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Yeah...which is a bit of a switch from the standard RPG gazetteer format. Not a bad idea at all --- although I enjoy reading the traditional format, putting the emphasis on a few key places and people makes it a lot more gameable.

Fist of Dal Quor - The Fists of Dal Quor are a combat order drawing supernatural power from the Region of Dreams. Haztaratain - The ascetic nature of the Haztaratain order appeals to those who focus on self-mastery; its martial spirit draws those who concentrate on might rather than mysticism.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20070205a This looks good. It will be interesting to see how some of the psionic races are integrated into the setting. Nice place to visit, that Sarlona. Or if you like psionics and monks and being badly outnumbered by otherplanar spirits...

Works for me. Sarlona = "The Mysterious Orient" of pulpy Eberron, without being overtly Asian to the extent of, say, Kara-Tur. And that makes Xendrik the Africa of the setting --- strange ruins, lost kingdoms, unfriendly natives, etc. --- without all of the baggage associated with a more...

In keeping with the pulpish nature of Eberron, I'm thinking of Sarlona as being "the mysterious Orient" of the setting --- evil masterminds, exotic cultures, strange powers of mind and body, etc. And I like the fact that it can fill this role without being overtly Asian . . . keeps it fresh.

I sure am. Not quite sure what to expect of it. Just bought "Dragonmarked" a week or two ago, and I've been in hip deep in Eberron ever since. Any previews out there I've overlooked?

I thought the book on the wizard culture was great....the barbarian book, less so.

But given a whole new bunch of rules to riff off of, wouldn't a lot of publishers do their own swashbuckler book, warlock book, etc?

It just occurs to me that this would be a great way to give open gaming a shot in the arm --- take stuff that has proven popular or useful* --- warlocks, swashbucklers, swift and immediate actions, various feats --- put it all in one book, and make it all open. It would almost be like Edition...

About a week back, I suggested that WotC needs to do a compilation of the stuff that is getting cross-referenced the most these days --- especially the more popular non-PHB base classes like the warlock. Now here's a notion...what if all of this stuff is going to be released as open content?

Jim, is there any way for me to read this thing other that purchasing it, or are you saying that the only intelligent way to decide whether it's worth buying is to buy it? Urizen, same question. Anytime we decide whether to buy a PDF, we are doing so based on "speculation"...but hopefully...

Jim, now that you've said flatout that you bought it, I won't call you a liar. The fact remains that there's nothing in your review that couldn't've been written sight unseen. After making such a big deal about the kneejerk hyenapack over on RPG.net, it would've been pretty amazing if you had...

Try the Helix Warrior prestige class from the Future SRD. I think it could use some tweaks, but it's a start. That's if you want gradual development. You could also just slap on a template --- say, +4 Str, Dex, and Con, maybe a few bonus feats --- Alertness, Eidetic Memory, Iron Will, etc.

...right after he got permabanned from Rpg.Net based on his conduct in the thread discussing said product. As I pointed out over there....there's nothing in the review that he couldn't have written without actually reading the product. No specifics, just general approval of stuff mentioned in...

Not sure if I can...it was some sort of a small-press outfit just starting out, and they wanted to use some WOTC IP in their product (including mind flayers), and they hit this board looking for people to tell them it was OK. At one point, someone was arguing that stats are equivalent to a...

As a lawyer, here's a point I feel compelled to make every time there's a hint of someone thinking about pushing the limits based on their independent legal research (i.e., reading Wikipedia and asking around on a message board): Think real hard about what you would actually do if you got a...

Maybe those are sort of the quick-n-dirty substitutes...you might really need to rebuild the magic system from the ground up to make it fit the books more closely. Dumping standard spellcasters and maybe using a combination of artificers, psionics, and incantations (from UA) would make for an...

Well, it's a wonderful thing, this Internet. Sometimes, you get the milk without buying the cow.

Agreed, but as written, aspects have the flavor and the crunch so closely intertwined that it seems like you would have a lot of work ahead if you dumped that particular "pantheon" and started from scratch.

And it would be neat to see shapeshifting done with spell-like abilities and / or supernatural abilities rather than spells. Prestige classes could focus on a particular specialty --- animal forms, or dragons, or transforming into different substances, or becoming ethereal, or growing /...