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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2423482" data-attributes="member: 2205">That's not "the truth" and it is insulting to say.  Plus, I seriously doubt that you have anything with which to back up that outrageous claim.Oh?  What's the string of logic that says 30-40 year olds prefer sword and sorcery?Haven't we already had this discussion about your shifter/mutant not making any sense?  If I recall, I disagreed then, pointed to the shifter/classic werewolf ties, and then you kinda didn't address the issue anymore.  I'll grant that warforged and lightning rails are not very traditional D&D (and I'll even grant that there are some obvious parallels between warforged and some classic SF robot themes, although warforged as a construct race are a natural "next step" from regular D&D, IMO) but I don't see how that's necessarily a problem.  Are you saying that 30-40 year olds only want conventional, firmly in-the-box D&D with no innovations?  It seems to me like your argument amounts to little more than "people between 30 and 40 are old fuddy-duddies, so if they were the target audience, Eberron would be another Greyhawk/FR clone."  Our group--5 folks in their thirties and one in his very late 20s--all liked Eberron.  We all liked the new, unique aspects of Eberron as a matter of fact.You coming here and claiming things like you have as fact is a nonsensical position from a logical argument standpoint.  You're tossing up your own personal preferences and tastes, and using them as "evidence" about Eberron's target audience.  It's really fairly silly.Oh, and I'm not much of an anime defender; in fact, I'm often the guy anime defenders are arguing against, but your comment about Eberron matching current anime is absurd.  What current anime, might I ask?Yeah, but you don't just dislike Eberron; in the earlier part of your post you attempted (poorly, IMO) to slander it; stating as if it were fact that the target audience is juvenile, and the themes and elements that are unique to it come from "outside."</blockquote>

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