r/dndmemes • u/Vegetable_Variety_11 • Jul 21 '23

Kender comes in as a close second... Comic

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u/JEverok Rules Lawyer Jul 21 '23

You are sorely underestimating the kobold player base and our seething hatred for gnomes

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u/FailedHumanEqualsMod Jul 21 '23

4e was only edition that got gnomes right. They were in the Monster Manual and not the Player's Handbook.

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u/StevelandCleamer Rules Lawyer Jul 21 '23

Were you introduced to gnomes by the Dragonlance books?

Coming from a background of David the Gnome and Everquest/Warcraft, I never understood the gnome hate until recently because I never read any Dragonlance books, where they are all made as annoying as kender.

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u/FailedHumanEqualsMod Jul 21 '23

I was always just annoyed by gnomes as they were in D&D.
Elf equivalents for halflings just seems stupid.
Then I became a big kobold fan.
So fuck them gnomes. Kill'em all!

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u/StevelandCleamer Rules Lawyer Jul 21 '23

Elf equivalents for halflings just seems stupid.

Then I became a big kobold fan.

Kobolds? You mean the dragon equivalents of goblins?

(Not actually serious, just making a silly parallel)

Kobolds, gnomes, and goblins all have the same folklore origins in Europe, as well as things like boggarts, pixies, faeries, and dwarves.