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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 5541571" data-attributes="member: 11760">The two races consciously using that sort of confusion is actually a standard point in my campaign. From outsiders' perspective, the difference between the two appears to be cultural. In reality, they share a common ancestor, and cannot interbreed, but &quot;tall folk&quot; have a hard time distinguishing between the two, unless they're dressed in stereotypical ethnic garb.As DM, I've even invented a gospel of Garl Glittergold in the form of letters written to the halflings, prostelytizing them and talking about their common ancestry.If you see my &quot;Unified Theory of Gnomes&quot; link below (I need to reactivate my supporter status to make it actually work as a link), I believe I reference gnomes using this as a form of camoflague -- the people who think of gnomes as rich gemcutters worth robbing likely only think of halflings as indigent nomads not worth robbing, so just being a generic &quot;short guy&quot; is a smart move for gnomes, and part of the reason they seem rarer than they really are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 5541571, member: 11760"] The two races consciously using that sort of confusion is actually a standard point in my campaign. From outsiders' perspective, the difference between the two appears to be cultural. In reality, they share a common ancestor, and cannot interbreed, but "tall folk" have a hard time distinguishing between the two, unless they're dressed in stereotypical ethnic garb. As DM, I've even invented a gospel of Garl Glittergold in the form of letters written to the halflings, prostelytizing them and talking about their common ancestry. If you see my "Unified Theory of Gnomes" link below (I need to reactivate my supporter status to make it actually work as a link), I believe I reference gnomes using this as a form of camoflague -- the people who think of gnomes as rich gemcutters worth robbing likely only think of halflings as indigent nomads not worth robbing, so just being a generic "short guy" is a smart move for gnomes, and part of the reason they seem rarer than they really are. [/QUOTE]

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