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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turanil" data-source="post: 1579951" data-attributes="member: 9646">I agree with you entirely. Maybe what I don't like in that Eberron, is that it uses the same core races that are so deeply associated with Tolkien. I mean: i have been doing a D&D campaign that was strongly based on a Middle Earth / David covenant's The Land theme, and in the future I will modify it, in adding some Arthurian and Celtic flavor. I think all of this is coherent with elves, gnomes, halflings.Now, I am also considering a new campaign with a really exotic feel. I have several books and netbooks (only still buy a last book when it is released) that I think would be cool to associate to create something really different. Namely: Nyambe, Al Qadim and Dark Sun conversions to 3e <a href="http://dcrouzet.chez.tiscali.fr/d20downloads.htm" target="_blank">(free netbooks found on the Internet)</a>, plus soon the Mesopotamia handbook that will be released by Necromancers Games. HOWEVER: with elves, dwarves, gnomes, and halflings, I think this setting would look ridiculous, or at least no better than Eberron. In fact, I thought (if I ever run this campaign) to instead use the classes and races of Arcana Unearthed by Monte Cook. Sibbecai would be great in a land reminding of ancient Egypt, and Lithorians would be great in a land reminding of Africa. The other races would also fit better than elves and the like who for me will always be labbeled "Tolkien". Thus maybe Eberron would suddenly become great if using new races with their distinct history clearly linked to this world, and elves, gnomes, etc. NOT belonging to it. Maybe the good answer to this is to buy some d20 book about new PC races and chose some of them to replace gnomes, halflings, etc.</blockquote>

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