Eberron: Buying?

[Cerubus Dark]

That they are uneffected by Rust Monsters because the metal is a compoisite. Forget the save vs rust. While this sounds fine to some, it opens up the questions what about spell effects...heat metal for one. It strikes me as "it is magic" type of answer and I am just stuck on it!


A rust monster that makes a successful touch attack with its antennae causes the target metal to corrode, falling to pieces and becoming useless immediately. The touch can destroy up to a 10-foot cube of metal instantly. Magic armor and weapons, and other magic items made of metal, must succeed on a DC 17 Reflex save or be dissolved. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +4 racial bonus.
A metal weapon that deals damage to a rust monster corrodes immediately. Wooden, stone, and other nonmetallic weapons are unaffected.

Maybe they are made of stainless steel? I don't think that can rust, although I could be wrong.

 

[Desdichado]

Nah, don't tend to like other people's pre-made worlds. Nothing against Eberron, per se, just against non-house campaigns.

Good luck to all who pick it up, though, and I hope it meets or exceeds your expectations!

Same here, but I still like to buy (and read, and then pillage) other people's pre-made worlds.

 

[The_Gneech]

I never expected to by the Forgotten Realms book, but ended up getting it, so who knows? At the moment I'm indifferent to it, but mostly adopting a wait-and-see attitude.

-The Gneech

 

[Hand of Evil]

Maybe they are made of stainless steel? I don't think that can rust, although I could be wrong.

If they said that I would have a better feeling but again that brings up issues, armor, magic weapons, save vs, breakage...

From the Stainless Steel Information Center...

Benefits of Stainless Steel

Corrosion resistance
Lower alloyed grades resist corrosion in atmospheric and pure water environments, while high-alloyed grades can resist corrosion in most acids, alkaline solutions, and chlorine bearing environments, properties which are utilized in process plants.

Fire and heat resistance
Special high chromium and nickel-alloyed grades resist scaling and retain strength at high temperatures.

Hygiene
The easy cleaning ability of stainless makes it the first choice for strict hygiene conditions, such as hospitals, kitchens, abattoirs and other food processing plants.

Aesthetic appearance
The bright, easily maintained surface of stainless steel provides a modern and attractive appearance.

Strength-to-weight advantage
The work-hardening property of austenitic grades, that results in a significant strengthening of the material from cold-working alone, and the high strength duplex grades, allow reduced material thickness over conventional grades, therefore cost savings.

Ease of fabrication
Modern steel-making techniques mean that stainless can be cut, welded, formed, machined, and fabricated as readily as traditional steels.

Impact resistance
The austenitic microstructure of the 300 series provides high toughness, from elevated temperatures to far below freezing, making these steels particularly suited to cryogenic applications.



See, I need to let this go...

 

[Psion]

Yes. If I will be buying anything ELSE depends on how good the initial book is.

I do not intend to run it, however. In fact, I would be surprised if my players even knew about it.

Didn't we just have this poll?

 

[Krug]

Yes. If I will be buying anything ELSE depends on how good the initial book is.

I do not intend to run it, however. In fact, I would be surprised if my players even knew about it.

Didn't we just have this poll?

We did? Oops...

 

[Zudrak]

Skipping it

I'll stick with my 3.5 edition Greyhawk 576 CY campaign. My campaign still has a balance in the Flanaess (no Greyhawk Wars fiasco) and Kara-Tur as a continent in the East (before it teleported to Toril through the magic of TSR's Department of Product Development and Screw-ups midway through the OA series of modules). The only high-tech things there are the Barrier Peaks' crashed starship and the six-shooters Murlynd packs...

 

[maddman75]

Nope. My interest in D&D is to emulate the fantasy novels and settings that I love, such as Lord of the Rings and Song of Ice and Fire. As such, Eberron is pretty much the exact opposite of what I want in an RPG setting.

 

[Agamon]

Nah. I won't rule out maybe, sometime in the distant future, checking it out. But, nah. GH, FR, KoK and my homebrew are more than enough fantasy campaigns for me.

 

[ZeroGlobal2003]

I think its kinda sad that what is supposed to be WotC's greatest new thing is only drawing about 30% of the crowd to it. Just as many want nothing to do with it, nd another almsot 1/3 are undecided.