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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 3812425" data-attributes="member: 18832">I wasn't overly concerned by the prospect of a timeline advancement, but I'm pretty happy that it's not advancing, too.It sets a small, but potentially important, precedent. It may well be ignored when the next edition rolls around, or even sooner than that, but it's something.I prefer the idea that the timeline doesn't advance. I prefer the idea that the novels won't be treated as canon. They are, of course, separate issues, but I am glad that James Wyatt has confirmed that both of them will be true of Eberron in the future.I don't agree with some of the outright hysteria that's been heard over either issue - but, I don't know, it's like when you hear that a sequel to one of your favourite movies might be recasting a crucial character, originally played by someone you really loved in the role. No matter how good an actor the proposed replacement might be, it's not the same, and it's an unnecessary change - at least artistically speaking.So my relief at this juncture is, I guess, less "They won't be ruining the setting anymore! Hooray!" and more "Ah, good. They're keeping things just the same as they were when I grew to like the setting."It's an unusually conservative position for me to be taking - but I guess I feel that Eberron is one of the rare things where I'm positive it's not broken and see no reason to fix it.</blockquote>