Gnome
Gnome appears in the Alliance roster of the pinned Forever preview. This reference summarizes that race’s recorded general racials and class options.[1]
Preview class options
Warrior, Mage, Rogue, Priest, Warlock.[1]
See Race and class combinations for the distinction between an announced addition, a preview listing, and an unlisted combination.
Recorded racial abilities
These are qualitative summaries of the preview, not final cooldown or tuning tables.[1]
| Ability | Recorded effect |
|---|---|
| Escape Artist | Removes movement-impairing effects and provides brief immunity to them. |
| Eureka! | Empowers the next few damaging or healing abilities and reduces their Mana cost; the transcription notes that the Warlock tooltip only displays the damage wording. |
| Expansive Mind | Increases Mana, Rage, and Energy capacity in the preview. |
| Engineering Specialization | Described as making engineering devices more reliable; no complete device-by-device rule is supplied. |
Resource capacity and escaping snares
A larger resource maximum does not by itself describe regeneration. Check the exact tooltip shown to the chosen class before assuming every Eureka! effect applies in the same way. This is editorial advice for evaluating the preview, not a ranking of races.
First character checklist
- Choose a supported class from the linked preview list, then read its talent guide.
- Recheck racial tooltips at character creation and in the spellbook when beta is available.
- Record the build and conditions when reporting a change. Starting quests, trainer coordinates, and numerical racial comparisons need their own evidence.
The Priest preview also has class-specific racial spells. The four general abilities above are not a complete Priest racial spellbook.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chris Baldwin, Talents Forever, CC BY 4.0 data export, snapshot 16 September 2026. Community transcription of BlizzCon demo footage and slides; checked 16 September 2026. Adapted and summarized for this guide. See Project:Talent data for evidence labels and attribution.