History YMMV / Eberron

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Some of the elements that originally helped make Eberron unique, like liberal use of {{Magitek}} and rejection of D&D's traditional AlwaysChaoticEvil approach to monsters, have ended up becoming a feature in a lot of other settings, to the point where younger fans might not realize how unusual (and as BrokenBase above shows, controversial) those ideas were when Eberron was first published.
* VindicatedByHistory: While ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' remains the most popular D&D Setting (thanks to Wizard's contract with Ed Greenwood requiring at least one new Forgotten Realms book each year), ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' is really the only other contender for the #2 slot. Beyond that, Keith Baker indicated that adapting Eberron to 5e was extremely easy because in the past decade D&D as a whole has drifted strongly toward the DungeonPunk feel of Eberron, and now assumes Settings in which magic has mundane utility as the default, something for which Eberron was heavily criticized for upon its initial release.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[MechanicalLifeforms Warforged]].
** And the [[BeastMan Shifters]], especially [[CatGirl Razorclaws]].

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Some of the elements that originally helped make Eberron unique, like liberal use of {{Magitek}} and rejection of D&D's traditional AlwaysChaoticEvil approach to monsters, have ended up becoming a feature in other settings like ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', to the point where younger fans might not realize how unusual (and as BrokenBase above shows, controversial) those ideas were when Eberron was first published.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In 3.5, the ancient demons who once ruled the world were called "rajahs." It was changed to "Overlords" for later editions. Considering that this is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja a real term still used in India,]] the writers probably decided to step away from any racist Unfortunate Implications.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: House Cannith: The world’s best war profiteers or a bunch of raving lunatic scientists doing what they do to just to push SCIENCE forward. (Since Cannith is split into three rival factions, it's quite possible for them to be both and more.)

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In 3.5, the ancient demons who once ruled the world were called "rajahs." It was changed to "Overlords" for later editions. Considering that this is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja a real term still used in India,]] the writers probably decided to step away from any racist UnfortunateImplications.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In 3.5, the ancient demons who once rules the world were called "rajahs." It was changed to "Overlords" for later editions. Considering that this is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja a real term still used in India,]] the writers probably decided to step away from any racist UnfortunateImplications.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: House Jorasco is pretty obviously meant as commentary on the American healthcare system.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: House Jorasco is pretty obviously meant as commentary on the American healthcare system. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at at.]]

* VindicatedByHistory: While ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' remains the most popular D&D Setting (thanks to Wizard's contract with Ed Greenwood requiring at least one new Forgotten Realms book each year), ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' is really the only other contender for the #2 slot. Beyond that, Keith Baker indicated that adapting Eberron to 5e was extremely easy because in the past decade D&D as a whole has drifted strongly toward the DungeonPunk feel of Eberron, and now assumes Settings in which magic has mundane utility as the default, something for which Eberron was heavily criticized for upon it's initial release.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: House Jorasco is pretty obviously meant as commentary on the American healthcare system. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Lets leave it at at.]]
* VindicatedByHistory: While ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' remains the most popular D&D Setting (thanks to Wizard's contract with Ed Greenwood requiring at least one new Forgtten Realms book each year), ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' is really the only other contender for the #2 slot. Beyond that, Keith Baker indicated that adapting Eberron to 5e was extremely easy because in the past decade D&D as a whole has drifted strongly toward the DungeonPunk feel of Eberron, and now assumes Settings in which magic has mundane utility as the default, something for which Eberron was heavily criticized for upon it's initial release.

* AccidentalInnuendo: [[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/pgte_gallery/95017.jpg Look at the Skeleton Bra.]]

* MagnificentBastard: With so many [[TheChessmaster Chessmasters]], there's more than a few of these out there.
* MemeticMolester: [[http://eberroncomic.blogspot.com/ Cardinal Krozen]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Happened a lot during the Last War.

** A lot of fans, at least in modern circles, have taken King Boranel of Breland, a heroic adventurer-king and one of the few well-established ''BigGood/BigGoods'' of the setting, and turned him into a meme-parody of Teddy Roosevelt complete with "Borry Tigers" as a parody of Teddy Bears.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: House Jorasco is pretty obviously meant as commentary on the American healthcare system. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCatiousEditingJudgment Lets leave it at at.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: House Jorasco is pretty obviously meant as commentary on the American healthcare system. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCatiousEditingJudgement Lets leave it at at.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: House Jorasco is pretty obviously meant as commentary on the American healthcare system. [[RuleOfCatiousEditingJudgement Lets leave it at at.]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: While many of the changes for 4e stuck nicely, introducing Tieflings, Dragonborn, and Eladrin into Eberron, fans generally agree that there is not now nor has there ever been a 14th Plane called Baator! As Wayfinders Guide didn't mention it, this may be headed towards CanonDiscontinuity.

* VindicatedByHistory: While ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' remains the most popular D&D Setting, ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' is really the only other contender for the #2 slot. Beyond that, Keith Baker indicated that adapting Eberron to 5e was extremely easy because in the past decade D&D as a whole has drifted strongly toward the DungeonPunk feel of Eberron, and now assumes Settings in which magic has mundane utility as the default, something for which Eberron was heavily criticized for upon it's initial release.

* OlderThanTheyThink: There's plenty of new material in Eberron, but some ideas like Elemental Airships were already used in {{TabletopGame/Mystara}}. [[TabletopGame/Jakandor]] could also be seen as a proto-Eberron, with two morally grey factions that the Party could be members of, rather than the dozens of organizations, houses, nations, and religions vying for control of Khorvaire.
* VindicatedByHistory: While [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms]] remains the most popular D&D Setting, [[TabletopGame/Ravenloft]] is really the only other contender for the #2 slot. Beyond that, Keith Baker indicated that adapting Eberron to 5e was extremely easy because in the past decade D&D as a whole has drifted strongly toward the DungeonPunk feel of Eberron, and now assumes Settings in which magic has mundane utility as the default, something for which Eberron was heavily criticized for upon it's initial release.