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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tyrian_Spellstealer" data-source="post: 3523889" data-attributes="member: 36470">Fair points.Ok, so, what would an Eberron Room have that our current rooms don’t have:Well, as a starting point, Eberron offers a unique pulp action style that some of the other settings lack. If an Eberron room were to pop up, it would have to be in Eberrons 'style' (a lightning rail lounge coach with a fighting room of 'up the hatch', for example... nothing screams Eberron more like a fight ontop of a moving Lightning Rail Coach). However, that is still something that could easily be plugged into the Carpe DM room, and still falls under listing of 'Just an Eberron Room'.Besides style, Eberron is also a (relatively) low level setting. And by that, I mean that majority of people in Eberron are low level (below level 5), with a rare few above that (levels 6-15). Epic levels are practically non-existent. While the style of Eberron dictates that anything in dnd is present in Eberron, usually in a big way (for example, gargoyle messengers for house Cannith is quite plausible, or perhaps a troll bodyguard), epic level challenges are, to a degree, extremely rare. Whilst one could easily pass off OOC the idea of having a polymorphed dragon studying the draconic prophecy in Khorvaire slide, it is unlikely that anyone in Eberron would tolerate the idea, let alone sit by and watch as an ancient dragon fought alongside a lightning rail carriage against a wizard casting meteor swarm spells. And I use the Lightning Rail Carriage again simply as an example, because it’s just so ‘Eberron’.In terms of a setting for ISRP, this basically translates into: low level setting. We have a restricted setting, yes, but Eberron is not restrictive. Orc, goblins, bugbears, drow, vampires, all could easily find a place somewhere in an Eberron room. The restriction would instead be on power. Our other restricted settings are still quite prone to epic powered patrons. To quote the Players Guide to Eberron: “Assume that player characters who reach epic levels are among the first people to accomplish such a feat, at least in recent memory.”That in turn leads the argument down a different path: not an Eberron setting, but a room with a low-level restriction on it (to, as you said, discuss what would be special about THIS room as opposed to some of the other rooms we already have).In terms of drawing up setting restrictions for a room like that, it is doable. Epic characters would not be walking around Eberron casting hellballs, fighting demi-gods or cleaving through armies with a rusty sword. In terms of translating that into an ISRP freeform freedom of destiny room however, could be problematic. I’m just setting up the idea, and to have an Eberron Room that offered something the others did not, a level restriction room at the moment is the only idea I can come up with. I’m thinking something along the lines of Epic Level Characters are still allowed, just not allowed to show off their epic abilities (or, at least disguise them be they great wyrm dragons, or ancient demons). Maybe spells above certain levels (8 or 9?) aren't allowed to be cast in the rooms? Again, however, this is all very 'static' thinking, and doesn't much incorporate the fact that it is a FREEFORM chat, not a DND chat.Downsides: “Eberron, however, is not an epic world – at least, not as it stands now.” This is not to say that in the future Eberron will advance into Epic Levels, and thus put the need for the room out the window (at least, the need I’m trying to pitch.) It is however, a fair guess, that if Eberron should anytime be including epic levels into the world, its not going to suddenly come about very soon.As for desire for the room itself, and the question on would it get enough use, from what I have seen, I would say a definite yes. In terms of fitting it into our ISRP community though, the only pitch I can come up with (so far) is the idea of a power restricted setting.So, new question and starting point: is there support for a level/power restricted room in ISRP?((Fights for the Eberron room!!))</blockquote>

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