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SiriusBlack
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 Posted - 18 Mar 2004 : 16:45:24
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Originally posted by Rad
Certain elements of Eberron do put me off... the wild west style train for instance!
Did you see Will Smith or Kevin Kline when they showed the train? 
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Ive never liked any technology or too advanced features in my campaign
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Mar 2004 : 16:50:02
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Originally posted by Alaundo
 What's this I see before me?! Not one, but FOUR pages of talk of this Eberron place!
Maybe it's we all just feel sorry for poor Eberron. Have to show it some attention.
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Indeed Sage, and I have not forgot about this task. 'twas not as straight forward as first envisaged as I wished to keep such in a separate room all together. Be it known, I have not given up....just a further delay.
Thank you! I just saw GamingReport report some solid information about the release date for The Game of Thrones RPG. While, it's not the Realms, I still am looking forward to this item much more than any other setting coming out this year since it has a well developed history established in three best selling novels. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Mar 2004 : 16:52:30
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Are those dwarven carpenters on strike again? 
Unions. <sigh> |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 19 Mar 2004 : 04:42:37
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Are those dwarven carpenters on strike again?
Unions. <sigh>
I'll talk to Brax, he's head of the Dwarven Library Assistants Union here at Candlekeep. He keeps reminding me of that every time I inform him of new magical item arrivals for the Magic Shop, and that they need to be off-loaded.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 14 Apr 2004 : 03:37:06
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The latest Eberron update, Mind Games in Eberron, has been released. It provides us with a look into the world's psionics system.
Actually, looking over the basic ideas behind this new system, I think it would make an interesting addition to an FR campaign, although it would have to be a mostly psionic-based adventure...
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SiriusBlack
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The Sage
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Posted - 15 May 2004 : 08:10:48
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I think I preferred the older version of the cover. It had images from the Last War. Although, I supposed we'll see that illustration on the cover of the Shadows of the Last War adventure.
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Sarelle
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
508 Posts |
Posted - 15 May 2004 : 10:55:45
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Hmmm.
I really am undecided about Eberron, from what I've heard so far. I agree with those people who cry out with joy at a brand new setting, in general, but I also sigh deeply at the lack of originality. I mean... floating cities? artificers? Where did I see those, before? I just can't think! 
Still, for an unoriginal stance, it does seem quite interesting and does have some promise. I'm actually shocked that I consider it at all - I always avoided anything non-high fantasy, although recently I've been really interested in Spelljammer and Planescape, so there you go. But some of the clockwork themes seem to have been tastefully, anyway - they have an aura of fantasy, which mechanical things in RPGs often lack.
But this is all supposition from the artwork. Who know how it will turn out? So far, I do plan to buy the campaign book, but only at the end of a long list of other books - and FR will always remain no. 1.  |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 May 2004 : 15:57:03
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Originally posted by Sarelle
but I also sigh deeply at the lack of originality. I mean... floating cities? artificers? Where did I see those, before? I just can't think!
Wait, you mean that stuff has been done before? Those lying little *&$#@. That's it, I'm canceling my subscription to Eberron Magazine, I mean Dragon Magazine.
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But this is all supposition from the artwork. Who know how it will turn out? So far, I do plan to buy the campaign book, but only at the end of a long list of other books - and FR will always remain no. 1.
My belief is it will be quite popular in the short term. However, I'd be very surprised in ten years if it's still a thriving gaming world with constant publications. |
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CurseLord
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Sarta
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 16 May 2004 : 01:32:11
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My current plan is to do what I've done with other new settings and such: Buy the initial campaign setting, read it with an open mind, decide how likely I'd be to want to run it, and go from there.
Over the years, I've played in several one-shot D&D games that were rather anachronistic and set in more pulp settings. The most memorable was the one set in a 30's style downtown Chicago and revolved around a rather noir detective mystery set in a nice hotel. Nothing beats fighting dwarves in tuxedos with tommy guns and cigars for a change of pace.
