The default 'Monster' setting for any character race in D&D is the Fighter. It's reductionist, and we know that there's so much more to many of these peoples, but there it is. Look in the Monster Manual, or the Monsters pages of the Basic set (Moldvay or Mentzer) and they're there among the similarly fighter-ised Halflings and Elves (who do at least get a spell in). In part this is simple game mechanics - a template to base your encounter off. But unlike the pop culture histories of Dwarves and Elves, Halflings and Gnomes don't carry the same martial weight.
And so, setting Halflings aside, we must ask: what is a Gnome Fighter? Are Gnomes warriors - i.e., do they go to war?
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