Aw person, you don't know just how much fun they are LOL.  I've played them and now Use a few as NPCs. far too unappealing to Perform??? are you kidding me?  The Deep Gnome tends to make an ideal Thief or Rogue/Bard https://crithitceramics.com/master-the-arcane-building-a-deep-gnome-wizard-for-dnd/