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Why is Eberron being pushed so hard?
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<blockquote data-quote="schnee" data-source="post: 1696890" data-attributes="member: 16728"><p>LOTR isn't mythology. It's populist fantasy. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> And I wasn't being totally serious... that stuff happened more when I went to school. Think of that rant as 'Hong lite.' <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I stand by the general idea though. It's not like 'classic' fantasy (whatever that is, really) has been done over and over in games, but... jeez... look at all the books. How many times have subtle, minimalist, tasteful fantasy realms been written about? FOUR ZILLION. We've been absolutely BURIED in 'classic' style fantasy in literature as long as I can remember. Now, something like Eberron? Mainstream? That's a bit more interesting to me.</p><p></p><p>Led Zeppelin was the best rock band ever, Clapton was God, Elvis was the King but... how many times can we listen to the same old riffs and jams and songs before they get completely stale? Are we forever supposed to bow down to tradition? Are there no more stories to tell, so we just sit around and repeat the one about St. George and the dragon forever? I wanna talk about new struggles, new dragons.</p><p></p><p>I really get sick of the old guy 'new stuff is crap it was better in my day' stuff. The new stuff builds on the old stuff. The new stuff takes the old, puts a spin on it and takes it somewhere else. Led Zeppelin was Blues with electric guitars and amplification, early Metallica was Wagner electrified... guess what, Eberron is fantasy, pulp and D&D mixed together and made electric. It's just how cultural evolution works, and of course some beautiful delicate flowers are going to be trampled along the way, but that's life.</p><p></p><p>If you hate it, nobody's stopping you from making your own home-brew.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="schnee, post: 1696890, member: 16728"] LOTR isn't mythology. It's populist fantasy. ;) And I wasn't being totally serious... that stuff happened more when I went to school. Think of that rant as 'Hong lite.' :D I stand by the general idea though. It's not like 'classic' fantasy (whatever that is, really) has been done over and over in games, but... jeez... look at all the books. How many times have subtle, minimalist, tasteful fantasy realms been written about? FOUR ZILLION. We've been absolutely BURIED in 'classic' style fantasy in literature as long as I can remember. Now, something like Eberron? Mainstream? That's a bit more interesting to me. Led Zeppelin was the best rock band ever, Clapton was God, Elvis was the King but... how many times can we listen to the same old riffs and jams and songs before they get completely stale? Are we forever supposed to bow down to tradition? Are there no more stories to tell, so we just sit around and repeat the one about St. George and the dragon forever? I wanna talk about new struggles, new dragons. I really get sick of the old guy 'new stuff is crap it was better in my day' stuff. The new stuff builds on the old stuff. The new stuff takes the old, puts a spin on it and takes it somewhere else. Led Zeppelin was Blues with electric guitars and amplification, early Metallica was Wagner electrified... guess what, Eberron is fantasy, pulp and D&D mixed together and made electric. It's just how cultural evolution works, and of course some beautiful delicate flowers are going to be trampled along the way, but that's life. If you hate it, nobody's stopping you from making your own home-brew. [/QUOTE]
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