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<blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 109364" data-attributes="member: 530">I would ditch the tinkering/engineering thing entirely.&nbsp; I see them as unwelcome Dragonlance additions creeping into canon.I see them as reclusive, secretive, and modest folk who use magic to hide their homes and villages from the bumbling big folk.&nbsp; They are closely associated with fey and love to sing, dance, play music, and make merry.&nbsp; Magic is built into their lifestyle and way of thinking and is undifferentiated from nature for them.&nbsp; Magic is a natural thing.&nbsp; They are also closely in tune with nature, living in the natural world and living in harmony with animals.Gnomes also have great lore and ability in creating potions of all kinds, and they guard their secrets in this area jealously.This accounts for all of their racial traits and gives them an identity very distinct from the other two races.They like to play pranks on big folk because they are all such bumbling oafs.&nbsp; Many of these pranks are also diversions to keep the big folk from finding their secret homes and villages.&nbsp; They have a grand sense of humor and also enjoy playing pranks on one another in good fun.I think that the little guys in Legend are pretty close to what I'm thinking of, but with a few differences.EDIT:&nbsp; One more thing - they are not often found in the company of people from other races.&nbsp; They almost never have communities integrated with those of other races.&nbsp; Adventuring gnomes are exceptional and are either very odd or the result of very portentious events (like the slaying of the unicorn in Legend, for example).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenjib, post: 109364, member: 530"] I would ditch the tinkering/engineering thing entirely. I see them as unwelcome Dragonlance additions creeping into canon. I see them as reclusive, secretive, and modest folk who use magic to hide their homes and villages from the bumbling big folk. They are closely associated with fey and love to sing, dance, play music, and make merry. Magic is built into their lifestyle and way of thinking and is undifferentiated from nature for them. Magic is a natural thing. They are also closely in tune with nature, living in the natural world and living in harmony with animals. Gnomes also have great lore and ability in creating potions of all kinds, and they guard their secrets in this area jealously. This accounts for all of their racial traits and gives them an identity very distinct from the other two races. They like to play pranks on big folk because they are all such bumbling oafs. Many of these pranks are also diversions to keep the big folk from finding their secret homes and villages. They have a grand sense of humor and also enjoy playing pranks on one another in good fun. I think that the little guys in Legend are pretty close to what I'm thinking of, but with a few differences. EDIT: One more thing - they are not often found in the company of people from other races. They almost never have communities integrated with those of other races. Adventuring gnomes are exceptional and are either very odd or the result of very portentious events (like the slaying of the unicorn in Legend, for example). [/QUOTE]

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