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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7252077" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>A couple of reasons:</p><p></p><p>1) I want someone else to do the work for me. I really don't want to have to convert all the Eberron bits and pieces to a new system -- and they do need converted as many are built with 3.5 assumptions. While I enjoy the creative aspect of gaming, D&D is attractive compared to other systems because a lot of the mechanics are done for me. Otherwise, I'd just use Fantasy Hero or Savage Worlds.</p><p></p><p>2) Part of the inherent character of D&D is that it's <u>not</u> tied to a specific world. It's a toolkit with a certain flavor. So, to spend so much effort on one setting is changing the character of the game in a way I do not like.</p><p></p><p>3) As a fan of some of the other published settings, not having any shelf space means that they have been exiled to Siberia and will fade into obscurity. Even if Eberron isn't the one that gets published, simply having multiple settings on the shelf makes it apparent to newcomers that other settings exist and might be worth investigating.</p><p></p><p>4) I specifically dislike the Realms. While I've done some reflection and can confidently say I'd be unhappy with any setting being where the Realms is now, it is worth calling out that D&D becoming tightly coupled to the Realms taints the entire game, in my eyes.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On my more cynical (or less naive) days, I tend to think that moving the market share of homebrew is one of the internally explicit goals of focusing on the Realms. Why worry about the 20% of folks who play one of there's more opportunity for profit by getting at least part of the 60% who build their own to accept the Realms as part and parcel of the D&D package.</p><p></p><p>This, more than anything, is probably what I hate the current "brand management" so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 7252077, member: 5100"] A couple of reasons: 1) I want someone else to do the work for me. I really don't want to have to convert all the Eberron bits and pieces to a new system -- and they do need converted as many are built with 3.5 assumptions. While I enjoy the creative aspect of gaming, D&D is attractive compared to other systems because a lot of the mechanics are done for me. Otherwise, I'd just use Fantasy Hero or Savage Worlds. 2) Part of the inherent character of D&D is that it's [U]not[/U] tied to a specific world. It's a toolkit with a certain flavor. So, to spend so much effort on one setting is changing the character of the game in a way I do not like. 3) As a fan of some of the other published settings, not having any shelf space means that they have been exiled to Siberia and will fade into obscurity. Even if Eberron isn't the one that gets published, simply having multiple settings on the shelf makes it apparent to newcomers that other settings exist and might be worth investigating. 4) I specifically dislike the Realms. While I've done some reflection and can confidently say I'd be unhappy with any setting being where the Realms is now, it is worth calling out that D&D becoming tightly coupled to the Realms taints the entire game, in my eyes. On my more cynical (or less naive) days, I tend to think that moving the market share of homebrew is one of the internally explicit goals of focusing on the Realms. Why worry about the 20% of folks who play one of there's more opportunity for profit by getting at least part of the 60% who build their own to accept the Realms as part and parcel of the D&D package. This, more than anything, is probably what I hate the current "brand management" so much. [/QUOTE]
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