > > > ***Spellcasting.*** INT-based (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit). No material components required. > > > - **At will:** *Mage Hand*, *Prestidigitation*, *Thaumaturgy* > > > - **1/day each:** *Disguise Self*, *Mage Armor* (included in AC), *Thunderwave* > > > [!npc-rumours]+ > > - Will always try to extract as much gold as possible from a transaction -- but will extend a discount if [[Bernard "The Bard" Fairheight|Bernard]] asks him to. *([[S1E2 - Gobsmacked|S1E2]])* > > - Recognised a [[Kleitus' Call]] on sight and reacted with alarm, snapping the shop's shutters closed. *([[S1E3 - Broden Calling|S1E3]])* > > - Had a [[Builder's Dowel]] on his shelf, priced at 5,000 gp. *([[S1E3 - Broden Calling|S1E3]])* > > > [!npc-secrets]- > > ### GM Notes > > - Stellan was part of the group travelling back from the [[Academia Arcanum]] with [[Hadrian Riggs, The Groom|Hadrian]] and [[Bernard "The Bard" Fairheight|Bernard]] when they were ambushed in [[The Sere]]. He saw Bernard fall and watched Hadrian get dragged off by Shargaasans, then ran and got lost in the desert for several days. He is not proud of this. > > - His knowledge of pre-war artifacts like the [[Kleitus' Call]] and the [[Builder's Dowel]] suggests a deeper scholarly background than a small-town shop owner should have. > > - The [[Builder's Dowel]] on his shelf almost certainly came through the Arcanum trip -- how exactly it ended up in his possession rather than delivered to the [[The Ashen Well Keepers|Ashen Well Keepers]] has not been established. > > > > #### Personality > > Book smart and commercially ruthless. Stellan is not unkind, but his default mode is transactional. He knows things, charges accordingly, and doesn't give anything away for free unless someone with leverage asks him to. Cowardly in a crisis -- he will absolutely prioritise self-preservation -- but genuinely knowledgeable and useful when the situation calls for it. > > > > #### Drives > > - Keep [[The Shady Gnome]] profitable > > - Stay useful enough to the right people that nobody causes him problems > > - Avoid anything that puts him personally at risk ## Appeared In - [[S1E2 - Gobsmacked]] - [[S1E3 - Broden Calling]] - [[S1E4 - Something Ratten in Hedgehaven]] - [[S2E1 - The Bride]]