WotC setting search winner - Eberron

[Sinistar]

I don't have the books (except for the Monsternomicon), but with the exception of Dinosaurs isn't this Iron Kingdoms?

I think you are right BG. It is like fantasy games with gunpowder. You either like it or you don't. "Steampunk" doesn't really do it for me.

But who knows. Maybe the actual product will be better than the marketing press.

 

[jester47]

That was a really vague and horribly written report. I would not base any opinions off of that piece. I get the impression that it is somthing of a trainwreck between Wild Wild West, Dinotopia, Lord of the Rings, and Treasure Island. Good or Bad or how much I can't say.

Aaron.

 

[Nightstorm]

This is what I've been waiting for??? Man is it me or has this summer really sucked for gaming releases? I will have nothing to do with this one.

 

[kenjib]

I hope they change the name. Eberron might very well take second place after Warlords of the Accordlands for worst D&D/d20 setting name.

Didn't Wizards specifically state that they wanted nothing much beyond a medieval technology level for submissions? Odd and perhaps a bit unfair that the winner of the competition would be one that broke the rules by going into the industrial age.

 

[Dr. Strangemonkey]

This is what I've been waiting for??? Man is it me or has this summer really sucked for gaming releases? I will have nothing to do with this one.

Well, it isn't me. Testament and AU alone were worth a month of heat. And there have been some nice also rans.

 

[Kai Lord]

Sounds like it could make for a really cool one-shot Planescape: Torment/Fallout style CRPG. As for a pen and paper RPG campaign setting...I dunno. Sounds a little too "LXG the movie" for my tastes.

Be interesting to see how it turns out though.

 

[MacMathan]

Hmmm.. a bit vague. I will have to wait to see this one on the shelves. This summer has left me overloaded with new places to play between adapting to 3.5, Midnight, AU and Warcraft I am bewildered with my own options

 

[SpuneDagr]

Ooh ooh! Let's all judge what we know almost nothing about! Me first!

I sucks. I hate it.
Who's next?

Seriously, though. Give it a chance, guys! You read one little article and rip the soul out of this guy's setting that he put a great deal of thought and work into. Give him the friggin' benefit of the doubt!

 

[Xeriar]

I am not wowed. It kind of worries me since if they wanted to hype the product, maybe they'd give it the one-liner?

Right now it looks rather poor, actually. I suppose it's rather early but every other official D&D setting ever published is more intriging than this one at this point.

 

[Xeriar]

I hope they change the name. Eberron might very well take second place after Warlords of the Accordlands for worst D&D/d20 setting name.

Didn't Wizards specifically state that they wanted nothing much beyond a medieval technology level for submissions? Odd and perhaps a bit unfair that the winner of the competition would be one that broke the rules by going into the industrial age.

Well it's probably more like magic replaces technology sort of thing - golem pulled trains, and so on.