>>95792010
They're not David The Gnome
They're stuck with the stigma that comes from Arcanum's gnomes
They're stuck with the stigma that comes from Dragonlance's tinker gnomes
In old D&D they're Dwarves who can use magic, which isn't a meaningful niche that needs to exist.
In NuD&D, they're small elves or tinker gnomes, with no effort worth a damn made to explain why they're not just completely different creatures.
Small races are just dumb anyway.