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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Turner" data-source="post: 1652395" data-attributes="member: 12329">But having PCs with such uninspiring abilities seems to fly in the face of Eberron's pulp tone.&nbsp; The DM section has section headings like &quot;Player Characters are Heroes!&quot; or &quot;Cliffhanger Action!&quot; or &quot;Excitement!&nbsp; Danger!&quot;.&nbsp; The game describes itself as half-pulp in tone.&nbsp; Pulp action isn't about heroes who cast mending.&nbsp; It's about characters that cling to the mast of a sinking ship and fight a duel against their archnemesis for the fate of a nation.&nbsp; It's about dodging the collapsing ceiling in ancient Xen'darik ruins while you clutch the Golden Chalice in sweaty palms.&nbsp; Pulp focuses on broad strokes and high adventure, not on prestidigitation.&nbsp; The mundane details of day-to-day life are handled by the NPCs.&nbsp; The magewrights are a perfect example of this.&nbsp; Dragonmarks that give characters access to weak spells like whispering wind or know direction flies directly in the face of the spirit of pulp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave Turner, post: 1652395, member: 12329"] But having PCs with such uninspiring abilities seems to fly in the face of Eberron's pulp tone. The DM section has section headings like "Player Characters are Heroes!" or "Cliffhanger Action!" or "Excitement! Danger!". The game describes itself as half-pulp in tone. Pulp action isn't about heroes who cast [i]mending[/i]. It's about characters that cling to the mast of a sinking ship and fight a duel against their archnemesis for the fate of a nation. It's about dodging the collapsing ceiling in ancient Xen'darik ruins while you clutch the Golden Chalice in sweaty palms. Pulp focuses on broad strokes and high adventure, not on [i]prestidigitation[/i]. The mundane details of day-to-day life are handled by the NPCs. The magewrights are a perfect example of this. Dragonmarks that give characters access to weak spells like [i]whispering wind[/i] or [i]know direction[/i] flies directly in the face of the spirit of pulp. [/QUOTE]

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