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<blockquote data-quote="Kunimatyu" data-source="post: 2317104" data-attributes="member: 22057">It's a minor point, but one of the reasons I dislike FR that hasn't really been covered is actually the depth and predetermined nature of the regions. Every major region has its own sourcebook, and some of the popular regions have had more, just not all in this edition of D&amp;D. When I run a game, I don't like having my world compeltely predetermined, and for that matter, so detailed that I feel like I'd have to read a stack of (mostly crap) novels just to really get everything.Eberron, while far from perfect, has a less-defined world, with some areas (Xen'drick and the nature of the Mournland/fate of Cyre) intentionally left always open to the DM. We may see some ideas of what happened at some point, but there will never be an official justification that fits into every game.Other people have touched on the Celebrity NPCs issue, so I won't go into it here, but there's a corollary to the 'celebrity' issue that I think Eberron handles better: the PCs as unique heroes. In FR, the PCs are overshadowed with incredibly powerful NPCs, which, strictly from a campaign perspective, can encourage the DM to use these NPCs to solve the important stuff and tell the PCs what to do. That's not really the best underlying structure for a campaign, and a common pit trap for newbie DMs in the Forgotten Realms.Eberron, in contrast, says specifically in the campaign setting that the PCs are unique heroes that for one reason or another, are just better than normal people. Luck, skill, fame, something. Even if they just hang around Sharn, they'd attract patrons just because of that &quot;special heroic something.&quot; While this idea isn't particularly realistic, it is a good way to structure a campaign, and a good way to keep inexperienced DMs from overshadowing the group with powerful NPCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kunimatyu, post: 2317104, member: 22057"] It's a minor point, but one of the reasons I dislike FR that hasn't really been covered is actually the depth and predetermined nature of the regions. Every major region has its own sourcebook, and some of the popular regions have had more, just not all in this edition of D&D. When I run a game, I don't like having my world compeltely predetermined, and for that matter, so detailed that I feel like I'd have to read a stack of (mostly crap) novels just to really [I]get [/I]everything. Eberron, while far from perfect, has a less-defined world, with some areas (Xen'drick and the nature of the Mournland/fate of Cyre) intentionally left always open to the DM. We may see some ideas of what happened at some point, but there will never be an official justification that fits into every game. Other people have touched on the Celebrity NPCs issue, so I won't go into it here, but there's a corollary to the 'celebrity' issue that I think Eberron handles better: the PCs as unique heroes. In FR, the PCs are overshadowed with incredibly powerful NPCs, which, strictly from a campaign perspective, can encourage the DM to use these NPCs to solve the important stuff and tell the PCs what to do. That's not really the best underlying structure for a campaign, and a common pit trap for newbie DMs in the Forgotten Realms. Eberron, in contrast, says specifically in the campaign setting that the PCs are unique heroes that for one reason or another, are just better than normal people. Luck, skill, fame, something. Even if they just hang around Sharn, they'd attract patrons just because of that "special heroic something." While this idea isn't particularly realistic, it is a good way to structure a campaign, and a good way to keep inexperienced DMs from overshadowing the group with powerful NPCs. [/QUOTE]

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