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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 2298131" data-attributes="member: 957">Maybe somewhat.  But mostly it just the simple matter of the specifically related elements.  There is a more pseudo industrial feel and magic as technology aspect that certainly contrasts with traditional fantasy.  I don't mind those things, but I don't prefer them.  So that may play into it.  I also find Eberron to be somewhat more in tune with more modern approaches to cartoons and such.  Where there seems to be a blurring of fantasy with science fiction and supers.  Look at the new races: metal men and shape changers (times two), all three stand out as having characteristics I'd consider more typical of supers characters than D&D.  Not to any great extreme.  I'm not claiming broken or such.  Just that they are into a different archtype.  And if that fits in with what younger gamers want in D&D, then that is great.  And that would be an offsetting factor in sustained popularity.  Heck, if true then that alone will MORE than offset my concern at a market level.  I already said I'm not predicting failure.  I'm simply pointing out why it offers less to me personally.Anyway, not a single thing in the above is intended as a criticism.  That is simply me listing some factors in regard to the setting as I see it.  I somewhat prefer traditional fantasy.  But I don't see my personal preference as ultimately relevant.But I know that warforged PClasses and feats will be unusable to me.  I know that dragonshard elements will require more than typical work to adapt.  I know it will be a minority.  But I can reliably expect 20 to 30% of the material in an Eberron book to be tied to other mechanical elements of the setting.With FR I can take Purple Knights, rename them and go.  I can put Red Wizards in one place with one name and dump a Red Wizards Pclass on a completely different group.  I can take the Harpers full out, or just this class and that feat.  The only thing that I can't use (which has occured to em so far) is Spellfire stuff.  I don't like spellfire.  Spellfire in FR doesn't compare to warforged in Eberron.FR is 99% modular.  Eberron is 75% modular.  Are those number scientific and exact? No.  Are they fair for arguements sake? Yes.  I'm not interested in spending money on a book that is 25% wasted for my uses, before I even crack the cover.</blockquote>

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