D&D 5E Eberron: Rising from the Last War Coming For D&D In November

A new D&D campaign setting has appeared on Amazon -- Eberron: Rising from the Last War. It's slated for November 19th, at $49.99.

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Explore the lands of Eberron in this campaign sourcebook for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.

This book provides everything players and Dungeon Masters need to play Dungeons & Dragons in Eberron—a war-torn world filled with magic-fueled technology, airships and lightning trains, where noir-inspired mystery meets swashbuckling adventure. Will Eberron enter a prosperous new age or will the shadow of war descend once again?

• Dive straight into your pulp adventures with easy-to-use locations, complete with maps of floating castles, skyscrapers, and more.

• Explore Sharn, a city of skyscrapers, airships, and noirish intrigue and a crossroads for the world’s war-ravaged peoples.

• Include a campaign for characters venturing into the Mournland, a mist-cloaked, corpse-littered land twisted by magic.

• Meld magic and invention to craft objects of wonder as an artificer—the first official class to be released for fifth edition D&D since the Player’s Handbook.

• Flesh out your characters with a new D&D game element called a group patron—a background for your whole party.

• Explore 16 new race/subrace options including dragonmarks, which magically transform certain members of the races in the Player’s Handbook.

• Confront horrific monsters born from the world’s devastating wars.

There is an alternate cover for game stores:

WotC's Jeremy Crawford confirmed that "The book incorporates the material in "Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron" and adds a whole lot more."

 

[Parmandur]

The local gaming meta is highly bespoke. Our store has lots of grey, for example. And they are eager to teach and it's easy with all the tables and book shelves on wheels.

And for the record, Amazon discounts. So the local store aren't price gouging, they are charging actual retail.

So when it comes to retail exclusives that cost the same AND thinking about my awesome store, this is their reward for being a good game store.

As compared to Amazon who won't shed a year for our hobby after this current bubble bursts.

... Unless Bezo buys Hasbro.

Agree completely,though Bezos is one of us: the Wheel of Time and Tolkien shows are happening due to his literary tastes.

 

[Parmandur]

I need someone to explain what is going on with this cover. If I can't find the special edition cover this will be the first Eberron product I'm skipping.

The eighties called. They want the poster back from their failed generic low budget fantasy movie.

Wait, you say that like it's a bad thing??

 

[Aaron L]

Eh, it's entirely possible to retcon Tieflings (but they should be Cambions, right? Because Iuz, except stupid continuity with more recent editions etc.) and Dragonborn and whatever by just making stuff up and seeing what sticks and then advancing and destroying the timeline to explain it as needed, but why?

That's what the Forgotten Realms is for.

A Cambion would be a person with a Demon as a direct parent, while a Tiefling's Fiendish ancestor would be much further back.

(Another Fun Fact: I always thought that Cambions were just something that Gary Gygax made up for D&D, like Drow. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Cambions were in fact actual products of medieval mythology/theology, the offspring of a Succubus/Incubus mating with a human. Because of the medieval theological necessity requiring that Demons be unable to generate life themselves, the conception of a Cambion required a Succubus to first do the Mommy and Daddy Dance with a human man, then change form into an Incubus and do the Dance again with a human woman and transfer the tainted seed to her. Nine months later and BOOM! A birth with a heavy whiff of brimstone and an Evil Cambion Baby.)

 

[Salthorae]

If they just rehash most of the Wayfarers Guide plus additional content I’m going to be a bit miffed at having dropped money on that.

 

[Parmandur]

If they just rehash most of the Wayfarers Guide plus additional content I’m going to be a bit miffed at having dropped money on that.

This book is 320 pages, and the material crossover from the Wayfinders Guide looks to be less than 30 pages. Basically, all the parts that they released for free in Unearthed Arcana as fast as possible.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Aaron L]

Man, Medieval Theology really went through hoops just to try to understand the concept of Eskimo Brothers.

At the risk of running afoul of the No Religion Rule (IE this isn't meant to be an insult to anyone, rather a playful comparison to show common ground) it is my firm belief that Theologians are just nerds/geeks of a different flavor. The Theologian's obsessive rule memorizing and quoting from original sources to back up rule interpretations is exactly the same as comic book and gaming nerds "discussing" (arguing) over who would win in a fight between different characters, or over finer points of canon minutae (even the concept of canon is shared.)

Made up example: "In the Book of the Silver Surfer, Issue #33, page 5, panel 3, Galactus said 'It is my Right and Duty as a Celestial Entity to devour worlds so as to ultimately bring an immeasurable benefit to the universe, far beyond the understanding of mere mortals!'" Yet later in Issue #57, page,10, panel 2, the Silver Surfer said yadda yadda yadda... "

 

[Parmandur]

At the risk of running afoul of the No Religion Rule (IE this isn't meant to be an insult to anyone, rather a playful comparison to show common ground) it is my firm belief that Theologians are just nerds/geeks of a different flavor. The Theologian's obsessive rule memorizing and quoting from original sources to back up rule interpretations is exactly the same as comic book and gaming nerds "discussing" (arguing) over who would win in a fight between different characters, or over finer points of canon minutae (even the concept of canon is shared.)

Made up example: "In the Book of the Silver Surfer, Issue #33, page 5, panel 3, Galactus said 'It is my Right and Duty as a Celestial Entity to devour worlds so as to ultimately bring an immeasurable benefit to the universe, far beyond the understanding of mere mortals!'" Yet later in Issue #57, page,10, panel 2, the Silver Surfer said yadda yadda yadda... "

I resemble that remark.

#TommyAquinoDidNothinfWrong

 

[ClaytonCross]

No, this is a different book: some of the crunch will be repeated, but if you read the description it provides a breakdown of the new material.

Errr…. If its got the Artificer class rules and the Warforged race (which it states it does) then what are they leaving for "Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron" ? Based on the listed contents... it looks like they just renamed it. ...

• Meld magic and invention to craft objects of wonder as an artificer—the first official class to be released for fifth edition D&D since the Player’s Handbook.

• Explore 16 new race/subrace options including dragonmarks, which magically transform certain members of the races in the Player’s Handbook.

 

[Parmandur]

Errr…. If its got the Artificer class rules and the Warforged race (which it states it does) then what are they leaving for "Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron" ? Based on the listed contents... it looks like they just renamed it. ...

• Meld magic and invention to craft objects of wonder as an artificer—the first official class to be released for fifth edition D&D since the Player’s Handbook.

• Explore 16 new race/subrace options including dragonmarks, which magically transform certain members of the races in the Player’s Handbook.

The UA articles from the Wayfinders Guide, which are what is indicated, came to about 30 pages. The Wayfinders Guide is much bigger than the UA material, as is this book. There is a limited crossover in the crunch, but the books are meant to be complementary.