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Does Your Fantasy Race Really Matter In Game? (The Gnome Problem)
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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7635044" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>I’m sure that’s the case for some people, but I don’t think it’s the only reason people struggle to fit them into their worlds. It’s certainly not for me.</p><p></p><p></p><p>When I, and I’m sure a lot of others, describe gnomes in those ways, the goal is not to help understand the races. It is to illustrate my (our) dissatisfaction with gnomes’ distinguishing characteristics, or lack thereof.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You have literally just described hobbits, with the vanishingly minor addition of a love of creating new things. Why is this not just a sub race of halfling?</p><p></p><p></p><p>They don’t need to be needed, but they certainly ought to be interesting, which is difficult to achieve when they don’t have a clear, consistent identity. It’s fine if that identity is similar to other races’ identities, but if it is not distinguished in some way, it will be much harder to get anyone to care about it. The issue isn’t that they don’t fill a unique niche, it’s that they don’t offer enough to catch anyone’s interest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7635044, member: 6779196"] I’m sure that’s the case for some people, but I don’t think it’s the only reason people struggle to fit them into their worlds. It’s certainly not for me. When I, and I’m sure a lot of others, describe gnomes in those ways, the goal is not to help understand the races. It is to illustrate my (our) dissatisfaction with gnomes’ distinguishing characteristics, or lack thereof. You have literally just described hobbits, with the vanishingly minor addition of a love of creating new things. Why is this not just a sub race of halfling? They don’t need to be needed, but they certainly ought to be interesting, which is difficult to achieve when they don’t have a clear, consistent identity. It’s fine if that identity is similar to other races’ identities, but if it is not distinguished in some way, it will be much harder to get anyone to care about it. The issue isn’t that they don’t fill a unique niche, it’s that they don’t offer enough to catch anyone’s interest. [/QUOTE]
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