Gnomes (Lords of Illusion)

Gnomes (Lords of Illusion)

    Gnomes have long inhabited the world. They are believed to be distant cousins of Halflings by most scholars. Gnomes have no cities and no real society. They prefer to live in the company of other races and study and build things. Gnomes will more than likely live unwelcome in places of great magical study or understanding.

    They have excellent vision and will more often than not read magical records or scripts written by powerful wizards when the wizards have fallen asleep. Gnomes are often Lawful Good, but are still capable of bending the rules. Stealthy like Halflings they can easily slip past guards or even magical barriers due to the attunement with magic. It is believed that before the Time of Awakening a Wizard that had seen no use for Halflings attempted to make them into conduits of magical energy so he could make war against his rivals. His experiments failed and he created the race known as Gnomes. These mutated and twisted Halflings, who were extremely adept with magic, trapped the Wizard in his own mind. His rivals soon overtook the Wizards stronghold and he was no more. The Gnomes, unwelcome by the Halflings, set out to find a place of their own. Gnomes prefer to study magic and will usually not take up martial arms. Gnomes share a love of story telling like their Halfling cousins and will usually take up the life of a Bard. Some Gnomes who share the Human drive will prefer to be leaders in combat and eventually Warlords commanding troops. Gnomes of Evil alignment almost always become Warlocks.