I believe this stereotype of gnomes created by every game designer as a one-dimensional comic relief character is what caused them to lose their status as a player race. (View Post)

Also Tiax. Way I see it, BG can get away with a few silly comic relief characters because there are something like 30 possible companions between both games. They run the gamut from serious, like Yes… (View Post)

Even if they were cliche, they were decent characters. For the most part they weren't campy, silly, or over-the-top ridiculous. Everything i've read about the BG3 companions tells me they fit all of … (View Post)

Not sure I agree with all of those, but some of the points raised are pretty good and I hadn't considered them that way before. (View Post)

In somewhat related news, in a very predictable move Dungeons and Dragons is doing away with negative racial modifiers, presumably to do away with any "racist" undertones. Now halflings are… (View Post)