Exploring Eberron - Dungeon Master's Guild (D&D)

[@Jorphdan]

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[@bluelynx4493]

I am DMing an ebberon campaign and ordered a hard copy. This campaign is by far the best I have ever done running a game. This world feels So open and the players are really engaged learning who's who and what's where and when did it get their.

[@dndroleropurpura7703]

Eberron needs another spotlight from WOTC, but thankfully it does exist and evolves different from other settings. Kudos on that to Keith Baker!

[@dehro]

I'm actually playing a warforged in faerun, who is the first of his race to ask important philosophical questions and is seeking a god for his recently liberated people to devote themselves to and to give them an afterlife and a moral code that goes beyond programming or rules established by the creator races. He's a Paladin

[@braulioservodedeus]

This is great! How did the warforged get to faerun in your campaing? I ask because I've been thinking about how to play a warforged in faerun (as my group mainly plays in the forgotten realms) and the idea I had was have my PC be completely different from the lore of eberron, and instead be native to Mechanus. This way the warforged in faerun ar either sent to the material plane (like with a mission from a god whose realm is located on Mechanus, such as Helm or Gond), summoned (either accidentaly or not) or lost (just, like, fell through a portal or something). I was thinking about making a Clockwork soul sorcerer to really doble down on the idea =D

[@dehro]

@@braulioservodedeus they were enslaved (and possibly many of them even forged) by the Formians... this is a second campaign that follows a previous one..which altered the balance of the world... there was a massive war that was won by an alliance between the formians, the Thay nation and a few other groups. in payment for their involvement, the formians reclaimed one third of Tauril for themselves. when they moved in, they brought along their warforged. the current campaign is set 40 years later, with a lot of lore and history lost to most.. the party started out working for the formans, then stuff happened and along the way we sort of liberated the warforged from their masters' control over them. my main character evolved in a bit of a problematic relationship with the rest of the party, so I parked him and created the warforged I described. My character is actually of an older "make" than most other warforged, made by a human, and he possibly, but unknowingly, holds the secret to the origin of the species.. he's on a quest to find the right deity and to broker a deal with them... to find answers to the great questions such as the mortality (or lack thereof) of warforged.. or whether they have a soul, how they could procreate and such... His quest and the generational facts are just things I came up with for the backstory..the DM is rolling with it. Eberron did not even get a mention, in our game, lol Gond is an underappreciated god. another character I love to play is a human forge cleric of Gond.. with the clan crafter background. he's an absolute tank and a blast to play out of combat too.

[@braulioservodedeus]

@@dehro Amazing! Thanks for the reply! Very nice history on your campaings! I completely agree on Gond being underapreciated. My first idea was to have my PC (and all the other warforged) as being created by him directly, as it fits with his creativity and ingenuity, and his realm having some sort of city of constructs.

[@jonathanduardo7458]

Hey loved the review! Just wanted to point out with the gnoll rampage ability it says "when you make a bite OR drop a creature to 0 hit points with an attack" so it can actually come up more often if you're willing to bite to get a bit of extra damage

[@Jorphdan]

oh you are totally right! I don't know how I missed that. Thanks!

[@sheifoxy]

Just want to say thank you for this series. I'm DMing Eberron for the first time soon as my current campaign wraps up and this series has been a big help in learning the mythology and history of Eberron so I can run a rich world. Thank you!

[@Jorphdan]

woo!

[@tomjack1000000]

I've bought the PDF and I can say it's amazing. for settings it's like Xanthars to the PHB. Lots of good useful details, rules and resources.

[@Kugo]

EBERRONNNNN

[@gregoryrussellakainfinitet6682]

Thanks for helping me make up my mind on this one, it'll be a buy. I agree I would love to purchase directly from Keith. Eberron is where I'll be DMing from for the foreseeable future.

[@oniminikui]

I was watching an interview with Keith Baker and when he mentioned and explained Circle of the Forged, I was sold. I bought the pdf and hardcover and looked through. I am so glad that I did because I have found things about the changeling that I absolutely adore!! I'm not waiting for my hardcover to arrive in the mail (any day now). I'm so excited!!

[@vpuigdoller]

I bought the pdf. I quite love the planes section the most, in fact, that section alone makes the book price worth it for me and will probably get the print version just for it. Lots of good stuff in there. Great review!

