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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8244864" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I don't think that's really a counter argument though, because quickly whizzing through some ideas isn't proof it's viable as a setting. The problem with Zendikar is that, even by MtG standards, it's barely a setting. There's no "context". And look at how they did the Eldrazi - in this completely "We have no idea how to do this!" way, where they basically just say use other monsters and apply a template (very 3E). The Eldrazi would be a huge challenge to do in any kind of proper way, not a quarter-arsed way like they did here.</p><p></p><p>They say "From the beginning, Magic’s plane of Zendikar was conceived as an “adventure world” where parties of explorers delve into ancient ruins in search of wonders and treasures, fighting the monsters they encounter on the way."</p><p></p><p>I agree. Ironically, that's <em>why</em> it doesn't work. Because what stuff needs is <em>context</em>. It's a setting so focused on this vague, high-concept idea of "adventure world" (which is exactly how I would have described it too), that they didn't bother to actually make it a real place, unlike a lot of MtG settings. It's basically "<strong>Earthdawn done wrong</strong>". It's like a vast exaggeration of Earthdawn (because MtG has had an unfortunate habit of needing to exaggerate, to meaninglessly up the stakes, and so on), even the Eldrazi match up to the Horrors pretty well, but it has none of the character of Earthdawn, and setting is not one you can really engage with in the same way.</p><p></p><p>I agree that nothing that got a Plane Shift is particularly likely to get a full setting of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8244864, member: 18"] I don't think that's really a counter argument though, because quickly whizzing through some ideas isn't proof it's viable as a setting. The problem with Zendikar is that, even by MtG standards, it's barely a setting. There's no "context". And look at how they did the Eldrazi - in this completely "We have no idea how to do this!" way, where they basically just say use other monsters and apply a template (very 3E). The Eldrazi would be a huge challenge to do in any kind of proper way, not a quarter-arsed way like they did here. They say "From the beginning, Magic’s plane of Zendikar was conceived as an “adventure world” where parties of explorers delve into ancient ruins in search of wonders and treasures, fighting the monsters they encounter on the way." I agree. Ironically, that's [I]why[/I] it doesn't work. Because what stuff needs is [I]context[/I]. It's a setting so focused on this vague, high-concept idea of "adventure world" (which is exactly how I would have described it too), that they didn't bother to actually make it a real place, unlike a lot of MtG settings. It's basically "[B]Earthdawn done wrong[/B]". It's like a vast exaggeration of Earthdawn (because MtG has had an unfortunate habit of needing to exaggerate, to meaninglessly up the stakes, and so on), even the Eldrazi match up to the Horrors pretty well, but it has none of the character of Earthdawn, and setting is not one you can really engage with in the same way. I agree that nothing that got a Plane Shift is particularly likely to get a full setting of course. [/QUOTE]
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