Forgotten Realms VS. Eberron. Which should I run?

[jester47]

Three words:

ITS ALL GOOD!

A.

 

[Pseudonym]

Wow, only nine posts before the witless show up.

So anyone not avidly dryhumping Ed Greenwood's leg is witless?

 

[JoeGKushner]

I like Eberron a lot, but I haven't given up my standard FR game for it yet. On the ironic side, I have given up my FR game to run Slavelords of Cydnoia, a mega-module style vent from Bad Axe Games, but I'm using the Black Company rules for it.

Eberron, to me, is best for a new gm and a new group or those who just know too much about FR and want to be surprised again.

 

[Gez]

Distorting names ("Forgettable Realms" or, in the other side, "Eboredom" or something like that) is witless. It's a 5-year-old's attack.

Eberron as that "oh, shiny, new!" feeling to it. There are lot of cool ideas. Forgotten Realms carries with it a lot of baggage that is both a strength (lots of flavourful details) and a weakness (continuity is hard). Both have very different feels, yet both are totally D&D.

If you've played or run FR a lot and want to try something new, give Eberron a try. You can always revert back to the Realms if Keith Baker's setting is not to your liking.

 

[Christopher Lambert]

The nonsensical demographics, magic is insanely common

You play FR, right?

No real personalities. I think it was supposed to be a selling point of Eberron that their aren't any major, powerful NPC's, but I see that as unrealistic and frankly a little boring. Eberron seems highly contrived to make PC's the center of the entire world, even if they shouldn't be. They should be the center of the game, but not of the entire campaign world (unless it's an Epic game).

There are a lot of high-level NPCs running around. However, most of the named ones are evil. There's no Chosen of Mystra to steal your thunder.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Wow, only nine posts before the witless show up.

Uncalled for don't you think? The post you responded to was very clear without being insulting and instead of trying to refute it (which isn't necessary since these are all opinionso n campaign settings), you just out and insult the poster? Bad Myster Man, no cookie for you!

 

[Mystery Man]

Distorting names ("Forgettable Realms" or, in the other side, "Eboredom" or something like that) is witless. It's a 5-year-old's attack.

Thank you Gez, that just about sums it up.

 

[Mystery Man]

Uncalled for don't you think? The post you responded to was very clear without being insulting and instead of trying to refute it (which isn't necessary since these are all opinionso n campaign settings), you just out and insult the poster? Bad Myster Man, no cookie for you!

It was clearly insulting. If the witless can't get their opinion across without being insulting they get called out for what they are.

 

[Desdichado]

Uncalled for don't you think? The post you responded to was very clear without being insulting and instead of trying to refute it (which isn't necessary since these are all opinionso n campaign settings), you just out and insult the poster? Bad Myster Man, no cookie for you!

The actual yes/no opinion was obviously very clear, but without any supporting evidence (i.e., why he preferred one to another) its also not very helpful.

Then again, it wasn't insulting either.

 

[Henry]

I think I need to sum it up for everyone: Knock off the personal attacks, please.

I'll further sum up that it's pointless to insult a game setting with hyperbole. The original poster wants informed opinions. He's not likely to play the setting a person loves, whichever it is, if all a person can offer is groundless badmouthing.

Anyway, on with the show!