About 15 years ago, I had developed a race of gnomes, who comprised a racial thieves guild called the Gnomic Syndicate, unfortunately Star Trek TNG created the Ferengi, which is very much like my Gnomes.

1. Holy Codex is called the Gnomicon, similar to the rules of acquisition.
2. Instead of an ear fetish, my gnomes have a boot fetish.
3. Gnomes sponsor or found all thieves guilds of other races.
4. Goal of the gnomes is the total fiduciary domination of all non-gnome races.
5. They breed and sell human pleasure slaves.
6. They steal, reverse engineer, improve and sell weapons technology.
7. Shrinking pantheon of gods who through alliance and assassination kill off other gnome gods to rise in hierarchy.
8. Fiduciary high priests are head of the syndicate, while Wizards and Sorcerers form the officer corps, rogues, bards and fighters at the bottom.

These are the guys, whom the Gnomic Vault map is all about.

Anyway, I've just talked Johnn Four into adding them as part of the Underworld Map set, to expand the resource - cool, cool!

Expected for publication early in 2010.

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