Eberron

[Rob-hin]

Dungeons & Dragons Online will play in Eberron.
Is this a good idea and why?

Also, what are your personal feelings about this, will it affect your choice to play or not play?

[Rudar Dimble]

Well, it certainly surprised me...and disappointed me. Why not in the Forgotten Realms? May be they like the low magic kinda play that Eberron gives you, to avoid powergaming wizards/sorcerers. I don't know.

[WordWizard]

I think that it is a good idea. First and foremost it is a very recent setting which people haven't been able to bastardize or twist to their own champaigns. Once people have done this to a champaign setting it loses it's uniformity. People are still going through the Champaign Setting in Sharn and in my group we are now on the second quest to find that part of the schema for House D'Canith. The lightning rails and elemental carts and all these new ideas in DnD makes it easier to RP because of the novelty of some of these ideas.

I don't want to say forgotten realms is old hat, but peolpe easily recognize where Spine of the Earth is all the way across to the barbarian lands, and know how to get there and which territories to avoid while traveling there. As for low magic it's only as low magic as your DM makes it. I don't see how wizards/sorcerers will have anymore of a power gamer advantage in Eberron as they would in Forgotten Realms.

I will play DDO regardless if they wanted to put it back in Amn. I have always loved DnD and I have found a recent liking to MMORPGs, so I don't see why the marriage between the two would dissapoint me.

WW

[Rudar Dimble]

Originally Posted by WordWizard

As for low magic it's only as low magic as your DM makes it. I don't see how wizards/sorcerers will have anymore of a power gamer advantage in Eberron as they would in Forgotten Realms.

That was based on various replies of other members here. I've never played on Eberron, so I have no idea whether it's true...it's just what I've heard.

[Aegis]

Let me clarify the low magic comment:

There is, in fact, lots of magic (spells, items, etc.), but the catch is, it is mostly low level magic, unlike the Forgotten Realms. This is one reason the Artificer class was created, essentially to make the stronger magic items for the party.

I think a major plus for using it in Eberron will be the significant lack of a certain Drow Ranger...

[Rudar Dimble]

Originally Posted by Aegis

Let me clarify the low magic comment:

There is, in fact, lots of magic (spells, items, etc.), but the catch is, it is mostly low level magic, unlike the Forgotten Realms. This is one reason the Artificer class was created, essentially to make the stronger magic items for the party.

I think a major plus for using it in Eberron will be the significant lack of a certain Drow Ranger...

I guess you're not a big fan of Drizzt Do'Urden

[Xandax]

Originally Posted by Rob-hin

Dungeons & Dragons Online will play in Eberron.
Is this a good idea and why?

Also, what are your personal feelings about this, will it affect your choice to play or not play?

I can't see it will make any significant difference.
MMOGs are generally void of most roleplaying anyway and I doubt this would be much different, so whether it is monster hacking in one "world" setting or another isn't really a big issue for me

[Rob-hin]

I'd like to explore the Eberron world.
It's another setting for me to explore, something fresh. If you play in the FR setting everytime, and you've met Elminster and all the others on many occasions, then it's good to try something different.

In pen and paper I'm getting more and more into Fairun, but when the time is right I'd like to se other worlds as well. For online gameplay, Eberron seems a good choise.