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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[Parmandur]

Apparently the monsters are "inspired by a campaign model", which sounds like a neat idea! I have no idea how that works!

(Yes, the monsters excite me the most. I am nothing if not predictable!)

Well, we had known from previous previews thet this books is going to have three outlined Campaign models, similar to those in the new DMG (IIRC, one is working for a newspaper in Sharn, the other is being Indian Jomes style researchers for Morgrave Uni).

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Has there been any word on the special edition alt cover? Hoping for something with the same chutzpah as the Rising From the Last War cover - hands down the best cover and I won't hear otherwise.
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You are, in point of fact, correct.

 

[Weiley31]

Is there an alt cover or does the smaller price tag exempt that from having anything fancy?

 

[pukunui]

I am LOVING the shift in art direction for Eberron. The zeppelin style airship is pretty slick! The new warforged is fun too!

I am the opposite – I do not like the change to airships. Where are the elemental rings?

Also, I am fond of the old style warforged look.

I don’t think I like this art nouveau thing.

I also don’t like the revised 5e trade dress with its bright red coloring.

I think I might be close to bouncing off the revision.

 

[Weiley31]

I don't know what Khoravar are

Your new brand spanking "new" 2024 Half-Elves for DND 2024... more or less if your not sticking STRICTLY with Eberron.

 

[Weiley31]

I am the opposite – I do not like the change to airships. Where are the elemental rings?

Also, I am fond of the old style warforged look.

I don’t think I like this art nouveau thing.

I also don’t like the revised 5e trade dress with its bright red coloring.

I think I might be close to bouncing off the revision.

Just imagine them as variants for Airships and Warforged.

 

[Von Ether]

I am the opposite – I do not like the change to airships. Where are the elemental rings?

Waaaay in the back. The white ring really blends in with the pale blue sky.

Art is subjective. While I think that is a cool looking airship, it doesn't scream Eberron to me. Same for the warforged. Very cool design but says more old school Asimov robot on a book cover for me than a sentient war-golem.

No shade on those who love new look.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I am the opposite – I do not like the change to airships. Where are the elemental rings?

At the back.

I like the art direction, it's much closer to the 1920s stylings that I have been using in my Eberron descriptions. I didn't like the 3rd edition art.

 

[vecna00]

Tis the beautiful!

 

[Von Ether]

At the back.
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I like the art direction, it's much closer to the 1920s stylings that I have been using in my Eberron descriptions. I didn't like the 3rd edition art.

Visual designs are a big inspiration in ttrpgs! The right piece of art can really get your table revved up to do a game.

I had that happen to myself recently. I could never get my head around duck folk in a lot of the d100 games. Then the art in Dragonbane changed my mind.

Duck assassin, sign me up please.

In a way, this new art design for Eberron, which leans more into the 1920 influence, is sort of a soft reboot as Eberron does not advance its timeline like FR does.