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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 1344406" data-attributes="member: 871">I rember seeing the tinker-ish gnomes in basic/OD&amp;D materials, but I wasn't sure if that was pre- or post-Dragonlance (now I know... {wait for it...} ...and knowing's half the battle!).&nbsp; It was interesting at first, but it became quite old quickly (well, for me, at least--YMMV).To tell you the truth, I wonder if gnomes in D&amp;D would have ever been created (or at least, taken form as they are now) if the original rules allowed for (some arcane, &amp; divine) spellcasting dwarves (since gnomes seem to be somewhat more like the magical, mischievious dwarves of myth &amp; folklore).Personally, for my homebrew, I'm in the midst of redesigning gnomes.&nbsp; Originally, I was considering to make dwarves a sort of half-gnome/half-human race that evolved along their own lines.&nbsp; However, now I'm really considering making gnomes a race that resulted from crossbreeding between dwarves, halflings, &amp; some fey folk--hence the gnomes' more magical nature, small build (though taller &amp; stockier than a halfling), and racial abilities (though I was going to modify the age categories, possibly using svirneblin ranges instead).&nbsp; I'm just not sure if I should give them a &quot;Dwarven Blood&quot; or &quot;Halfling Blood&quot; race trait (ala Elven Blood or Orc Blood for half-elves and half-orcs, respectively), or even make them a bit like the feytouched (from Fiend Folio).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 1344406, member: 871"] I rember seeing the tinker-ish gnomes in basic/OD&D materials, but I wasn't sure if that was pre- or post-Dragonlance (now I know... [I]{wait for it...}[/I] ...and knowing's half the battle!). It was interesting at first, but it became quite old quickly (well, for me, at least--YMMV). To tell you the truth, I wonder if gnomes in D&D would have ever been created (or at least, taken form as they are now) if the original rules allowed for (some arcane, & divine) spellcasting dwarves (since gnomes seem to be somewhat more like the magical, mischievious dwarves of myth & folklore). Personally, for my homebrew, I'm in the midst of redesigning gnomes. Originally, I was considering to make dwarves a sort of half-gnome/half-human race that evolved along their own lines. However, now I'm really considering making gnomes a race that resulted from crossbreeding between dwarves, halflings, & some fey folk--hence the gnomes' more magical nature, small build (though taller & stockier than a halfling), and racial abilities (though I was going to modify the age categories, possibly using svirneblin ranges instead). I'm just not sure if I should give them a "Dwarven Blood" or "Halfling Blood" race trait (ala Elven Blood or Orc Blood for half-elves and half-orcs, respectively), or even make them a bit like the feytouched (from [I]Fiend Folio[/I]). [/QUOTE]

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