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D20 News: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron
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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 17, 2003 - 11:06 AM
Hrm... color me unimpressed. I don't really see anything that really grabs me with Eberron. I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt for now, but I really hope WotC provides something a bit more of interest with this setting.


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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 17, 2003 - 02:11 PM
I'm not interested in corporate big-suit goose stomping antics for world domination. This cookie-cutter campaign is total crap and pathetic attempt to shove unimaginative drivel down our throats.


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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 17, 2003 - 02:24 PM
Eh. I'll stick to Arcana Unearthed and The Diamond Throne.


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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 1)
by romp on Dec 17, 2003 - 05:32 PM
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oh my, all that BS in the preview books to get to .... 1930's pulp detectives in D&D;??????

Well, it does explain the trains, and i guess orcs are going to be cast as Nazis ...

yeeeesh .....

this is really lame; i was thinking for a couple of months on the whole how would magic change society bit and getting a little anticipation up to see what this could be, i am disappointed again...

sigh, didn't Shadowrun already do the whole dragons in a cinematic game?


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Utter Garbage(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 17, 2003 - 06:40 PM
This is the grand product of 11,000 submissions??? This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. What kind of crap does Wizards think we'll buy?


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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 18, 2003 - 12:26 PM
I must admit that I cannot see the point with this setting, besides earning more money. The requirement that, all that is D&D; must also regard to Eberron, destroys the point. A new setting should be unique, not just a different flavour of what we already have.

WotC now publishes three setting, that are practically identical. There are just not enough differences between them, to call them different. This is all IMO, though.


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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 18, 2003 - 03:21 PM
Why the Eberron hatred? I have never seen so much vitriol vented at a new campaign setting. Not even at clearly subpar additions to the Realms like Maztica.


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Time out!(Score: 1)
by dukejohn on Dec 18, 2003 - 06:23 PM
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You know what, y'all? If you don't like it, DON'T BUY IT! That's fine. And opinions are cool, but please don't waste our time moaning about how awful something is without putting together an intelligent sentence or two explaining WHY you don't like it. This forum is a place to offer praise and criticism in the hopes that the creators will see some of the comments and possibly act on them.

But if you just want to leave chicken-$h!t anonymous, whining comments, go away. Or we'll have to come beat you up and take your lunch money!

;-)

-Jason


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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 19, 2003 - 11:10 AM
Though the setting isn't my cup of tea, and I am not a big fan of d20 in the first place, I do wish the creator well and applaud him for his effort. With the plethora of products out there today (and the dearth of armchair critics) it's a major accomplishmant to get something in print and out in front of the masses.
Pleasing everybody? Never gonna happen.


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Let the fleecing begin!!!(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 19, 2003 - 04:41 PM
There's a sucker born every minute, and it would seem the clock has been ticking on this crowd for some time. You're all so eager to spend your dollars that you barely care what they produce anymore. Wake up, sheep. This is just another money-grab.


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Eberron: What's the point??(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 19, 2003 - 04:49 PM
Let's see...

Dinosaurs, trains, psionics, detective stories?

WTF????

My six yr. old daughter has created scenarios which have better cohesion.


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I concur, I don't see the point...(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 19, 2003 - 10:22 PM
in making one of the prime demands of the new setting be that it is basically D&D.; If you want a new setting, why ask that the supposedly "new" setting incorporate ALL of your old stuff? It's just pointless. It's like repackaging D&D; with a different color for each book and asking people to rebuy. I'm willing to give it a shot, but it really doesn't look that interesting. Now, if the setting had something to set it apart from D&D;, like magical firearms, that might be something else...


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[No subject](Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 19, 2003 - 11:57 PM
Eberron?

Bleh...

Not interested.


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Re: Gearing Up for Eberron: Overview and Across Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 20, 2003 - 12:26 AM
Bleh, indeed.


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The Unbearable Lightness of Eberron(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 21, 2003 - 01:28 AM
Not even off the launching pad and Eberron is already in a tailspin. Once the funeral is over, perhaps Wotc wil wake up and give people what they want: More Greyhawk.


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Eberron may such but the designer worked hard.(Score: 1)
by ngenius on Dec 21, 2003 - 03:32 AM
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I have seen so many bad comments about Eberron, and even though I am not impressed with Eberron, the designer, Keith Baker worked hard to win the Fantasy Setting Serach.

I also entered the contest but unfortunately lost out, but it helped generate my own world of EsoTerrana.

Therefore, even though we may hate corporate giants, let us not destroy the dreams of hardworking fans and game designers who may simply be caught in corporate machinations. :(

This is not an endorsement of Eberron, just a call for peace and the need to move on.


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ooh, more bilge from the wotc cookie cutter...(Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 21, 2003 - 02:57 PM
Oh, baby, my train-riding, detective dinosaur is gonna love this campaign setting...









NOT!!!!


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[No subject](Score: 0)
by An Anonymous Reader on Dec 22, 2003 - 02:23 AM
I, the obedient consumer, will obey. Strip me of my wallet, I have no need for it, especially since Eberron has come home to roost. Moreover, don't tell me anything about the setting (and for god's sake, abandon all clarity). I have no need for facts, for they will only interfere with my desire to throw my hard earned dollars into the holy fountain of suckers.

Let the brightness of the Eberron wash over me...


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