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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.

Makes sense! I am not much of a forum-ite, seeing + threads I just made the assumption you should make a (-) thread to say that it was ok for the thread to have a negative connotation. On second thought, though, I can see why this is not needed or desired. Anyways, been a nice and respectful...

I've got a + thread going about the Realms, thought I would even it out with a - thread! I recently fell for Eberron after mostly ignoring it for 21 years, but am curious what it is by 2025 that has people not enjoying it? It is now more difficult for me to look at most other D&D fantasy...

True, and I think some of his more fairy-tale like influences have an affect on the aesthetic that I enjoy. However, Greenwood was definitely still heavily into the same stuff Gygax was. I know Greenwood cites Leiber, Anderson and Moorcock constantly, especially Leiber.

True, and I actually like that character and those books. But in-game my thought is once you make the conceit that it could happen to one of the drow it all starts to unravel because it only makes sense that more than one out of thousands could have a similar capacity to change. Following that...

What was changed? I know he and (I think) Bruenor reach a sort of truce or even start working together, right? I am not well versed in her, can you tell me more?

Hopefully not opening a can of worms- but does everyone still running the realms run their drow and orcs in the traditional sense (monoculture and always bad enough to kill) or have you altered this in your world? Not a judgement statement, but it seems a lot of people have warmed up to not...