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<blockquote data-quote="Mad Mac" data-source="post: 3977364" data-attributes="member: 27873">It seems that I too must have missed the 2nd edition Gnome Renassaince. &nbsp; Honestly, Gnomes have never played a big role in D&amp;D. Not just in that they aren't played much, but their role in D&amp;D influenced novels, adventures, artwork, ect is virtually non-existant. The only Gnome concept that gained much traction with casual players are Tinker Gnomes, and most gnome fans hate em.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> &nbsp; I think part of their appeal as a race is that they've always been so vaugely defined and underused that a creative player or DM can make them into anything they want. This would explain why you have a certain subset of players who really love gnomes, but most of them have totally different concepts on what gnomes are. You don't get this with, say, Dwarf fans. &quot;Hey, I like Dwarves. Do you like Dwarves?&quot;&quot;Dwarves rule!&quot;&quot;Totally.&quot;&quot;I like how they're like sneaky, cowardly little rabbits.&quot;&quot;Yeah, and Druids totally in tune with nature.&quot;&quot;And supersmart Illusion masters&quot;&quot;But the best thing about Dwarves are their crazy inventions!&quot;&quot;Duuuude.....&quot;&quot;What? What!&quot;&quot;Just don't go there. &quot;&quot;...Yeah...Sorry&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mad Mac, post: 3977364, member: 27873"] It seems that I too must have missed the 2nd edition Gnome Renassaince. Honestly, Gnomes have never played a big role in D&D. Not just in that they aren't played much, but their role in D&D influenced novels, adventures, artwork, ect is virtually non-existant. The only Gnome concept that gained much traction with casual players are Tinker Gnomes, and most gnome fans hate em. :) I think part of their appeal as a race is that they've always been so vaugely defined and underused that a creative player or DM can make them into anything they want. This would explain why you have a certain subset of players who really love gnomes, but most of them have totally different concepts on what gnomes are. You don't get this with, say, Dwarf fans. "Hey, I like Dwarves. Do you like Dwarves?" "Dwarves rule!" "Totally." "I like how they're like sneaky, cowardly little rabbits." "Yeah, and Druids totally in tune with nature." "And supersmart Illusion masters" "But the best thing about Dwarves are their crazy inventions!" "Duuuude....." "What? What!" "Just don't go there. " "...Yeah...Sorry" [/QUOTE]

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