What's with the Gnome Hate?

Desdichado · Jul 12, 2008

Mourn said:
They belong on my lawn, not in a dragon's lair.

I wish you would get off my lawn.

Korgoth · Jul 12, 2008

I don't know what the problem is with the idea of little fey folk in colorful hats who live in the woods and can misdirect you with illusions. There's a problem with that?

I like the old legend just fine. Maybe it's not kung fu, anime or action movie enough for some people. I'll grant that the legendry of gnomes is a bit folksy and pedestrian. That's why I like it. The Otherworld should have its peasants, too.

Gnomes are fun. Though I don't need them to be player characters. They weren't in OD&D or Classic (they were monsters in those editions)... though you can just run a halfling and call it a "gnome". Works fine (unless you think they should all be able to cast illusions... but I don't see why a PC gnome should have to).

Bump2daWiza · Jul 12, 2008

Just replace the word "Gnome" with the word "Black" and I think you have your answer.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Jul 12, 2008

Bump2daWiza said:
Just replace the word "Gnome" with the word "Black" and I think you have your answer.

/boggle

Vocenoctum · Jul 12, 2008

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
/boggle

Always tryin' to keep the gnome man down.

The world is full of anti-gnomites, you can recognize them by their elf-supremacy tattoos.

Kzach · Jul 12, 2008

Anyone have a good recipe for gnome?

All I could find was this: Eating gnomes is very funny.

Psion · Jul 12, 2008

Bump2daWiza said:
Just replace the word "Gnome" with the word "Black" and I think you have your answer.

Man what?

Wormwood · Jul 12, 2008

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
/boggle

Finally, we're on the same page.

Bwah?

Mishihari Lord · Jul 12, 2008

--Raises hand--

Hater over here ...

I hate 'm because there's no substance to them. Humans, elves, dwarves, halflings, orcs, and so on all have volumes of literature including them. The D&D gnome has nothing. No mythology. No history. It's just flat. The 3" forest gnomes with the red hats? Those are cool, but they're not D&D gnomes.

The image of the D&D gnome has changed so frequently because they've never found one with wide appeal. I liked some of them, actually. The 1E gnome illusionist/trickster? Cool. Tinker gnomes? Cool. Generic 2E and 3E gnomes? Boring, boring, boring. And silly. I don't know which is worse.