Dread October
First Post
To me they don't just look like robots, they look like bil ol Ghost in the Shell robots. That's why folks fall on the "They don't belong" camp.
I think anything can be used in a fantasy context and still be good if done well, like psionics or martial arts. There are fictional representations for all of them.
I have a player who is playing a Warforged in a game I'm running but I'm not running an Eberron game. She found an excellent way to bring the character in so I am allowing it. IMO, the door to this sort of thing was opened when the designers allowed for playing non standard races by using ECL. It's possible that folks may play a depowered version of an elemental in the future. THEN what?
I think anything can be used in a fantasy context and still be good if done well, like psionics or martial arts. There are fictional representations for all of them.
I have a player who is playing a Warforged in a game I'm running but I'm not running an Eberron game. She found an excellent way to bring the character in so I am allowing it. IMO, the door to this sort of thing was opened when the designers allowed for playing non standard races by using ECL. It's possible that folks may play a depowered version of an elemental in the future. THEN what?