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<blockquote data-quote="machineelf" data-source="post: 7752613" data-attributes="member: 6774924">Because one is an airship that flies, and one is a regular ship that doesn't. What do you mean you don't see the difference? Oh, you mean because neither is real and it's just words out of the DM's mouth and at the end of the day the same result is achieved? Well do you see the difference between your character shooting a bow and arrow vs. shooting a gun? Or see a difference between a warrior using a shield to deflect an attack vs a wizard using a shield spell? They are just words and aren't really real after all.Hopefully you get my point. The airships and such of Eberron help tell a story and paint a picture of a different world. All those details added together give a different &quot;feel&quot; to the players playing in those worlds. And besides, in Eberron you often don't ride in an airship or lightning rail and arrive at your destination uneventfully.&nbsp; It's a long way to drop if you get pushed over the edge of an airship during a fight on it.Ultimately your post just sounds like you don't like Eberron, which is cool. To each their own. But clearly the descriptive differences of a fantasy world do matter, to the story.Edit: you know, I think I might not have understood the meaning of your post at first. On second reading, it seems like you are just saying that in terms of traveling far distances, it matters little if it's by caravan in one setting or by airship in another, in terms of getting to far-off locations. So I apologize if I was addressing something that you did not mean. Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="machineelf, post: 7752613, member: 6774924"] Because one is an airship that flies, and one is a regular ship that doesn't. What do you mean you don't see the difference? Oh, you mean because neither is real and it's just words out of the DM's mouth and at the end of the day the same result is achieved? Well do you see the difference between your character shooting a bow and arrow vs. shooting a gun? Or see a difference between a warrior using a shield to deflect an attack vs a wizard using a shield spell? They are just words and aren't really real after all. Hopefully you get my point. The airships and such of Eberron help tell a story and paint a picture of a different world. All those details added together give a different "feel" to the players playing in those worlds. And besides, in Eberron you often don't ride in an airship or lightning rail and arrive at your destination uneventfully. It's a long way to drop if you get pushed over the edge of an airship during a fight on it. Ultimately your post just sounds like you don't like Eberron, which is cool. To each their own. But clearly the descriptive differences of a fantasy world do matter, to the story. Edit: you know, I think I might not have understood the meaning of your post at first. On second reading, it seems like you are just saying that in terms of traveling far distances, it matters little if it's by caravan in one setting or by airship in another, in terms of getting to far-off locations. So I apologize if I was addressing something that you did not mean. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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