Last gnome I pinned was a bmg... he had something around 7-800 hp without eq, if I recall correctly (this was a while ago). My last gnome invoker was in 1.0, and he had around 600 or so hp without eq... but I had no clue what I was doing with him while leveling up or spending trains, so... shrugs 1000hp without eq, however, is not something I think is within their abilities.
Keep in mind that what class you are will drastically alter hp/mana gain regardless of race. A gnome melee will have a fair bit more hp than a gnome mage.
To weigh in a little more on the core topic of this thread... why the hell are we really discussing this? Is this game really suffering from a lack of gnome melees? EDIT: And do you really think that just giving them auto-detect invis is the spice they need to make them be around more? Come on.
