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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starseeker" data-source="post: 518895" data-attributes="member: 9247">What they would be like culturally is the foremost on my mind. First of all though, which sort of gnomes are we talking about? I figure there are three schools of thought on this:1. Gnomes are docile little nature creatures, hanging out in forests in shady little mounds and doing private tinkering on the side.2. They are smaller, illusionist cousins to the dwarves, like them in most respects (except for the fullblown facial hair) with big noses and a penchant for making big forgey-type machines.3. Krynnish Gnomes. Need I say more?I figure the first type of gnome would mix very well with the traditional halfing (LotR), and since halflings of that sort are generally accepting of other races and the gnomes a gentle sort, that these gnome/halfling children would find the peaceful village life of a halfling or the quiet natural appreciation of gnomish settlements quite satisfactory.The second type would prove a little more difficult, but i figure one possiblity is that halfchildren would be drawn into a life of travel, much like half-elves.Perhaps their halfling inquisivtiveness and need for belonging meld with their gnomish ingenouity and drive, this would result in an odd child indeed.If he is in a halfling community:1. The child may very well end up in charge of important jobs in a halfling community, his drive providing the catalyst for change.2. Maybe he might be seen as the local crackpot, desigining useless things on the edge of the village green.3. He might become the lovable travelling tinker, at home with halflings, but prefering the solitude that a nomadic lifestyle gives, and the challenge that tinkering presents.If he is in a Gnomish community:1. He will probably be seen as a useless layabout, always more preoccupied with simpler pursuits of family and mischief rather than concentrating on important matters like mining and design.2. His halfling side is likely to rebel against too much seriousness on the part of other gnomes in the pursuit of engineering, and likely to be driven away to halflings or the wider world as a half-elf is.With Krynnish gnomes, multiply what was said a thousandfold, and you might get something ludicrously funny.... however, keep in mind that there ARE no halflings on Krynn.....*shudder* kender/gnomes.....*collapses in shock at idea* lol</blockquote>

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