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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8849720" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>How are these three books worse than the SCAG? Sure, there aren't a lot of bespoke locations, but again, it is space. And they make it very clear that even massive empires are small. The introductory adventure has you fighting an evil Astral Elven Empire... that otherwise gets no mention at all. </p><p></p><p>Some people seem to think that's because the book is bad, but I look at the Astral Elf write-up, and I see something different. They don't get a bigger mention, because they aren't the only Elven Empire. There are others. Spelljammer isn't a setting like Eberron, where political tensions between neighbors could erupt into a full-scale war that effects everyone. There could be entire galatic, planet destroying wars going on, and the Rock isn't going to care about them. Because space is that big. </p><p></p><p>The setting is basically "The Multiverse", all those settings you mentioned are supposedly in this, so what "should" they have included? You are given plenty I think, and then left to fill in the specific details</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8849720, member: 6801228"] How are these three books worse than the SCAG? Sure, there aren't a lot of bespoke locations, but again, it is space. And they make it very clear that even massive empires are small. The introductory adventure has you fighting an evil Astral Elven Empire... that otherwise gets no mention at all. Some people seem to think that's because the book is bad, but I look at the Astral Elf write-up, and I see something different. They don't get a bigger mention, because they aren't the only Elven Empire. There are others. Spelljammer isn't a setting like Eberron, where political tensions between neighbors could erupt into a full-scale war that effects everyone. There could be entire galatic, planet destroying wars going on, and the Rock isn't going to care about them. Because space is that big. The setting is basically "The Multiverse", all those settings you mentioned are supposedly in this, so what "should" they have included? You are given plenty I think, and then left to fill in the specific details [/QUOTE]
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