Welcome to the DM's Guild Roundup! This issue we have three tomes that talk about Eberron, introducing new players to the fantastic world and welcoming back those who have been there before. Let's dust off these tomes and have a look inside.
I could see a lot of people, beings both strange and beautiful to my eyes, the likes of which I had never seen. Short and tall, bestial and humanoid, some seemed familiar and others truly alien. It was not until the mechanical being clunked over to me and began to speak that I was sure I gated into a world that was nowhere near my own.
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Lead Designer: Keith Baker
This is the official release from Wizards of the Coast created under the original designer of Eberron, Keith Baker. Broken into six chapters (with a few appendices attached), the guide gives a nice overview of the world and the primary locations on Eberron. If you are a player who is new to Eberron, the guide will give you everything that you need to begin a campaign there. For those who have been to Eberron before, the guide offers a quick update to the D&D 5th edition rules as needed. This is especially true of the races section, which gives the stats for the original Eberron races: changeling, kalashtar, shifter, and warforged. The guide also offers an overview of Sharn, a city that figures quite prominently, and the dragonmarks, another important aspect of an Eberron campaign. Ready for some pulp adventure? Then go ahead and pick up the Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron.
Note: We will be publishing a more in depth review of this product tomorrow!
Encounters in Sharn
Written by: Various; Edited by James Introcaso
Every new Eberron DM is going to need some adventures to run and there are 12 well written Encounters in Sharn for you to use. These adventures offer up a variety of challenges and are conveniently broken into both tier 1 and tier 2 content. Although optimized for the middle levels of those tiers, the tier 1 adventures are mostly fine for starting adventurers. Playing through the adventures should provide enough content to get a party well into tier 2 content before having to rely heavily on home brewed adventures. This is a Guild Adept product and is well designed and laid out, making navigation easy. Most of these adventures should be able to be completed in one evening. Encounters in Sharn are designed to work with the Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron.
Of note are Callestan Clash, by Ashley Warren, which I thought was fun, and Possession is Nine-Tenths, which has a wide range of content in terms of party level. But all the adventures are worth running on their own or as basic ideas for the DM to expand.
Razorclaw
Written by: Travis Legge
Are you looking for another shifter sub race? Well thanks to Travis Legge you have the Razorclaw. This is a very short piece that focuses entirely on the sub-race and is a PWYW. A great bargain really for an interesting sub-race. The author's vision for the razorclaw was to have a shifter that is strong and stealthy, reminiscent of the great cats. If you enjoy this product, Travis has plenty of other content worth checking out.
This article was contributed by Sean Hillman (SMHWorlds) as part of ENWorld's User-Generated Content (UGC) program. We are always on the lookout for freelance columnists! If you have a pitch, please contact us!
I could see a lot of people, beings both strange and beautiful to my eyes, the likes of which I had never seen. Short and tall, bestial and humanoid, some seemed familiar and others truly alien. It was not until the mechanical being clunked over to me and began to speak that I was sure I gated into a world that was nowhere near my own.
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Lead Designer: Keith Baker
This is the official release from Wizards of the Coast created under the original designer of Eberron, Keith Baker. Broken into six chapters (with a few appendices attached), the guide gives a nice overview of the world and the primary locations on Eberron. If you are a player who is new to Eberron, the guide will give you everything that you need to begin a campaign there. For those who have been to Eberron before, the guide offers a quick update to the D&D 5th edition rules as needed. This is especially true of the races section, which gives the stats for the original Eberron races: changeling, kalashtar, shifter, and warforged. The guide also offers an overview of Sharn, a city that figures quite prominently, and the dragonmarks, another important aspect of an Eberron campaign. Ready for some pulp adventure? Then go ahead and pick up the Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron.
Note: We will be publishing a more in depth review of this product tomorrow!
Encounters in Sharn
Written by: Various; Edited by James Introcaso
Every new Eberron DM is going to need some adventures to run and there are 12 well written Encounters in Sharn for you to use. These adventures offer up a variety of challenges and are conveniently broken into both tier 1 and tier 2 content. Although optimized for the middle levels of those tiers, the tier 1 adventures are mostly fine for starting adventurers. Playing through the adventures should provide enough content to get a party well into tier 2 content before having to rely heavily on home brewed adventures. This is a Guild Adept product and is well designed and laid out, making navigation easy. Most of these adventures should be able to be completed in one evening. Encounters in Sharn are designed to work with the Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron.
Of note are Callestan Clash, by Ashley Warren, which I thought was fun, and Possession is Nine-Tenths, which has a wide range of content in terms of party level. But all the adventures are worth running on their own or as basic ideas for the DM to expand.
Razorclaw
Written by: Travis Legge
Are you looking for another shifter sub race? Well thanks to Travis Legge you have the Razorclaw. This is a very short piece that focuses entirely on the sub-race and is a PWYW. A great bargain really for an interesting sub-race. The author's vision for the razorclaw was to have a shifter that is strong and stealthy, reminiscent of the great cats. If you enjoy this product, Travis has plenty of other content worth checking out.
This article was contributed by Sean Hillman (SMHWorlds) as part of ENWorld's User-Generated Content (UGC) program. We are always on the lookout for freelance columnists! If you have a pitch, please contact us!
