Gnome (Parent Species)
Basic Information
Anatomy
Gnomes are humanoids standing about 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall and weigh between 40 and 45 lbs. They can be fat and stout to thin and nimble. Their ears are tapered and pointed like an elves.
Biological Traits
While gnomish size significantly impairs their strength compared to larger creatures, they are astoundingly hardy. Their eyes are adapted for living and working in their burrow homes and seeing in dim light. They posses an innate ability to form an empathic connection with small burrowing animals such as moles, rabbits, and badgers. Mechanically this ability appears to function just like the spell Speak with Animals, except that it is limited to the above type of animals and functions in areas where other magic normally does not.
Genetics and Reproduction
Gnomes reproduce sexually with pregnancy in females lasting about 7 months.
Growth Rate & Stages
Childhood in gnomes lasts about 30 years and adolescence an additional 20-25. Most gnomes are considered full adults by age 25 and old age doesn't set in till about 325 years old.
Ecology and Habitats
Most gnomes prefer to live in small communities deep in forests or in larger gnomish cities at the edge of fields and woods or woodlands and mountains in temperate regions.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Gnomes are omnivores with a preference for breads, cheeses, and fresh fruit and vegetables.
Additional Information
Facial characteristics
Gnomish facial features are every elven except for the tendency of males to grow short but full, bushy beards and their hair to by bushy and grow out at odd angles. Hair color can be nearly any imaginable and their eyes tend to match their hair.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
temperate woodlands and rain/mist forests
Average Intelligence
Comparable tot hat of a humans; with a tendency to be grounded in the realistic while also being curious and prone to experimentation. This results in them making exceptional alchemist, illusionists, and engineers.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Gnomes have low-light vision comparable to an elves. They also posses an inate connection to the natural magic of the world that governs its reality that makes them adept and spotting and using illusion magic.
Civilization and Culture
History
For the most part, gnomes prefer to avoid large events and upheavals; they generally just don't get involved in the affairs of gods or global politics. As such they do not appear frequently in histories or fables.
Genetic Descendants
Scientific Name
Gnomi Sapient
Origin/Ancestry
For their part, gnomes claim that they have been here since before the Accord of Aleth; however they do not appear in any records prior to about 1500 years later. Of course given gnomish tendencies to avoid attention and major events, they could be right.
Lifespan
350
Conservation Status
Nobody really knows how many gnomes there actually are, which results in different experts rating them anywhere from near extinct to abundant; with heated debate among them. Gnomes themselves mostly disregard the issue and roll their eyes at these so called "experts" and go right on existing and living their lives with a bemused shake of their head. Although most everyone agrees that they are one of the least populous of the major races.
Average Height
2ft 8in
Average Weight
43 lbs
Average Physique
Gnomish physique tends to run towards two extremes; they may be stout and stocky to the point of roundishness or wiry and slender to the point of looking sprite-like.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Skin tone among gnomes is usually earth tones.
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