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."

 

[ClaytonCross]

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.

That maybe true, but if all the player options are in both then most people will be fine with one or the other. That makes them indistinguishable from a player perspective unless your keen or lore. From the GM perspective of world building more is better and redundancy is wasting pages you have to flip through if your looking stuff up or trying to find the distinct information between them.

 

[R_J_K75]

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.

Im sure that the online/Amazon bubble more than likely isnt going to burst anytime soon, if ever. Last I read which was a week or two ago Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world. Regardless I equate having to buy exclusives from FLGS as opposed to online, to tipping. I should tip to because I got good service, not to get good service. So I should patronize my local store because I like the store not for the privilege to buy an exclusive product.

 

[Parmandur]

That maybe true, but if all the player options are in both then most people will be fine with one or the other. That makes them indistinguishable from a player perspective unless your keen or lore. From the GM perspective of world building more is better and redundancy is wasting pages you have to flip through if your looking stuff up or trying to find the distinct information between them.

All D&D books are DM books: that's one of the main features of the 5E program of releases, and it has worked so far.

The player crunch was touted as a playtest for a potential future product: the fluff was the selling point for the older book, and the newer book seems to focus on adventure material and monsters.

 

[Aaron L]

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.

Just as an aside not related to anything here, Parmandur, but every time I see your name I can't help but be reminded of the old Dragon article A Plethora of Paladins that had 1st Edition Paladin-type classes for every Alignment. Including the Paramander, a True Neutral Paladin.

 

[Parmandur]

Im sure that the online/Amazon bubble more than likely isnt going to burst anytime soon, if ever. Last I read which was a week or two ago Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world. Regardless I equate having to buy exclusives from FLGS as opposed to online, to tipping. I should tip to because I got good service, not to get good service. So I should patronize my local store because I like the store not for the privilege to buy an exclusive product.

Given the wage structure of the service industry, tipping is ethically obligatory. A disgusting practice, that ought to be eliminated and replaced with fair wages.

 

[gyor]

As long as they are presented as being plenty rare (and potentially inciting torch and pitchfork wielding mobs of terrified human commoners) and a real big deal isn't made of them, then I would be OK with it. If they tried to make them out as being "just another race" then I would be pretty upset.

That, and presenting Tieflings as having more individualistic appearances then the standard uniform Devilman version presented in the PHB... I seriously cannot stand that.

Why must commoners always be presented as close minded morons? What is wrong with common that don't lynch any one who is different.

 

[Parmandur]

Just as an aside not related to anything here, Parmandur, but every time I see your name I can't help but be reminded of the old Dragon article A Plethora of Paladins that had 1st Edition Paladin-type classes for every Alignment. Including the Paramander, a True Neutral Paladin.

No relation: my name is Quenya.

 

[R_J_K75]

Given the wage structure of the service industry, tipping is ethically obligatory. A disgusting practice, that ought to be eliminated and replaced with fair wages.

Generally I tip at least 15%-20% unless the service is terrible at which point I still tip but never go back. With alot of brick and mortar stores, gaming or otherwise, they stock less and less these days. 9 out of 10 times when they tell me they can order it, my response is, so can I. I have to wait a week or two, pay more and then drive back to get it. I can see the predicament they are in, its a catch 22.

 

[Parmandur]

Generally I tip at least 15%-20% unless the service is terrible at which point I still tip but never go back. With alot of brick and mortar stores, gaming or otherwise, they stock less and less these days. 9 out of 10 times when they tell me they can order it, my response is, so can I. I have to wait a week or two, pay more and then drive back to get it. I can see the predicament they are in, its a catch 22.

It's fair: I am option rich locally, having two good stores within ten minutes.

 

[MarkB]

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.

Yeah, but a large chunk of that remaining page count is a deep dive into Sharn, which is also something this new book is promising, so there's still a hefty crossover there. And most of the rest is very basic summarised introductions to the setting's various regions, which would be a pretty glaring omission if they don't include at least something of that nature in the hardcover.