Is it time for a new setting?

[Aria Silverhands]

They don't use actual guns. You really haven't read anything about the Eberron setting, have you?

I glossed over the artificer class because I had, have, and always will have zero interest in it.

I will admit, if a person refuses to read a setting and instead decides to hate it come hell or high water, then...yes. To that person, Eberron will be the worst setting ever made.

I own the damned book. I've read it, almost cover to cover. I get bored at work and a friend was running an Eberron game, needed players... so I bought it. The setting as a whole is rubbish. There are gems in the rubbish though. Not enough imo, to fix the setting however.

 

[Ingolf]

I've read the setting, I've played in games and I already formed my opinion about it. It's crap. GORRAM CRAP.

You know, slipping in swear words from everyone's favorite canceled science fiction series really doesn't do all that much to lend weight to your arguments.

 

[Cirex]

I glossed over the artificer class because I had, have, and always will have zero interest in it.


I own the damned book. I've read it, almost cover to cover. I get bored at work and a friend was running an Eberron game, needed players... so I bought it. The setting as a whole is rubbish. There are gems in the rubbish though. Not enough imo, to fix the setting however.

What is so wrong with the setting in your opinion? I'm really interested to see what you see as so unrealistic (...) or bad about it. I can see magic being so common (low level magic at least) as the main thing for your dislikes.

What I like about Eberron is :
-The concept of a world split in different nations after a century of war. This war ended just two years ago, so you can feel the conflict, people holding grudges, waiting for a chance to have revenge, other people who lost everything and now are searching a place in the world.
-High level NPCs being very, very rare. It's something that I heavily disliked from FR, but I didn't try to fix. The major of a random town being a level 7 character is a bit silly, but fitting at the FR setting, but I prefer the Eberron approach. PCs get all the spotlight. I make sure they realize about that.
-The new races and new concepts, especially the Warforged and the Changeling. Aerenal Elves got some love from my side too, since I have never been too fond of Elves (Ok, I lie, I like Drows and their impossible and surreal, yet exciting, society).
-Alignments and people. That's something I was already doing at my FR campaign, but Eberron gives more specific details and examples. Having the high priest of [Good God] as a corrupt and evil being is something that I really like for my campaigns. My players' characters are about to meet a Mindflayer Erudite and his half-Vampire apprentice. Both are neutral aligned NPCs, but willing to help people instead of eat their brains or drink their blood.
-The concept of magic as something more common and how it helped the advancement of society (technology). Trains, planes and artificial lights at night. Just lovely.
-Sharn.

And so on!

I admit there are some things that I don't use much, like Dragonmarks and houses overall. My players don't make much use of the Dragonmark houses services (some exceptions there and there) and probably my campaign is too Breland-centered, but well, with 4e I will be placing them somewhere else...

So I vote no. I'm very happy with Eberron and I think I will be using this setting for a long, long time.

 

[Knightlord]

...I get bored at work...

Then clearly you're not working hard enough.

 

[Rabbitbait]

I like Freeport!

 

[VBMEW-01]

Eberron looks interesting to me, or about as interesting as any of the other settings. We have our own world that we are still exploring (after 15 years), so I've little interest in exploring a whole new one. I will probably try to buy the players guides to all the new settings. Crunch is universal, for the most part.

Bring it on, I say, new and old!

 

[Xath]

Remember folks, just because you don't like something doesn't mean it's crap. Keep it civil in here.

 

[Kishin]

Ok, so it's CALLED Aundair. We all know it's France, and it's led by the Wicked Witch.

I often disagree with you, but this time, sir, you win the internet.

Also, I will second that Eberron is amazing, and the only place the Drow are actually remotely interesting to me. It's also pretty internally consistent, considering it was built with 3.5E tropes and quirks firmly in mind. Everything standard to D&D has a neat little niche it fills in Eberron.

They even managed to implement psionics without it looking ridiculous, which at times is no mean feat. I enjoy psionics, but I always felt its implementation in other established campaign settings (Namely, the Realms) was ham handed and unfitting to the established color of the world.

Eberron is a gorram joke

The fact that you used a Firefly reference to insult Eberron is so deliciously ironic. The fact that you can't really elucidate why its crap without launching into a foaming swear fest is also very telling.

 

[Boarstorm]

Discussion of Eberron aside, I'm rather surprised that the split on the poll is as even as it is. I would've expected a landslide in the "no" column, despite my own vote to the contrary.

Maybe I shouldn't just assume my thoughts are aberrent.

 

[Bison]

I say no, there is plenty for us to salivate over now in anticipation. Save this for down the road when the freshness starts to wear off from 4E