Fiddlewick 'Fid' Gear-Chart, a Rock Gnome Gnome Paladin — D&D 5e NPC portrait
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Fiddlewick 'Fid' Gear-Chart

"The Surveyor of the Seams"

Rock Gnome Gnome Paladin (Oath of the Watchers) LN Lvl 7 Guild Artisan (Cartographer)

Male (He/Him) · Young adult, 42 years

Ability Scores

STR
15
+2
DEX
10
+0
CON
14
+2
INT
16
+3
WIS
10
+0
CHA
16
+3

Combat

Armor Class
20
Plate and Shield
Hit Points
60
Hit Dice: 7d10
Initiative
+3
Speed
25 ft.
Proficiency
+3
Passive Perception
13

Attacks

Silver Quill (Shortsword)+51d6+2 piercing

Personality

Personality

He speaks in rapid-fire bursts of technical jargon and cartographic metaphors. He constantly checks the 'level' of any surface he sits on and will visibly wince if a table is slightly tilted.

Ideal

Integrity. The world is a perfect map, and we must ensure its lines remain true and its borders remain closed.

Bond

The 'Master-Chart'—a massive, magically expanding scroll he carries, which he believes will one day be the definitive, error-free map of the universe.

Flaw

He is utterly dismissive of social authority; he would tell a King to move his throne six inches to the left to align with the room's true center without a second thought.

Backstory

Fiddlewick was once the most promising apprentice of the Royal Mapping Guild, a prodigy who could measure the curvature of a coastline by the sound of the surf. His life changed during the Great Survey of the Whisper-Woods. While calibrating his instruments, Fid discovered a creek that flowed three degrees off the local gravitational leyline. Most would call it a 'magical curiosity,' but to Fiddlewick, it was a structural failure of the universe. He spent three days staring into the water until he saw it: a tiny, jagged tear in the fabric of reality where a Sprite had sneaked through. The resulting 'bulge' in the local topography ruined his three-month project.

He didn't pray to a god for guidance; he swore an oath to the very concept of Euclid. He realized that the Prime Material Plane is a perfect, geometric masterpiece being constantly defaced by extraplanar 'graffiti.' To Fid, a demon isn't a source of evil—it’s a smudge of grease on a pristine parchment. A portal isn't a gateway—it’s a coffee stain on the blueprint of existence. He donned heavy plate armor not to be a hero, but because surveying dangerous zones requires personal protection. He now wanders the world with his theodolite and silver quill, 'cleaning' the map by banishing anything that doesn't belong in the local coordinate system.

Abilities & Actions

Theodolite Calibration (Bonus Action)

Fid peers through the Gear-Chart Theodolite attached to his shield. Until the end of his next turn, he has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks to detect invisible creatures, illusions, or planar portals, and he can't be surprised by creatures from other planes.

Geometric Corrective Smite (2nd Level Slot)

When Fid hits a creature with a melee attack, he can expend a spell slot to deal an extra 3d8 radiant damage. If the target is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend, the damage increases to 4d8, and the creature must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma saving throw or be pushed 10 feet toward the nearest 'natural' leyline (away from the center of any portal or rift).

Aura of the Sentinel (Passive)

Fid emits an aura of mathematical precision while he isn't incapacitated. He and all creatures within 10 feet of him gain a +3 bonus to initiative rolls, as he constantly shouts out micro-adjustments to their positioning.

Abjure the Abnormal (Channel Divinity)

As an action, Fid presents his Theodolite and shouts a sequence of corrective coordinates. Each aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend within 30 feet that can see or hear him must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage.

DM Notes

Fid should be played as a frantic, high-energy intellectual who treats combat like a construction site inspection. Sample Dialogue: 'Hold that stance, barbarian! You're leaning four degrees to the west and ruining the symmetry of this skirmish!' Signature Gesture: Adjusting a dozen tiny brass knobs on his shield while muttering about 'unacceptable planar leakage.' He reacts to demons with annoyance rather than fear, like a janitor seeing a fresh spill on a newly waxed floor.