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| Species | Agricultural Gnome |
| Over-species | Gnome |
| Classification | Vaettir |
| Family | Holy Gnome |
| Sphere | Harvest |
| Origin | From the rules of agrictural systems. |
| Lifespan | 80-120 years |
| Habitat | Fertile hills and prairies, where they live in burrows and earthen structures |
| Food | The smelliest, most unusual aspects of human fare |
| Description | Agricultural gnomes are short (about 3.5'), Their heads are slightly too big for their bodies. They have big noses, wide grins, and human-hued colored hair and skin, usually well tanned. They have broad-shoulders for gnomes. |
| Procreation | Gnome breed with each other, where the type of gnome is determined by the mother of the gnome. Breeding with non-gnomes is only possible with supernatural intervention. |
| Esoterica | Gnomes are hegnhic beings who are compelled to obey specific rules. By obeying the rules, they gain insights into systems and mechanism that gives them a supernatural affinity for devices and engineering. Agricultural gnomes also gain insights into agriculture through sap (blood) and satisfaction resonance. Gnomes can use almost any supernatural energy except entropy. The most commonly used are Foundation, aether, ethereal essence, yahas, void, mashoaab, damaskian power, dumaqu, arnum, and other ordinal powers. |
| Special Powers | Agricultural gnomes have supernatural skill with agricultural engineering and devices. Like all gnomes, they have gnomish illogic damage, wherein their inevitably dangerously failed experiments do not, in fact, hurt them. They also tend to inherently know what crops are best grown where. |
| Weaknesses | Entropy and frustration resonance. If a gnome violates their rules, they become a rogue gnome whose energies are askew and dangerous. |
| Rules | Agricultural gnomes must obey three basic rules:
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| Culture | In agricultural gnomish societies, the farm is the centerpiece. Everyone grows up on a farm, learns on the farm, takes care of the farm, and works the farm. The heads of each farm are the elders of the family, and they choose a family member to represent them on the local council. Regional councils are decided by direct democracy, and the national council is as well. Everyone votes except children who have not done their first days' work in the fields. Service on the councils is considered a duty. There is no police force or judiciary system, with all problems being addressed by the farm community directly. Courtship is usually focused on the quarterly barn dances, annual harvest festivals, and weekly rest day picnics, when local farm communities come together. These occasions are important parts of the agricultural gnomes' lives, and missing out on them is a major punishment for those who violate community rules. They are also fond of community sports, feasts, fairs, baking and cooking competitions, and singing. |
| Engineering | Agricultural gnomes are skilled with agricultural engineering. The most common uses for this are farming equipment and landscaping. Their preferred materials are environmentally safe metals and fluids and stones. They focus on making efficient farming tools and planning farming strategically to feed as many people as possible. |
| Notables | |
| Sample statistics | PRO 10 ATH 12 STR 6 AWA 14 WIL 12 ROG 10 Sneak/Hide 11 Engineering 13 Illogic Damage |
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