Gnome

The Gnomes are thin and nimble creatures about 36" tall and perhaps as many pounds. Their eyes and ears are large and round and their noses are quite prominent. We know them to be inventive and clever and almost insatiably curious.

Common Gnomes are considered Rock Gnomes among their own kind. They are noticeably smaller than their distant cousins, the Dwarves, with whom they share a great deal of history. Gnomes, as they proudly maintain, are also less rotund than dwarves. Their noses, however, are significantly larger. Most gnomes have dark tan or light brown skin and white hair.

Gnomes have a lively and sly sense of humor, especially for practical jokes. They have a great love of complex machinery and finely wrought items, particularly gems and jewelry. Gnomes love all sorts of precious stones and are masters of gem polishing and cutting. Gnomes prefer to live in areas of rolling, rocky hills, well-wooded and uninhabited by humans and are found in the Forest Hills of Westrun.

Forest Gnomes
This subrace is fair-skinned and dark-haired and lives above ground in natural groves. Forest Gnomes live in the Curwood of Westrun

Svirfneblin
The members of this subrace appear emaciated. They are often hairless and pale and are widely rumored to be the gnomish counterpart to the Drow Elf, though nothing could be further from the truth. Along with the Derro, they were given the commission to warden the Drow. Svirfneblin come from Southrun.

Tinker
Gnomes tell stories of their own kind that are rumored to live in Northrun. Not much is known of them besides their wonderful and fabled inventiveness.