I'm looking forward to reading how they've handled the more Indiana Jones side of D&D.
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SiriusBlack
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
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Posted - 16 May 2004 : 17:50:42
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| Here's something I've been wondering about for a while. Is it supposed to be Eh-bear-on, or Eb-er-on? If it's the later, it sounds cheesy. With a lisp. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 16 May 2004 : 17:56:24
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Here's something I've been wondering about for a while. Is it supposed to be Eh-bear-on, or Eb-er-on? If it's the later, it sounds cheesy. With a lisp.
I've been calling it the latter. Of course, lately, I've also called it by a new nickname that probably should not be repeated lest I upset some fans of the setting.
However, I don't recall seeing any pronunciation guide as to how it should be called. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 19 May 2004 : 17:21:58
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Matt Forbeck, who is currently working on a novel for this setting had this to say recently on his website regarding the upcoming campaign setting
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Eberron Rocks
I’ve been typing my fingers raw over the past few weeks as I pound away at the first of my Eberron novel, which is due any day now. I’ve committed to having it done by June 3, which is right before the Book Expo and, coincidentally, the second birthday of four of my kids. Mark Sehestedt, my editor at Wizards of Coast, has been feeding me a steady diet of Eberron material over the past few months, and a couple weeks ago, I got a real treat in the mail: an advance photocopy of the Eberron Campaign Setting , all laid out with artwork and everything.
I’ve read several drafts before this, starting back when it was only a dozen pages or so. It’s been amazing to see this grow and mature into such a great setting. There’s plenty of material to sink your teeth into here. As I read through it, I keep coming up with more ideas for other novels than the ones I’m writing. It’s distracting and exciting at the same time. This is a beautiful book, and I can’t wait until it’s in stores next month so I can talk more freely about it.
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Sarelle
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 May 2004 : 20:18:13
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
Matt Forbeck, who is currently working on a novel for this setting had this to say recently on his website regarding the upcoming campaign setting
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Eberron Rocks
I’ve been typing my fingers raw over the past few weeks as I pound away at the first of my Eberron novel, which is due any day now. I’ve committed to having it done by June 3, which is right before the Book Expo and, coincidentally, the second birthday of four of my kids. Mark Sehestedt, my editor at Wizards of Coast, has been feeding me a steady diet of Eberron material over the past few months, and a couple weeks ago, I got a real treat in the mail: an advance photocopy of the Eberron Campaign Setting , all laid out with artwork and everything.
I’ve read several drafts before this, starting back when it was only a dozen pages or so. It’s been amazing to see this grow and mature into such a great setting. There’s plenty of material to sink your teeth into here. As I read through it, I keep coming up with more ideas for other novels than the ones I’m writing. It’s distracting and exciting at the same time. This is a beautiful book, and I can’t wait until it’s in stores next month so I can talk more freely about it.
http://www.forbeck.com/index.html
EEPERS! MY birthday is on the 3 June! And I already share it with a girl in my year at school. I don't know if I CAN share with four kids and a book! It's an omen...  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 20 May 2004 : 10:04:53
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Here's something I've been wondering about for a while. Is it supposed to be Eh-bear-on, or Eb-er-on? If it's the later, it sounds cheesy. With a lisp.
"Eb" is clearly an abreviation of Ebb, which refers to the flow of the tides.
"Err" commonly means mistake as in error, but it can also mean to wander: as in Knight Errant or Errand
"On" I believe is added to denote the word as a place (someone from America is an American.)
So we have Tides, Wandering, Place
or "Place of the Wandering Tides"
With what we know about Eberron, it would be reasonable to guess that this refers to the relationship of Eberron to the planes, which wax and wane relative to it.
Why would this be so important? One of the chalenges of making a realistic gaming world is explaining how: numerous different races and creatures all exist in close proximity, with no one type dominant.
The answer in this case is that the "Wandering Tides" of the planes have assisted or opened the way for different races at different times. In the present none dominate, all the tides are at their Ebb.
