Rock Gnomes
Players Handbook
Rock Gnome
Rock Gnomes are naturally inventive and hardy, they live in the foothills of mountains but have managed to transform their rocky habitats into small industrious townships which are filled with the sounds of grinding gears, small explosions and the odd shout of triumph or failure. They are curious individuals who love to travel to new places to gather fresh ideas that they can go home and tinker with. Magically powered clockwork constructions are common in rock gnome settlements and all rock gnomes are able to craft small clockwork devices.
ability score increase:
Your Intelligence score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.
age:
Gnomes mature at the same rate as humans, and most are expected to settle into adult life around the age of 40. They can live to 350 years on average, but it's not too uncommon for them to reach 500 years of age.
alignment:
Gnomes are generally Good. Those who tend towards Law are sages, engineers, researchers, scholars, investigators, or inventors. Those who tend towards Chaos are often minstrels, tricksters, wanderers, or fanciful jewelers. Gnomes are light-hearted, and even the tricksters amongst them favor harmless pranks over vicious schemes.
Size:
Small
speed:
25ft
Languages:
You can read, speak, and write Common and Gnomish.
race features:
- Darkvision. Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
- Gnome Cunning. You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saves against magic.
- Artificer's Lore. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to magical, alchemical, or technological items, you can add twice your proficiency bonus instead of any other proficiency bonus that may apply.
- Tinker. You have proficiency with artisan tools (tinker's tools). Using those tools, you can spend 1 hour and 10 gp worth of materials to construct a Tiny clockwork device (AC 5, 1 hp). The device ceases to function after 24 hours (unless you spend 1 hour repairing it to keep the device functioning), or when you use your action to dismantle it; at that time, you can reclaim the materials used to create it. You can have up to three such devices active at a time. When you create a device, choose one of the following options:
- Clockwork Toy. This toy is a clockwork animal, monster, or person, such as a frog, mouse, bird, dragon, or soldier. When placed on the ground, the toy moves 5 feet across the ground on each of your turns in a random direction. It makes noises as appropriate to the creature it represents.
- Fire Starter. The device produces a miniature flame, which you can use to light a candle, torch, or campfire. Using the device requires your action.
- Music Box. When opened, this music box plays a single song at a moderate volume. The box stops playing when it reaches the song's end or when it is closed.
Rock Gnomes spend more of their time underground than their relatives who live in the forest and as such their skin tends to be paler and they are wider set. Their hair colour ranges from dark brown, black and grey colours and their eyes are brown or black colours. The Rock Gnome's inventiveness has spilled over into their fashion sense, they love to wear bright vibrant colours of clothing cut into shapes that would be strange in any other society. They adorn themselves with all manner of small clockwork devices that they have made themselves to show off their skills.
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