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A siege staff. That's exactly what I was thinking. I thought maybe Eberron had that idea floating around someplace. Cool. Thanks for that. As for training, well the idea for me is to introduce a way to allow war magic (that is magic that can affect an entire battle) without limiting it to only...

Thanks for the replies all. Sounds like most people lean towards not using all options (especially at character creation), unless the players specifically seek that out. Am I reading that right? I have to admit, I sort of lean there myself, but on the other hand I personally love all the...

I voted for the Age of Demons, just because I love the idea of sending a group of PCs back in time and dropping them off in that age. An entire world taken over by demons. Like being trapped in the Abyss but it's a real world and you can't just plane shift out. And everything they do could have...

Wow. That is cool. But if you really want to do an age of sails campaign wouldn't you need two, you know for the enemy's ship. :)

I'd probably allow it too, just because it's so clever, but I certainly wouldn't offer it up to players. It's a neat trick though.

I don't know if something like this already exists in official Eberron lore but I hadn't heard of it so I thought I'd give this a try. Arcane Cannon Large Eldritch machine, uncommon (requires attunement by a spellcaster) Armor Class: 15 Hit Points: 75 Damage Immunities: poison, psychic The...

Xantathar's Guide to Everything introduced a whole mess of new character building options, from rolling to determine your druid's mentor, to figuring out how you became a soldier, sage or whatever your background is. It even includes an entire section on rolling the elements of your character's...

Personally, I like thinking about how the worlds might fit together and I don't think it distracts from what makes those world's interesting, unless the DM decides it does. In other words, if no one ever uses this technique to actually visit your version of Eberron then it remains Eberron, but...

I put down neutral. I'm not into Magic, but Ravnica seems like a cool setting so I'm willing to take a look. Off hand though I think I'd rather use Ravnica as a single location in a Spelljammer campaign. That's more my style. I think the Ravnica cover is awesome though.

I saw the same thing and now I can't unsee it. :(

These kind of min/max thought exercises give me a headache like you wouldn't believe. I love this spell. It supports the flavor of a cleric as a community priest, would totally exist in a world of magic, and answers a lot of questions I had about how low level magic is supposed to work (how else...

D&D and roleplaying games have been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. I met my wife at a game, and met all of my current friends through gaming. Being a DM has made me more comfortable in my own skin and more confident as well as teaching me how to command the attention of a group (a...

Really great read. Thank you for finding and posting. I especially love the parts about D&D being played in prison and how it integrates players of different backgrounds. D&D is such a great tool to bring people together. It's one of the great non zero-sum games around, cooperative and amazing.

These were all super helpful comments. I ran my group through the city using these suggestions and they had a good time. It was a shock for them to suddenly be in a city where everything was so much larger (and hotter). Thank you everyone for your help on this.

Thank you all. This is very helpful.

So my PCs are about to embark on a series of quests in the City of Brass and I have a few questions about the city that I can't seem to find answers to. I've checked the wiki, I've looked the city up on reddit and I've read about it in the Manual of the Planes, but I still can't get an answer...

Celebrim - I hear what you're saying and I agree that we shouldn't make assumptions about how fantasy creatures, like elves, would behave in the real world. Just because knowing how to use a longbow would be a thing a human would have to train for doesn't mean elves also have to. The problem...

So I read the Angry DM article that this bit links to and I found it interesting. Even leaving aside the idea of keeping the term "race" or changing it to something more palatable to modern audiences, Angry presents an interesting idea that could broaden the game in fascinating ways. He...

I had the same concern until I found this on the Eberron blog: http://www.eberron5e.com/game-mastery/storytelling/interludes I didn't come up with it, but I think it's great. You basically have each player draw a card and tell a story about their character based (somewhat) on what they draw. So...

I see a lot of people tearing apart his "wording" which must be easier than actually debating what's he saying. This whole, subjecting any woman who wants to work in traditional geek medium to a battery of nerd tests thing really has to stop. That's clearly what he was lamenting and good for...