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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3956842" data-attributes="member: 22779">Just a couple of points.First off, let's not forget that elves sell and gnomes don't.  This isn't a 3e thing.  There was a reason gnomes got bundled up with halfings for their own race book in 2e.  And, IIRC, it was the worst selling of the entire series.  Every comment from publishers has gone along the line of, "put an elf on the cover and it will sell".  Gnomes simply don't.Gnomes were never really popular overall.  How many Dungeon adventures feature gnomes vs how many feature elves?  How many modules feature gnomish homelands being invaded?  Compared to elvish homelands being invaded?  There's a reason for that.  Gnomes just don't have the same draw as elves.  You can not like that, sure.  But, you can't really argue against it either.  Looking over the history of the game, from modules, to source books, to gaming novels, gnomes have been far, far less popular than elves.Heck, Scarred Lands left gnomes completely out of the main setting and didn't introduce them until Termana.  And no one noticed.</blockquote>