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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1650344" data-attributes="member: 15800">More importantly, it has them charging 5 gp/page for use of a message station, which is far more effective than whispering wind. The message station is your primary fast long-distance communication, if the post is too slow for you. Yes, 5 gp is still too much for the average peasant, but as Eric has noted, Eberron is feudal; we never wanted every farmer to have a cellphone of sending. Most people just don't have a need to communicate with people across the country; and for those that do, the Sivis message stations are just as effective as the telegraph.Actually, if you read my previous post, you'll see that I said nothing of the sort. I said that if you don't like the setting, either find a way to address your concerns on your end or don't play it -- not because you may not have valid concerns, but because WotC cannot make the game perfect for everyone. I appreciate that you bought it and looked at it. I've never said everyone will like it. The fact of the matter is that many won't, and if you're in that camp, good for you -- don't play it. But if you don't like it for one specific reason, perhaps you can find a way to solve that problem, with or without the help of others on this board. To that end, I agree with both jgbrowning and Wizardru. This discussion is valuable if it provides the people who dislike the population issue with valid alternatives, so that someone who likes the setting can say "OK, I'll use the idea of reducing the continent to 1/50th its current size." If that makes the world work for you, go for it, even if it never will be official - and I applaud you for working around our perceived failings. If on the other hand, as Wizardru said, the point is simply to say "the game flat-out cannot be played because of the population issue" and to continue to harp on that -- well, if it entertains people to complain, then that has its own value, but you don't find a solution by piling on more complaints. On the other hand, if you want a "Why I hate Eberron" thread just for the sheer intellectual joy of discussing what idiots game designers are -- hey, a good discussion is its own reward.</blockquote>

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