SRD:Gnomes, Deep—Svirfneblin (Race)

Svirfneblin
Also see the gnome creature listing.

Summary::Also called deep gnomes, svirfneblin are said to dwell in great cities deep underground.

A svirfneblin has wiry, rock-colored skin usually medium brown to brownish gray. Only males are bald; females have stringy gray hair. The average svirfneblin lifespan is 250 years.

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 * Svirfneblin base land speed is 20 feet.
 * Stonecunning: This ability grants deep gnomes a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework. A deep gnome who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as though actively searching, and can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A svirfneblin can also intuit depth, sensing the approximate distance underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up.
 * Spell resistance equal to 11 + class levels.
 * Weapon Familiarity: Svirfneblin may treat gnome hooked hammers as martial weapons rather than exotic weapons.
 * Nondetection : A svirfneblin has a continuous nondetection ability as the spell (caster level equal to class levels).
 * +2 racial bonus on all saving throws.
 * Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against illusion spells cast by svirfneblin. 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 all creatures. 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.
 * +2 racial bonus on Hide checks, which improves to +4 underground.
 * Automatic Languages: Undercommon, Gnome, Common.
 * Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Goblin, Orc, Terran.
 * Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—blindness/deafness, blur, disguise self. Caster level equals the svirfneblin’s class levels. The save DC is Charisma-based and include a +4 racial modifier.
 * Favored Class: . A multiclass svirfneblin’s rogue class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.
 * Level Adjustment: +Level Adjustment::3
 * Effective Character Level: Effective Character Level::4
 * Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—blindness/deafness, blur, disguise self. Caster level equals the svirfneblin’s class levels. The save DC is Charisma-based and include a +4 racial modifier.
 * Favored Class: . A multiclass svirfneblin’s rogue class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.
 * Level Adjustment: +Level Adjustment::3
 * Effective Character Level: Effective Character Level::4