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<blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1387105" data-attributes="member: 15800"><p>*shrug* So does it bother you that over the course of 3,000 years of the third age of Middle Earth men never developed guns? Would you rather that the War of the Ring had been fought with cannons? Should Elric have had a black blunderbuss instead of a black blade? Heck, Elric was the 428th emperor, and Melnibone was advanced in the arts of magic -- why hadn't they developed muskets as well? In Song of Ice & Fire, the history of the First Men stretches back 12,000 years, but they have no guns. And I am the happier for it. I don't read these books and say "But why haven't they developed GUNS?"</p><p></p><p>You may call it lazy, but the fact of the matter is that I <em>don't</em> feel obliged to explain the presence or absence of every human invention in Eberron; even if we had the space in the book, there are many other things I would prefer to explore. So China developed gunpowder weapons in the 13th century. Rome, Egypt, and many earlier advanced civilizations did not -- and they weren't even devoting their scholarly energy on the further development of magic. And as I said earlier in this thread, while some of the magical conveniences of the world may have a 19th century feel, Eberron is not in any way the equivalent of 19th century Earth.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that with Eberron we are trying to create an interesting fantasy world and to explore certain aspects of fantasy that are not always taken into consideration. In my eyes, guns move things away from fantasy and more towards reality. Again, I look to books I have enjoyed for inspiration. Tolkein put a great deal of thought into the history of his world; just because it doesn't match the history of our world doesn't make me think of him as "lazy". </p><p></p><p>So I'm afraid that in this case, Eberron simply may not be the world for you. Sorry!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hellcow, post: 1387105, member: 15800"] *shrug* So does it bother you that over the course of 3,000 years of the third age of Middle Earth men never developed guns? Would you rather that the War of the Ring had been fought with cannons? Should Elric have had a black blunderbuss instead of a black blade? Heck, Elric was the 428th emperor, and Melnibone was advanced in the arts of magic -- why hadn't they developed muskets as well? In Song of Ice & Fire, the history of the First Men stretches back 12,000 years, but they have no guns. And I am the happier for it. I don't read these books and say "But why haven't they developed GUNS?" You may call it lazy, but the fact of the matter is that I [i]don't[/i] feel obliged to explain the presence or absence of every human invention in Eberron; even if we had the space in the book, there are many other things I would prefer to explore. So China developed gunpowder weapons in the 13th century. Rome, Egypt, and many earlier advanced civilizations did not -- and they weren't even devoting their scholarly energy on the further development of magic. And as I said earlier in this thread, while some of the magical conveniences of the world may have a 19th century feel, Eberron is not in any way the equivalent of 19th century Earth. The bottom line is that with Eberron we are trying to create an interesting fantasy world and to explore certain aspects of fantasy that are not always taken into consideration. In my eyes, guns move things away from fantasy and more towards reality. Again, I look to books I have enjoyed for inspiration. Tolkein put a great deal of thought into the history of his world; just because it doesn't match the history of our world doesn't make me think of him as "lazy". So I'm afraid that in this case, Eberron simply may not be the world for you. Sorry! [/QUOTE]
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