Dragon #344

[JoeGKushner]

I wouldn't want to see an Eberron wizard in the article, or in any other mixed-setting situation. Eberron's had its own cosmology--one clearly incompatible with the Great Wheel--since day one. I'd prefer it always remain completely seperate; that is, not only its own world, but essentially its own multiverse.

Interesting.

While FR cannot claim the same, it's cosmology has changed since the good old days and it is now unique.

While I'd prefer to see something form Mystara say, I don't see having it's own cosmology being a privilege enough to prevent it from mixing.

 

[Pants]

The only one of appropriate level is Mordain the Fleshweaver, and he definitely doesn't seem to be the social sort.

What about that Half-Orc Bard that makes his debut in the Explorer's Handbook?

Back on topic.
I enjoyed the Gord story, though I've always had a sort of soft spot for him. Those were the first D&D novels I read back in the day and thieves are always fun to read about.

 

[Cam Banks]

I wouldn't want to see an Eberron wizard in the article, or in any other mixed-setting situation. Eberron's had its own cosmology--one clearly incompatible with the Great Wheel--since day one. I'd prefer it always remain completely seperate; that is, not only its own world, but essentially its own multiverse.

That's how I prefer to see Dragonlance, also. And it was, until Manual of the Planes.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Alzrius]

Eberron, Dragonlance and others may all be in their own unique cosmologies, but that's not much of a deterrent for mages to get together. You can cross cosmologies via the Plane of Shadow, or bypass that plane altogether by using a gate spell (or similar effect) to cosmology-hop.

 

[Shemeska]

I wouldn't want to see an Eberron wizard in the article, or in any other mixed-setting situation. Eberron's had its own cosmology--one clearly incompatible with the Great Wheel--since day one. I'd prefer it always remain completely seperate; that is, not only its own world, but essentially its own multiverse.

*nod* Agreed.

Cosmological retconning aside, FR and DL have been part of the same multiverse since the start, while Eberron never was. And while I don't particularly care for Greenwood's fiction writing on style issues, I'm more than happy to continue to see the linking of the settings as they have traditionally been.