Eberron?

[qstor]

I play a lot of RPGA campaigns and this starts next year so if for no other reason I'll pick it up to play my dwarven magewright.

Mike

 

[Kesh]

I'm am simply pouncing on Eberron. I've already got ideas for campaigns in it...

And as for the fear of 'high magic', I think that's unfounded from what Hellcow has told us. It's more like, lots and lots of 'common magic' (continual flame streetlamps, prestidigitation washbins, etc. if you can afford them), but very few average joes will ever see anything as powerful as a 5th level spell. Beyond that is almost unheard of, outside the major wizard/druid/clerical organizations.

I just hope there's a nice place for my gnoll society to fit into. From the sound of it, there will be. And if so, I can port over some of the campaign ideas I had for my homebrew. Not to mention stealing adventures from Shadowrun and various World of Darkness books.

 

[Kesh]

Yes, I will buy it, and would be interested in playing in an Eberron game. Don't know if I will have the opportunity though.

I am interested to hear from the 10 people who voted "No and I am upset that it is even seeing print."

Some folks were upset because Wizards was making a new setting, rather than reviving an old favorite of theirs (Dark Sun or Planescape, for example).

Others are afraid that the setting will be a tremendous flop, and bring the D&D franchise crashing down.

 

[buzz]

I'm am simply pouncing on Eberron. I've already got ideas for campaigns in it...

Ditto. There's an idea for a campaign starter that I've had kicking around my brain for a long time now. When I saw Eberron and started reading about it, I realized that it fit my idea better than any other pubilshed setting. The details that have been revealed about the setting (warforged, psionics, planar cosmology, art, etc.) are just gravy. I love Johnny's fan site. Midnight is the only other setting that I felt as compelled about, just based on ideas and themes.

I dunno. I'm excited, and I want to run an Eberron campaign. Now I just need to convince one of my gaming groups (who are all currently Swiss on this subject, as it were).

 

[NewLifeForm]

Well worth a look...

...but so far, I'm not all that excited. For some reason, it reminds me too much of a campaign I ran for several years a few years back. If I ever ressurrect that campaign, I'll probably add some of Eberron's elements.

AD

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I am all over this like a fat kid on a twinkie. Looks good, smells good and it is a ground floor thing where I won't feel like I am missing out but is still DnD which is what turned me off of stuff like Dawnforge, Morningstar and Midnight. I want to play DnD, not some wonky variation. I also like action points...

I don't get it.

How are Midnight, Dawnforge, and Morningstar "wonky variations" of D&D, while Forgotten Realms and Eberron are "real" D&D?

By any objective standard Eberron seems at least as "wonky" as anything else that is "not-Greyhawk."

Wulf

 

[Orius]

No vote, as the choices don't really reflect my views.

I'm a homebrew guy; always have been. For that reason alone, I'm not that likely to play Eberron.

However, the setting does have some interesting ideas. So I'm not opposed to it or completely neutral to it. I'm sort of in the "I'm not going to play the actual setting, but I'll gleefully rip-off anything I find interesting." camp.

 

[francisca]

I'd like to see a similar poll in about 18 months which asks the (currently) 27 people who say it will be their next setting if it actually came to fruition for them.

But in general, I don't much interest in new settings (or a lot of old ones, for that matter), especially one that has (what looks like to me) rehashed Phyrexians, as I play a pretty vanilla game. But I don't begrudge them putting it out, or anyone liking it. It just isn't my cup of tea. My take on fantasy roleplaying is pretty firmly rooted in Lankhmar, Hyboria, Sanctuary, Greyhawk, Judge's Guild City-State, and Middle Earth. Besides, I've got loads of other stuff that I haven't utilized yet, I don't need yet another couple of hundred pages of stuff to influence my homebrew.

But for those of you who are looking forward to it, I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to the story hours.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

I don't get it.

How are Midnight, Dawnforge, and Morningstar "wonky variations" of D&D, while Forgotten Realms and Eberron are "real" D&D?

By any objective standard Eberron seems at least as "wonky" as anything else that is "not-Greyhawk."

Wulf

While I know jack about Morningstar and little about Dawnforge, I can speak in depth about Midnight and FR.

Midnight is a huge departure from the Core Rules.
Forgotten Realms on the other hand, has very few changes at all.

I don't see Eberron being that different from Core D&D. I mean really, the setting was designed from the ground up with the core in mind. It will add a few new things, but it want be nearly as drastic as Midnight or something like Dark Sun.

 

[Stone Dog]

How are Midnight, Dawnforge, and Morningstar "wonky variations" of D&D, while Forgotten Realms and Eberron are "real" D&D?

By the same standards that Dark Sun, Planescape and Ravenloft are wonky variations. The basic theme is different. Well, I don't really know about Dawnforge or Morningstar actually, but Midnight is definatly a different variation.

Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms and probably Eberron all have the same basic things in common. They are just worlds with villians and places to adventure and not any one single theme to guide them. Midnight however is a dark world where the villian has already won and that makes it wonky or niche or whatever you want to call it. Where ever you go, the hordes of darkness are ready to oppress you.