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<blockquote data-quote="fanboy2000" data-source="post: 1702801" data-attributes="member: 19998"><p><strong>D&D Setting Design 101</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"You keep using that word. I don't not think it means what you think it means."</p><p></p><p>You also seem to misunderstand the meaning of fantasy. I'd define it, but what's the point?</p><p></p><p>Mr. Baker said it best: "[Eberron] is a fantasy world as opposed to an exercise in sociology..."</p><p></p><p>You know, that bears repeating:</p><p></p><p><strong><em><u>"[Eberron] is a fantasy world as opposed to an exercise in sociology"</u></em></strong></p><p></p><p>Oh, I know "It would have been so great that if they had made it an exersize in sociology! If only they made it more realisistic! Oh <strong>HOW</strong> could they create a setting that dosen't take into acount all of Earth's history! Oh the pain!"</p><p></p><p>I understand the argument quite well. And quite frankly, the argument has a few gaping holes in it:</p><p></p><p>1. Eberron, unlike Earth, has magic.</p><p>2. Eberron, unlike Earth, is made out of the body of a dragon.</p><p>3. Eberron, unlike Earth, has alternate planes of existance that influance it.</p><p>4. Eberron, has cultures who don't nesesarly corispond one-to-one with Earth cultures. </p><p>5. Eberron, unlike Earth, has multiple inteligant species living on the world.</p><p></p><p>It is safe to say that Eberron is not Earth, thus it is not required to follow Earth's history. </p><p></p><p>The Last War, while analogus to WWI, isn't WWI.</p><p></p><p>Ok So what have we leard today in Game Design 101?</p><p>1. Eberron is <strong>not</strong> an exersize in sociology.</p><p>2. Even if it was, Eberron is fantasy.</p><p>3. Eberron is not Earth.</p><p>4. The Last War isn't WWI</p><p>5. People who are humanities majors can enjoy Eberron (See post above, and the author of this post, Stephen Nicholson, is both egotistical and a humanities major who is currently dating a history major.)</p><p>6. Sales of Eberron show that some people want Doc Savage and Indiana Jones</p><p>7. Posts at ENWorld.org show that some people want Doc Savage and Indiana Jones </p><p></p><p>That all for today class. Tonight your homework will be to scoure the internet looking for posts by people who think that world that includes 40-foot diamiter fireballs have a chance of being realistic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fanboy2000, post: 1702801, member: 19998"] [b]D&D Setting Design 101[/b] "You keep using that word. I don't not think it means what you think it means." You also seem to misunderstand the meaning of fantasy. I'd define it, but what's the point? Mr. Baker said it best: "[Eberron] is a fantasy world as opposed to an exercise in sociology..." You know, that bears repeating: [b][i][u]"[Eberron] is a fantasy world as opposed to an exercise in sociology"[/u][/i][/b] Oh, I know "It would have been so great that if they had made it an exersize in sociology! If only they made it more realisistic! Oh [b]HOW[/b] could they create a setting that dosen't take into acount all of Earth's history! Oh the pain!" I understand the argument quite well. And quite frankly, the argument has a few gaping holes in it: 1. Eberron, unlike Earth, has magic. 2. Eberron, unlike Earth, is made out of the body of a dragon. 3. Eberron, unlike Earth, has alternate planes of existance that influance it. 4. Eberron, has cultures who don't nesesarly corispond one-to-one with Earth cultures. 5. Eberron, unlike Earth, has multiple inteligant species living on the world. It is safe to say that Eberron is not Earth, thus it is not required to follow Earth's history. The Last War, while analogus to WWI, isn't WWI. Ok So what have we leard today in Game Design 101? 1. Eberron is [b]not[/b] an exersize in sociology. 2. Even if it was, Eberron is fantasy. 3. Eberron is not Earth. 4. The Last War isn't WWI 5. People who are humanities majors can enjoy Eberron (See post above, and the author of this post, Stephen Nicholson, is both egotistical and a humanities major who is currently dating a history major.) 6. Sales of Eberron show that some people want Doc Savage and Indiana Jones 7. Posts at ENWorld.org show that some people want Doc Savage and Indiana Jones That all for today class. Tonight your homework will be to scoure the internet looking for posts by people who think that world that includes 40-foot diamiter fireballs have a chance of being realistic. [/QUOTE]
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