Good catch. That phrasing is taken from the original books, where forest and rock are the two normal types of gnome - but only rock is available in the Basic Rules (SRD) that is available during the D&D Beyond beta.
Deep gnomes were added later, as part of the free Elemental Evils Player's Companion book, which the developers are now beginning to add to the site.
This post is almost a year old, but the online compendium still only lists the Deep Gnome and not forest or Rock Gnome in the subrace heading. They are contained in the details lower down...but the other races have them all listed in the subrace header.
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Signed up mainly to work with Gnomes, specifically, Forest Gnomes, but they aren't provided as a choice in the Character Builder. Any word on their inclusion? Thanks!
Sounds like you haven't purchased the PHB or the forest gnome subrace. The only character options available for free are those in the SRD and the EE players companion. You can just purchase the forest gnome race, or, you could homebrew it yourself. See the buyers guide in my signature for more info on buying options.
If you click to the Gnome page and go to subraces the blurb says
But only Rock and Deep Gnome are currently available
Good catch. That phrasing is taken from the original books, where forest and rock are the two normal types of gnome - but only rock is available in the Basic Rules (SRD) that is available during the D&D Beyond beta.
Deep gnomes were added later, as part of the free Elemental Evils Player's Companion book, which the developers are now beginning to add to the site.
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This post is almost a year old, but the online compendium still only lists the Deep Gnome and not forest or Rock Gnome in the subrace heading. They are contained in the details lower down...but the other races have them all listed in the subrace header.
Former AL Sr. LC for DFW.
Co-coord for AL at Common Ground, Dallas.
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Signed up mainly to work with Gnomes, specifically, Forest Gnomes, but they aren't provided as a choice in the Character Builder. Any word on their inclusion? Thanks!
Sounds like you haven't purchased the PHB or the forest gnome subrace. The only character options available for free are those in the SRD and the EE players companion. You can just purchase the forest gnome race, or, you could homebrew it yourself. See the buyers guide in my signature for more info on buying options.
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