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<blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 2333140" data-attributes="member: 1622">I hated the hobbit-like halflings of past editions.&nbsp; Fat, lazy little guys who are somehow remarkably dextrous?&nbsp; What?&nbsp; Dumb dumb dumb.&nbsp; Frodo et. al. were the exception to the rule (and even then, not much.... they whined for home through the whole thing). 3E halflings are WAY better.&nbsp; I like the seriousness they added to the race, how they now actually look like they could do something other than sit on a stump and smoke a pipe.As for gnomes vs. halflings, I think the difference is clear.&nbsp; Halflings are mainly physical - running, jumping, sneaking.&nbsp; Gnomes are mainly mental - socializing, singing, creating.&nbsp;&nbsp; Halfling children compete to see who can skip a rock the most times.&nbsp; Gnome children compete to see who can build the most elaborate sandcastle. Halflings are realists, gnomes are dreamers.&nbsp; I think bard is the perfect class for gnomes.If you have any doubt about where gnomes fit, read their chapter in races of stone.&nbsp; I, too, used to look down my nose at gnomes, but since reading that, a lot has become clear.&nbsp; I'm actually making a gnome for my next campaign.&nbsp; Only the second gnome to be run by anyone in the 9 year history of my D&amp;D group (the previous was a tinker gnome run by someone else).-The Souljourner</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Souljourner, post: 2333140, member: 1622"] I hated the hobbit-like halflings of past editions. Fat, lazy little guys who are somehow remarkably dextrous? What? Dumb dumb dumb. Frodo et. al. were the [i]exception[/i] to the rule (and even then, not much.... they whined for home through the whole thing). 3E halflings are WAY better. I like the seriousness they added to the race, how they now actually look like they could do something other than sit on a stump and smoke a pipe. As for gnomes vs. halflings, I think the difference is clear. Halflings are mainly physical - running, jumping, sneaking. Gnomes are mainly mental - socializing, singing, creating. Halfling children compete to see who can skip a rock the most times. Gnome children compete to see who can build the most elaborate sandcastle. Halflings are realists, gnomes are dreamers. I think bard is the perfect class for gnomes. If you have any doubt about where gnomes fit, read their chapter in races of stone. I, too, used to look down my nose at gnomes, but since reading that, a lot has become clear. I'm actually making a gnome for my next campaign. Only the second gnome to be run by anyone in the 9 year history of my D&D group (the previous was a tinker gnome run by someone else). -The Souljourner [/QUOTE]

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