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<blockquote data-quote="Nisarg" data-source="post: 2116061" data-attributes="member: 19893">Yes, well, I have a history degree, specializing in early modern europe (by which I mean 16th-18th century).&nbsp; So I'm fairly educated on the topic of what is or is not medievalism.And of course you can point out a lot of things in Eberron that aren't medievalism, but that's the point: its a patchwork quilt, of advances that are not predated by or followed up by nescessary advances.Its like someone inventing the laptop without first inventing the microchip. The biggest problem, also, is that the medievalism is the forced part, forced by whoever is in charge of Eberron and wanted it to be &quot;Medieval fantasy&quot; enough to be bog-standard for D&amp;D. Keith (or who ever wrote that part) basically admits as much in the &quot;Tone of Eberron&quot; section at the start of the ECS.&nbsp; The art plays a big part in this too, it just doesn't fit what should be happening socially in that setting.That's what's disappointing. Eberron could have been something special. Instead it is only (as someone else put it) &quot;FR on crack&quot;.Nisarg</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nisarg, post: 2116061, member: 19893"] Yes, well, I have a history degree, specializing in early modern europe (by which I mean 16th-18th century). So I'm fairly educated on the topic of what is or is not medievalism. And of course you can point out a lot of things in Eberron that aren't medievalism, but that's the point: its a patchwork quilt, of advances that are not predated by or followed up by nescessary advances. Its like someone inventing the laptop without first inventing the microchip. The biggest problem, also, is that the medievalism is the forced part, forced by whoever is in charge of Eberron and wanted it to be "Medieval fantasy" enough to be bog-standard for D&D. Keith (or who ever wrote that part) basically admits as much in the "Tone of Eberron" section at the start of the ECS. The art plays a big part in this too, it just doesn't fit what should be happening socially in that setting. That's what's disappointing. Eberron could have been something special. Instead it is only (as someone else put it) "FR on crack". Nisarg [/QUOTE]

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