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It's certainly an aspect. Looking to Chapter Nine of the ECS, a few things are mentioned that could play to any sort of story. Alignment is unpredictable. Stories don't always end well. Things are rarely what they seem. Looking to the "Halfling battle on the lightning rail" storyline...

Essentially, however, that's exactly what I said. The point on concept artists is a good one. If, on the cover of an adventure, you have an image of characters fighting atop a lighting rail with a pack of masked warriors on clawfeet running alongside, I'm going to expect pulp action from that...

I'm certainly interested. I love me some noir. Things are a little nutty right now - I'm getting caught up on my current novel and balancing things with my newish day job (and my tendency to spend far too much time on message boards) - but I'll drop you an email and we can talk about length...

Teach me not to have a signature set up. Thought I did. Fair enough. With that said, I have no problem with solid criticism. I have learned a great deal from each novel, and I've had some very helpful feedback from people. Again, something may make perfect sense to ME, but if it doesn't come...

It's certainly a valid concern, Crothian. Looking to the example you quoted, there isn't any existing way to do the thing described using standard rules. Of course, the ECS DOES actually provide one way to accomplish even this outlandish thing... the eldritch machine. Eberron seeks to capture...

First off, if that's the way it comes across, that's the way it comes across - nothing I say will change that. The Dreaming Dark books were my first novels, and I'm the first to say that I learned a vast amount with each one... and that if I could do it over, I'd do many things differently...

I'm the first to say that I'm not on the same scale as GRRM or Mieville. The Dreaming Dark books are my first novels, and I've learned a LOT from each one. I've also received some very useful criticism and feedback from the boards. Fictionwise, don't expect Song of Ice & Fire from my Eberron...

Hmm. What is what caused it? Lei's father does indeed imply that he knows what might have caused the Mourning... and that it might be tied to his patron. But can you tell me who that patron is? All I'll say is that the answer to that question will shed light on how the Mourning came to pass...

I know it's something CA and I worked into our chapters, Klaus. Off the top of my head, I can't recall if Michelle did it for all of her houses.

Like, oh, say, Classic Fey for Lion's Den. ;)

Certainly, but the point in my mind is that the Lords of Dust aren't a "group" in the same sense as the Dreaming Dark. The Council of Ashtakala meets to keep people from stepping on each other's toes, but the servants of each overlord are, by and large, following their own agendas. So in other...

For what it's worth, *I* certainly like the Tiamat-as-Rajah approach. This allows her to be a being of godlike power and also makes her a horrifying villain in the eyes of the dragons - the specter of dragons corrupted by the force they opposed. This ties to having corrupt dragons allied with...

That's the NEXT sourcebook; it also includes the exotic lost city of Lidsville.

Essentially correct. Here's a post I put on another board or thread (I don't even remember!) about this subject: In asking why the Quori would create a race of creatures that cannot dream, you're missing the point. Quorcraft warforged were useful to the Quori precisely BECAUSE they didn't...

I CERTAINLY advocate your right to do whatever you want in your campaign, and firmly believe that the material presented in books should never prevent you from taking the world in a new direction. At the same time, as the person who wrote both the kalashtar/Inspired material in the ECS and in...

That explains that puzzling entry in the Scorrow description - Environment: They mostly come at night... mostly.

Yeah, that is the best answer. Mourning the site from orbit... it's the only way to be sure.

It certainly may. At the same time, most kalashtar are also concerned about the dignity and comfort of other beings, so most won't cause pure chaos if it places innocents in danger. But supporting art and innovation, certainly. And as you say, a pure anarchist Kalashtar movement would make a...

It may not be. It's described in detail in Races of Eberron. The description of Shira in SoX discusses it some, as do The Dreaming Dark novels. Kishin, it's not so much that the Quor Tarai is specifically derived from the dreams of mortals - IE, this is a bad age because the mortals are...

Right... which again, to my mind, is a half-truth. The Sulatar culture has maintained the elemental-binding techniques of their giant masters. However, they have specifically focused on fire elementals, and there's no indication that they have anything on the scope of the full airship. As such...