Exeunt gnomes: bang or whimper?

[Hairfoot]

Wondering, do you think gnomes will simply disappear from 4E, as old-style halflings did, or will the campaign world sourcebooks account for their demise?

 

[Nifft]

They're in the Monster Manual.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

They will slink quietly into obscurity in the Monster Manual, leaving behind whoopee cushions and piles of phoney dog poo.

 

[Badkarmaboy]

They'll also fart into the sending stone when they come back as a PC race in the 4E Eberron Campaign setting.

 

[Rechan]

Given the prevalence of the Tinker Gnome, I don't see how they could go out with anything BUT a bang.

 

[Klaus]

They'll also fart into the sending stone when they come back as a PC race in the 4E Eberron Campaign setting.

Indeed. Much like the athletic 3e halflings replaced the chubby hobbit-knock-offs, Eberron's information broker gnomes can replace the trickster/tinker archetypes from before.

 

[WayneLigon]

Wondering, do you think gnomes will simply disappear from 4E, as old-style halflings did, or will the campaign world sourcebooks account for their demise?

Since they're still in the MM and cand be used as a playable race, and will I think it's been said they'll be in the first PHB-ish supplement anyway, they're not gone. Really, now, this has been known for quite some time.

 

[Rechan]

Indeed. Much like the athletic 3e halflings replaced the chubby hobbit-knock-offs, Eberron's information broker gnomes can replace the trickster/tinker archetypes from before.

To be fair, Eberron also makes the chubby hobbit-knock-offs viable. One of the Dragonmarked Houses are inn keepers and party hosts. That suits the hobbit.

 

[Piratecat]

In my campaign, Garl Glittergold will cross Yondalla and the halfling Goddess will curse the entire race with deliciousness. The first time a gnome gets caught in a fireball, everyone is going to realize exactly how tasty those little buggers smell when cooked. The race will not survive the subsequent hunting and devouring.

 

[jeffh]

There were gnomes in 3E?

(Looks around innocently.)