Photos of the new Gnome (PHB2)

[Jack99]

Incidentally, doesn't this count as a breach of WotC copyright? As in, text from the books posted verbatim? After all, if someone scanned those same pages from PH2 and posted the scans, that would be illegal, right?

From the blog Critical-Hits.com which brought the pictures to us

Finally, they showed off some printouts of pages from the PHB 2 and graciously allowed me to take pictures of them before they scooped them up:

So my guess (but IANAL) is that no, it is not a breach since they autorized it.

Cheers

 

[Nivenus]

If it were lower resolution, I would say definitely yes, since that's covered under fair use. As it is, it falls under a quasi-legal area but, as the above poster says, its generally accepted as fair use if the author(s) give permission.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

*This* is a gnome:

(Source: http://images.elfwood.com/art/r/o/ross/gnome.jpg)

 

[Lurks-no-More]

People might argue that they "don't have their own culture", but that kind of is their culture. They're adaptable, warm, friendly, curious, rich with oral tradition. And they kind of have the whole gypsy-traveler thing going on. They're very close with other civilizations, and get along well with most.

Indeed. In my opinion, the unique thing about halflings is that they aren't territorial at all. They don't build kingdoms or empires, or sequester themselves from other races.

Family and racial bonds are tight and important, but they see absolutely no conflict between coming to the aid of your second cousins once removed, when the family is threatened, and living among humans on the waterfront.

 

[Richards]

*This* is a gnome:

(Source: http://images.elfwood.com/art/r/o/ross/gnome.jpg)

Where's his beard?

Johnathan

 

[The Green Adam]

Where's his beard?

Johnathan

Agreed. Aside from that, I'd use that image for a PC.

AD

 

[Scribble]

Man...

That's a well done picture. I like it... It's kind of creepy in a way, but also goofy.

That said, I'm not a violent person. Really I'm not... But man... Sometimes I just see a picture of a goofy lookin guy like that and I just think how funny it would be to watch that thing get punted muppets style. I don't know what it is... Maybe it's the belly, or the goofy expression it's giving? I just want to kick it.


WHACK! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THUMP.

 

[Wormwood]

*This* is a gnome:

(Source: http://images.elfwood.com/art/r/o/ross/gnome.jpg)

Drop the twee pipe and give him a rusty knife and you have a decent goblin.

Since I like playing goblins (and wouldn't be caught dead playing any old edition D&D gnome), I'd cheerfully play this guy tomorrow.

 

[davethegame]

From the blog Critical-Hits.com which brought the pictures to us
So my guess (but IANAL) is that no, it is not a breach since they autorized it.

Cheers

We had express permission to shoot the photos- in fact, they laid them back out at my request.

 

[Leontodon]

As a guy who likes D and D to stay rather close to the literarical and mytholgical sources that preceded it, I do not like what I see. To me D and D Races should resemble the character that inspired them with room for your own imagination. Why does every Race nowadays tend to look like a bodybuilder corporation?