D&D 5E Keith Baker: Exploring Eberron

Eberron creator Keith Baker has been busy recently! He has unveiled the cover to his new book, to be released in July on DMs Guild in PDF and Print on Demand hardcover. It will dive into parts of Eberron that have received little attention in prior books, including the undersea civilizations and the planes.

Keith sent Sly Flourish a PDF copy of the book, which Sly flipped through


Also, check out the KB Presents Twitter for past previews

 

[Bitbrain]

For the record Baator also fits, same letter count & ending with r, plus it was part of the (heavily disliked) 4e cosmology rework - not to mention it fits alphabetically there.

Okay, that would actually be really funny.

 

[Xenonnonex]

Wait, does that mean there is a 14th?!

It's short and ends in "r', I'm guessing it's Khyber. Which isn't exactly a plane, but also isn't exactly part of Eberron's normal geography.

Baker: The Realm of Dozens.

Khyber. Most likely.

 

[Reynard]

That makes sense. Khyber is technically treated as a separate plane, even though it's one you can basically get to by walking.

One of the best parts of Eberron is that when the time is right you can get to any of the planes by walking.

 

[ChaosOS]

Keith's been busy with some family stuff and there hasn't been any more ExE news/previews, but he did did publish a very interesting iFAQ about Lycanthropy today

IFAQ: Moons and Lycanthropes

I’m still working on the article about Riedra in Fifth Edition. It’s a very long article and I still have a ways to go with it, so I wanted to break things up with a quick question from…

keith-baker.com

 

[Azzy]

Keith's been busy with some family stuff and there hasn't been any more ExE news/previews, but he did did publish a very interesting iFAQ about Lycanthropy today

I hope his family is okay.

 

[Gradine]

Has Baator been mentioned as part of the Eberron cosmology in any of the previous Eberron books? That was my initial take, but I'd be much more excited if they expanded upon Khyber as a sort of "extraplanar" space.

Also interesting that we don't know anything about Chapter 3 yet. Also they withheld the title of Chapter 5, despite presumably just being some version of "Player Options".

 

[ChaosOS]

Has Baator been mentioned as part of the Eberron cosmology in any of the previous Eberron books? That was my initial take, but I'd be much more excited if they expanded upon Khyber as a sort of "extraplanar" space.

Also interesting that we don't know anything about Chapter 3 yet. Also they withheld the title of Chapter 5, despite presumably just being some version of "Player Options".

Baator was a much maligned piece of the 4e cosmology that Keith recently commented his dislike for

It was certainly an attempt to polish a turd, but I do think it has some interesting story potential. But I never USED it.

From the discord, we know the chapters are

1. Discover
2. Races
3. Faiths
4. Uncharted Domains
5. Planes
6. Character Options
7. Treasures
8. Friends and Foes

You can see almost all of this in the composite TOC preview I posted above.

 

[ChaosOS]

Lots of Riedra/Sarlona content this week it looks like - this today, then I'm guessing Wednesday and Friday for the two part mega-article on Riedra/Sarlona in 5e.

IFAQ: The Inspired

I’m still working on my Riedra article—which will now be split into multiple articles, though I’ll post both this week—but I thought I’d start the week off with an IFAQ on a relat…

keith-baker.com

 

[ChaosOS]

Mondo Riedra article

Chronicles of Eberron - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Chronicles of Eberron - Join Eberron setting creator Keith Baker for another journey across the realms of Eberron, from the trackless void of t

keith-baker.com

We decided from the start that humans weren’t native to Khorvaire; that while they are the dominant species on Khorvaire, they are colonizers and on a fundamental level they are on the wrong side of history.

 

[TwoSix]

Mondo Riedra article

Chronicles of Eberron - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Chronicles of Eberron - Join Eberron setting creator Keith Baker for another journey across the realms of Eberron, from the trackless void of t

keith-baker.com

Man, that’s a great article. I love how Keith normalizes and supports reskinning for different character concepts.