D&D 5E Greg Tito Gives First Look at Eberron: Rising from the Last War

WotC's Greg Tito in this week's D&D News had some information to drop on the upcoming book, Eberron: Rising from the Last War, including a wallpaper background for his show, and a first look at the back of the special edition cover.

• The artificer in this book has 3 subclasses (unnamed): WotC's Jeremy Crawford had said previously that the alchemist was the low scorer of the last batch, so that might not have made the cut.
• Group patrons excite Greg Tito, a traditional quest giver who adopts the adventuring party is the background, but now with weighty mechanics: used the example of being a team working for a University.
• Eberron creator Keith Baker contributed a lot to this book, Jeremy Crawford was the lead, James Wyatt also worked on the book, as did a number of freelancers.
• There is a chapter that is a Gazeeter of Sharn.

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Jeremy Crawford added some more detail -- "Eberron: Rising from the Last War" has nearly a hundred pages on building adventures in Khorvaire, the continent scarred by the Last War. That chapter includes a 1st-level adventure in the towering city of Sharn."

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[doctorhook]

or was given out for free in an Unearthed Arcana.

In such a case, it’s free because it’s for playtesting and not ready / good enough for publication yet.

 

[Mercurius]

This is a pretty bad argument. In those earlier editions, you were buying material for that game in that edition. The mechanics I bought, the lore I bought, and the information I bought is all being reprinted in a better book, or was given out for free in an Unearthed Arcana. Please try not to make false equivalencies in the future!

Are you really upset about $20 you spent over a year ago?

 

[DEFCON 1]

What everyone else said...

 

[Parmandur]

An I the only one who really liked the alchemist?

I did quite like it: we don;t know that it is the odd subclass out for sure yet, but either way I'm sure we have not seen the last of it, even if it evolves.

 

[doctorhook]

I did quite like it: we don;t know that it is the odd subclass out for sure yet, but either way I'm sure we have not seen the last of it, even if it evolves.

The archetype seems pretty appropriate, and Alchemists have been popular in PF. I think it deserves a spot in D&D

 

[Parmandur]

The archetype seems pretty appropriate, and Alchemists have been popular in PF. I think it deserves a spot in D&D

For sure, and I doubt that they will eave it in the dust. But to publish, they need 70% approval of an option, or it is cut.

 

[Shardstone]

What everyone else said...

Yeah I guess a bunch of non-arguments work, yeah.

 

[Connorsrpg]

Seriously... do you need to come on here to start arguments about $20. Probably the equivalent to a monthly subscription in an online gaming community. Keep playing with your $20 book if you like and you have invested money in it.

Oh and @PointOfInspiration... you really need to change your 'name'.

Now, can we get back to talking about the actual product? Man, ENWrold forums have devolved in recent years. Almost every forum turns into someone's spat by page two.

Ah, now I am doing it. Ahhh, I said 'it'..........

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah I guess a bunch of non-arguments work, yeah.

Soooo, no comment on the actual stats regarding the UA content?

 

[Shardstone]

Soooo, no comment on the actual stats regarding the UA content?

Well played.

But I stick by my point. They said multiple times that both books would be different enough that people would be happy owning both. I most certainly am not happy owning both.