Recent content by Remathilis

Yes I care about things that cater to my interests. Why would I care about things that don't interest me? Nobody is forcing you to buy it or use it. Use the Tasha version if you want. Eberron runs just fine with the 2014 PHB and RftLW. Your books didn't crumble to dust. The legacy options still...

I mean, AD&D 1e to 2e and D&D 3e to 3.5 both give us some insight on what mixing "editions" can be like. It's not like this is unprecedented.

I don't use D&D Beyond. Therefore even if they patched the class on Beyond (which they weren't going to, considering they didn't with the PHB), what were they supposed to do for me? Resell me Rising From the Last War with updated mechanics? Release the update on a PDF for free? Let the...

I'm thankful for that. I already own RftLW. (and Wayfarer's Guide, and the 3e ECS...) I didn't want another Eberron Setting book. If they did go that way, I was hoping they would either slap it onto Xen'drik OR onto an adventure path rather than yet another "here is Khorvaire, here is Sharn"...

Eberron was designed after AD&D with the racial assumptions of 3e (any class, any race). They have racial nations for every race in the 3e PHB. Hell, they have nations for goblinoids, orcs, and the other monstrous types. It lacks a defined nation for aasimar, tieflings, dragonborn and goliaths...

As long as the math still maths.

Eberron is probably the best setting WotC has to experiment with. It's major differences from the core of all additive (or reflavoring) and it's their most popular setting next to the Realms. They can take risks with it knowing it has a strong fan base already and people will buy it just for the...

Depends on if you want to customize your NPC stat blocks. Per the DMG, you can add any of the following without changing the CR of a creature. Darkvision (many) or Tremorsense (dwarf) Size (Goliath) Up to two Resistances (dragonborn, tiefling, dwarf) Cantrips (aasimar, elf, gnome, tiefling)...

An infantry warrior has 9 HP and an 11 Con. If the Dragonborn equivalent uses his breath weapon 1/day, he gets a guaranteed 1-3 damage and potentially up to 6 damage, which is less than his spear. Even if he max rolls and everyone fails their saves, they aren't dead. And the range isn't hitting...

Interestingly, WotC put a bunch of NPCs with specific species in both the recent Forgotten Realms and Eberron books. Lets look at the traits they get that are uniquely species: Eberron: Forge of the Artificer: Boromar Undreboss (halfling): Hustle (Halfling Nimbleness) Cannifth Artificer...

Its worth considering that not all dragonborn breath weapons are equal. Even PC dragonborn breath weapons rank up with level, so its not unreasonable that NPC dragonborn could have weaker breath weapons and less frequent uses. Perhaps the basic warrior NPC dragonborn only does 1d6 or 1d8 damage...

Ultimately this is always the problem with "race as hat" argument. What else can they be? They are made and played by humans. I don't think players would want to even try to play a mind that isn't somewhat identifiable, like a species that cannot feel empathy or a species who see the world only...

I think Eberron's cosmopolitan nature is a bit overblown when it comes to the uniqueness of Eberron. Yeah, it's a place where different species intermix, but I don't find that particularly unique to Eberron. Lots of metropolitan cities in D&D are mixed like that. Even Greyhawk. And despite the...

It's worth noting that while the base artificer is no longer proficient with firearms, two of the five subclasses (artillerist and battle smith) can still use them.

It reminds me of the infamous lava rules for 3e "if you fall into lava, you die (no save)" and how the conflict between unrealistic playability and complicated realism fight for the heart of RPGs.