I'd argue that it was Warcraft, but perhaps Warcraft took their approach from Dragonlance.I totally found the Dragonlance was responsible for everyone thinking gnomes = tinkers.
I'd argue that it was Warcraft, but perhaps Warcraft took their approach from Dragonlance.
This. I didn't really mind gnomes as tinkers in DL, but I've had a standing rule for roughly 25 years that gnomes in any other setting spontaneously atomize if they start playing with tech, especially tech that fails for comic effect. If you want to play a gnome, you cast illusions, talk to squirrels, and play practical jokes. Unless it's Eberron. In Eberron, gnomes are creepy little Stazi informers with a monopoly on the phone company.I totally found the Dragonlance was responsible for everyone thinking gnomes = tinkers.