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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 8682278" data-attributes="member: 58416">For me personally, it's only D&amp;D Gnomes with which I have a problem. A big part of that is because I don't understand what their identity is supposed to be. They love to tinker, so that seems to imply some sort of bend toward the city and technology (as a way to be different than rural Hobbits/Halflings,) but most of their innate abilities involve talking to animals (and being even more reclusive than Halflings).I'm aware there are subspecies, but still...What are D&amp;D Gnomes supposed to be? What is their niche? I grew up watching David the Gnome and reading Dragonlance. So, I'm open to a very broad range of what &quot;gnome&quot; may mean. D&amp;D Gnomes appear to try to cover both ideas but somehow never really seen to capture either. For what it's worth, elves had this issue too. One of the things I liked about 4th Edition was taking the different concepts of &quot;elf&quot; and giving them both their own space.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 8682278, member: 58416"] For me personally, it's only D&D Gnomes with which I have a problem. A big part of that is because I don't understand what their identity is supposed to be. They love to tinker, so that seems to imply some sort of bend toward the city and technology (as a way to be different than rural Hobbits/Halflings,) but most of their innate abilities involve talking to animals (and being even more reclusive than Halflings). I'm aware there are subspecies, but still... What are D&D Gnomes supposed to be? What is their niche? I grew up watching David the Gnome and reading Dragonlance. So, I'm open to a very broad range of what "gnome" may mean. D&D Gnomes appear to try to cover both ideas but somehow never really seen to capture either. For what it's worth, elves had this issue too. One of the things I liked about 4th Edition was taking the different concepts of "elf" and giving them both their own space. [/QUOTE]

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