Grandma Nib, Cookie Warlock
Character Type: NPC
Build Type: Roleplay-focused
Build Role: Enchanter / Support / Secret Boss
By Margann’s Crusty Beard, Those Ain’t Raisins in the Snickerdoodles…
Every town’s got that one sweet old lady who knows everyone’s names, their birthdays, and the year their ma got caught skinny-dippin’ in the moonwell.
In Rivenspindle, that’s Grandma Nib.
She runs a tiny bakery wedged between a shrine and a pawn shop. Makes exactly enough cookies to feed the neighborhood, never runs out, and somehow always knows who’s allergic to what. Locals swear her snickerdoodles cure headaches. Her ginger snaps settle arguments. Her lemon bars? Rumored to banish minor curses.
She’s kind. Gentle. Barely five feet tall and built like a cinnamon bun. But if you cross her — if you truly wrong her — she’ll feed you a cookie that remembers. And you’ll wake up a week later, swearing off fireballs and garlic forever.
The truth? She’s a warlock.
Bound not to some demon or fae queen — but to a sentient oven from the First Kitchen, an ancient entity that devours secrets and bakes fate into flour. Every cookie she bakes carries a whisper of magic… and a consequence.
Break bread with her, not promises.
👉 Need an NPC that feeds yer party and rewrites their dreams? Step into the weird warmth of the Player Builds & NPCs pantry — we got cookies and consequences.
How to Use Grandma Nib at Your Table
She’s equal parts comic relief, magical aid, and terrifying force of karmic justice. Use her to:
Reward kind roleplay with magical pastries
Drop cryptic plot hooks baked into food
Secretly punish party greed with enchanted muffins
Personality
Soft voice. Deadpan honesty. Never raises her tone.
Calls everyone “dear” or “sugar.”
Occasionally stares into space, whispers to her oven, then resumes kneading dough.
Combat Style (if triggered)
Casts Sleep, Suggestion, and Banishment via her pastries.
Familiar is a soot-smeared gingerbread imp with glass candy eyes.
Final form? The bakery locks itself, and she “politely insists” you reconsider yer actions.
Dialogue Hooks
“Have a cookie, dear. You look like you’ve seen too many plot twists.”
“No charge today. Just remember me when the nightmares start.”
“You’re bleeding on my floor, sugar. Sit. Bite. Breathe.”
Recommended Pairings
Trinket: Coin of the Lost Patron — one of these may’ve been slipped into your pecan tart
Setting: Nest her bakery at the edge of Briarbone Manor — the only place in the region where light still feels warm
Character Foil: Pair her with The Warlock Bound to His Ex — she’ll offer him tea and advice. He’ll leave with better wisdom and 3 more curses.
Don’t cross the cookie witch, lad. She remembers yer flavor.
👉 Want more enchanted oddballs and cozy nightmares? Pop into Mike’s Tavern or leave a recipe at the counter — she might just bake it back at ya.
⚠️ And if yer tongue turns silver after eatin’ her fudge drops? That’s normal. It fades after a year.
FAQ
Q: Can she be a quest giver?
A: Absolutely. She’s a walking info dump disguised as a cookie grandma. Wants ya to find her long-lost recipe book? Or stop a cursed jam from fermenting in the next town? Perfect.
Q: Is she secretly a villain?
A: No. She’s worse. She’s disappointed in you.
