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I was going to say, Eberron lacks progression by design. It's classical starting point (998 YK) was literally designed in lab to provide...

That's the price you pay for WotC trying to support Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Ravenloft, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Dark Sun, Spelljammer...

I have to disagree with your main premise. Eberron didn't need yet another book going over the countries, deities, history and geography...

That's a major feature, the commitment to absolutely no metaplot is a key part of what makes Eberron great and enduring. Exactly...

Interesting. It seems the word "realistic" is also being used in multiple ways.

Thats interesting because I hated the traps in ToA and many of them did not fall under the three points you make in your post :D. We had...

Love angry rants like that! Yes, this is what I loved so much about the book too. Multiple times I was so sure I know what was about to...

I'm still on the Otter story and it's blowing my mind.

I'm on the final story myself, and I literally looked up at my wife this evening and said "This Le Guin, she's a good writer." We lol'ed...

Working my way through Tales from Earthsea (the book, not the terrible movie). This thing is fantastic so far.

I just finished reading King James I of England's 1604 treatise, A Counterblaste to Tobacco, and found it quite entertaining. This is...

Yes and no. It depends what you’re using them for. But the essence is that a trap is meant to be interacted with. That’s the key thing...

I think they’re more fun if they can be spotted, figured out, and circumvented by clever thinking rather than ability checks. The...

Hopefully it will go the way of cigarettes. Everyone used to do it until mountains of evidence piled up that it was just terribly bad...

I've used Shadowdark to introduce a number of kids to RPGing. Definitely smoother learning curve than D&D.