Straight Dope on Eberron . . .

[Cam Banks]

I've been working on my own pulp + D&D setting for a while, something I even submitted as a setting search entry, but Eberron clearly has the "everything in the core rules" approach that mine doesn't. Actually, I think d20 Modern would be a stylish alternative, but whatever.

I'll likely pick this up - an artificer class is something many other independent d20 publishers are doing, so I'm curious as to how WOTC plans on handling it.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Desdichado]

I'm still having trouble building up any excitement whatsoever for Eberron. WotC should support the settings they already have, before stretching their resources out too thinly. The only campaign setting I have the time to support or the interest in expanding is Greyhawk. Oh well.

I'm curious what you mean. What resources are being stretched thinly? Greyhawk has been developed as much as it's going to, and FR is still chugging out product at an acceptable pace for that setting. All the other settings have bitten the metaphorical dust.

 

[Aeolius]

Greyhawk has been developed as much as it's going to, and FR is still chugging out product at an acceptable pace for that setting. All the other settings have bitten the metaphorical dust.

There's life in the old girl, yet. I only need one campaign setting. I chose Greyhawk. My next campaign-specific hardback will be one pertaining to GH and, as WotC has no intention of publishing such a book, my days of purchasing campaign-specific products are done.

Back to Eberron, though, the whole steampunk thing doesn't draw my interest at all.

 

[Vaxalon]

A D20 Author sighs, and wishes his budget could support books he can't use in his works.

 

[KenM]

Whatever software company is doing the DnD online game is taking a huge gamble with it. It will be set in Eberron. I don't know if thisa is WOTC's wishes or the software devlopers. But if people don't like the setting, the game will bomb. WOTC is promoting it to death.

 

[Nightfall]

I have faith in Keith Baker. He's a very innvative(sp) freelancer. I also think while Eberron isn't quite my cup of tea, it's certainly has some interesting developments and stands out in a crowd. So we'll see.

 

[shadowlight]

Back to Eberron, though, the whole steampunk thing doesn't draw my interest at all.

I agree. After thousands of submissions the one they picked was basically steampunk? I was really looking forward to something new and unusual.

I'm sure there was some really innovative stuff in the 11,000 submissions and I'm truely perplexed at how this one ended up on top.

 

[Henry]

I can assert it will have at least one purchaser...

I have a feeling it will do well.

 

[Greatwyrm]

So far, the more I see, the more I like.

 

[Mystery Man]

Where is this steampunk thing coming from?

It's steampunk? I thought it was fantasy?

"The setting combines traditional medieval fantasy with pulp action and dark adventure."

It goes on to talk about how the world progressed through magic yada yada yada....

I don't see thw words 'steampunk' in there anywhere.