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04-28-1999, 06:34 PM #11SidhainGuest
Anuirean Monsters...
Gnomes?
Well my take has always been why have two Dwarf like races
basically Gnomes, Swarves, and Kobolds are various names for similar/same
folkloric/lefendary creatures, AD*D turned them into distinct creatures yet
they weren't really just different cultures words for what amounted to the
"Same" creature (sometimes its hard to divine which creature is trully the
same or not in folklore, but gnomes and Dwarves are ultimatly cultural
representations of the same thing in legend)
I am glad that they chose not to include gnomes, because me in particular
get tired of AD&Ding every critter into something that doesn't make sense in
every campaign world. Gnomes really don't fit the feel of Birthright,
Halflings woulnd't either if it hadn't been for the changes from AD&D
standards that make them unique in BR...notice all the Races are NOT just as
in the AD&D PHB, Elves are taller, they don't get any of the combat bonus
etc...Halflings can see into the shadows and step into the shadows they are
very different than the PHB concept of them I like that I don't feel a need
to eveen use half the D&Dish mosnters presented, using Folklore and LEgen of
Real world earth as my guide...(for example I have one Gorgan, big guy with
sword) I don't have otyughs, I don't have the ooze/slimes and Jellies....
they just don't fit my Birthright.
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04-28-1999, 07:04 PM #12Pieter SleijpenGuest
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As far as I know, in Dutch folklore dwarf, gnome and kobold are
distinctively different races. Dwarves are very similar to those of
AD&D, though they are well known for greed. The gnomes could either be
best compared with brownies in character and size or forest gnomes with
the size of brownies, while kobolds would be the redcaps.
Pieter Sleijpen
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04-28-1999, 07:40 PM #13SidhainGuest
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>As far as I know, in Dutch folklore dwarf, gnome and kobold are
>distinctively different races. Dwarves are very similar to those of
>AD&D, though they are well known for greed. The gnomes could either be
>best compared with brownies in character and size or forest gnomes with
>the size of brownies, while kobolds would be the redcaps.
>
>Pieter Sleijpen
Yes the Dutch they managed to gather legends from a lot of places, I was
thinking chiefly of the Teutonic beliefs systems of the Gauls, Early Franks,
and Bretons.
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04-28-1999, 11:00 PM #14Samuel WeissGuest
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Ordinary gnomes are fine fellows, with much to offer any world.
Those unnatural abominations of Krynn on the other hand, should be
exterminated at the first opportunity, along with thier cohorts in
perversity, the gully things and kender.
Samwise
AKA, X the Ungnome
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04-29-1999, 12:19 AM #15
Anuirean Monsters...
Andreas Kjeldsen wrote:
> > Forest
> > ......
> > Gnome, forest
>
> > Hills
> > .........
> > Gnome, rock
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> Do anyone have some thoughts on why the gnomes weren't included as a
> PC race in Birthright?
Their dumb.
OK, this is just my personal opinion, but I've never liked gnomes. They seem
like a throwback to the pre-Tolkien view of fantasy where all sylvan races of
beings were these flitty sorts of creatures that had more "cuteness factor"
than actual character.
I know a lot of people will disagree with this, but I've always felt gnomes are
a half-assed hybrid of two already existing and well fleshed out AD&D races:
halflings and dwarves. I get a big, "what's th point in that?" reaction out of
them. They seem like dwarvish halflings or halflingish dwarves. In either
case, who needs 'em? Not I. I've never understood the point in allowing them
to become illusionists, I've never thought the "tinker" version of the race was
more interesting or entertaining, and I don't really dig technology in a
fantasy RPG anyway, so I think they are doubly pointless.
This hasn't been a big deal in my gaming life. I just don't use gnomes. No
problem. It hasn't really been a problem for players in my campaigns either.
There doesn't seem to be a big burning desire to play gnomes amongst my
players. Go figure.
Gary
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04-29-1999, 12:43 AM #16OlesensGuest
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I agree with you 100%. I've only had one player ever with a gnome (and I tried to
talk him out of it) and then I did not allow him to be an illusionist (it was in
BR).
> Do anyone have some thoughts on why the gnomes weren't included as a
> > PC race in Birthright?
>
> Their dumb.
>
> OK, this is just my personal opinion, but I've never liked gnomes. They seem
> like a throwback to the pre-Tolkien view of fantasy where all sylvan races of
> beings were these flitty sorts of creatures that had more "cuteness factor"
> than actual character.
>
> I know a lot of people will disagree with this, but I've always felt gnomes are
> a half-assed hybrid of two already existing and well fleshed out AD&D races:
> halflings and dwarves. I get a big, "what's th point in that?" reaction out of
> them. They seem like dwarvish halflings or halflingish dwarves. In either
> case, who needs 'em? Not I. I've never understood the point in allowing them
> to become illusionists, I've never thought the "tinker" version of the race was
> more interesting or entertaining, and I don't really dig technology in a
> fantasy RPG anyway, so I think they are doubly pointless.
>
> This hasn't been a big deal in my gaming life. I just don't use gnomes. No
> problem. It hasn't really been a problem for players in my campaigns either.
> There doesn't seem to be a big burning desire to play gnomes amongst my
> players. Go figure.
>
> Gary
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04-29-1999, 09:03 AM #17WILLELA@aol.coGuest
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Not to be a gnome defender especially (I never played one by choice.), but
the more races the better. We got a Complete Book of Humanoids, and consider
that insufficient. No reason not to have gnomes in Birthright.
Yours for deeper dungeons
David Argall
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04-29-1999, 09:58 AM #18Bob CauthronGuest
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> This hasn't been a big deal in my gaming life. I just don't use gnomes.
No
> problem. It hasn't really been a problem for players in my campaigns
either.
> There doesn't seem to be a big burning desire to play gnomes amongst my
> players. Go figure.
>
> Gary
Rarely have I had a player who wanted to roleplay a gnome. I do,
however, have them in my game. There are two kinds: one based off the
Shannaran books by Terry Brooks, and the other emulating the gnomes in
Elizabeth Moon's fine trilogy. For gm purposes they have suited me well. For
players in my various campaigns, they are practically unnoticed as pcs.
Bob
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04-29-1999, 12:28 PM #19DURKS95@aol.coGuest
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Cerilia does in fact have minotaurs. There are minotaurs in the Bloodskull
Barony in the Rjurik lands if I'm not mistaken.
Derek
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04-29-1999, 02:28 PM #20
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Anuirean Monsters...
In my non Birthright game world, I have the gnome race being based on the one
found in the 'Shannara' series.
Slightly shorter than humans, built more like an elf, slightly yellowish rubbery
skin, and above all - most 'un gnomish' (In the AD&D/Dragonlance sense.)
I have not introduced them into Cerilia, but I suppose they might work if they
came from the far east, or perhaps even Aduria.
Morg
WILLELA@aol.com wrote:
> Not to be a gnome defender especially (I never played one by choice.), but
> the more races the better. We got a Complete Book of Humanoids, and consider
> that insufficient. No reason not to have gnomes in Birthright.
> Yours for deeper dungeons
> David Argall
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