Eberron: The Metaphor

[Henry]

Irrelevant Aside: I am left to wonder just exactly when The Gneech is not bitter about something.

It's irrelevant enough for me to say let's please not go there. Personal attacks on fellow posters is against the rules. Thanks.

 

[fanboy2000]

Yep

No doubt there are huge parallels to the pulp era. One big difference I see is that in WWI there was a definite winning side and a definite losing side - with the winners forcing the losers to agree to extreme terms - and (though I haven't finished reading my copy of Eberron so I could be wrong) I don't think that's quite the way the Last War turned out. Of course no one ever said the parallels were complete and exhaustive; the ones that are there are definitely striking.

I agree with you. Game design got in the way of reality, for the better. Eberron is a better campaign setting with a stalemate ending. It makes the posible storyline more varried.

Regarding Eberron vs Other Pulp games. D&D, like it or not, has brand name recognition. Many people will play pulp fantasy if it's D&D who would touch Adventure with a 10 foot pole. Which is to bad. I too have many games that I would love to run that aren't D&D, but could never find the players. Alterint, AEon (not Trinity, I acutally have a book that says AEon on it ), Changeling, and a few others. Sigh.

 

[Saeviomagy]

The only big hurdle would be to detail the smaller flyers. The big advantage is that the core book doesn't detail this aspect much, so you are free to play with it.

Well small fliers already exist in D&D - flying carpets, flying mounts and magic broomsticks are all ideal. All you really need is some form of weaponry and you're set.

 

[John Crichton]

D'oh!!! My bad -- I missed the original airings, and had to do my catching up via Netflix. Must. Fact. Check.

It's all good. SFC canned Farscape so it's natural to assume they are to blame for the death of another great SF show.

 

[ergeheilalt]

I would see these relations:

Aundair - France (wine, etc.)
Breland - Great Britain (parliament, etc.)
Karrnath - Germany (Evil troops, an evil leader, beer,...)
Thrane - Maybe Italy/Vatican (religion, etc.)
Cyre - ???

Cyre I would go with the Ottoman Empire. While I'm not 100 percent versed in Ottoman history, IIRC, they were divided up in everywhich way, including having "victors" claim territory (the other four nations) and former governed people declair independance (Mournland Warforged). I really think the relationship is astounding. Subtle, but when you think about it, it really does "pop".

Erge

 

[MaxKaladin]

Are people going to be excited about their Shaolin Gnome?

Yes, but thats because I like the idea enough that I have a nation with whole monasteries full of Shaolin Gnomes in my homebrew.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Now that's a character that sounds like an absolute blast to play.

Why, are half-elves actually worth playing in Ebberon?

 

[diaglo]

They apparently also love the heck out of pulp, but only when it's also fantasy. Feh.

not all of us.

They also love horror, but only when it's fantasy.

again not all of us.

And they also love soap opera, but only when it's fantasy.

not even close.

And they also love sitcoms, but only when they're fantasy.

only some sitcoms

And they also love Iron Chef, but only when it's fantasy.

Iron Who? .... only know about this from various threads here. i still don't get the reference.

 

[d4]

(If I recall correctly, did not Rudyard Kipling write some early science fiction where he viewed air travel as being a unifying factor among nations? I remember reading about such stories once.)

As Easy As A.B.C. and With the Night Mail.

 

[Henry]

Iron Who? .... only know about this from various threads here. i still don't get the reference.

http://www.ironchef.com/faq.htm

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