I must be the only crazy person here....

[ColonelHardisson]

They were illusionists (Well, tricksters, who used magic for the tricks) before Dragonlance... Dragonlance, with the minoi (tinker gnomes), was more or less where the whole gnome=tinker thing got started, I believe.

Correct. Personally, I pretty much ignored the "tinker gnome" transition gnomes made after Dragonlance. I liked the original "practical joker" idea much better. I always got the impression that dwarves were much more suited to building machinery anyway, and the whole "Rube Goldberg" nature of Dragonlance gnomes always bugged me.

 

[The Forsaken One]

EVeryone who hates Gnomes come to the IC forum and play in the IR THere yoiu'll have your chance to kick tech advanced munchy fatnosed bastards

 

[Breakdaddy]

I dunno, I love my Gnomish Commandoes IMC. These soot-faced crazies carry flashpowder satchel charges that are as likely to blow up in their faces as on their target. They are great comic relief and also pretty nifty in their own way. Long live the gnomes dammit!

 

[bondetamp]

Gnomes are only useless to useless people.

And I quite liked the size-of-the-nose-determines-the-size-of-the-ego thingie they had going. One day I'll have a thinker gnome come up with the first patented Nose-Pump(TM) on Ansalon.

 

[bondetamp]

I would use one of these...

Well, as long as you're not sugesting this ...

 

[Fade]

I'd use on of these:

They make great ammunition!

 

[bondetamp]

Kind of big, no?

I think that these would be ample.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Long live the Gnomes! Long live the Gnomes! It is time to gather, all ye who like Gnomes! What would Dragonlance be without its Gnomes? What would a flower garden be like with out its Gnome?

LONG LIVE THE GNOMES! GNOMESTOCK '02! YA CAN TAKE OUR LIVES, BUT YOU CAN NEVER TAKE OUR FREEGNOME!

Congratulations, Tsyr! You are member #1 of GAG.

You will get your membership card shortly.

 

[Davelozzi]

If that's the criteria that makes one crazy, go ahead and have me committed.

I like Sword & Fist.

I dislike gnomes. They should have stayed as an NPC race, similar to brownies or other fey.

Dragon 300 - I own it & read part of it. It's not terrible but it's not very good, especially as a big anniversary issue.

 

[kenjib]

I like gnomes, but I've never been able to quite figure out what niche they fill.

PC fey race.