Curious, intelligent, and likable, gnomes move easily through the societies and communities of other races. They enjoy a strong sense of loyalty to clan as well as the pull of new experiences offered by adventure. While these sometimes opposing motivations get some adventuring gnomes into trouble with family and clan, gnome paragons successfully blend both aspects of their race’s nature. They serve as an example to others of how to promote and protect their community and clan while at the same time constantly searching the world for new and interesting opportunities.
| Base Attack Bonus | Fort Save | Ref Save | Will Save | Special | Spellcasting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +0 | +2 | +0 | +2 | Illusion aptitude, innate magic | — |
| 2nd | +1 | +3 | +0 | +3 | Obsession, mirror image | +1 level of artificer |
| 3rd | +2 | +3 | +1 | +3 | Ability boost (Int +2) | +1 level of artificer |
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level): Academics, Arcane Lore, Athletics, Deception, Engineering, Perception, Perform, Persuasion, Profession, and Stealth.
Class Features
Weapon and Armor Proficiency
A Gnome Paragon is proficient with Basic weapons. They are proficient with light armor but not with shields.
If not using weapon groups, a Gnome Paragon is proficient with simple weapons.
Spellcasting
At 2nd and 3rd level, a gnome paragon progresses his artificer spellcasting as if he had also gained a level in artificer.
If a gnome paragon has no levels in artificer, this class feature has no effect at 1st or 2nd level. However, at 3rd level, he gains the spellcasting ability of a 1st-level artificer.
Illusion Aptitude
A gnome paragon may add his class level to his caster level to determine the effects of any illusion spells he casts, including those gained as innate abilities of the gnome race. This bonus stacks with the extra spellcasting levels gained from the gnome paragon’s spellcasting entry (see above).
For example, a 2nd-level wizard/3rd-level gnome paragon’s caster level is 2nd for most wizard spells but 5th for wizard spells of the illusion school (and 4th for his innate spell-like abilities dancing lights, ghost sound, and prestidigitation). A 3rd-level bard/2nd-level gnome paragon’s caster level is 4th for most bard spells but 6th for bard spells of the illusion school.
This increased caster level affects only spells that the character can cast; it does not give him access to higher-level spells or more spells per day.
Innate Magic
At 1st level, a gnome paragon gains one additional daily use of each of his innate spell-like abilities.
Obsession
At 2nd level, a gnome paragon’s racial bonus on Profession checks from his Obsessive ability increases to +4.
When not actively engaged in their obsession, their bonus to Perception checks also increases to +4.
Mirror Image
At 2nd level, a gnome paragon gains the ability to cast mirror image once per day as a spell-like ability with a caster level equal to his gnome paragon level.
Ability Boost
At 3rd level, a gnome paragon’s Intelligence score increases by 2 points.