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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8683127" data-attributes="member: 7023887">Except for Drow, Sea Elves, Shadar-Kai, and plenty of other variants from D&D's 40+ year-long history. D&D hasn't followed the pop culture definition of Elves as "Just Legolas" for decades. In D&D, Drow have even bigger cultural identities from forest-dwelling Elves than Rock Gnomes have from Forest Gnomes. Because Halflings have only been interesting in like two settings. In every other setting, they're just short humans. Except Duergar. And I would rather have three distinct identities that make up subraces of the Gnome (Svirfneblin, Forest Gnomes, Rock Gnomes) than two subraces that have basically the same identity (Hill and Mountain Dwarves). I've never watched that show, but just from that image he looks like a friendly woodland spirit that befriends animals. Which is precisely what Forest Gnomes are. Sure, D&D Gnomes aren't restricted in fashion to Santa-style beards and dunce caps, but I really don't see how that's a point against them.</blockquote>