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<blockquote data-quote="IanB" data-source="post: 3514215" data-attributes="member: 1473">I don't mean in terms of looks; I mean in terms of narrative function. For the most part, FF airships are (and I realize there are exceptions and that this is an oversimplification) meant as ways to get around faster and avoid the (soul-crushingly repetetive and common - oops, editoralizing&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) random encounters on the map; Eberron seems to have airships because airships are a cool place to fight set-piece battles against Nazis... er, I mean Emerald Claw soldiers.Without getting too off-topic, I can think of plenty of things to reject; a good example would be the entire plot of Final Fantasy X.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; A lot of people don't really like the wacky hair and giant swords, or the 10 minute long monster summoning cut scenes. That sort of &quot;feel&quot; isn't really pulp at all. I don't find FF very pulpy in general, to be honest.Anyway this probably isn't really an interesting direction for the thread to go so I should probably stop before we *really* get off on a tangent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IanB, post: 3514215, member: 1473"] I don't mean in terms of looks; I mean in terms of narrative function. For the most part, FF airships are (and I realize there are exceptions and that this is an oversimplification) meant as ways to get around faster and avoid the (soul-crushingly repetetive and common - oops, editoralizing ;) ) random encounters on the map; Eberron seems to have airships because airships are a cool place to fight set-piece battles against Nazis... er, I mean Emerald Claw soldiers. Without getting too off-topic, I can think of plenty of things to reject; a good example would be the entire plot of Final Fantasy X. ;) A lot of people don't really like the wacky hair and giant swords, or the 10 minute long monster summoning cut scenes. That sort of "feel" isn't really pulp at all. I don't find FF very pulpy in general, to be honest. Anyway this probably isn't really an interesting direction for the thread to go so I should probably stop before we *really* get off on a tangent. [/QUOTE]

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