As if the fluent beauty of my written words aren't enough to compel
you into seeing things my way , I guess my main weapon in this
skirmish is the thing about "CF being a flexible game." Like I said,
giants can get stuck in rooms, there are all sorts of spells and
abilities which take numerous variables into consideration, and yet
the little old gnome can't do anything to vary his own handicap.
Fire giants can negate their vulnerability to cold and mental attacks,
and clouds can buy poison/disease cures in many places. Felar can
protect themselves with resist-fire items, and arials can just get
an invoker's shielding to negate all of their woes. What can a gnome
do? Run and hide from the mace spec, that's all.

Bizarro I'm helping!