![]() ![]() The best thing about how this has always been handled, and continues to be handled, is that there is very little hand holding for the DM. With this many groups vying to find their place in a newfound world you can go in a myriad of directions. This sets up a very conflicted world that really allows a DM to play around. Eberron has always been set almost immediately after a shaky peace has been negotiated between countries that have been at war for a generation. The background of the world, and what to expect about play style. ![]() ![]() The first part of the book spends some needed time introducing players to the basics of Eberron. As for the standard cover ( pictured above) I’m not a huge fan, simply because it highlights an area of the world setting I never really play around in, personally I preferred the working cover art, which does make an appearance in the book at least. Does everything you need to set the tone. A perfect companion to this weird little pulpy, noir, high fantasy, steampunk world. If you have a choice between the standard cover and the alternate it is really a no-brainer here. It is one of my favorites since they started down this road of providing such a thing. I’d be remiss if I didn’t start with a toast to the alternate cover art. If you want to run games in this Campaign Setting, grab this book and you’ll have all the setup you will likely ever need. You get the perfect bare bones rundown, and are then handed the tools necessary to run with it. This setting in particular always does a great job of introducing the world, without getting long winded. We’ve seen this before in two previous editions of D&D. It’s pretty much what I expect to see from an Eberron Campaign setting book. Has some excellent tidbits for players too. Coming in at 320 pages it is very meaty, and long on assistance for the Dungeon Master. If you want to get my thoughts right out front, Eberron: Rising from the Last War is great. Basically, if you enjoy playing games… you are a gamer, that is the only stereotype that is true in my books.I’m late to the review game here folks, but I’d never forget to do a write up on my favorite Campaign Setting for Dungeons and Dragons. all of these things make you a gamer in some respects. If you play Candy Crush on facebook or if you play Checkers with your grandparents or if you play Last Night On Earth with your spouse. Truly, a gamer/geek/nerd whatever… is what you make of it, not what others make of you. Now though it’s as you guys said even more diverse. ![]() And yeah get in a closed quarters eating junk food for hours on hours a ‘geek sweat’ might arise but none of these people had body odor issues (and hey, this happens at concerts too so…) Most were very conversational, intellectual and hilarious personalities who could just as soon suggest a game to you as they could a new band to listen to, a political party platform to check out or the latest palm pilot device (yes, it was a thing… lol) but tell me would lazy people keep up on all that? they were the arts/music program students mixed with the engineering/science ‘geeks’ if you would. Yet, the gamers I knew in high school that played Jyhad: Vampire the eternal struggle, Illuminati, D&D, Poker, Rage, Warhammer 40k, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Talisman…. The biggest one growing up I always heard was gamers stink and are lazy, not that they were bad people but that they literally had odor problems. Gamer stereotypes are like any other stereotypes, while some of it might apply to a very very small percentage it is not the average norm. ![]()
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