Oh, and in case people without Dragon 320 are wondering, "Eberron" is the name of a "progenitor dragon" associated with the earth. Along with Siberys, the Dragon Above, and Khyber, the Dragon Below, Eberron is the Dragon Between.
...and what all that means is still a total mystery.
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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 20 May 2004 : 12:25:29
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| Well, that's all certainly interesting. Is that etymology an official one, or is it a guess of yours? |
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The Sage
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Posted - 20 May 2004 : 13:41:43
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A little of both actually. Keith Baker has spoken at length on the waxing and waning nature of the planes, and their collective influence on the races of the world. There's also been some discussion on the influences of both the dragon above, as well as below. The waxing and waning of the several coterminous planes has also been seen to have been influenced by both the world and it's connection to many of the outer planes.
I could talk at length about this, but we really don't want to anger Alaundo now do we...?
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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 03 Jun 2004 : 05:15:08
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| Well, Eberron has apparently landed. First stop, Finland as a thread on ENWorld reports that someone in Finland has the campaign setting and is answering questions about it in this thread. |
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The Sage
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Arivia
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Jun 2004 : 12:53:08
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
Well, Eberron has apparently landed. First stop, Finland as a thread on ENWorld reports that someone in Finland has the campaign setting and is answering questions about it in this thread.
The table of contents doesn't surprise me, and that's all I'm going to say on that. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 04 Jun 2004 : 13:14:44
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There is actually a legitimate reason for those specific contents details Arivia. But I'm afraid that we'll have to discuss it elsewhere, as I have just seen that Tethtoril is wandering the library halls waving the "Staff of the Irritated Moderator" with nary a care...
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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 04 Jun 2004 : 16:16:30
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Originally posted by Arivia
The table of contents doesn't surprise me, and that's all I'm going to say on that.
I only briefly glanced at the TOC, but believe I saw a great deal of crunch. Or did I not look close enough?
I saw on ENWorld last night that Eberron has now spread to Germany. It appears to be spreading across Europe so prepare yourselves European Realms fans. |
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Tethtoril
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Posted - 04 Jun 2004 : 16:29:05
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Originally posted by The Sage
There is actually a legitimate reason for those specific contents details Arivia. But I'm afraid that we'll have to discuss it elsewhere, as I have just seen that Tethtoril is wandering the library halls waving the "Staff of the Irritated Moderator" with nary a care...
*sigh* I am so misunderstood. I'm a scribe - not an enforcer. Really. And I'll have you know I'm not waving it ... it is far too heavy. *lifts broom*
O Drat! Where did I set that staff down this time?
Actually, Sage I was expecting some discussion of Eberron after the appearance of the setting. Just minimal interruptions to other scrolls. Must keep things neat you know. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 05:04:14
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Oh, I see  . I could talk at length on some aspects of this new setting here at Candlekeep, but I now prefer to kept my discussions focused on the Realmslore... Alaundo would be so proud...
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Tethtoril
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Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 05:10:28
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Well, not at length ... But I am pleased to see your direction is that of our beloved Realms. Alaundo will be proud, and maybe a little stunned. 
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The Sage
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Arivia
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 05:22:11
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Originally posted by The Sage
So, Eberron chat about how elements of that setting may be introduced into Realms campaigns is okay?
You already seem to have started those conversations, Sage... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 05:26:43
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Yes, well...
Anyway, I was thinking of something like this... It's a little about Eberron gnomes which is also much how I've always seen gnomes in my FR campaigns -
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About Gnomes
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"Gnomes harbor a thirst for knowledge that can only be described as lust..."
"...this love of knowledge makes gnomes suberb librarians, accountants, bards and alchemists, but this attitude has a sinister side as well. The same talents that make an accomplished bard can produce a skilled spy and gnome society is filled with webs of intrigue and blackmail..."
"...gnomes have mastered the art of elemental binding..."
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