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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 113762" data-attributes="member: 635">I've spent another few hours thinking this over, and felt like posting my random (and often contradictory) thoughts <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> .-- Swapping the CON bonus for an INT bonus makes gnomes more unique, which is a good thing since they occasionally get overlooked as not having a specific niche or archetype.-- It's hard to envision or rationalize a class with a STR penalty receiving and extra hit point at every level, or benefitting from an increased Fortitude saving throw.-- Granting an INT bonus would infringe on one of the specific human benefits, by increasing gnome skill points.  It would also make gnomes better wizards in general, by giving them an extra spell at 1st level.-- Making such a change alters the game designers intent, since it appears they did not want any standard race to be considered more intelligent or wise.Thanks for humoring me while I think out loud...</blockquote>