Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Page Count, Contents Revealed

Eberron: Forge of the Artificer will be a 112-page book, containing the redesigned Artificer class and five species. With Dragon Delves officially out in stores, the D&D marketing machine is officially turning towards the promotion of its next book - Eberron: Forge of the Artificer. Today on D&D Beyond, Wizards of the Coast officially revealed the contents and page count of the new book. As suspected, Eberron: Forge of the Artificer will be a much skinnier affair than other D&D books, running just 112 pages. That explains the $29.99 price tag, as it's half the page count of a standard D&D rulebook.

The rest of the book's contents are as follows:

• The revised Artificer class, equipped with more ways to make magic items.
• 5 Artificer subclasses, including four revised options and one brand-new: the Cartographer, who can guide allies with magical maps, illuminate the battlefield, and navigate obstacles.
• 5 revised species like the living Construct Warforged, 17 backgrounds to shape your character's path, and 28 feats that explore the mystery of dragonmarks.
• A new spell, new bastion options, and magical inventions that transform every choice into an opportunity to build something incredible.
• 3 campaign frameworks tailored to the pulpy, high-flying, and intrigue-filled tone of the Eberron setting—perfect for noir mysteries, skyship chases, and political thrillers.
• 20+ new monsters crafted to match the tone of the story you want to tell, from horror to high fantasy to heists.

Most of the contents shouldn't be news to those that follow D&D. The Cartographer subclass officially made the cut for the book, as did the five revamped species. There will also be 17 new backgrounds and 20+ monsters in the book, which we haven't seen in playtest form yet.

 

[dbm]

I would suggest those are not core books in WotC’s opinion and so unlikely to ever be reproduced as a 2024-based book.

 

[Parmandur]

I doubt their strategy is to encourage people to use old books, if only because they won’t be keeping those in print. So anything key to the setting should be included in the new book.

What is considered ‘key’ could vary by person of course..,

They ate keeping Rising from the Last War in print: in fact they are selling it as a bundle with this book, and are not repeating the Setting info by and large. This is a Supplement to Rising from the Last War, not a replacement.

 

[Parmandur]

In the introduction to Dragon Delves, under "Creating a Campaign":

Option 3: Hoard Magic Items​

If you have Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, the hoard of magic items described in that book can provide an incentive for characters to seek out dragons of increasing power and different kinds. Add the following items to the rewards acquired in the first three adventures: a Scaled Ornament in “Death at Sunset,” a Dragon Vessel in “Baker’s Doesn’t,” and a Dragon’s Wrath Weapon and a Dragon-Touched Focus in “The Will of Orcus.” All four items are Slumbering when the characters first acquire them, but in later adventures, the items can be awakened by steeping them in dragons’ hoards.

That sure reads like encouraging people to use old books to me!

And they were bubling Dragon Delves with Fizban in direct orders. They reference a ton of 5E books in the new DMG, suggesting them for use.

 

[Reynard]

In the introduction to Dragon Delves, under "Creating a Campaign":

Option 3: Hoard Magic Items​

If you have Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, the hoard of magic items described in that book can provide an incentive for characters to seek out dragons of increasing power and different kinds. Add the following items to the rewards acquired in the first three adventures: a Scaled Ornament in “Death at Sunset,” a Dragon Vessel in “Baker’s Doesn’t,” and a Dragon’s Wrath Weapon and a Dragon-Touched Focus in “The Will of Orcus.” All four items are Slumbering when the characters first acquire them, but in later adventures, the items can be awakened by steeping them in dragons’ hoards.

That sure reads like encouraging people to use old books to me!

"If you have" is important there. They don't want you to feel like your library is useless.

I wonder why it is that people try and convince themselves and others that the for profit corporation is not trying to sell us stuff.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

They ate keeping Rising from the Last War in print: in fact they are selling it as a bundle with this book, and are not repeating the Setting info by and large. This is a Supplement to Rising from the Last War, not a replacement.

Given that I hope the 2024 species versions are different enough from the 2014 version to be interesting.