Gnomes

[Havard]

Do you remember that Mystara's Northlands Gazzetteer they reference (allegedly) ex-Blackmoorian Gnomes in caves in Soderfjord (or was it Vestland?) and they appear to be very highly refined WRT technology (they had calculators etc.).
That's perhaps not supercanon Blackmoor, but very close to that.

Ah yes, we have a thread about the Falun Cavern Gnomes in the Mystara section. Its hard to say if there would be much of a link between Thonian Year 1030 and AC1000 Mystara Gnomes even if we assume that they are part of the same continuity. That technology could have been developed over the milennia between them. I really like that adventure seed from the Northern Reaches Gazetteer though.

As I said, the weird thing about Blackmoor is that technology isn't something that is exclusive to Gnomes. But I do like the idea that Gnomes specialize in a specific type of technology involving fine machinery, clockwork engines etc.

I am still looking for non-tech related features of Blackmoor gnomes though. I guess the crazy inventor stereotypes still apply. I'd love to play a Gnome who was just a really rational, scientific minded, but down to earth analytical character though just to break that stereotype.

-Havard