Transmog By Race Part III: Gnomes

Welcome to the third instalment of my outfits for each race, based on their class and roles I envision them in.  Today, we’re off to Gnomeregan.

Part I: Dwarves
Part II: Tauren

Gnomes actually have the least amount of class options, even after getting the Priest class in Cataclysm.  Despite their technical dependencies I managed to create a few outfits that weren’t reliant on said technology.

Starting with the Priest, I just couldn’t get a feel for them healing or being even remotely disciplined.  Don’t get me wrong, it takes a focus to build the devices they create, but otherwise they come across as a frantic type of race.  So that left Shadow, which I had no problem with.  I went with the approach of a “Shadow Mage.”

• Merciless Gladiator’s Mooncloth Hood
• Opulent Mantle
• Vicious Fireweave Robe
• Duskwoven Gloves
• Runecloth Belt
• Seer’s Boots
• Crystalfire Staff

Gnome Rogues are a much easier lot to deal with, since they’re pretty straightforward.  Using their size to their advantage, Gnomes can stealth about like nobody’s business.  But, with their technology, they could also prove quite useful in the dungeon just as I pictured the dwarf doing.  So, for the Rogue we have two outfits.  Again, the first is your standard “assassin” or “thief” type of Rogue.

• Mask of Veiled Death
• Grand Shoulders
• Tunic of Assassination
• Red Martial Shirt
• Merciless Gladiator’s Leather Gloves
• Triggerfish Girdle
• Netherblade Breeches
• Rapscallion Boots
• Liege Blade (dual wield)

The second Rogue is the trap disabling, dungeon delver.  The key for me was the Twinblade weapon as at a glance it could pass for a set of cutters.

• Ursius’ Cap
• Sunroc Shoulderguards
• Incorruptable Shawl
• Marshwarden’s Tunic
• Gray Woolen Shirt
• Skygrip Handguards
• Dementia Cord
• Shaggy Wyrmleather Leggings
• Gnomebot Operating Boots
• Twinblade of Mastery

I had zero difficulty buying into Gnomes as Mages.  Being Masters of the Arcane is easy enough to grasp, and I would think the Gnomes wiser lot that might lack the Engineering prowess would wield Magic instead.  This Gnome falls under that (and thus isn’t spec specific).

• Skein Woven Mantle
• Netherwane Cloak
• Mindsurge Robe
• Bloodmage Gloves
• Misbegotten Belt
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Treads of Salvation
• Petrified Ivy Sprig

As we’ve established in the series, Warriors come in all shapes and sizes and things are no different for the Gnomes.  When all was said and done, I came up with a trio of Warriors from the Peacebloom-sized race.  The first is a result of the Gnomeregan technical capacity, playing on the Engineering ability of them.

• Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades
• Pauldrons of Tempered Will
• Hyjal Savior’s Drape
• Breastplate of Righteous Fury
• Gauntlets of Vindication
• Girdle of Many Blessings
• Ornate Leggings of the Venerated
• Thorium Boots
• Hammer of Atonement
• Force Reactive Disk

The second Warrior plays off the Gnome a bit again.  I pictured having that Warrior with you that you could feed a tonne of coffee beans to, throw him in the middle of the fray and just watch him go haywire (no Dance Desire).  I was really pleased with the colours this combination ended up with.

• Pauldrons of the Dragonblight
• Colossus Smasher Breastplate
• Crystalplate Gauntlets
• Kraken Girdle
• Sunwatcher’s Legplates
• Kraken Greaves
• Blade of the Wretched (dual wield)

Finally, for all the grief players give Gnomes (and the other races of Azeroth), I honestly believe if Varian sent out the call for aid, the Gnomes would answer.  In a time of war, there would be a choice few that would step forward and suit up for Stormwind.  Of course, the armor would still be a little bit big.

• Helm of Thunderous Rampage
• Pauldrons of the Cavalier
• Mantle of Stormwind
• Sunforged Breastplate
• Gauntlets of Revelation
• Hardened Obsidium Belt
• Special Issue Legplates
• Grim Sabatons
• Edged Bastard Sword

Last, but not least…Warlocks.  There’s a reason Gnomes aren’t Hunters.  They’d be lunch for 90% of any pet that could be tamed.  Yet, I’m intrigued with how they could possibly control demons.  In pondering that simple concept, I came up with two possibilities.  Either they imprisoned them or they weren’t real in the first place.  The first option meant I needed to go a little darker for a Gnome.  Also, I thought back to the interrogation quest in Borean Tundra, except with Demonic flavour.

• Cowl of Malefic Repose
• Buoyant Shoulderpads
• Cloak of Crimson Snow
• Conqueror’s Deathbringer Robe
• Gripes of Altered Reality
• Cauterized Cord
• Conjurer’s Shoes
• Torturing Poker
• Hypergizmatic Energy Booster

The second Warlock possibility is the demons they summon simply aren’t real.  That means they aren’t Warlocks, but Illusionists.  This outfit, I very much enjoyed building and before you ask -the book model in her hand was very much deliberate.

• Baradin Shoulderpads
• Ancient Polar Bear Hide
• Overlook Handguards
• Belt of Arcane Storms
• Boots of Forlorn Wishes
• Pearl-Handled Dagger
• Divine Companion

Despite having but five classes, I still managed to put together nine interesting outfits.  I’m really happy with how each one turned out.  When I started, I expected several looks that relied much more heavily on Engineering.  That it didn’t go that way was a pleasant surprise.  We’ll have to see what surprises come about in part four when I present the tattered garments of the Forsaken.