Editing Gaerdal Ironhand (section)

==Jumping the Gender Barrier==
When the gnomish pantheon was expanded upon for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] in "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes", there was something new about several of the gods. Whereas the gnomish pantheon had originally been an all-male pantheon, the new 5e version was sporting several new goddesses... all made by the quick and easy process of genderbending several of the traditional gods.

Ironically, Gaerdal is pretty much unchanged in terms of personality despite being a woman in the 5e version; she's a stern, grim, humorless woman whose obsesses with ensuring that she - and the gnomish peoples - are safe from harm. This may stem from an incident that maimed her, cutting off one of her hands and forcing [[Nebelun]] and [[Flandal Steelskin]] to create an artificial prosthetic for her.

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