| Floyd Fiftynames |
I am currently playing my first gnome, and he is awesome. As a DM & player, I've had a long-standing obsession with gnomes, but have never had a chance to play them.
Some of my rules for gnomes:
1. They all wear stupid hats
2. Anything less than 10 names is a complete disappointment
3. They relentlessly invent stupid things
Although gnomes may not show up that often as PC's, all of the best campaigns I've been involved in have had at least one gnome.
I have enjoyed playing a gnome so much in this campaign that I believe I will play a gnome in the next one, as long as we stick to 3.5 and use the standard pantheon, because I think he should be a cleric of Olidimara.
My current gnome is a bard (will soon prestige into duelist) and he has a MONSTROUS ego. I have played a couple of bards, but he is the first character I have felt compelled to actually write songs for.
Gnomes are a terrific source for non-anachronistic humor. Their behavior is inherently funny. Whenever something fantastically whimsical happens in a campaign I'm running, you can bet a gnome has something to do with it.
So, um, I guess what I'm saying is that I don't like the thought of losing gnomes as a PC race.