D&D 5E Unearthed Arcana Eberron Artificer: Cartographer + Feats

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Sorry if this was posted before, but I did not see it when I checked the front page and searched.

There is a new video and Unearthed Arcana to download:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/d...tificer_dragonmarks&icid_content=article_1921

 

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Sorry I did not see this thread:
https://www.enworld.org/threads/eberron-update-ua.712045

(was looking for unearthed, not UA)

Mods can delete this one

 

[mellored]

Not sure what happened to the other thread...


But Charge Magic Item is more potent than I originally thought.

You can spend a level 1 slot to charge a level 2 spell (i.e. wand of web).

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Not sure what happened to the other thread...

Seems to have been merged into the news thread:

Thread 'D&D Launches New Eberron-Themed Playtest With Dragonmarked Feats'

Feb 27, 2025

The D&D design team has launched a new Unearthed Arcana playtest focused on the upcoming Eberron: Forge of the Artificer book, featuring Dragonmarked feats and a new Artificer subclass. The new packet contains rules for a Cartographer subclass for the Artificer, along with a handful of new magic item options and over 25 Dragonmarked feats. The Artificer base class rules also received a few tweaks to some of its features, with an eye towards more general versatility.

The other big feature is the new Dragonmarked feats, most of...

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[Henadic Theologian]

Is it just me or besides the Cartographier is there really not a whole lot in this product that actually feels new instead of just a new way to do the old player options?

Like instead of Dragonmark house subraces, we have Feats! Instead of Changeling, Warforged, Shifter, Kalastar, & Half Elf races we have Changeling, Warforged, Shifter, Kalastar, & Half Elf by another name species!

I'm having a hard time getting excited for this. At least give folks playable Gnolls or something. Some new subclasses maybe beside Cartographier.

At least the FR book has some new to 5e stuff.

 

[mellored]

Is it just me or besides the Cartographier is there really not a whole lot in this product that actually feels new instead of just a new way to do the old player options?

So far, it has the remake of the artificer with 5 subclasses. Races may or may not exist.

If you already had the older book then it's less exciting, yes.

 

[GarrettKP]

So far, it has the remake of the artificer with 5 subclasses. Races may or may not exist.

If you already had the older book then it's less exciting, yes.

They already said the book will include 2024 revised Species of the Eberron options and a new Half Elf.

 

[WanderingMystic]

So far, it has the remake of the artificer with 5 subclasses. Races may or may not exist.

If you already had the older book then it's less exciting, yes.

Just to note, this is a smaller sized book with a lower price tag. All it is supposed to do is bring the eberron mechanics into the 24 design goals.

We will see the Artificer, updates to the races in the old eberron book, new feats for dragon marks and a few backgrounds. From the sound of the video there will just be a generic house background to grant the dragon marked feat and not separate ones for each house although I hope that I am wrong about that. Also I think we might get a wand slinger and maybe a mage write background.

Personally I am hoping for goblins hobgoblins and gnolls because they are so different that other worlds but I am not going to hold my breath.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I hope they ditch the idea of Shifter lineages, without the stat bumps they're pretty much pointless. Just put all the Shifts into the same pot, like the Aasimar's Celestial Revelations..

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Just to note, this is a smaller sized book with a lower price tag. All it is supposed to do is bring the eberron mechanics into the 24 design goals.

We will see the Artificer, updates to the races in the old eberron book, new feats for dragon marks and a few backgrounds. From the sound of the video there will just be a generic house background to grant the dragon marked feat and not separate ones for each house although I hope that I am wrong about that. Also I think we might get a wand slinger and maybe a mage write background.

Personally I am hoping for goblins hobgoblins and gnolls because they are so different that other worlds but I am not going to hold my breath.

How would a Wandslinger or Magewright background work?