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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greatwyrm" data-source="post: 1321428" data-attributes="member: 479">Based on what we've seen so far, there are two main reasons I'm excited about Eberron.  First, it's different.  There are a lot of people here who are basically unhappy that it doesn't look and feel like Greyhawk or the Realms.  Well, if that's what WotC wanted, all they'd have had to do is dust off the Greyhawk logo and slap it on something.  No need for a contest and several thousand dollars in prizes.  Same for the Realms.It's a different land, with different histories, and entirely new possibilities for exploration.  When you play in the main settings in print (notably GH or FR), everybody pretty much knows what to expect.  This is here and that is there.  It always has been in the sourcebooks and in the fiction.  Eberron is a chance to start with a clean slate.  It's easier to suspend your metagaming tendancies when you don't know that outside info in the first place.Second, I like the quick overland travel.  Yea, I like the lightning rail and the flying ships.  Why?  Diversity in adventures.  I can run a city adventure one night, jungle the next, and desert right after that.  You can buy passage and make it to those different areas in a reasonably short amount of time, even for lower level characters.  Beats the heck out of walking two months to get to the adventure you wanted to do in the first place.But wait, what about random encounters?  You just cut out all the danger and go straight to the goal, right?  Wrong.  Just because all this faster overland travel is available, it doesn't mean it's going to put you right at the front door of the BBEG's lair.  For example, here in Peoria, we've got a public transportation system.  That is, we've got some busses.  The busses go several places.  I can go from the mall, to my friend's place, to the community college, all on the bus.  Now, lets say I want to go to my FLGS.  The bus will put me in the general area, but I've still got quite a hike ahead of me.  Same in Eberron, I'd imagine.  Just because a flying galleon can take me to the jungle metropolis and drop me off, doesn't mean I won't still have two weeks of slogging through the jungle to get to the lost temple.Sure there's still plenty of unknowns for Eberron, but if you look at things from a different angle, it might not be so bad after all.</blockquote>

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