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I think artwork can add a lot of value to a product. However, nothing annoys me more than generic or poor quality artwork used to break-up the flow of text or to pad out the page count of a product. Good artwork inspires the imagination, but bad artwork is just an eyesore. Cover artwork can...

Rocketship Empires might be what you're thinking of. It's been delayed for a really long time and even though the first volume appears to be available, if you click on the Buy This Product link you'll find that it isn't.

You can download a six page preview from DTRPG that includes a summary of the entire adventure and a table that lists all of the encounters in the adventure. I thought the summary was interesting and I liked being able to see what encounters I can expect in the adventure.

I think the series is best watched in order. All of the main characters have a past and their pasts are gradually revealed as the series continues. The main characters all have depressing pasts so not only are they involved in a bunch of harrowing adventures but they also have their own inner...

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The likelyhood of something like that occuring is pretty low. However, a more likely alternative scenario would be someone purchasing watermarked PDFs using illegally obtained credit card information and then distributing PDFs bearing the victim's name. Still unlikely, but I can imagine a...

I don't think there's a problem with removing monks from your game. It's not going to affect balance. However, there are quite a few things included in the core rules that don't exactly fit the mold of popular western fantasy or at least western european themed fantasy. Flying carpets...

This brings up an interesting question of backpack design. I think the backpack is a relatively new invention. Characters would be hard-pressed to retrieve anything from the sort of the thing the backpack evolved from without dismantling the entire package. Of course, this is fantasy so that...

Thanks for the opinions, everyone. I guess I'll give the adventure a second look and think about using it since it seems like everyone here had fun with it. I guess my the two main reasons I was disappointed with it was that it didn't really seem to have a lot of intrigue that really...

Has anyone taken a look at the new adventure for Eberron, Shadows of the Last War? It's nothing more than a string of combat encounters with a dungeon at the end. Where's the intrigue and noir style? Everything interesting about Eberron is glossed over. The characters are constantly...

All of this talk about Australia has led me to notice that the map of Khorvaire bears some resemblence to the map of Australia flipped upside down and mirrored so the left side is now on the right. I can even sort of see Tasmania and New Guinea.

You could just rule that a random number of the giants' attacks happen to be sunders. Most people would probably agree many giants rely on brute strength rather than finess when dealing with foes smaller than themselves and some of their wild swings might end up as inadvertent sunder attempts...

Don't think about the side-affects of spells too much, the more you do the more problems you'll find. Such as: Does the target of a slow spell bleed half as fast? Does poison take twice as long to affect the target. When the target speaks does he sound like a slow-motion recording? Does the...

I like the free simple maps. They're actually really useful if you need to design a short adventure or design an adventure that calls for multiple simple locations rather than a single complex location. I also prefer quality over quantity and I've found that most of the time the larger a...

You could also decide that clerics in a temple with a lot of time on their hands can manufacture holy water through means other than casting Bless Water. Perhaps normal water that spends enough time in a consecrated font eventually becomes holy water. The spell Bless Water is just an expensive...

The beginning of Chapter 4 states that any prestige classes from the Dungeon Master's Guide can be used and other prestige classes can be used with DM permission. When it comes to Eberron and this sort of question, the answer appears to be it's fine as long as the DM agrees which is of course...

I think your best bet is to look for an existing group and join them. That's pretty much how everyone else began playing, although in many cases the group came looking for us instead of the other way around. Reading all three core books, designing an adventure and gathering a group of...

One answer to this question would be whoever has enough money. If you have enough money to raise an army you can be the general if you want. Influence also plays a significant role, but that often involves money or wealth to some degree. An important thing to consider is that a successful...

I'm probably going to buy it out of curiosity. It's been a while since a new official D&D setting has been launched and I want to see it myself. I also hope Eberron has a successful run, because that might encourage Wizards of the Coast to invest money into other new or existing campaign...

Don't forget that building costs aren't the only thing to consider. Land isn't free and there are definitely going to be taxes. Then there are guild fees and/or licenses to consider. The local underworld is going to want a cut and maybe even the local law enforcement, especially if you have a...