Legends of Tolria
The Galactic Game

Ancestry Compendium

Gnome

Small, curious, and disproportionately responsible for the galaxy's better gadgetry. Gnomish workshops cluster wherever there is interesting machinery to take apart, and gnomes themselves are over-represented in tinkerer's guilds and engineering corps.

core small Walk · 25 ft Free-placement abilities

Features

  • Gnomish Cunning

    You have advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against channeled effects.

  • Tinker's Mind

    You have proficiency with Tinker's tools. Once per long rest, you may spend one hour of focused work to craft a minor gadget of your design — a single-use light source, a one-shot grappling line, a small clockwork distraction, a coded signal beacon, or similar. The gadget functions for a single use within the next 24 hours and then becomes inert.

  • Small Stature

    Your small size lets you slip through gaps larger lineages cannot. You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made in narrow, cluttered, or low-ceiling spaces. You can move through the space of any creature larger than Small without penalty, provided that creature does not actively block you.

  • Workshop-Tongue

    You can read, write, and speak Gnomish (a precise, cipher-friendly cant) and Common.

Languages

Gnomish, Common

Lifespan

Mature at 30 · Typical max 400 years

Gnomes age slowly and tend to remain curious into their fourth century; the oldest gnomes are often the most experimental, having outlived every safety regulator they ever respected.