Keith Baker (creator of Eberron) Q & A thread

[Robbert Raets]

The Mournland's "Lord of Blades" isn't too far off from being a Warforged Hitler....

Eberron's Lord of Blades has 'Ironman' (by Black Sabbath) written all over him

Which of these two is a closer match, in your opinion, mr Baker?

 

[Mog Elffoe]

Which of these two is a closer match, in your opinion, mr Baker?

In an earlier post Keith said that the Lord of Blades is more akin to Marvel's Doctor Doom character. I can't wait to use him now!

 

[Vocenoctum]

What's irresponsible about that? Some weapon has to be stronger. Personally, I despise the falacy of 3E that the game designers can balance everything equally.

There are going to be better weapons. That's simply a matter of reality.

Banshee

Yeah, like the Tallenta Sharrash.
So, my question: is this weapon due some fixing, or was it meant to crit on 19-20/X4?

 

[Shadowdancer]

When will WotC be releasing a ninja source book for Eberron?

<slaps head> Ninjas! Of course. And where are the samurai? But more importantly: Who uses katanas?

 

[Ashardalon]

Regarding the Sharrash, Keith Baker has said on the WotC boards that is an error:

[font=verdana, arial, helvetica]The critical modifier on the sharrash is actually in error and will be addressed in errata. I don't remember what they settled on off the top of my head. Both tangat and sharrash are two-handed weapons (the picture on the weapons page is not the tangat; look at the pictures in the races chapter and the Talenta Plains description to see a tangat).

And hey, for DR/Piercing, don't forget rakshasa...[/font]

 

[Macbeth]

Congrats on the great book! I have yet to buy it (money is tight), but I can't wait. Looks like a great resource.

And a quick "what if" question:

What happens when somebody leaves an Imovable Rod on the tracks of one of those lightening-train-thingeys?

 

[Mouseferatu]

Congrats on the great book! I have yet to buy it (money is tight), but I can't wait. Looks like a great resource.

And a quick "what if" question:

What happens when somebody leaves an Imovable Rod on the tracks of one of those lightening-train-thingeys?

If my reading is accurate, the lightning rail travels above the "tracks" (stones), not on them. So my guess would be, pretty much nothing at all happens.

 

[DonAdam]

Funny though....on seeing them, I kind of thought of Terminators as well.

I thought of mechaturtle: the hands and the feat are totally TMNT.

What's irresponsible about that? Some weapon has to be stronger. Personally, I despise the falacy of 3E that the game designers can balance everything equally.

There are going to be better weapons. That's simply a matter of reality.

Perfect numerical balance of the whole system is impossible, granted. However, balancing the weapons is very, very easy. Realistic? No. Action movie awesome? You betcha.

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

<slaps head> Ninjas! Of course. And where are the samurai? But more importantly: Who uses katanas?

Characters with a poor grasp of metallurgy?

 

[ironmani]

But if they're living constructs, wouldn't they be rather different than actual robots? Funny though....on seeing them, I kind of thought of Terminators as well.

Banshee

I am not saying they are robots, but the Terminators are the closest thing I could think of. I understand they have a "soul" and what not and they can learn new things, I'm just trying to grasp the pysical traits of this race.