Controversial Topic: Why Gnomes?

[Daryl]

Not trying to crap on anyone in their roleplay endeavors
since i enjoy Roleplay quite a bit.

just wondering if any people here can tell me why do people roleplay as Gnomes?
like... Why Gnomes?

since my mates are all usually every other race, i have never met anyone who enjoys roleplaying as Gnomes or even roleplayed as one...

so im curious to know your input, if you are a gnome player
why Gnomes?

[FB_Destroyer_Rebecca]

Originally posted by Daryl:

Not trying to crap on anyone in their roleplay endeavors
since i enjoy Roleplay quite a bit.

just wondering if any people here can tell me why do people roleplay as Gnomes?
like... Why Gnomes?

since my mates are all usually every other race, i have never met anyone who enjoys roleplaying as Gnomes or even roleplayed as one...

so im curious to know your input, if you are a gnome player
why Gnomes?

Most hardcore puristic DD players have the weirdest preferences.

[Daryl]

Originally posted by NotyourDad:

Originally posted by Daryl:

Not trying to crap on anyone in their roleplay endeavors
since i enjoy Roleplay quite a bit.

just wondering if any people here can tell me why do people roleplay as Gnomes?
like... Why Gnomes?

since my mates are all usually every other race, i have never met anyone who enjoys roleplaying as Gnomes or even roleplayed as one...

so im curious to know your input, if you are a gnome player
why Gnomes?

Most hardcore puristic DD players have the weirdest preferences.

true but Gnomes seem like the most... odd thing to roleplay

[Hex]

So they can be dumb and annoying towards everyone and call it "roleplaying"

[Snow]

Here is plenty of theory crafting that explain why people may choose the race :
https://rpgbot.net/dnd5/characters/races/gnome/

[FB_Destroyer_Rebecca]

Originally posted by Hex:

So they can be dumb and annoying towards everyone and call it "roleplaying"

hahaha
made my day!
This is so true, I had one friend who always did exactly that.

[chantellier888]

Gnomes rock, enough said

[Rhapsody]

Once you've had gnome, there's no going home.

[Hex]

Originally posted by NotyourDad:

Originally posted by Hex:

So they can be dumb and annoying towards everyone and call it "roleplaying"

hahaha
made my day!
This is so true, I had one friend who always did exactly that.

Everyone has, at one point. Or at least something in the same vein. Like that HOrc Barb who can't stop punching important NPCs. Edgelord Rogue. Super-duper wise wizard who actually has 0 life experience but acts like he does. The Paladin who starts smiting the Rogue for doing his job. The super creepy Bard the causes every female in the group to stop responding to text messages and so on.

[FB_Destroyer_Rebecca]

Originally posted by Hex:

Originally posted by NotyourDad:

hahaha
made my day!
This is so true, I had one friend who always did exactly that.

The super creepy Bard the causes every female in the group to stop responding to text messages and so on.

Hahaha, reminds me of that anime I watched recently and enjoyed pretty much.
“The Legend of Vox Machina”
Pretty much nails it and I cant wait for season 2.

[Dez The Dapper Bocchi]

Originally posted by Daryl:

Originally posted by NotyourDad:

Most hardcore puristic DD players have the weirdest preferences.

true but Gnomes seem like the most... odd thing to roleplay

An example then?
Be Shenbo "Shrub" Scrumbleduck, a Forest Gnome Artificer/Wizard specializing in Transmutation. He is entirely oblivious to normal social standards, and calls his vegan compatriot a "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ murderer" in front of an NPC we're trying to convince we're serious adventurer's.
He held a conversation with a random swamp frog for over two minutes, talking about fly evasion patterns and other such things on top of asking about local predators (Big ass frog).
In combat, I casted Blink and then went of a buff/debuff spree on the enemy froghemoth and later hags. Afterwards, I debated our druid on his veganism, asking whether or not wolves should eat tomatoes and blueberries. I entirely ignored our Warforged companion opinion on the topic, as he was non-organic and we were running Forgotten Realms for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake.
Gnomes are great, make great wizards, and go from Gnomed memes to Gnomed memes on the scale of OOC seriousness.

[Alealexi]

Because... GNOMES RULE!!!!

[Captain Weegee]

Those small creatures bringing happiness to every party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76dvYVZTzAE

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

In terms of folklore, Gnomes are a relatively modern invention, dating only back to the 16th century.

[Adam__86]

I can understand from a lore pov, but from a game pov I do feel like BG3 suffers from a lack of physical race diversity. Gnomes, Halflings and Dwarves are physically similar

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Daryl:

Not trying to crap on anyone in their roleplay endeavors
since i enjoy Roleplay quite a bit.

just wondering if any people here can tell me why do people roleplay as Gnomes?
like... Why Gnomes?

since my mates are all usually every other race, i have never met anyone who enjoys roleplaying as Gnomes or even roleplayed as one...

so im curious to know your input, if you are a gnome player
why Gnomes?

You could cook down the question to

Why do you roleplay?


Because that is basically what you ask. Personally I do it, because it is fun and the experience is unique, immersive and it gives me a lot of freedom to shape my creativity.

Whatever the species, gender, apperence, personality, etc. the role has, depends on what story I want to create and it is very fun to try weird stuff as well now and then.