Brust workd in Eberrron? Oh hell yeah.Excerpt (long) from a Q&A on Keith Baker's blog
Brust workd in Eberrron? Oh hell yeah.Excerpt (long) from a Q&A on Keith Baker's blog
Doesn't sound completely off-base. But, the Golem was even earlier, and Pygmalion, earlier than that.Frankenstein was there even earlier, but I can’t imagine a serious argument that we should consider Frankenstein the inspiration for Warforged.
yes and good plate armor was even bulletproof as @Zardnaar showed us in another thread
Oh jfc I’m doneCertainly there are a wide array of inspirations, but the unique bit from other settings is the 20's-30's Europe feel (source: James Wyatt, Chris Perkins, Jeremy Crawford and Keith Baker).
Cyberpunk is intentionally a 20's-30's retro-future, with a heavy emphasis on Noir elements. Like Raymond Chandler.
Two of Phillip K. Dick's students and close friends invented the term "Steampunk," interestingly enough.
Oh jfc I’m done
Sure is a lot of industrialized and commodified magic items and services, direct cyberpunk influence, examinations of what is “monstrous” vs what is “human” as a key theme, Psuedo-Victorian tech level accomplished by magic, in other published dnd settings.
Yeeeup. Definitely the 30’s noir/pulp influence is the only unique thing in Eberron. Fooor sure.
This is another beauty of Eberron. The setting has a lot of open ideas that incetivise you to create your Eberron, with the things that fit better in your table. My Eberron, yours, Baker's, and anyone else's is equally valid and probably interesting. I love discussions about how different is the mournland in different tables for an example.In shared worlds, where many, many hands have helped craft it, I don't feel like the originator is "special." Most of the best Star Wars material is made by people other than Lucas, for example. In fact, THE best Star Wars movie (ESB) has shockingly little Lucas control over it. And having listened to a lot of The Manifest Zone, I actually prefer some of the details and flavor from official WotC books from the 3E era more than I do Baker's personal spin on things.