http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/ Eberron Campaign Setting Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:20:13 GMT Herb http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5162 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5162 This is how I dealt with the one issue. Five years ago, I made a minor mistake by allowing a Player to have a Human cleric of Boldrei manifest the Mark of Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:42:29 GMT Keith Baker http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5161 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5161 <<But the Eberron 4e frustrated me with things like ANY race can have a Dragonmark (and any one)- which curtailed the uniqueness of the houses and took away Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:54:41 GMT jconall http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5160 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5160 Understand that I'm not saying that 4e is a bad system. I've played a few one shot games with it and it was a ton of fun. And I also appreciate that the EB 4E Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:13:03 GMT Keith Baker http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5159 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5159 I think the 4E PHB does a very poor job of expressing the potential of the skill system. It's easy to look at the book, see 180 pages of combat powers and 8 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:56:16 GMT Anthony Hernandez http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5158 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5158 One thing that i am trying in the 4th edition (and in star war saga) is pick a topic such a week ago it was magic system we explore as much as we could in game Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:07:53 GMT Keith Baker http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5157 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5157 Just to clarify: I've written material for 3E, 3.5, 4E, Pathfinder, Over The Edge, Feng Shui, Ars Magica, Mutants and Masterminds, and Dying Earth, and I've Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:56:15 GMT Keith Baker http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5156 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5156 <<I have all of the Eberron 3.5 books and the 4e books (and all of the PF rules) and while the 4e books offer a more concise summary of the world, it also Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:04:23 GMT Dominic Amann http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5155 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5155 WynnHuntr2@... wrote:   4ed is a tabletop P&P mini game, everything is slanted to having the mini's. Not really different from 3 or 3.5. Both have such Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:54:23 GMT WynnHuntr2@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5154 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5154 4ed is a tabletop P&P mini game, everything is slanted to having the mini's. Skills are missing, like Craft, without it everyone can do it without a roll. I Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:19:31 GMT Anthony Hernandez http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5153 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5153 cinematic action? Man I love it when it works well wow when it does not something to tease the player for days. My problems with 4th edition is minor and not Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:30:46 GMT Dominic Amann http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5152 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5152 Grant Erswell wrote:   ... Does 4e really neuter the game? I have written a trilogy of con scenarios for Eberron in 3.5 which have an equal balance of Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:22 GMT Grant Erswell http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5151 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5151 ... Does 4e really neuter the game? I have written a trilogy of con scenarios for Eberron in 3.5 which have an equal balance of investigation, non-combat Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:19:43 GMT jconall http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5150 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5150 I think that to keep the real flavor and appeal of Eberron, it might be better to stick to 3.5/PF. I have all of the Eberron 3.5 books and the 4e books (and Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:49:57 GMT Michael Schell http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5149 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5149 I never really got the appeal of lycanthropes in the game. Yes, the werewolf is a classic monster and shifters are more or less watered down were critters, but Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:17:17 GMT Grant Erswell http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5148 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/eberron/message/5148 ... That is probably a good solution (I don't know Pathfinder RPG well enough to know for sure), but it still doesn't undermine my point - conversions will be