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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1699975" data-attributes="member: 158">I think people may be getting unnecessarily hung up on the descriptor "medieval" in reference to Eberron. "Medieval" to a lot of people means "Feudal", in reference to Kings and Nobility and Church holding lots of power over the other sectors of society. But in Eberron, the Kings hold some power, but not the majority, and the merchants and the Houses seem to hold the rest of it. The nobility is scarcely mentioned in the setting; in many ways, the society is Victorian in strata, not feudal. Everyone vies for those noble titles, but they really mean little other than some prestige.On the other hand, there is a near-INFINITE amount of open territory in Eberron; remember all those debates on the underpopulation? A feudal society could indeed still exist quite well, even with Victorian sensibilities and political organization; anyone with a strong swordarm (or wand-arm) and a dream can get dispensation from their king or queen and go carve out a piece of wilderness for themselves - it's not like an industrial society in that population growth is rampant and there are few virgin wildernesses - there are "huuuuge tracts of land" for the taking out there.OTthirdH, land does not mean wealth in a merchant-driven and fund-driven society, which is where Eberron is thematically. The money to be made is in goods and services, not in raising crops.</blockquote>