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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2930642" data-attributes="member: 2205">I think that's a bit of a double standard to condemn Eberron for any of that.&nbsp; Why does FR or Greyhawk have elves?&nbsp; Or dwarves?&nbsp; Or wizards?&nbsp; Or gnomes?Yup.&nbsp; Metagame reasons.&nbsp; The creators wanted them there.&nbsp; If anything, the explanation of why Warforged and artificiers exist makes much more sense within the context of Eberron than any of those questions do.&nbsp; The artificier role is a natural consequence of the existence of D&amp;D style magic and a population large enough, with specialized roles, to demand it, just like our society has led to all kinds of specialized jobs instead of just everyone being &quot;hunter&quot; &quot;gatherer&quot; &quot;farmer&quot; or &quot;herder.&quot;&nbsp; The creation of the Warforged is a natural consequence of a lengthy war in a magical society.Of course they exist in Eberron &quot;because the author wanted it to&quot; but they're still more grounded in logical extensions of the D&amp;D reality than the existence of, say, elves, or sorcerers, or freaking duel wielding spellcasting rangers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 2930642, member: 2205"] I think that's a bit of a double standard to condemn Eberron for any of that. Why does FR or Greyhawk have elves? Or dwarves? Or wizards? Or gnomes? Yup. Metagame reasons. The creators wanted them there. If anything, the explanation of why Warforged and artificiers exist makes much [i]more[/i] sense within the context of Eberron than any of those questions do. The artificier role is a natural consequence of the existence of D&D style magic and a population large enough, with specialized roles, to demand it, just like our society has led to all kinds of specialized jobs instead of just everyone being "hunter" "gatherer" "farmer" or "herder." The creation of the Warforged is a natural consequence of a lengthy war in a magical society. Of course they exist in Eberron "because the author wanted it to" but they're still more grounded in logical extensions of the D&D reality than the existence of, say, elves, or sorcerers, or freaking duel wielding spellcasting rangers. [/QUOTE]

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