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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 4821006" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Nonsense. It has the same color coveras the "Races of..." series, but other than that it is full of Eberron history and lore. I will admit, the quality is middle of the pack (I put Magic of Eberron at the bottom).</p><p></p><p><em>Secrets of Sarlona</em> and <em>Dragons of Eberron</em> are excellent, but somewhat limited if you aren't going to run in those areas (dragon less so, since sections do deal with dragons outside Argonessan). In those areas they are indispensable. </p><p></p><p>For fluff number one is clearly the campaign setting. Number two isn't a book, but rather Keith Baker's <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archeb/ds" target="_blank">Dragonshards</a> articles. <em>Player's Guide to Eberron</em> is next, but a vocal crowd dislikes that there are campaign "secrets" mentioned within the pages. </p><p></p><p><em>Forge of War</em> has a lot of background story. My issue with it is that Wolfgang Baur didn't really get Thrane until after the book was published. The bits on Thrane atrocities are way over the top. </p><p></p><p>Magic of Eberron is mostly crunch, and most of it is weird 'n' wacky stuff. The main reason I dislike this book, irrational though it may be, is because of one of the chapter illustrations. (p.46? 48? Somewhere around there.) It's a picture of a bunch of dragons together, IIRC. This picture annoyed me beyond belief, because of the fact that the illustrators couldn't even bother to take the time to learn the iconic "look" for each type of D&D dragon; worse than having thought up their own, they seemed to have just mixed and matched pieces and colours from core dragons into hideous hybrids. Worse still, nothing in the picture suggests that there's supposed to be anything abnormal about them! It infuriates me even thinking about it, much moreso than any other piece of artwork I've ever seen! ...It's petty, I know.</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 4821006, member: 53"] Nonsense. It has the same color coveras the "Races of..." series, but other than that it is full of Eberron history and lore. I will admit, the quality is middle of the pack (I put Magic of Eberron at the bottom). [I]Secrets of Sarlona[/I] and [I]Dragons of Eberron[/I] are excellent, but somewhat limited if you aren't going to run in those areas (dragon less so, since sections do deal with dragons outside Argonessan). In those areas they are indispensable. For fluff number one is clearly the campaign setting. Number two isn't a book, but rather Keith Baker's [url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archeb/ds]Dragonshards[/url] articles. [I]Player's Guide to Eberron[/I] is next, but a vocal crowd dislikes that there are campaign "secrets" mentioned within the pages. [I]Forge of War[/I] has a lot of background story. My issue with it is that Wolfgang Baur didn't really get Thrane until after the book was published. The bits on Thrane atrocities are way over the top. Magic of Eberron is mostly crunch, and most of it is weird 'n' wacky stuff. The main reason I dislike this book, irrational though it may be, is because of one of the chapter illustrations. (p.46? 48? Somewhere around there.) It's a picture of a bunch of dragons together, IIRC. This picture annoyed me beyond belief, because of the fact that the illustrators couldn't even bother to take the time to learn the iconic "look" for each type of D&D dragon; worse than having thought up their own, they seemed to have just mixed and matched pieces and colours from core dragons into hideous hybrids. Worse still, nothing in the picture suggests that there's supposed to be anything abnormal about them! It infuriates me even thinking about it, much moreso than any other piece of artwork I've ever seen! ...It's petty, I know.[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]
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