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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 3818965" data-attributes="member: 5143">What I mean is that Eberron was designed from the ground up as a 3rd Edition world.  It asked the question: What would a world look like where:a) magic items could be created fairly easily and lasted foreverb) there were ancient cultures for thousands of years that were undiscovered to allow PCs a chance to explore themc) healing magic was readily availabled) magic items were assumed to be able to be purchased by anyone with money in any citye) magic existed (and could be made into items) that would allow people to fly, travel really fast, and teleportf) all of the creatures in D&D existed somewhereg) any number of other assumptions by the rules that I don't feel like listingNow, what I mean by Eberronizing Forgotten Realms is that if we take the core concepts(whatever they may be) of 4th edition and ask "What would a world be like that had these as assumptions?" then we should get the answer: "Exactly like the NEW Realms are."So, we know that wizards need staffs, orbs, and wands to focus their magic.  Why?  Perhaps it is because the god of magic is dead and it is hard to cast spells without the aid of focuses to channel the spells.We know that some of the classes will not be in the first PHB....will those classes die off in the Spellplague only to be rediscovered in some storyline when the classes come out in a book again?We know that the core rules allow people to go up to level 30 and that 20-30 ARE Epic levels.  Does that mean that some sort of Epic Spellcasting will discovered on FR again?We know that the planes are being changed around as part of the "core" rules.  And that FR are using the cosmology.  Planes get added and destroyed in order to turn it into the "default" D&D world.We don't know what else is changed in 4th Ed, but my point is that FR seems to be set up to be the premiere 4th Ed D&D world.  So, if the default rules say something about a race or class, I believe you will see FR change so that it is inline with everything said in the PHB.  A lot of changes in the rules and default assumptions means a lot of changes in FR.</blockquote>

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