Quote Originally Posted by ShikomeKidoMi View Post
If we're talking about mechanical benefits, though, my favorite Gnome ability remains Gnomish cunning. Advantage on all mental saves vs spells? Yes, please. Now I don't have to spend a feat on Resilient (charisma) to have a decent chance of my wizard avoiding being planeshifted into the Abyss. And anything that makes spells like dominate person and feeblemind even less likely to work is gravy.
I've been wondering about potential of a gnome barbarian. Such a combination would have advantage on almost all saving throws aside from constitution. Raging would give advantage on strength saves, danger sense (barbarian class feature) gives advantage on almost all dex saves, and being a gnome would give advantage on pretty much all mental saves. Throw on bear totem and it's also got resistance to pretty much all damage. Such a character might not have as much DPR, but it would help cover up the barbarian's main vulnerabilities without blowing precious feats or ASIs on it.