Gnome
Short pranksters.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Gnomes have 2 arms and 2 legs. Each leg has a foot with 5 toes, and each arm has a hand with 5 fingers.
Genetics and Reproduction
Gnomes reproduce Sexually. They go through a pregnancy period of 2 years, and give live birth.
Growth Rate & Stages
Gnomes are considered adults at the age of 40.
Ecology and Habitats
Gnomes live best in darker areas, like dark forests and caves. Deep Gnomes live best underground.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Gnomes are Omnivores.
Additional Information
Facial characteristics
Gnomes have faces similar to elves, except they have much rounder faces and slightly bigger mouths.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Most Gnomes are found in Uneror, while the Deep Gnomes live in the Underdark.
Average Intelligence
Gnomes tend to be very intelligent, much more than Humans.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Gnomes are able to see in darkness, up to 60 feet. Deep gnomes, or Svirfneblin, can see up to 120 feet.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Gnomes love names, and most have half a dozen or so. A gnome’s mother, father, clan elder, aunts, and uncles each give the gnome a name, and various nicknames from just about everyone else might or might not stick over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who are “stuffy” about names, a gnome learns to use no more than three names: a personal name, a clan name, and a nickname, choosing the one in each category that’s the most fun to say.
Male Names: Alston, Alvyn, Boddynock, Brocc, Burgell, Dimble, Eldon, Erky, Fonkin, Frug, Gerbo, Gimble, Glim, Jebeddo, Kellen, Namfoodle, Orryn, Roondar, Seebo, Sindri, Warryn, Wrenn, Zook
Female Names: Bimpnottin, Breena, Caramip, Carlin, Donella, Duvamil, Ella, Ellyjobell, Ellywick, Lilli, Loopmottin, Lorilla, Mardnab, Nissa, Nyx, Oda, Orla, Roywyn, Shamil, Tana, Waywocket, Zanna
Clan Names: Beren, Daergel, Folkor, Garrick, Nackle, Murnig, Ningel, Raulnor, Scheppen, Timbers, Turen
Nicknames: Aleslosh, Ashhearth, Badger, Cloak, Doublelock, Filchbatter, Fnipper, Ku, Nim, Oneshoe, Pock, Sparklegem, Stumbleduck
Major Organizations
The Inventors League was made by Rock Gnomes, and is currently run by a Rock Gnome named Gilgamoush Hillindrical Makaulkin.
Beauty Ideals
Gnomes have a tendency to fall in love with people who can come up with a good sense of humour, and someone to help them prank others for as long as possible.
Gender Ideals
Gnome Women tend to be assistances to Male Gnome Inventors.
Forest Gnomes and Deep Gnomes have similar Gender Ideals to each other, in that the females tended to the tribes, while the males went out and did their jobs; for Forest Gnomes, it was hunting and gathering, while for Deep Gnomes, it was mining and mushroom hunting.
Courtship Ideals
Gnomes will give each other gems as a way of proposing to them to be their lover.
Relationship Ideals
All Gnomes seek a mate with a good sense of Humor, and would spend as long as possible with them trying to make eachother laugh.
Average Technological Level
Rock Gnomes are highly advanced, inventing things like Horseless carriages, robotic animals, pipe lighters, and firearms.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Common and Gnomish
Common Etiquette Rules
All Gnomes greet people with a joke. Most also shake the greeter's hand, but it isn't always something people do. The Joke can be just about anything, although they tend to not use dark humor with greetings, with the exception of Deep Gnomes, who tend to use dark humor as their greetings.
Goodbyes are also done with Jokes, although they all do a clap and a point along with the joke as a way to signify that they are leaving.
Common Dress Code
Gnomes love wearing bright colors, ranging from bright greens to bright blues.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
All Gnomes tend to have a day dedicated to good spirits. Once, on the 16th of the Month Gorsa, all gnomes have parties, eating and drinking so much food.
Common Taboos
Gnomes will not try to make light of horrible situations.
History
The Gnomes were brought to Godsen in 34wr, in the Elven Forests. They were placed alongside the elves, and where the elves Neighbors. These Gnomes were most closely related to Forest Gnomes, and liked living with their tall Sharp-Eared Friends. In 565wr, A Tribe of Gnomes had wandered into a Human city, called Setodak, and had decided to live there when they had saw the humans with odd inventions, like carts, clocks, ovens, and shovels, as well as foods like noodles, toast, beer, and steak. The Humans did not notice the new species, as they thought the Gnomes where just another form of Halfling. Eventually, other tribes would move to these cities, and after a few generations, would spawn the Rock Gnome, called because they would use caves and rocky planes for their experiments.
The Rock Gnomes where spawned in 1211wr, and they took their ideas and tried to make them, creating bizarre inventions that usually didn't work. The first Gnome Invention that actually functioned consistently for long periods of time was in 1220wr, when in 1219wr, a Rock Gnome named Jerma Meeps Foldup, invented the Foldable fake cane-sword, where it is able to be folded, and put back into the cane-sheathe without damaging the blade for up to 2 years, before needing to be repaired.
In 1111wr, a Gnome City had collapsed into the planet, falling into the underdark. The Gnomes who had survived the falling had to survive the Underdark, causing massive amounts of death, but eventually, the Deep Gnomes will be born. It is unknown how they changed into how they look, as they don't keep their own history. Although a book written by a Duergar named Hilda Grimhammer in 1687wr had noted that she encountered the Deep Gnomes and how her description of them was similar to how they look now, so many scribes have pinned the transformation around 1400wr.
Tchanma Gnomes are different from the other Gnomes. They were placed onto the Island, had became something akin to the Rock Gnome, except they focused far more on the Magical communication, being the complete opposite of how most Gnomes do not write down their own History. All Gnomes had gained the Mark of the Scribe when Kenshen Killik Kallout had helped raise the island off the world, when he had shuffled through his library to find a ritual to do so. Many Gnomes would work for him, eventually learn his magic, and gain his Mark: which looks of a Cockatrice.
Common Myths and Legends
It's believed that the Gnomes where made when their god, Garl Glittergold, based on a Joke. The joke, was "What do you call a smaller Glittergold?" whereupon he would create several small gnomes, and exclaim "A Gnome!"
It's stated that he did this joke several times, only getting Gruumsh to laugh.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Gnomes are typically neutral to most normal races and hated and hates most monstrous races. Elves have a special like towards Gnomes. Kobolds, however, have a special hatred of Gnomes.
Elves like Gnomes, due to their similar heritage. Likewise, Garl glittergold, the Gnome Creator God, and Corellon Larethian, the Elf Creator God, are good Friends. This doesn't apply to Drow.
Kobolds hate Gnomes. While kobolds will indiscriminately steal from a town, if a Gnome is in a Town, they will do everything in their power to ruin him, to make them a laughing stock, to have them banished, shunned, and disowned by the town, and then to be killed by the Kobolds.
Genetic Descendants
Scientific Name
Captiosus Sapien
Origin/Ancestry
Fey
Lifespan
500 years
Conservation Status
Gnomes are particularly common, and are not under protection
Average Height
2'5"-3'10"
Average Weight
40lbs-50lbs
Average Physique
Gnomes are much smaller than most humans, even some Halflings.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Gnomes tended to have reddish tans and browns. Deep gnomes are gray.
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