Complete Book of Gnomes and Haflings, Phbr9: Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Accessory

by Douglas Niles

Clever illusionists and sly practical jokers. Brilliant burglars and easygoing farmers. Now The Complete Book of Gnomes and Halflings reveals the secrets of these two popular races - their culture,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560765739
• ISBN13: 9781560765738
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: TSR
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

Whats in a hole? More than a hobbit!

Have you ever been contemplating your AD & D game and realized that all your halflings are Tolkien hobbits? Or realized that all your Gnomes are tinkerer illusionists? Come on, the small folk have lives and personalities. There are halfling guards after all, and gnomish warriors of great elder tales. Get an inside look at the society of the small folk, what they do, what specialty classes have evolved. Add this, and as many of the other supplements as you can to your game. All are valuable resources.

Something is missing

I liked the book and some of the kits were useful in my campaign, but why are there no proficiencies listed like the complete book of dwarves? Good book but it doesn`t beat the complete book of elves and dwarves.

Another strong entry, if a bit sketchy

A good book that suffers from dividing it between two races. The biggest saving grace: Halflings aren't presented as a race of thieves like they are in Forgotten Realms. This book presents them more as the rural, bucolic type thrust into adventure unwillingly. The kits for Gnomes and Halflings are uniformly good.

Great book for the Gnomish Folk

I have this book and it has helped me a lot with making my Paul Con-Con Gnome chararcter. It gives you all the facts about gnomes and halflings whether you be a stalker like me or a tunnel rat halfling like my brother this is the book you'll want!

Very easy to understand and extremely helpful!

For anyone who wants a Gnomish or Halfling campaign, or wants to add more depth and character to a Gnome or Halfling PC/NPC, this book provides very helpful information. It introduces a ton of new sub-races, it gives all the stats and special abilities for each, it gives out a huge amount of kits and it even goes the extra mile to give out a sample village, automatically drawn up and described, for any DM who wants to use an automatic setting or map for an encounter or homebase for the little folk. Of course, the book contains two sections: one for gnomes, the other for halflings. It describes their culture, personality and mthology in greater detail, and it gives out more special abilities. On the down side, however, since this book has to be divided for two different races, there are some sections missing that are commonly found in other "Complete Guides". This book contains no special equipment, no special role-playing personamlities, and no special non-weapon proficiencies. But it is still a very elaborate and helpful book for anyone who wants to make a Gnomish or Halflingish campaign more enjoyable and colorful.