D20:Gnomes, Svirfneblin Race

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.
Svirfneblin speak Gnome, Common, and Undercommon.
Svirfneblin Traits (Ex): These are svirfneblin traits.

• ?2 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, ?4 Charisma.
  

• Small: As a Small creature, a gnome gains a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks, but he uses smaller weapons than humans use, and his lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of a Medium character.
  

• Gnome base land speed is 20 feet.
  

• Darkvision out to 120 feet and low-light vision.
  

• Weapon Familiarity: Gnomes may treat gnome hooked hammers as martial weapons rather than exotic weapons.
  

• 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.
  

• +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, such as the Spell Focus feat.
  

• Spell resistance equal to 11 + class levels.
  

• +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 Craft (alchemy) and Listen 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 (typical save DC 13), blur, disguise self. Caster level equals the svirfneblin?s class levels. The save DC is Charisma-based and include a +4 racial modifier. This trait replaces the rock gnome?s spell-like abilities.
  

• Nondetection (Su): A svirfneblin has a continuous nondetection ability as the spell (caster level equal to class levels).
  

• Favored Class: Rogue. A multiclass gnome?s rogue class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.
  

• Level adjustment +3.
  

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System Reference Document -> Races (SRD)