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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quinn" data-source="post: 654126" data-attributes="member: 10101">Not to ruffle any feathers (though I'm sure this will), can someone explain to me what role gnomes play in a D&D game?Elves, I get.  Dwarves, I understand.  Halflings, ditto.But whenever somebody has chosen to play a gnome in a game, I find them indistinguishable from the person playing the halfling.  Looking back at articles on gnomes in Dragon, I get the sense that they are mechanically-inclined, illusion magic-inclined, pranksters who wear pointy red hats and judge status on the size of their nose.  Or in other words, they're comic relief.  Heck, back in the 2nd edition days, gnomes and halflings didn't even warrant their own individual handbooks!  What does that have to say about the smaller races?  Yes, that's unfair, but seriously, it seems that even old TSR and Wizards hasn't really given a clear idea of what a gnome is and does.  Halflings have the benefit of a LOTR to help establish an example of their mindset, even though that has kinda been thrown out in favor of the Kenderized halfling.  Gnomes don't even have that going for them.So seriously, what is a gnome and what is their culture like in your game?</blockquote>