D&D (2024) You Can Now Pre-order Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Pre-orders for the upcoming setting book have gone live. Eberron: Forge of the Artificer comes out on August 19th. The book contains the new 2024/5 edition Artificer class with 5 subclasses, the Warforged species, a ton of backgrounds and feats, and 20 new monsters.

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Forge wonders in the world of Eberron, where magic meets marvelous inventions.

Play as the Artificer: the ultimate creative class. You’re not just an inventor or spellcaster. You're an innovator, a bold-hearted visionary, fusing together magic and technology to craft extraordinary creations.

Fuel your adventures with this rules expansion for Dungeons & Dragons:

• 4 revised Artificer subclasses and 1 new subclass: the Cartographer
• 5 revised species, 17 backgrounds, and 28 feats
• New spells, bastions, and magic items
• 3 distinct, genre-based campaign templates for building fantasy noir, political thriller, and pulp adventure campaigns in the world of Eberron
• Over 20 new monsters, each inspired by a campaign model

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[Twiggly the Gnome]

Well there is one thing here that will certainly be house ruled at our table .

The new designs are a mixed bag for me. I don't really like warforged looking less "earthy", but if that artillerist is a shifter, that hits the mark for me.

It mentions that the shifter, changeling, and kalastar are different from previously printed versions. I wonder what's changed? I hope shifters have access to all the different shifts now.

 

[Von Ether]

Well there is one thing here that will certainly be house ruled at our table .

The new designs are a mixed bag for me. I don't really like warforged looking less "earthy", but if that artillerist is a shifter, that hits the mark for me.

It mentions that the shifter, changeling, and kalastar are different from previously printed versions. I wonder what's changed? I hope shifters have access to all the different shifts now.

It seems they are playing around with more Art Nouveau. especially with the warforged. It's not a deal breaker but I'm not a fan. Going forward, Eberron will probably be my default go to. I want to embrace more of that pulp/noir vibe and I am happy to hear they are providing guidelines to support those campaign styles.

I mean you can do that already with pretty much any D&D setting but I prefer to wear those influences on my sleeve so to speak.

 

[Gradine]

They are still pushing MotM for those species for now. They NEED warforged, kalshatar, shifter, changeling and Khorvar.

Does MotM follow the 2024 rules? I skipped out on it because I have all of the relevant earlier books.

 

[Von Ether]

The lower price point somehow makes me uneasy. It makes me worry that there won't be much here beyond an update to 5+ ed.

That's probably what it is but it's sort of a lose/lose for WotC. Some people will want a whole new book so all the information is one place (one reason a "core" book from a 3 pp usually sells better) while others don't want to re-buy lore they already have (as Eberron always starts in the same year and never advances the timeline.)

 

[dave2008]

I got excited about there being five species for a moment (what's number five? goblin? gnoll?) but then I remembered there was going to be a Khoravar species which is also cool, but I'd wish they'd be more adventurous with the "monstrous" species in Eberron. It's the perfect setting for it but they just do not ever seem to want to commit.

I don't know what Khoravar are, but this image from the other article on this sure looks like playable gnolls to me:

 

[Gradine]

I don't know what Khoravar are, but this image from the other article on this sure looks like playable gnolls to me:

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Khoravar are what half-elves in the setting largely call themselves. That said, this at least looks exciting!

 

[Remathilis]

Does MotM follow the 2024 rules? I skipped out on it because I have all of the relevant earlier books.

Short answer is yes, it was designed with 2024 in mind. There are minor tweaks but it's absolutely compatible

 

[GarrettKP]

I don't know what Khoravar are, but this image from the other article on this sure looks like playable gnolls to me:

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Edit: appears I was incorrect.

 

[Remathilis]

I don't know what Khoravar are, but this image from the other article on this sure looks like playable gnolls to me:

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The third race (on the right) are probably Inspired and this is to represent the three genres of Eberron adventure (pulp, noir, intrigue).

My guess is this is Boromar clan halflings (aka the Mafia), Znir pact gnolls (mercenary from Drooam) and Inspired from Sarlona.

 

[Belen]

I noticed they did a hidden price increase with shipping costs. It used to be free shipping.