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Gnomes are all about Inspiration and cleverness, seeing the advantages to doing something "different". Dwarves build thick armor and warmachines, elves build magical tree dwellings and mythals. Gnomes build street lights, wands of magic hand, escalators. In the world, gnomes stay low-key, they...

You have to understand, Dragonlance as a literary setting worked, but failed on almost all counts on the RPG side. Tinker Gnomes could be fun, if you used the "mad gnomes" rule variant so they weren't stupid. Kender can work, if it's not just a sorry excuse of a player trying to be irritating...

I find it insulting to even insinuate that. I've been playing D&D for a long time, and if I don't qualify as a P&P Fan, than my bookshelves have lied to me. The internet doesn't allow for admission of valid points for the "other side", so you have to instead be insulted. Points where 4e is...

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Well, 4e has a habit of applying a name from previous editions onto something totally different. So, they made you a fan of Gnomeish, rather than true gnomes... :-p

I could see a system whereby powers are triggered by actions more. Like trip isn't 1/day, but rather "when an enemy provokes an AoO (yes I still call it that, OA sucks), you can attempt a trip attack" or somesuch. It of course could have the potential to quickly get too complicated, and some...

This is all well and good, except it's obviously just the same artifical restriction as translated through the medium. In a game as segmented as D&D, you get per encounter/day, whereas in a video game you have recharge times. It's the same feel for most of us, and perhaps your "different...

Nope, still no good. I spoke of one group/one game, it didn't feature variant elves or dwarves either, and that doesn't speak to either race. I don't consider kender or half-dryads to be "out there", those are your words. And Kender were fine when played right, and served MUCH better when they...

Uh, no, because gnomes are a normal part of D&D...? There was no human either, so obviously they're rare. Or something. I'm not sure what point you were going for. As I mentioned, gnomes had no one at WotC to champion their cause and were sort of left to the side. (In 3e) When they decided...

We never had a "tank" that was designed to funnel all agro to him. Sure the fighter, paladin, barbarian could take more damage and was in the front line, but the role was not so tightly designed as now. "Leader" as a role? can't help you there. "Controller"? Sure a mage or cleric could do stuff...

I think it's actually the way the book is written. The tone of the book looks like they expect someone to come from WoW and start in on D&D. Defining the roles they way they did, some of the terminology they use... A lot of the PHB feels like "hey WoW players, here's how to play D&D" rather...

I had a whole theory once about how hobbits were drug runners and Saruman was the legal authority trying to stop them, while Gandalf was a drug addled ex-cop. Pipe weed indeed... I think halflings have always been the lazy bums waiting for lunch and whining about their lives. I wouldn't...

I use Auctioneer add-on, but it's not "important". The Wowhead add on contributes to their stats, and also gives map coordinates, so I'd suggest that one. Wowhead.com is a great website and very useful. Professions kind of drag for me lately, so I'd probably suggest a Gatherer. Just get Mining...

It's odd, I always liked reptilian races (I was going to use a 3.5 Dragonborn, had a Draconic human and a couple other things...) and tieflings were cool enough (though I prefered the old "variety"). But, 4e's versions really seem bland. I think it's just their presentation, but they just feel...

I can almost see the logic of it, but it's very far reaching to think of garden gnomes as a symbol of white oppression. I don't doubt that some folks think that way, but people can make anything out to be a symbol of something. I seriously doubt the universal aspect that a lot of black people...

I think there are lots of analogies to past treatments of jews that could fit in easily with gnomes. One thing I liked from Pact magic was the gnome from the ancient days when gnomes had huge cities and they were betrayed by, er... hobgoblins or gnolls, I always mix them up. It's easy to see...

Always tryin' to keep the gnome man down. The world is full of anti-gnomites, you can recognize them by their elf-supremacy tattoos.

"You know, I really wish I had a garden where I could put a couple of human statues."

I commented above that the sidelining of the gnomes was from late 1st edition on. The simple fact is, the Tolkien Bunch is "safe", but otherwise it comes down to the designers preferences. Obviously whoever liked half orcs and gnomes for 1e, wasn't there (or at least not influential) when it...

Because dwarves are ALSO fey. IMO: Dwarves are the fey of the mountains. Solid built, fey of toil and sturdy construction. Elves are the fey of the forests, grace and aloof. They live a long time and their products tend towards the slender and strong. Gnomes are the fey of the hills, of...