D&D 5E Chronicles of Eberron Is Keith Baker's New D&D Book, out now!

After a few days of teasing, Eberron creator Keith Baker has announced his new book -- Chronicles of Eberron! By Keith and Imogen Gingell, the 200-page book will be available on DMs Guild in December.

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Hektula is the Scribe of Sul Khatesh, the Keeper of the Library of Ashtakala, and the Chronicler of the Lords of Dust. Her treasured tomes hold arcane secrets still hidden from human and dragon alike. What lies beneath the Barren Sea? What powers does Mordain the Fleshweaver wield within Blackroot? Who are the Grim Lords of the Bloodsail Principality? All these secrets and many more can be found in the Chronicles of Eberron…

• Chronicles of Eberron is a new 5E sourcebook from Eberron creator Keith Baker and designer Imogen Gingell.
• This book explores a diverse range of topics, including lore and advice for both players and DMs, along with new monsters, treasures, spells and character options.
• Chronicles of Eberron will be available on the DMs Guild as a PDF and print-on-demand.

But that's not all! There is a collaboration with Hero Forge and new T-Shirts!

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[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I'd be just fine with a guns and robots motif.

I have nothing against it. But, historically, Eberron has been looked down upon (mainly by older players) as not "real" D&D because of the wide-magic stuff. So Eberron fans often prefer to call Warforged "Golems" instead of "Robots" and downplay the gun-shaped wands. And they certainly don't want the cover of the only official Eberron setting book in 5e to make it look like that's all that the setting is about, because books are often judged by their covers.

I'm just explaining that while, yes, Eberron does have magic trains, magical skyscrapers, magical flying boats, and basically robots, and basically guns (better, magical "guns" that can shoot spells), there are major parts of the setting that don't involve anything like that and are just as good and interesting as the magitech parts of the setting.

I personally like my Eberron (and D&D in general) having a slightly higher technological level than usual, and I've allowed my player's Artificer character to invent magical equivalents of lots of real world inventions, like magical batteries, lightning guns, adamantine tanks with force-cannons and mithral motorcycles that can drive on walls, and all other sorts of things, but I do recognize that Eberron is often looked down upon for its "high tech" side and that the community is pretty careful about how it's presented because of that.

 

[Bolares]

If you all tell me there is an area that is low magic, more 'rough', lower population, more 'frontier' like...I'm not sure what I'll do.

@Bolares @Levistus's_Leviathan

What if we tell you there are a lot of them? But I’d point you mainly in to Qbarra

 

[Scribe]

What if we tell you there are a lot of them? But I’d point you mainly in to Qbarra

Yes, I'll probably look into these things a bit.

 

[Bolares]

Ok fair distinction. I guess I want 'narrow' magic then.

And no guns...

Keith baker is VERY CLEAR that there are no guns in Eberron

 

[Bolares]

Whatever this is, I dont like it. Granted, fully my own opinion, but I am not sold on the Artificer.

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This was a very disputed art piece, exactly for that “totally not a gun” weapon. It was supposed to be the cover of the book, but the Eberron fandom cried lowd enough that they changed it and put it in the character creation chapter

 

[Scribe]

Keith baker is VERY CLEAR that there are no guns in Eberron

I'm just going off that picture and the general (wrong, I guess) impression I have from other books. Like wasnt there a picture in Tashas that also had this...or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

 

[Bolares]

Meh. Eberron has what the DM wants. I mean, there are firearms in the Realms if the DM wants.

You can use that argument for every discussion in every rpg world, I don’t really see the point of it here

 

[ChaosOS]

Yeah, so the other picture you're thinking of is the same Jeremy Crawford OC, the gnome Artificer Vi, who he's played in Acquisitions Inc. and uses as a recurring NPC when he runs the game. He uh, has a very different view of the setting from the rest of the fanbase

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I'm just going off that picture and the general (wrong, I guess) impression I have from other books. Like wasnt there a picture in Tashas that also had this...or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Yeah, that's Vi's wand. The art of her on a train with her cockatrice eldritch cannons while fighting Drow? It's a wand, just looks like a gun.

 

[Scribe]

Yeah, that's Vi's wand. The art of her on a train with her cockatrice eldritch cannons while fighting Drow? It's a wand, just looks like a gun.

Yeah thats the one. Had me 'nope'-ing right out of the book.