Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, gnomes are a humanoid race, and are one of the core races available for play as player characters. They are closely related to dwarves, but are more tolerant of other races and of magic, and are skilled with machines and illusions. In the default Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings, such as Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms, their primary deity is Garl Glittergold. The tinker gnomes of Dragonlance are mechanically skilled, though their devices are quite prone to backfiring. The sub-races of gnomes include the overground Rock Gnomes, Forest Gnomes, and evil size-changing spriggans, as well as the svirfneblin (Deep Gnomes) of the Underdark. In the Forgotten Realms, gnomes are also known as the "Forgotten Folk".