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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GX.Sigma" data-source="post: 6241100" data-attributes="member: 6690511">I think the mischievous trickster gnomes are D&D's version of the traditional elves, and the tinkering rock gnomes are D&D's version of the traditional dwarfs. D&D's Elves and Dwarves are closer to the "epic" versions (seen in Tolkien's work) which have become standard in high fantasy.According to Tolkien's mythology, the non-human races "diminished" after the time of the Ring, eventually becoming like the diminutive creatures from folklore. So maybe a forest gnome is just a really really old Elf. Actually, D&D elves were originally shorter than humans, so maybe they were already a little bit diminished...I suppose the same could be said for goblins (diminished versions of hobgoblins) and maybe kobolds (diminished versions of lizardfolk)? Maybe even gibberlings (diminished versions of orcs)? There's a campaign idea in here somewhere...</blockquote>