Races:
Gnomes
Gnome Racial Traits
- +2 Constitution, -2 Strength.
- Small: As a Small creature, a gnome gains a +1 size bonus to Armor
Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide
checks, but he uses smaller weapons than humans use, and his lifting
and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of a Medium
character.
- Gnome base land speed is 30 feet.
- Low-Light Vision: An gnome can see twice as far as a human in
starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor
illumination. She retains the ability to distinguish color and detail
under these conditions.
- Weapon Familiarity: Gnomes may treat gnome hooked hammers as martial
weapons rather than exotic weapons.
- +2 racial bonus on saving throws against illusions.
- Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against illusion
spells cast by gnomes. This adjustment stacks with those from similar
effects
- +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against kobolds and goblinoids.
- +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against monsters of the giant type. Any
time a creature loses its Dexterity bonus (if any) to Armor Class,
such as when it’s caught flat-footed, it loses its dodge bonus,
too.
- +2 racial bonus on Listen checks.
- +2 racial bonus on Craft (alchemy) checks.
- Gnomes gain a +2 racial bonus on Knowledge (chemistry) and Knowledge
physics). Gnomes are fascinated by the scientific study of the
universe.
- Gnomes gain a +2 racial bonus on Repair checks. Born tinkerers, gnomes
have a natural affinity for mechanical things.
- Automatic Languages: Common and Gnome. Bonus Languages: Draconic,
Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Goblin, and Orc. In addition, a gnome can speak
with a burrowing mammal (a badger, fox, rabbit, or the like, see
below). This ability is innate to gnomes. See the speak with animals
spell description.
- Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—speak with animals (burrowing mammal only,
duration 1 minute). A gnome with a Charisma score of at least 10 also
has the following spell-like abilities: 1/day—dancing lights, ghost
sound, prestidigitation. Caster level 1st; save DC 10 + gnome’s Cha
modifier + spell level.
- Favored Class: Bard and Mechanist. A multiclass gnome’s bard class
does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point
penalty.