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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8682273" data-attributes="member: 22779">I think it's more the fact that gnomes just have never been that popular.&nbsp; I know, I know, I'm going to get hammered by all the folks who say that they have seen a bajillion gnomes being played.&nbsp; But, really, it's because gnomes just don't &quot;do it&quot; for a lot of players.&nbsp; I know I have one player who consistently plays short characters and almost never plays gnomes.&nbsp; Kobolds, currently an owlkin and maybe a halfling or two, but, I've never seen a gnome played. Heck, as far as I can remember, I'm the only person who has actually played a gnome in any game I've sat in or DM'd.&nbsp; With a couple of exceptions I suppose for my faulty memory.&nbsp; But, honestly, it's not so much that people hate gnomes it's just that gnomes never really gained any traction.I think the biggest criticism I ever saw of gnomes was back in the early days of 3e when I was running a Scarred Lands campaign.&nbsp; We were months into the campaign, several levels, and one of the PC's got killed.&nbsp; So, the player asked about playing a gnome.&nbsp; And it wasn't until then that any of us realized that the setting didn't actually have gnomes (they added them in a later supplement).&nbsp; They were just so far under the radar that no one even noticed that they were gone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8682273, member: 22779"] I think it's more the fact that gnomes just have never been that popular. I know, I know, I'm going to get hammered by all the folks who say that they have seen a bajillion gnomes being played. But, really, it's because gnomes just don't "do it" for a lot of players. I know I have one player who consistently plays short characters and almost never plays gnomes. Kobolds, currently an owlkin and maybe a halfling or two, but, I've never seen a gnome played. Heck, as far as I can remember, I'm the only person who has actually played a gnome in any game I've sat in or DM'd. With a couple of exceptions I suppose for my faulty memory. But, honestly, it's not so much that people hate gnomes it's just that gnomes never really gained any traction. I think the biggest criticism I ever saw of gnomes was back in the early days of 3e when I was running a Scarred Lands campaign. We were months into the campaign, several levels, and one of the PC's got killed. So, the player asked about playing a gnome. And it wasn't until then that any of us realized that the setting didn't actually have gnomes (they added them in a later supplement). They were just so far under the radar that no one even noticed that they were gone. [/QUOTE]

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