Recent content by earthsea_wizard

Last one is a bit...weird lol.

Fair enough! More discerning than some at least. I would say I am also probably against every one of them on political (and ethical) grounds :D

Same. I can't imagine trusting one large chain but not the other. To me they're all the same (untrustworthy and not worth it for children or adults lol).

You trust McDonalds but not Jack in the Box?

After reading most of the Eberron stuff for 3rd edition I came away from it having a difficult time justifying this in other settings. How do all of you Realms and Greyhawk etc. people approach this now? Or do you still handwave it (which is certainly a fine approach, fantasy rpg worlds don't...

Was going to say similar. Keith Baker has explicitly stated over and over that the 1920s-30s was the original plan but they thought that this was far too late to also keep the medievalism, so the assumed tone is much earlier. This and "steampunk" are the two biggest misconceptions I see.

Indeed. I do not have any social media accounts anymore and only end up on Reddit on occasion one doing some sort of research. I still value forums and frequent this one the least (I am a fan of Candlekeep, Dragonsfoot, GiantITP and a few others). I am lucky that I was able to game in person for...

Are you playing with adults? Extremely unfortunate if so. It's a shame that finding or forming an in person group and playing long term with trusted friends has fallen out of favor. Much less of this kind of stuff to deal with. Any time I make the mistake of going on the DnD Reddit half of the...

But those are all noir examples, no? Not related to the pulp side of things. The pulp examples always given for Eberron are the Mummy and Raiders. Those other examples are given when noir is mentioned. Pulp and noir are certainly opposite ends of the spectrum.

It is interesting how when we talk about pulp in relation to D&D, we almost always mean sword and sorcery and its various offshoots. Conan, Lankhmar, Princess of Mars, Elric, Dying Earth and so forth. But when we talk about Eberron we mean Indiana Jones and the Mummy. You almost never see any...

If you love the setting why not just run it as best you feel it should be run and if you develop your own vibe for it over time then more power to you? I imagine Keith Baker would be supportive of that in every way.

I like it.

Several things at once. The big one being the age old question of why settings like Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance et al have not, over thousands of years, developed everyday conveniences through the use of widespread magic. Why are you still riding a horse? Like it or not, a magical...

It was to be able to fit everything on the poster map size they had. Definitely weird. In a post from last year Richard Baker says he still stands behind the decision: 50 Years of D&D: Forgotten Realms 3rd Edition I wonder what issues one would run into using the 3e sourcebooks with the 2e...

Why do you equate mech based PCs? There aren't any meechs. Did your DM put some in? If you mean warforged, they are golems, magical and made of earthly materials, not mechanical in any way. But you probably knew that much from playing it.