Am I the only one who feels Eberron's setting to be limiting?

[Henry]

An Awakened Dire Ape, a pair of Awakened Dinosaurs and an Ashbound Druid TPK'd the party in the Eberron game I'm running.

AGAIN?!?!?

Or is this the first group of PCs you're referring to?

 

[Rel]

AGAIN?!?!?

Or is this the first group of PCs you're referring to?

I'm still referring to the original group of PC's. The latest group has not suffered a similar fate. Actually they just got a BIG payoff from a lengthy mission into Xen'Drik and it is fascinating listening to them bandy about ideas of how to spend their loot in Stormreach. They are incredibly "risk averse" and a couple of them are considering spending almost the entirety of their loot on Animated +1 Shields and scrambling for every other possible way to boost their (already quite high) AC's.

I must scare them.

 

[diaglo]

Yes. As a matter of fact, you are the only person on the planet who feels that way. Dick Cheney called me the other day just to tell me that he found the myriad of options contained in the Eberron setting to be exhilirating.

Big Dick told me it was causing him heart palpitations so he had to cut back.

 

[Desdichado]

I must scare them.

That'll only make it worse, you know.

 

[Rel]

That'll only make it worse, you know.

I meant "I probably scare them", not "I should probably scare them". Apparently I've done plenty of that already.

 

[D.Shaffer]

We have the winner.

I think almost all of those can be found in Eberron (not sure about the talking apes, though).

Talking Apes are easy. Open up Stormwrack and look up the stats on Hadozee. Considering all the water around, they'd fit in well.

 

[ssampier]

Gotcha. As long as the talking apes wear tuxedos and service drinks I'm on board.

 

[Nightfall]

*wonders if Eberron will ever make it so Paladins are more than guys with fancy armor, swords and mounts*

 

[ThirdWizard]

I think it is more of an issue of you having in your mind meanings for those terms ("Dark Fantasy" notwithstanding, since Eberron isn't and has never, to my knowledge, been described as such outside this thread) that aren't really what they mean.

Not quite "dark fantasy" however, check out page 7 of the ECS under "The Tone of Eberron."

The features that most set Eberron apart are its tone and attitude. The setting combines traditional midieval fantasy with pulp action and dark adventure.

On page 8 under "Ten Things You Need to Know" #2:

The campaign combines traditional midieval D&D fantasy with swashbuckling action and dark adventure.

So, its in there. You could also check advertising, and it would probably use much the same termonology, though that can be an excercise for another day. Suffice to say its in there.

 

[Grimstaff]

If you've ever lived in a high-rise, do you ever worry about what happens if the foundation subsides and the building falls over? Or the laws of physics that allow it subtly change?

Brad

I see what you're getting at, but a better analogy might be the Hindenberg. You know explosive gas makes for a nice airship, but every now and then things can go horribly wrong! Certainly wizards who use magic on an every day basis also know things can go horribly wrong. It only took one catastrophic accident to end the dirigible era forever...