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<blockquote data-quote="cybertalus" data-source="post: 372200" data-attributes="member: 4400">I don't understand gnomes either.&nbsp; Like a lot of things I don't understand, I went through a period of trying to figure them out.&nbsp; That failed miserably.&nbsp; So I did what I normally do when I can't figure something out, I began to ignore them and hope they will go away.Since they nearly got axed from 3E, sounds like gnomes are the closest I've ever come to success with that tactic. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As others have pointed out, they seem to lack a really strong archetypal niche of their own.&nbsp; This is even reflected in WotC's iconic characters.&nbsp; All the other races get a clearly defined archetype class or two in the iconic characters.&nbsp; Gnomes get the illusionist, which is not a well-defined archetype at all.If I was gonna put them in a niche, I'd probably make them bard-like, though in a more &quot;keeper of knowledge and lore&quot; sense than in a &quot;plays twelve musical instruments and sings songs to inspire companions&quot; sense.But truthfully, I'd rather just keep ignoring them and hope they go away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cybertalus, post: 372200, member: 4400"] I don't understand gnomes either. Like a lot of things I don't understand, I went through a period of trying to figure them out. That failed miserably. So I did what I normally do when I can't figure something out, I began to ignore them and hope they will go away. Since they nearly got axed from 3E, sounds like gnomes are the closest I've ever come to success with that tactic. :) As others have pointed out, they seem to lack a really strong archetypal niche of their own. This is even reflected in WotC's iconic characters. All the other races get a clearly defined archetype class or two in the iconic characters. Gnomes get the illusionist, which is not a well-defined archetype at all. If I was gonna put them in a niche, I'd probably make them bard-like, though in a more "keeper of knowledge and lore" sense than in a "plays twelve musical instruments and sings songs to inspire companions" sense. But truthfully, I'd rather just keep ignoring them and hope they go away. [/QUOTE]

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