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+# Forest Gnome Illusionist
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+*Medium* *Humanoid*
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+- **Armor Class:** 12
+- **Hit Points:** 67 (9d8+27)
+- **Speed:** walk 30 ft.
+- **Challenge Rating:** 6 (2,300 XP)
+- **Source:** A5e Monstrous Menagerie, page 482
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+| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| 10 (+0) | 14 (+2) | 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) | 12 (+1) | 10 (+0) |
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+- **Saving Throws**: Int +6, Wis +4
+- **Skills:** arcana +6, history +6, investigation +6, perception +4
+- **Senses:** passive Perception 14
+- **Languages:** any three
+
+### Special Abilities
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+- **Forest Ways:** The illusionist can communicate with Small and Tiny beasts, and can innately cast blur, disguise self, and major image once each per long rest with no material components.
+- **Spellcasting:** The mage is a 9th level spellcaster. Their spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14
+ +6 to hit with spell attacks). They have the following wizard spells prepared:
+ Cantrips (at will): fire bolt
+ light
+ mage hand
+ prestidigitation
+ 1st-level (4 slots): detect magic
+ identify
+ mage armor
+ shield
+ 2nd-level (3 slots): alter self
+ misty step
+ 3rd-level (3 slots): hypnotic pattern
+ counterspell
+ fireball
+ 4th-level (3 slots): dimension door
+ greater invisibility
+ 5th-level (1 slot): cone of cold
+
+### Actions
+
+- **Dagger:** Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
+- **Fire Bolt (Cantrip; V, S):** Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d10) fire damage.
+- **Hypnotic Pattern (3rd-Level; S, M, Concentration):** A swirling pattern of light appears at a point within 120 feet. Each creature within 10 feet of the pattern that can see it makes a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure  the creature is charmed for 1 minute. While charmed  the creature is incapacitated and its Speed is 0. The effect ends on a creature if it takes damage or if another creature uses an action to shake it out of its daze.
+- **Fireball (3rd-Level; V, S, M):** Fire streaks from the mage to a point within 120 feet and explodes in a 20-foot radius  spreading around corners. Each creature in the area makes a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw  taking 21 (6d6) fire damage on a failed save or half damage on a success.
+- **Dimension Door (4th-Level; V):** The mage teleports to a location within 500 feet. They can bring along one willing Medium or smaller creature within 5 feet. If a creature would teleport to an occupied space  it takes 14 (4d6) force damage  and the spell fails.
+- **Greater Invisibility (4th-Level; V, S, Concentration):** The mage or a creature they touch is invisible for 1 minute.
+- **Cone of Cold (5th-Level; V, S, M):** Frost blasts from the mage in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in the area makes a DC 17 Constitution saving throw  taking 36 (8d8) cold damage on a failure or half damage on a success.
+
+### Bonus Actions
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+- **Misty Step (2nd-Level; V):** The mage teleports to an unoccupied space they can see within 30 feet. The mage can't cast this spell and a 1st-level or higher spell on the same turn.
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+### Reactions
+
+- **Counterspell (3rd-Level; S):** When a creature the mage can see within 60 feet casts a spell, the mage attempts to interrupt it. If the creature is casting a 2nd-level spell or lower, the spell fails. If the creature is casting a 3rd-level or higher spell, the mage makes an Intelligence check against a DC of 10 + the spells level. On a success, the spell fails, and the spellcasting creature can use its reaction to try to cast a second spell with the same casting time so long as it uses a spell slot level equal to or less than half the original spell slot. If the mage casts counterspell with a higher spell slot, the interrupted spell fails if its level is less than that of counterspell.
+- **Shield (1st-Level; V:** When the mage is hit by an attack or targeted by magic missile, they gain a +5 bonus to AC (including against the triggering attack) and immunity to magic missile. These benefits last until the start of their next turn.
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