Welcome back to the Character Codex! We're working our way through all 77 core race and class combination in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. We just finished up the elves and this week we're beginning the invasion of the gnomes! That's 22 down! you can see them all in the Character Codex Gallery.

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And now, on with the gnomes!

First up, we have the Gnome Barbarian. Part caveman, part Celtic warrior, this little guy makes up for his size with his fury.

Gnomes in Chronicle tend to be very civilized and intellectual. So this guy is a great departure right off the bat. What's not to love about a feral gnome?!

Next up we have the gnome bard. This is more like the gnomes of Chronicle. Gnomes in Chronicle are sponges for knowledge. When they come of age, they devote themselves to a field of study and join that field's bureau. A gnome's bureau is its family. Gnomes are not interested in recording blood lineages, but rather pass down the great breakthroughs and discoveries of those in the bureau before them.

This particular gnome would be using the Archivist alternate class features.
I love the Naturalist ability for this alternate class. Basically, the bard carries around a Bestiary and looks up monsters then tells everyone how to beat it. I imagine that's what she's doing here - checking her notes on how to tame an owlbear maybe.

That's it this week! Next week, come back for the gnome cleric and the gnome druid. The gnome cleric is one of my all-time favorite Chronicle characters and fans of the original series will be happy to see his reappearance. So make sure to come back next week!