Editing Half-Gnome (section)

== Krynnish Half-Tinker Gnomes ==
However... so far, only one official Half-Gnome race has ever surfaced, in [[Dungeons & Dragons|D&D's]] long array of races. [[Dragonlance]] has a [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition|3.5e]] sourcebook called ''Races of Ansalon'', and in it, we find our first and, to date, only, official Half-Gnome PC write-up. The problem is that [[Krynn|Krynnish]] [[Gnomes]] are [[Tinker Gnome|Tinker Gnomes]], hated almost as much as [[Kender]] for being portrayed as bumbling idiots, and that lore poisons the results.

See, the whole "thing" for Half-Tinker Gnomes is that they're all legitimately insane, suffering from either obsessive-compulsive disorder or ADHD. We're not kidding here, they do everything but use the names of the illnesses when talking about them. Still, they're not actually that underpowered, even with this trait...

::+2 Intelligence, -2 Wisdom
::Medium
::Speed 30 feet
::Broken Mind: A Half-Gnome still suffers under a warped version of the divine curse placed on all Krynnish Tinker Gnomes, afflicting them with either hyper-focus or an inability to properly focus. Choose either the Single-Minded or Jack-Of-All-Trades racial trait to represent which affliction they suffer from.
::Single-Minded: Choose one skill at 1st level; the Half-Gnome gains +2 on checks with that skill and always considers it a class skill, but if their skill-points in their "fixation" skill ever fall to equal or lower than their level, they suffer a -2 penalty to all other skill checks until they raise it higher again.
::Jack-Of-All-Trades: The normal set of class skills no longer applies to this Half-Gnome. Instead, they treat all skills as class skills, but they cap all skills as if they were cross-class skills. However, they gain synergy bonuses at 3 ranks per skill rather than the usual 5 ranks per skill.
::+2 racial bonus on will saving throws.
::Favored Class: None. A multiclassed Krynnish Half-Gnome must keep its classes balanced with each other or suffer a -10% experience point penalty.