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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 3440862" data-attributes="member: 198">Personally, I've always thought that the argument about anachronism in D&amp;D is really silly, leave alone anachronism in Eberron. By definition, with the existence of all the things that the D&amp;D rules bring in their wake, a world governed by those rules and societies in such a world would have little resemblance to our own world and it's history. And I think that's been true of D&amp;D in any edition. When I first began playing D&amp;D (only in 1999), the pseudo-medieval world that was gestured at in the core books always seemed significantly out of whack to me, because it just didn't fit with the rules.One of the many things I love about Eberron is that it's a lot closer (though it isn't quite there yet) to depicting a world and society that fits the D&amp;D rules. It makes a lot more sense for me that in a world where magic exists and apparently always has done so one would see its effects in and on society, than the weird mix of pseudo-medieval world and superheroic individuals running around in it that one encountered in most previous settings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 3440862, member: 198"] Personally, I've always thought that the argument about anachronism in D&D is really silly, leave alone anachronism in Eberron. By definition, with the existence of all the things that the D&D rules bring in their wake, a world governed by those rules and societies in such a world would have little resemblance to our own world and it's history. And I think that's been true of D&D in any edition. When I first began playing D&D (only in 1999), the pseudo-medieval world that was gestured at in the core books always seemed significantly out of whack to me, because it just didn't fit with the rules. One of the many things I love about Eberron is that it's a lot closer (though it isn't quite there yet) to depicting a world and society that fits the D&D rules. It makes a lot more sense for me that in a world where magic exists and apparently always has done so one would see its effects in and on society, than the weird mix of pseudo-medieval world and superheroic individuals running around in it that one encountered in most previous settings. [/QUOTE]

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