D&D General Who else was resistant to Eberron for awhile before falling for it?

[Distracted DM]

I fell for it immediately on release- it was my favorite setting after Planescape. I read some of the novels too, most were decent (except for one that I had to put down, the writing disagreed with me so much).

If it came out now, I can't say I'd feel the same... but maybe that's because I've already mined it for so many ideas that I don't feel like I need to run the setting itself (but I sure do go back to Keith Baker's blog whenever I need some inspiration).

 

[payn]

Golarion seems great as well! How do you feel about it in regards to Eberron? Would you run Golarion even without PF rules?

Eberron felt a pinch less kitchen sink but still pretty encompassing. I really enjoyed the factions, locales, lore. DDO did well to bring it to life.

Golarion won me over because it was like fantasy Indiana Jones. Paizo adventures rewrote the book for me. The amount of content for Golarion has gotta be more than any setting I can imagine.

I wouldn’t run Golarion in anything but PF1 because PF1 is my favorite current fantasy RPG. If something dethroned it though, I’d consider using it for Golarion.

 

[Professor Murder]

It's funny, but I'm kinda the reverse of this in that the appeal of Eberron really stuck me early on, but I don't think I have ever run anything in the setting, just have taken parts for my own. Granted, this is common enough for my magpie GMing style, but still. I like that it is not a half measure. An issue I sometimes have with D&D fantasy settings is having pervasive magic in the world but it not being a pervasive part of "normal" people's lives, not really. Magic as a technology and it's impact of civilian life is central to Eberron and it can be a real breath of fresh air. Perhaps someday I will buckle down and run an actual Eberron campaign, but tbh, the closest I am likely to come is Victoriana when the Kickstarter fulfills...

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Yeah, I was resistant to it at first, because it was too radically different to what I was used to. As I got older I realised that my conservatism was a mistake, and like Eberron (mostly, I'm not a fan of entrenched nobility as rulers), especially the logic of considering the impact of magic on society, the lack of faux-medievalism, and the 1920s vibes (I play it with period costume). My players (who are all significantly younger than me) love it, it's the favourite setting by far.

 

[Zardnaar]

Wasn't interested in it at first when I heard about it.

One of my players was interested in it and bought the 3.5 book. They moved overseas and gifted me the book.

I liked the 5E update as well. Alt art cover is nice.