POLL: How will they mess up Eberron?

[Dinkeldog]

I picked "Too much crunch in a campaign setting", "Novels will mess up the timeline" and "I have faith in WotC". While I realize many people will think that's contradictory, it may not be.

Overall, I don't have a problem with crunch, but I realize that many people do. The world is going to have a lot of interesting moving parts, and we need to know how they all work. It could be possible for a couple-three books to come out right on the CS's heels, but I'm not sure they'll get that done immediately. So we'll either suffer along for a bit not knowing how everything works or we'll get "too much" up front on how things work and not enough of, for example, the family trees of a dozen noble families of countries X and Y that all hate each other but are hopelessly intermarried anyway.

The outside products interfering with the CS thing comes from experience with Dark Sun. It's very tempting to do, but ultimately, it's my game, and I can put it back to when the Dragon-Kings still ruled and there wasn't an Avangion under every rock you turned over if I want to.

Oh, and the giant mutant sea monkeys. Whoever thought that was a good idea needs to stop watching 50's B-movies.

 

[shilsen]

By starting to pay attention to all those nuts who waste their time posting on messageboards on the internet?

 

[Hardhead]

By starting to pay attention to all those nuts who waste their time posting on messageboards on the internet?

By "nuts," do you mean "core audience?"

 

[Psion]

The "M" word.

Edit: I guess that's choice 4.

 

[johnnype]

And my naivete has turned into deep cynicism, so I'm convinced they'll manage to completly screw it up in some way or another.

Have you ever heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? I would not judge prematurely if I were you. You are only going to disappoint yourself. If you are actively looking to dislike a product I can guarantee that you will. I'm going to go on record here and predict that you will dislike Eberron.

This sort of preemptive trolling is not in any way helpful or constructive for the product or the hobby. The world doesn't need another cynic.

That said, I understand where you are coming from. I'm being a bit hypocritical here because I have in the past expressed my displeasure with something before actually seeing it. With Eberron the inclusion of dinosaurs turned me off initially. I've learned to look past that. Doubtless there have been products that don't live up to expectations. Not a product exists that has made everyone happy. For now all we can do is keep an open mind and hope for the best. Keith Baker is very good at what he does. I'm willing to give him every opportunity to make Eberron the best it can be before passing judgment.

 

[Hardhead]

Have you ever heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? I would not judge prematurely if I were you. You are only going to disappoint yourself. If you are actively looking to dislike a product I can guarantee that you will. I'm going to go on record here and predict that you will dislike Eberron.

Actually, I'm quite looking forward to it, despite the fact that I also think they'll screw it up. I can't help myself, I guess I'm just an optimistic cynic at heart.

 

[der_kluge]

I think it will be the Al-Qadim effect. Start off really cool, and then bludgeon the setting to death with useless, crappy supplements that only obfuscate and complicate the core.

 

[Camarath]

I voted for "It'll be 3/4 crunch, 1/4 fluff. In a campaign setting" but I don't see that as a bad thing.

 

[Altalazar]

I'm an atheist, but I have "faith" that WotC will get it right.

Might as well wait and see. Seems silly to already start predicting dire things about a product no one here has even seen yet.

I'll keep an open mind and take a look at it. I'm not sure I'll buy it, but it looks interesting enough so far for me to consider it. I haven't gotten Dragonlance (yet?) because I just don't see myself using any of it.

 

[Gez]

I think it won't have:

• Elminster Syndrome.
• The new rules will be poorley integrated with the d20 mechanic.
• It will be bland.

The rest, I don't put it past to them.