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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mystery Man" data-source="post: 1943600" data-attributes="member: 13273">Ah but see I condemned nothing, all I did was give a reason why the setting didn't do it for me. I didnt use hash words like it sucked, I didn't corrupt its name into something silly. I never said that FR was better, I didn't even bring it into the discussion but someone else always inevitable does. I've been critical of the setting since its release and every single time I am someone comes back with a slam. Doesnt anger me really, more disappoints and amuses at the same time. Granted, I do make myself a target probably with my outward appearance of being a Realms fan. That's never going to change.   I was honest with my rating and stated so. I didn't have to be, I could have just as easily rated it a one and never said a word.   Redeeming qualities:  1. Keith Baker support - admirable, phenomenal, frankly all the profits should go to him.  2. Halflings on dinos - the one thing about the setting that gets slammed so much I find to be one of the very coolest things about it.   3. Modules - I like the way the modules are presented, granted they have their railroading problems but that is easily circumvented. They're are well written, creative and they are a boon to new DM's.   Problems that I have with the setting are Warforged. I can't stand them, the second I read them I thought here is the drow of the next generation of DnD. Can't stand drow either.  The name, I'm not crazy about the name and the names of the regions. Techno magic (just grates on my nerves) combining with low level npc's. It just makes no sense and explaining it away with "the war" is just not good enough for me. The regions have such a "been there, done that" feel for me. These were the top killers for me personally. I'll play in it, one of my players has expressed an interest in DMing it when my campaign is done. I'll be in sore need of a break by then. But, I'll never run it.   At the end of the day, its all subjective anyway. And at the very end of the day Eberron is still I think one of the top 5 produced for DnD.</blockquote>

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