Michael Dean
Explorer
Keith Baker wrote:
**the size of the continent, which doesn't seem to match the cultures described for it.**
That's because it doesn't. In my opinion, the scale on the maps of Eberron is off by a factor of ten. In my mind, the Five Nations should be along the size of nations like France and England, not Russia and China. It throws off travel time for adventures, skews population, and makes it hard to imagine events in the Last War pushing deep beyond the borders. This wasn't somehow inherent in the design of the setting (in fact, quite the opposite); in my opinion it was just a miscommunication with the art department that is sadly now part of the core book. But personally, MY Khorvaire is a much smaller place.
Wow! I'm glad the author of the setting agrees with me. It's not a big point, and certainly doesn't hamper my enjoyment of Eberron, but I've always thought the size of the continent and the countries was way off. I just assumed it was Europe sized, at least as far as the Five Nations were concerned, until I actually started computing the distances and realized, whoa, this place is HUGE.
**the size of the continent, which doesn't seem to match the cultures described for it.**
That's because it doesn't. In my opinion, the scale on the maps of Eberron is off by a factor of ten. In my mind, the Five Nations should be along the size of nations like France and England, not Russia and China. It throws off travel time for adventures, skews population, and makes it hard to imagine events in the Last War pushing deep beyond the borders. This wasn't somehow inherent in the design of the setting (in fact, quite the opposite); in my opinion it was just a miscommunication with the art department that is sadly now part of the core book. But personally, MY Khorvaire is a much smaller place.
Wow! I'm glad the author of the setting agrees with me. It's not a big point, and certainly doesn't hamper my enjoyment of Eberron, but I've always thought the size of the continent and the countries was way off. I just assumed it was Europe sized, at least as far as the Five Nations were concerned, until I actually started computing the distances and realized, whoa, this place is HUGE.