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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 3352196" data-attributes="member: 5122">I thought that I would never be into Eberron.&nbsp; I thought it sounded silly.&nbsp; Trains?&nbsp; Flying ships?&nbsp; Constructs-as-PCs?&nbsp; It just didn't seem like D&amp;D; the same way guns didn't feel right before Freeport and psionics still don't.Then I bought the Eberron Campaign Setting -- mostly out of a sense of 3E completism -- and read it.&nbsp; I was hooked.&nbsp; It's perfectly D&amp;D.&nbsp; The warforged as a race -- though IMO slightly too powerful -- are fascinating to roleplay.&nbsp; The world is incredibly complex, and yet simple enough to summarize in broad strokes.&nbsp; The entire setting is designed so that PCs will have a very serious and very direct impact ... I own everything Eberron-related, and I can't think of more than a half-dozen NPCs above 12th level.&nbsp; The cosmology is much more interesting than the Great Wheel.The best thing, though, is that Eberron is filled with things that make D&amp;D even better.&nbsp; Stuff like dragonmarks, which allow even the most non-magical fighter of all fighters paradoxically to have inherent magic.&nbsp; Stuff like magewrights and artificers, which go a long way toward mitigating my dislike of D&amp;D's &quot;magic items out the butt&quot; issue ... yes, everyone still has magic items out the butt, but at least it kinda makes sense now.So yes, I went from disdainful to fanboy.&nbsp; (Albeit a critical one ... Explorer's Handbook was not a very good sourcebook.)Give it a read, at least.&nbsp; If you don't like it, no harm done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 3352196, member: 5122"] I thought that I would [i]never[/i] be into Eberron. I thought it sounded silly. Trains? Flying ships? Constructs-as-PCs? It just didn't seem like D&D; the same way guns didn't feel right before Freeport and psionics still don't. Then I bought the [i]Eberron Campaign Setting[/i] -- mostly out of a sense of 3E completism -- and read it. I was hooked. It's perfectly D&D. The warforged as a race -- though IMO slightly too powerful -- are fascinating to roleplay. The world is incredibly complex, and yet simple enough to summarize in broad strokes. The entire setting is designed so that PCs [i]will[/i] have a very serious and very direct impact ... I own everything Eberron-related, and I can't think of more than a half-dozen NPCs above 12th level. The cosmology is much more interesting than the Great Wheel. The best thing, though, is that Eberron is filled with things that make D&D even better. Stuff like dragonmarks, which allow even the most non-magical fighter of all fighters paradoxically to have inherent magic. Stuff like magewrights and artificers, which go a long way toward mitigating my dislike of D&D's "magic items out the butt" issue ... yes, everyone still has magic items out the butt, but at least it kinda makes sense now. So yes, I went from disdainful to fanboy. (Albeit a critical one ... [i]Explorer's Handbook[/i] was not a very good sourcebook.) Give it a read, at least. If you don't like it, no harm done. [/QUOTE]

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