doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Traditionally they're earth spirits one can invoke to help you do alchemy, and first appear as such in the writings of Paracelsus, to be fair.Since Gnomes are traditionally tiny, hidden workers helping the tall folk in their house chores, I think being able to do the equivalent of Prestidigitation + Mending as a 5-minutes actions could be cool.