D&D 5E Eberron Is Here Today!

Eberron: Rising from the Last War hits local gamestores today. Eberron creator Keith Baker talks on his blog about what's changed!

So, what's changed? The Mror Dwarves, races, Dragonmarks, the Mournland, Lady Illmarrow, monsters... but not guns!

And what's new? The artificer class, group patrons, warforged colossus, and scary monsters!

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Explore the lands of Eberron in this campaign sourcebook for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.

This book provides everything players and Dungeon Masters need to play Dungeons & Dragons in Eberron—a war-torn world filled with magic-fueled technology, airships and lightning trains, where noir-inspired mystery meets swashbuckling adventure. Will Eberron enter a prosperous new age, or will the shadow of war descend once again?

• Meld magic and invention to craft objects of wonder as an artificer—the first official class to be released for fifth edition D&D since the Player’s Handbook.
• Enter the world of Eberron in a 1st-level adventure set in Sharn, the City of Towers
• Dive straight into your pulp adventures with easy-to-use locations, complete with maps of train cars, battle-scarred fortresses, and fallen warforged colossi.
• Explore Sharn, a city of skyscrapers, airships, and intrigue and a crossroads for the world’s war-ravaged peoples.
• Flesh out your characters with a new D&D game element called a group patron—a background for your whole party.
• Explore 16 new race/subrace options including dragonmarks, which magically transform certain members of the races in the Player’s Handbook.
• Confront horrific monsters born from the world’s devastating wars.
• Prepare to venture into the Mournland, a mist-cloaked, corpse-littered land twisted by magic.

 

[Gradine]

What the guy SHOULD'VE done, if he was that butt hurt over the BBEG getting taken out by a gun, was have the BBEG fall down, but then before completely going prone, spin around and reveal in the up close camera shot, that the bullet grazed his cheek. Then the second phase of the boss fight would've commenced from there.

More BBEGs should take cues from Albert Wesker

 

[Salthorae]

I would pay triple the price of Wayfinder's in order to have everything (all the previous publications) combined into this single, beautiful volume.

You will... since Rising IS more than 3x the price of Wayfarers right now.

All the races and Dragonmarks are different than they were in Wayfarers.

he 5E Dragonmarks as Race approach is pretty brilliant, and elegant.

I love the Dragonmarks as Race approach, it is elegant and brilliant.

I strongly dislike the "Spells of the Mark" portion that is now the official version of Greater Dragonmarks. It just cut out any and all stories involving non-Spellcaster characters and Greater Mark abilities. Yuck.

 

[Von Ether]

I strongly dislike the "Spells of the Mark" portion that is now the official version of Greater Dragonmarks. It just cut out any and all stories involving non-Spellcaster characters and Greater Mark abilities. Yuck.

Baker is offering up an unofficial solution in the near future, he says.

 

[Salthorae]

Baker is offering up an unofficial solution in the near future, he says.

He shouldn't have to do that, but yes I'd heard that as well.

I can already just use the original UA or the previous Wayfarer's version since I have both PDF's downloaded now, but I'll be interested to see what he tosses out there.

 

[Weiley31]

More BBEGs should take cues from Albert Wesker

More BBEGs should take cues from Albert Wesker

But the BBEG can only fight ya for seven rounds.

And COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION!!!!!

 

[vivsavage]

Am I missing something, or are there no Eberron-specific subclasses beyond the three created for the Artificer? If so... WTF?!?!

 

[Weiley31]

Am I missing something, or are there no Eberron-specific subclasses beyond the three created for the Artificer? If so... WTF?!?!

It's an Artificer world baby! Free Enterprise!

 

[Salthorae]

Am I missing something, or are there no Eberron-specific subclasses beyond the three created for the Artificer? If so... WTF?!?!

What subclasses needed to be created to emulate Eberron concepts that don't already exist outside the Artificer?

 

[tetrasodium]

Even if it is part of the Great Wheel, I thought one of Eberron’s core concepts was that there was no evidence either for or against the existence of the Sovereign Host. Did they change that?

They have not explicitly, but the entry on them is about what the followers believe so bears a lot of similarity to ~"the hand of Jesus/holy trinity/יהוה /الله‎ /whatever guides me" type phases & a reader could certainly get the impression that they are FR style meet at 5 over drinks type active Here's somme blurbs

Spoiler: bit from SH entry

The sovereigns are with us at all times. Onatar stands at every forge, & Dol Dorn is with you whenever blades are drawn.
The sovereigns shape the world. They offer us guidance and strength, but we must learn to listen.
Honor every sovereign in their place & time. If you hear a voice clearly, embrace their path.
As a follower of the SH, you believe that the hand pf the sovereigns ca be seen in all things. What others take to be intuition or instinct, you see as the voice of the sovereigns offering guidance. You don't need absolute proof; the fact of a bountiful harvest is evidence of Arawai's benevolence.

The Pantheon of the SH embodies all that is good in the world. The people of khorvaire have followed the sovereigns for thousands of years, and everyone knows the names of the sovereigns and Dark Six. even people who aren't devout might still swear by the Sovereigns or offer a prayer in a moment of crisis.
...That continues for a couple more paragraphs, there is a table about each of the the six & nine along with the other faiths .. each Sovereign gets a blurb(the nine each get one in their section on the next page), it talks about the symbol, rites, & temples then goes over to the Six.

 

[Arnwolf666]

Well... dead characters do not roleplay

Maybe in your game