Though their diminutive stature reduces their ability to move quickly, gnomes often train to take advantage of their size, especially when fighting foes much larger than themselves. Despite their small frames, however, gnomes are extremely resilient, and not as weak as many of their foes assume. Physical Description: Gnomes are one of the smallest of the common races, generally standing just over 3 feet in height. Indeed, gnomes often confound their allies by treating everyone who is not a gnome as part of a single, vast non-gnome collective race. It seems stranger to a gnome that humans and elves share so many similarities than that the gnomes do not. Gnomes, in turn, are often amazed how alike other common, civilized races are. While such apparently fickle and impulsive acts are not universal among gnomes, they are common enough for the race as a whole to have earned a reputation for being impetuous and at least a little mad.Ĭombined with their diminutive sizes, vibrant coloration, and lack of concern for the opinions of others, these attitudes have caused gnomes to be widely regarded by the other races as alien and strange. A gnome may risk his life to taste the food at a giant’s table, to reach the bottom of a pit just because it would be the lowest place he’s ever been, or to tell jokes to a dragon-and to the gnome those goals are as worthy as researching a new spell, gaining vast wealth, or putting down a powerful evil force. Gnomes can have the same concerns and motivations as members of other races, but just as often they are driven by passions and desires that non-gnomes see as eccentric at best, and nonsensical at worst. Though gnomes are no longer truly fey, their fey heritage can be seen in their innate magic powers, their oft-capricious natures, and their outlooks on life and the world. Unknown forces drove the ancient gnomes from that realm long ago, forcing them to seek refuge in this world despite this, the gnomes have never completely abandoned their fey roots or adapted to mortal culture. Gnomes are distant relatives of the fey, and their history tells of a time when they lived in the fey’s mysterious realm, a place where colors are brighter, the wildlands wilder, and emotions more primal.
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