Gnomes were a species of supernatural beings resembling diminutive humans, though most prefer to remain among their own kind in simple comfort. Gnomes adore animals, gems, and jokes, especially pranks. They love to learn by personal experience, and are always trying new ways to learnthings. Gnomes stand 3 to 3 1/2 feet tall, with their appearance as diverse as humans they are often mistaken for human midgets. Gnomes generally wear earth tones, but decorate their clothes intricately. Males favor carefully-trimmed beards. Gnomes live 350 to 500 years.

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Gnomish ability adjustments: +2 constitution, -2 strength

Favored class (wizard): A multiclass gnome's wizard class does not count when determining whether he suffers an XP penalty for multiclassing.

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Special abilities

• Hardiness vs. illusions: +2 racial bonus on saving throws against mind-affecting spells.

• Offensive training vs. reptilians: +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against reptilian humanoids.

• Offensive training vs. goblinoids: +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against goblinoids (goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears).

• Defensive training vs. giants: +4 dodge bonus to AC against giants.

• Skill affinity (listen): +2 racial bonus to listen checks.

• Skill affinity (concentration): +2 racial bonus to concentration checks.

• Spell focus (illusion): Gnomes add +2 difficulty class to any illusion spells they cast. This counts as the feat so characters are able to select greater spell focus (illusion) at first level.

• Low-light vision: Allows them to see better than normal in the dark.

• Small stature: Gnomes are small creatures, giving them some benefits and drawbacks.

  • +1 size modifier to attack rolls.

  • +1 size modifier to armor class.

  • +4 size bonus to standard stealth and detection checks (modifies hide, listen, move silently, and spot).

  • Cannot use tower shields.

  • Cannot use large weapons.

  • At character creation, choosing a package other than the default may give gnome characters starting equipmentor weapon-related feats (at any level) that they cannot use.

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