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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 2423575" data-attributes="member: 1405">It is not insulting to comment on the target audience of the game.  Normal D&D is targeted at a younger audience, so are the miniatures, and games such as Magic.  There is no insult in saying that Wizards targets a younger audience or that they are wrong to do so.Finally, if you want proof, then read that editorial from Dragon.  I think that Matt Sernett (sp?) wrote it and it was about a year or so ago.  He explicitly states that the currents themes are being taken from popular books (Harry Potter), video games, and cartoons such as pokemon, and that there target audience are people who grew up watching those shows and playing those games.Common/shared history.  The books that were read and the shows that were watched are different for the demographic.  Sword and Sorcery was much more prevalent for that group of people.  Computers were in there infancy and japanese anime had not made many inroads as yet.  It is much more likely that people in their 30s and 40s will gravitate toward different themes than people in their tweens, teens and 20s.As I have said before.  The shifters and changelings are humans that have a special gene or trait that gives them special powers.  The shifter is not just based on the werewolf theme.  You can have wererat, werebear or weretiger in your blood.  Humans that have special powers do to a special gene are mutants.  Shifters remind me more of Wolverine than a werewolf.You poor guy.  I commented in a thread that specifically asked about personal preference and you get angry because you do not like my personal preference.No.  I spoke about my personal preferences and the feelings that running and playing in Eberron evoked.  It is not "slander" to discuss what you do not like about a setting or to comment on how you perceive a setting.  I never said that people who enjoy Eberron are wrong, stupid or juvenile.  I only commented on my own dislikes regarding the setting.  You may want to investigate why you feel the need to attack me based on my perceptions or personal beliefs.As for the target audience being 10-15 year olds.  I stand by the assertion.  There is no shame in it.  That they created a setting that appeals to people across a wide age range is great.  However, Eberron was created with an eye torwards current pop trends that appeal to a younger crowd.  And that is great because we need younger players.</blockquote>

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