Eberron Regional Benefits

[airwalkrr]

Here it is, Eberron fans! This is a regional system I have worked up for my Eberron Campaign. It is based upon the regional system in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting and Player's Guide to Faerun. The feats can be found in the Player's Guide to Faerun. All other material is found in the core rules or in the Eberron Campaign Setting.

Choosing a region defines your character’s available bonus languages. It also provides two additional benefits: access to regional feats and bonus equipment.
Regional Feats
Regional feats represent particular strengths, talents, or characters of the people who inhabit a region. These aren’t bonus feats—you can choose a regional feat only as one of your character’s 1st-level feat choices. You are not required to choose one if you don’t want to. You can select only one regional feat, even if you would normally be entitled to multiple feat choices at 1st-level. Thus, even though a 1st-level human fighter has three feat slots available, he may pick only one regional feat. The other two feat slots must be filled by nonregional feats. You may not choose regional feats at character levels beyond 1st.
Bonus Equipment
Each region entry includes two options for bonus equipment. You may choose either at 1st-level, but not both. You may well find, however, that either equipment option is very enticing for your character based on his class. This kind of situation simply reflects the fact that some lands are known for their wizards, while others are known for their fighters or rogues. If you decide not to take either package, you may take an additional 100 gp in starting funds instead. An asterisk (*) indicates a masterwork item.
Adar
Bonus Languages: Quori, Riedran
Regional Feats: Discipline, Mind over Body, Otherworldly
Bonus Equipment: (A) Nunchaku* or kukri*, or (B) dorje of energy ray (ML 1st, 20 charges)
Aerenal
Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven
Regional Feats: Mind over Body, Strong Soul, Twin Sword Style
Bonus Equipment: (A) Scroll of web and 6 1st-level arcane spells, or (B) Longsword* or longbow*
Argonnessen
Bonus Languages: Argon, Draconic
Regional Feats: Fearless, Fleet of Foot, Tireless
Bonus Equipment: (A) Handaxe*, battleaxe*, or greataxe*, or (B) Hide armor* and heavy darkwood shield
Aundair
Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven, Halfling
Regional Feats: Arcane Schooling, Education, Smooth Talk
Bonus Equipment: (A) Wand of sleep (CL 1st, 20 charges), or (B) Breastplate*
Breland
Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Goblin, Gnome, Halfling, Orc, Sahuagin
Regional Feats: Education, Magical Training, Silver Palm
Bonus Equipment: (A) Longsword* or heavy mace*, or (B) Banded mail*
Cyre, Displaced
Bonus Languages: Draconic, Giant
Regional Feats: Luck of Heroes, Militia, Spellwise
Bonus Equipment: (A) Bastard sword* or greatsword*, or (B) potion of lesser restoration
Darguun
Bonus Languages: Draconic, Goblin
Regional Feats: Bullheaded, Milita, Thug
Bonus Equipment: (A) Chain shirt and heavy steel shield*, or (B) Bastard sword*, or falchion*
Demon Wastes
Bonus Languages: Orc, Infernal
Regional Feats: Bloodline of Fire, Foe Hunter (evil outsider), Survivor
Bonus Equipment: (A) Spear* or greataxe*, or (B) Studded leather armor* and potion of bull’s strength
Droaam
Bonus Languages: Giant, Goblin, Gnoll, Orc
Regional Feats: Furious Charge, Resist Poison, Thug
Bonus Equipment: (A) Dire flail*, greataxe*, or orc double axe*, or (B) Chain mail* with armor spikes
The Eldeen Reaches
Bonus Languages: Elven, Gnome, Halfling
Regional Feats: Foe Hunter (aberration), Forester, Tree Topper
Bonus Equipment: (A) Shortbow*, longbow*, or shortspear*, or (B) Heavy darkwood shield and 3 tanglefoot bags
Karrnath
Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Halfling
Regional Feats: Discipline, Mercantile Background, Strong Soul
Bonus Equipment: (A) Potion of cure moderate wounds, or (B) Scimitar*, kukri*, or falchion*
The Lhazaar Principalities
Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Halfling
Regional Feats: Blooded, Dauntless, Stormheart
Bonus Equipment: (A) Rapier* or light crossbow*, or (B) Longsword* or dagger*
The Mournland
Bonus Languages: None
Regional Feats: Dauntless, Fearless, Furious Charge
Bonus Equipment: (A) Bastard sword* or greatsword*, or (B) Oil of repair moderate damage and warforged repair kit
The Mror Holds
Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Gnome, Orc
Regional Feats: Axethrower, Forgeheart, Surefooted
Bonus Equipment: (A) Warhammer* or dwarven waraxe*, or (B) Chainmail*
Q’Barra
Bonus Languages: Draconic, Riedran
Regional Feats: Dreadful Wrath, Resist Poison, Survivor
Bonus Equipment: (A) Battleaxe* or greataxe*, or (B) Studded leather armor* and 20 arrows*
Riedra
Bonus Languages: Quori, Riedran
Regional Feats: Militia, Smooth Talk, Tireless
Bonus Equipment: (A) 300 gp, or (B) Rapier* or dagger*
The Shadow Marches
Bonus Languages: Goblin, Orc
Regional Feats: Blooded, Daylight Adaptation, Survivor
Bonus Equipment: (A) Greataxe* or orc double axe*, or (B) Studded leather armor* and potion of bull’s strength
Sharn
Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Goblin, Gnome, Halfling, Orc, Sahuagin, Syranian
Regional Feats: Cosmopolitan, Street Smart, Thug
Bonus Equipment: (A) Longsword*, rapier*, or short sword*, or (B) Inquisitive’s kit
The Talenta Plains
Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Halfling
Regional Feats: Fearless, Saddleback, Swift and Silent
Bonus Equipment: (A) Talenta sharrash*, Talenta tangat*, or Talenta boomerang*, (B) Clawfoot, bit and bridle, military saddle, and studded leather barding
Thrane
Bonus Languages: Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Halfling
Regional Feats: Bullheaded, Discipline, Strong Soul
Bonus Equipment: (A) Scale mail* and healer’s kit, or (B) Flametouched iron holy symbol
Valenar
Bonus Languages: Elven
Regional Feats: Blooded, Horse Nomad, Saddleback
Bonus Equipment: (A) Valenar riding horse, bit and bridle, and riding saddle, or (B) Valenar double scimitar*
Xen’drik
Bonus Languages: Elven, Giant, Gnoll, Sahuagin
Regional Feats: Blooded, Snake Blood, Survivor
Bonus Equipment: (A) Short sword*, longspear*, or Xen’drik boomerang*, or (B) 2 doses Large monstrous scorpion poison
Zilargo
Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Goblin, Gnome
Regional Feats: Artist, Knifefighter, Mercantile Background
Bonus Equipment: (A) Scroll of invisibility and mirror image, or (B) Studded leather armor*, 5 thunderstones, and 2 potions of cure light wounds

 

[Rhun]

Thanks for posting. I don't play much Eberron, but this looks pretty good for when I do.

 

[airwalkrr]

Eberron is where I run my current campaign. I finally got frustrated with running 3.5 in Greyhawk because of all the conversions I kept having to do. I have literally hundreds of pages of self-written conversion documents for old Greyhawk modules and sourcebooks converting them to 3.5. It became too much of a hassle to keep up with. Eberron has the assumption of 3.5 built into the setting. And it's a pretty cool setting once you get to know it. So if I play Greyhawk these days, its AD&D or nothing.

But I couldn't find anything like this out there for Eberron, and I feel it fits with the heroic nature of the setting as much as it does with FR so here it is.