Briggs How common are crossbows in this setting? If they are rare I can see gnome archers being .... odd. Would need some sort of magic bow to generate the force that someone larger would be able to. STR increases bow damage after all.
Briggs Brettanomyces Yeah, if there are no crossbows, I think the idea of gnome archers might be dead in the water.
jobanab Briggs But they could have tiny little bows and build thousands of cheap toothpicks to shoot at and annoy the monsters
Sneers Archer Gnomes should get Blunderbuss, instead of the ability to leap back the kickback of the weapon does it for them. Ayo!
Brettanomyces Briggs maybe not! Archers are supposed to be like a weird batman tinkerer types and a gnome seems perfect for that!
NateDawgOnline Punt gnomes. Punch gnomes. Mario-stomp gnomes. Defenestrate gnomes. Shove gnomes in toilets. Roundhouse kick gnomes. Bowling-ball gnomes. Chuck gnomes. Etc.
Nitpik I really wanted this too! It just makes sense, as Gnomes are dexterous, and, like someone pointed out, tinkering is a large part of the class now. I mean, it makes much more sense than having Gnomes as Fighters....