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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6242425" data-attributes="member: 1165">Being used interchangeable with elf, dwarf, etc, does not help make them distinct.Real world association doesn't do them much good. Plenty of D&D creatures are based on real-world tales and yet haven't drawn much "traction" in the game. Those in more familiar sources (LotR being one of those, but not the only one) have more traction and show up more.When was the last time I saw a hieracosphinx in the game? Or an androsphinx? That's just taking up space in the Monster Manual.Eberron gnomes aren't tinkers at all and have nothing to do with Dragonlance gnomes. See here: <a href="https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20041129a" target="_blank">https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20041129a</a>They're not tinkers, which are unpopular and (unintentionally?) comedic. They're not tricksters or pranksters. They're more like the KGB. Whoever laughs at them? Maybe the KGB might have pulled a "prank" on someone such as switching all your furniture for pink-colored replacements, but that's more of a "I can get in your house and do whatever I want; stop doing X or next time we'll do it while you sleep" message. So not really a funny, unserious prank at all.</blockquote>