SRD:Gnomes, Forest (Race)

==Forest Gnomes==

Also see the gnome creature listing.

They are the smallest of all the gnomes, averaging 2 to 2-1/2 feet in height, but look just like regular gnomes except with bark-colored or gray-green skin, and eyes that can be brown or green as well as blue. A very long-lived people, forest gnomes have an average life expectancy of 500 years.


 * Forest gnome base land speed is 20 feet.
 * Low-Light Vision: A forest gnome can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. He retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
 * Weapon Familiarity: Forest gnomes may treat gnome hooked hammers as martial weapons rather than exotic weapons.
 * Pass without Trace : A forest gnome has the innate ability to use pass without trace (self only, as a free action) as the spell cast by a druid of the forest gnome’s class levels.
 * +2 racial bonus on saving throws against illusions.
 * Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against illusion spells cast by forest gnomes. This adjustment stacks with those from similar effects.
 * +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against goblinoids, orcs, and reptilian humanoids.
 * +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against monsters of the giant type. 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.
 * +4 racial bonus on Hide checks, which improves to +8 in a wooded area.
 * Automatic Languages: Gnome, Elven, Sylvan, and a simple language that enables them to communicate on a very basic level with forest animals.
 * Bonus Languages: Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Giant, Goblin, Orc.
 * Spell-Like Abilities: A forest gnome with a Charisma score of at least 10 has the following spell-like abilities: 1/day—dancing lights, ghost sound, prestidigitation. Caster level 1st; save DC 10 + forest gnome’s Cha modifier + spell level.
 * Favored Class: . A multiclass forest gnome’s bard class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.
 * Level Adjustment: +Level Adjustment::0
 * Effective Character Level: Effective Character Level::1
 * Favored Class: . A multiclass forest gnome’s bard class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.
 * Level Adjustment: +Level Adjustment::0
 * Effective Character Level: Effective Character Level::1