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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 1033644" data-attributes="member: 1106">That's Nick's stance; take that up with him.It's not about the &quot;could&quot;.&nbsp; You &quot;could&quot; do all sorts of things with magic that could totally obliterate the pseudo-medieval feel of a swords &amp; sorcery fantasy world.&nbsp; It's about the &quot;does it fit&quot;.&nbsp; If you can't see the difference, then I consider that a bit silly too. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I've already outlined why flying galleons are somewhat less likely to challenge suspension of disbelief than flying wagons - see above.&nbsp; Flying ships are a staple of swords &amp; sorcery fantasy; flying wagons, considerably less so - chariots usually get that treatment instead.&nbsp; Regardless, flying wagons are much more acceptable than flying trains, because wagons are medieval tech, and trains aren't.I think Eberron will need a convincing context for lightning rails to overcome such obstacles, and it may well have one.&nbsp; Dark Sun, which was sort of post-apocalyptic dark future swords and sandals crossed with swords &amp; sorcery, had a convincing context for what it presented.&nbsp; Eberron may well have one too, but lightning rails will have to be &quot;explained&quot; (as to why they're there, not how they operate) in a way that in FR, Halruua's flying ships might not (since they're arguably a bit of an S&amp;S cliche even).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 1033644, member: 1106"] That's Nick's stance; take that up with him. It's not about the "could". You "could" do all sorts of things with magic that could totally obliterate the pseudo-medieval feel of a swords & sorcery fantasy world. It's about the "does it fit". If you can't see the difference, then I consider that a bit silly too. ;) I've already outlined why flying galleons are somewhat less likely to challenge suspension of disbelief than flying wagons - see above. Flying ships are a staple of swords & sorcery fantasy; flying wagons, considerably less so - chariots usually get that treatment instead. Regardless, flying wagons are much more acceptable than flying trains, because wagons are medieval tech, and trains aren't. I think Eberron will need a convincing context for lightning rails to overcome such obstacles, and it may well have one. Dark Sun, which was sort of post-apocalyptic dark future swords and sandals crossed with swords & sorcery, had a convincing context for what it presented. Eberron may well have one too, but lightning rails will have to be "explained" (as to why they're there, not how they operate) in a way that in FR, Halruua's flying ships might not (since they're arguably a bit of an S&S cliche even). [/QUOTE]

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