MeepoTheMighty
First Post
I try to like gnomes, but can't for the life of me play a believable one. The 2e gnome book didn't help matters much, with the whole "the most important thing to a gnome is the length of his nose" crap.
I must be the only crazy person here....
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CRGreathouse
Community Supporter
Th *books are OK, but not worth the time it takes to iron out the mechanics; I don't subscribe to Dragon; Dragon 300 is nothing to me; there are no gnomes IMC.
John Crichton
First Post
Monster Manual 2: I will it use and probably but MM3...
Gnomes: No comment.
Sword and Fist: Could have been better, could have been worse.
Dragon #300: Not bad. Mag needs improvement overall, however.
Gnomes: No comment.
Sword and Fist: Could have been better, could have been worse.
Dragon #300: Not bad. Mag needs improvement overall, however.
DerianCypher
First Post
Argh! How can you hate gnomes?!?!?!?!
Grr.. Maybe I'm the actual insane one here liking most of the splat books AND being a fan of gnomes.
DC
Grr.. Maybe I'm the actual insane one here liking most of the splat books AND being a fan of gnomes.
DC
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Dagger75
Epic Commoner
Ace said:Liked MM2, haven't seen Dragon 300 yet and could care less about useless Gnomes
Geez its like a little club here.
ENWorlds TGAS (Think Gnomes are Stupid)
THnk I should start an organization?
We should start H.O.G. Haters of Gnomes
I didn't know so many people hated those big nosed freaks.
rackabello
First Post
So that's how it's gonna be, eh? EnWorld, so recently divided, makes it peace to fight a common enemy: gnomes.
Well, I for one won't have it! I've got some badger friends that don't take kindly to such talk...
Well, I for one won't have it! I've got some badger friends that don't take kindly to such talk...
RangerWickett
Legend
I love Gnomes. Here's how I view the races.
Humans, ubiquitous. I keep them because they're the baseline that make my storytelling work.
Elves, false nobility. To man, they represent something higher to yearn for, or perhaps a threat to destroy out of jealousy. This veneer is false, as they're as flawed as we are. Also, with their long lives, they give me the freedom to create marvelously complex societies, that would almost never work with humans. Ancient memories, great.
Orcs represent our savage side. I play them so that they're almost as civilized as humans, but the vicious racism all other cultures hold against them is useful for certain types of storytelling. I don't make them evil, but people think they are.
Dwarves just make stuff. They're humans who live a long time, without the magic of Elves. So I don't want Dwarves; they're stale to me. Dwarves are much less interesting than humans, because they are so stereotyped. Boring.
Halflings and Gnomes I mostly combine into one race. They're interesting because of their unique outlook. Like fey, they don't have any serious concerns of their own. However, they are mortal enough that they can sympathize with humans and Elves and such. As villains, their maliciousness is far more cruel than that of pure fey, or simple monsters, and their whimsy often makes such villainy all the more frightening. As heroes, they can represent the everyman, since they rarely aspire to heroism on their own. They live life like an art, more intensely yet more subdued than other races. I love them. If you notice, there've been Gnomes on the on the covers of both Wild Spellcraft and Four-Color to Fantasy.
Humans, ubiquitous. I keep them because they're the baseline that make my storytelling work.
Elves, false nobility. To man, they represent something higher to yearn for, or perhaps a threat to destroy out of jealousy. This veneer is false, as they're as flawed as we are. Also, with their long lives, they give me the freedom to create marvelously complex societies, that would almost never work with humans. Ancient memories, great.
Orcs represent our savage side. I play them so that they're almost as civilized as humans, but the vicious racism all other cultures hold against them is useful for certain types of storytelling. I don't make them evil, but people think they are.
Dwarves just make stuff. They're humans who live a long time, without the magic of Elves. So I don't want Dwarves; they're stale to me. Dwarves are much less interesting than humans, because they are so stereotyped. Boring.
Halflings and Gnomes I mostly combine into one race. They're interesting because of their unique outlook. Like fey, they don't have any serious concerns of their own. However, they are mortal enough that they can sympathize with humans and Elves and such. As villains, their maliciousness is far more cruel than that of pure fey, or simple monsters, and their whimsy often makes such villainy all the more frightening. As heroes, they can represent the everyman, since they rarely aspire to heroism on their own. They live life like an art, more intensely yet more subdued than other races. I love them. If you notice, there've been Gnomes on the on the covers of both Wild Spellcraft and Four-Color to Fantasy.
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