Which Campaign Setting has the best fluff? Why?

[Turjan]

Edit: nevermind....

This is unfair !

 

[hong]

So you're applying the assumptions of whichever historiography you're trained in to Eberron, and then saying there's a problem with Eberron because it doesn't correspond with those assumptions? It might be helpful, then, to know what these assumptions of yours are. Jean Hyppolite's idea of history is not the same as Foucault's, which is not the same as Deleuze's (I choose these examples because you have lived in France and studied European history; there are of course countless others).

"Naturally, you must expect me to attack with Hyppolite?"

"I find that Foucault cancels out Hyppolite. Don't you?"

"Unless the enemy has studied his Deleuze... as I have!"

Or alternatively:

"You lived in France, which means you must have studied European history, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal so you would have put the poison as far away from you as possible, so I can CLEARLY not choose the book in front of me!"

 

[Turjan]

"Naturally, you must expect me to attack with Hyppolite?"

"I find that Foucault cancels out Hyppolite. Don't you?"

"Unless the enemy has studied his Deleuze... as I have!"

I'm disappointed ! You completely neglected the Marxist angle!

 

[hong]

I'm disappointed ! You completely neglected the Marxist angle!

Sorry.

"Of course, iocaine comes from Austria, and as everyone knows Austria is entirely peopled by MARXISTS. And marxists are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can CLEARLY not choose the book in front of you!"

 

[Turjan]

Sorry.

"Of course, iocaine comes from Austria, and as everyone knows Austria is entirely peopled by MARXISTS. And marxists are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can CLEARLY not choose the book in front of you!"

Much better! Thanks ! Although I still wonder which book to choose...

Looks as if I'd have to think about that myself .

 

[Wayside]

"You lived in France, which means you must have studied European history

Hey, he said he studied European history (look at me I have credentials!), which is the only reason I brought it up.

Edit: nevermind....

(Assuming whatever was here was directed at me) If it isn't kosher to talk about historiography here (Marxist historiography, for example, because some people might mistake it for Marxist politics, and on ENWorld politics are verboten--I get that that could be a problem for the casual reader), apologies. Mea culpa. I was only interested in exploring (the limitations of) Nisarg's view of historical causality, since that view was the foundation for his criticism of Eberron in some of the above posts.

 

[Turjan]

(Assuming whatever was here was directed at me) If it isn't kosher to talk about historiography here (Marxist historiography, for example, because some people might mistake it for Marxist politics, and on ENWorld politics are verboten--I get that that could be a problem for the casual reader), apologies. Mea culpa. I was only interested in exploring (the limitations of) Nisarg's view of historical causality, since that view was the foundation for his criticism of Eberron in some of the above posts.

It might be less flattering, but if I look at the title of this thread, RSKennan might have simply talked about the merits of his own campaign setting, Morningstar !

 

[Wayside]

I hope so! Hong's rendition of The Princess Deleuze was bad enough.

 

[RSKennan]

Hey, he said he studied European history (look at me I have credentials!), which is the only reason I brought it up.


(Assuming whatever was here was directed at me) If it isn't kosher to talk about historiography here (Marxist historiography, for example, because some people might mistake it for Marxist politics, and on ENWorld politics are verboten--I get that that could be a problem for the casual reader), apologies. Mea culpa. I was only interested in exploring (the limitations of) Nisarg's view of historical causality, since that view was the foundation for his criticism of Eberron in some of the above posts.

It wasn't directed at you. It was just a piece of info on the Setting Search that I decided wasn't pertinent... No big deal.

 

[tetsujin28]

So the ranting continues eh? (snip) Thank you for your time and patience.

Y'know, I'm beginning to like every one of your posts, despite the fact that I've been absent from here for 2+ years