Nahat Anoj
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It seems to me that they're playing up the sly, stealthy, manipulative aspects of gnomes in 4e, so that may be why. And also, all gnomes are irredeemably evil.Just something I've noticed with some of the low level published adventures is having a number of gnomes (still unaligned apparently) as bad guys in the adventures. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? I haven't seen this many gnomes as bad guys since the last time I played NetHack.
You know, I'm not sure if we'll get a full-blown illusionist class, not when what they do can be pretty much replicated by wizards with more illusion spells (I think the Dragon articles only scratches the surface - I belt there will be more illusion powers and lots of illusion rituals some day).Speaking of which, does anyone know if I'll finally be able to play a gnome illusionist after PHB II? (and no, I don't think the Dragon articles adding illusion spells to the wizard is quite enough; one of the things I liked about 4E was illusionist was a different class).
When PHB 2 comes out, cunning bards multiclassed into both wizard and fey pact warlock may scratch the itch. I bet some more illusionist options will be presented in Arcane Power as well. Perhaps a paragon path, even.
In my campaign, there will be a kingdom of wealthy, secretive, and manipulative mastermind gnomes named Zurik. That's right, my campaign will have the gnomes of Zurik.I think that Eberron and their Machiavellian Gnomes, coupled with the gnome's new sneaky invisible bastard image, is helping. I certainly am contemplating gnomes being the stealth enforcers of the Feywild.