D&D 5E Chronicles of Eberron Is Keith Baker's New D&D Book, out now!

After a few days of teasing, Eberron creator Keith Baker has announced his new book -- Chronicles of Eberron! By Keith and Imogen Gingell, the 200-page book will be available on DMs Guild in December.

​

Hektula is the Scribe of Sul Khatesh, the Keeper of the Library of Ashtakala, and the Chronicler of the Lords of Dust. Her treasured tomes hold arcane secrets still hidden from human and dragon alike. What lies beneath the Barren Sea? What powers does Mordain the Fleshweaver wield within Blackroot? Who are the Grim Lords of the Bloodsail Principality? All these secrets and many more can be found in the Chronicles of Eberron…

• Chronicles of Eberron is a new 5E sourcebook from Eberron creator Keith Baker and designer Imogen Gingell.
• This book explores a diverse range of topics, including lore and advice for both players and DMs, along with new monsters, treasures, spells and character options.
• Chronicles of Eberron will be available on the DMs Guild as a PDF and print-on-demand.

But that's not all! There is a collaboration with Hero Forge and new T-Shirts!

​

 

[ChaosOS]

There is an entire chapter of Chronicle that's all about arms & armor aesthetic...

 

[ChaosOS]

@Morrus

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

My bank card weeps as it awaits the inevitable...

 

[amethal]

High quality Eberron dmsguild content I'd recommend

• My own publications! I've bounced around between different nations giving them a more in-depth look; I'm particularly proud of my most recent publication Cultures of Thrane, and I'm currently working on Cultures of Karrnath
• The Eberronicon - I was a co-author on this so it's technically a repeat of the previous bullet, but it's generally well received (Mithral!) and has lots of pointers to other books
• Megan Caldwell's works - she's a really talented author who's tackled some more niche topics like turning the Cyre-1313 into a full domain writeup as well as her excellent Tiefling Treatise.
• Anthony Turco (AKA NovaSeeker). If you just want a lot of 5e mechanical content, this is your guy; Map Perilous is a 500+ page behemoth full of stat blocks for all tiers of play.

Thank you for the reference to Map Perilous.

I've just bought it, and it's so awesome it's actually made me want to run a 5th edition game so I can try out some of the NPCs (I usually play Pathfinder).

I've already got the Eberronicon, which is a great overview of the setting.

 

[Zaukrie]

My bank card weeps as it awaits the inevitable...

Same

 

[darjr]

For those that don’t go to twitter.

No need to rob the Library of Ashtakala-
CHRONICLES OF EBERRON will be released on the DM's Guild at 9 AM PST on THURSDAY DECEMBER 1ST!
Chronicles will be available as a pdf and print on demand. #ttrpg #ttrpghive

 

[darjr]

The first readthrough of a book you've created is always exciting... especially the game of "What typc did we miss?" Fellow creators, do you have a favorite typo? #ttrpg #ttrpg

 

[Scribe]

Made the mistake of looking up a map of Eberron.

 

[vecna00]

Made the mistake of looking up a map of Eberron.

Cool map, eh?

 

[Scribe]

Cool map, eh?

Yeah its awesome. Having a hard time not just doing a deep dive into the setting.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Yeah its awesome. Having a hard time not just doing a deep dive into the setting.

Your journey to the Eberron side is nearly complete. @Bolares would be proud.

(If you're not a fan of the magitek stuff, check out the Demon Wastes. Or the Shadow Marches. Or Q'barra.)

 

[ChaosOS]

Twogether Studios posted a video of Keith unboxing their POD proof. You can see both of my favorite art pieces in the book, the First War scene about 40 seconds in and then at the end he shows the map of Riedra!

Twogether Studios on TikTok

Unboxing my new Eberron book: Chronicles of Eberron launching Thursday Dec 1st 9am PT on #dmsguild #dndtiktok #eberron #warforged #keithbaker

www.tiktok.com

 

[Bolares]

Your journey to the Eberron side is nearly complete. @Bolares would be proud.

(If you're not a fan of the magitek stuff, check out the Demon Wastes. Or the Shadow Marches. Or Q'barra.)

 

[RealAlHazred]

Look, when they announced Eberron for the first time, the marketing guys had no idea how to market it. "It's a new setting! Different from the ones before!" The Marketing guys only knew Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms, so they figured this would be the same thing. They looked over the materials and latched on to the Extreme Explorer prestige class, which was meant for your Lara Croft/Indiana Jones types. So, they inundated GenCon with placemats with the Extreme Explorer prestige class; just, literally, you would find the large round tables in empty rooms just completely covered with these placemats. It became a joke with me and my friends. "You think your guy is extreme? Mine climbed a mountain... WITH HIS TEETH!" "That's nothing! Mine ran out of rations during the expedition, and ate his porters!" Just unhinged oneupsmanship.

Then the book came out, I read it, and I loved it. It's fresh, and does a really good job of fixing some of the stuff I already homebrewed at my table. 4E was a bad fit for it, but the 5E implementation is easy and mostly fine (except for warforged... NOT EVERY RACE NEEDS SUBRACES!)

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

(except for warforged... NOT EVERY RACE NEEDS SUBRACES!)

The 5e book got rid of the Warforged subraces . . .

 

[RealAlHazred]

The 5e book got rid of the Warforged subraces . . .

Yeah, that's right! I was thinking of the Wayfinder's Guide version.

 

[Bolares]

Yeah, that's right! I was thinking of the Wayfinder's Guide version.

Even though I agree, I miss the transformer subrace

 

[Scribe]

If you all tell me there is an area that is low magic, more 'rough', lower population, more 'frontier' like...I'm not sure what I'll do.

@Bolares @Levistus's_Leviathan

 

[Zaukrie]

I mean, you can completely ignore the magitek .... There is more than enough great fantasy in the setting to play it that way.

You can also have older tech that isn't as advanced, that's what I do in ruins..... Really, the setting is very usable for different types of campaigns. You can have war, or not. The west is filled with ruins and druids... The east with city states

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

If you all tell me there is an area that is low magic, more 'rough', lower population, more 'frontier' like...I'm not sure what I'll do.

@Bolares @Levistus's_Leviathan

There are four. Just on the main continent alone. Then an entire continent of low magic and ruins from an ancient Giant civilization that's now a jungle, the undead elf island cluster, the cluster of islands ruled by pirate princes, the two poles and their ice-sheets, a continent of psionic-tek instead of magi-tek, and a continent of Dragons.

Check out Q'barra. Based on what you've said, it sounds like it would be right up your alley.