[@MaguMagus]

I recently started watching the Rod of Seven Parts series with NerdImmersion, DankDungeons, and you as the DM. Loving it by the way. On that note, I would love to play an Eberron campaign with you Jorphdan!

[@Sturmjaeger]

Bought the PDF day 1. Love the whole book. I hope Baker & Co. do a sequel in the near future. There's so much more of Eberron I'd love to see described.

[@springbreak2021]

I love the mystique that Eberron has to it. I'm excited and I'm definitely considering getting the hard copy!

[@jmarriott5666]

I watched about 15 minutes of your review and I bought the book... from Australia! So glad I hadn't bought the WotC version yet, this looks amazing.

[@Jorphdan]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@treemarks]

Great Review, very useful, running Eberron campaign and One Shots, thank you !

[@andreastanke5961]

Great video, and I went for both PFD and hardcopy, which I just got and mail about receiving on Monday. Super stoked, primaryle because I expected 3-4 weeks delivery.

[@Quirkyhndl]

Great review, succinct, but with a lot of good info. I was a little confused as to why this came out on the tail of last war, so very helpful. I'm glad he's doing more "optional" Eberron lore and price wise I don't think it's a lot to support the writer and everything that went into making it.

[@OhThatRobin]

I’ve bought this book day one and the I’ve already used the gnolls lore heavily in my grandmas campaign

[@stefanhojnacki6046]

My copy just shipped the other day and I'm so excited!

[@grahamschatz5474]

I’ve always thought it would be really cool to do a one-shot on a train trying to outrun the mourning

[@brandondennis5166]

Or maybe heading towards it, and they have to somehow stop the train before it gets there.

[@Spacemongerr]

I love the intro tune! 0:18 :)

[@frostdragonking5336]

Though i am not an Ebberon fan but i am taking some of it's elements into my own homebrew campaign. And man they expanded a decent amount into my favorite stuff such as the Blood of Vol, the undying court, the Daelkyr (Also there are some new spicy living equipment that are definitely worth it, for me at least) and of course my favorite races in the game the Kalashtar and the changelings.

[@CONTINGENCY_sys]

I used to bleed Eberron. Since day 1 all through. Up until a few years ago. Ran 3 full campaigns spanning Eberrons creation since the first published book. That aside. I really like the video format you did here. Really did a good job on visuals and coverage. I sent out a flyer to the Organized play groups I oversee. I listed you and a few others as go to sources for info in all formats. Great job again. Really like this format. 💪

[@Myrborg]

Good video, thanks for the recommendation. I love Eberron and I of course bought the book. Best regards from Iceland.

[@meikahidenori]

$80 for hard cover if your an Aussie. $40 just for pdf. Kinda sucks as this is my favourite setting (the flavour of Eberron is unique and sadly WotC don't do it any justice) but at least I can get it in some form.

[@SecularMentat]

I want to really love the Maverick, It just makes the artificer's spell list more 'open' but it still means they are a half caster. In some ways I'd rather just pick up wizard levels on the side and flavor them as though they were artificer spells (Even though this isn't how it works RAW).

[@biteso2333]

Really very much want this book so much! Amazing review! I love eberron so much, it's my favourite setting by far! I love the art too!

[@DaDunge]

9:00 Yes there are sea elves. They are the sea domains of the undying cour and is fighting a cold war against the sauhaguin. The Sauhaguin can't compete with the elves withing reach of the Undying court but the sea elves can't push the dominion back either.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

Now that's a Cover, much better than the WOTC Eberron 5e cover.

[@Jostradamus2033]

Just ordered chronicles of eberron and exploring eberron. We game

[@chrisleffler2435]

been looking at this since DM's guild sent me the notice e-mail and wondering if it is worth it. After this review, the answer is Yes. I loved Eberron since it was announced as the contest winner in Dragon. I was dying to play an artificer from House Cannith with the Dragonmark and be a loyal Cyran... The we finished reading the timeline and... whaaaaat?! The country I want my first character to be from in a new setting is "gone"... Nooooooo! Well, this book will fix that for me.

[@syranth8912]

I bought both. Totally worth it. Just reading material for fun is worth it.

[@Jorphdan]

I agree! Glad you enjoy~

[@DStrormer]

I dig this. Might pick it up if I get enough $ between finishing my collection and whatever new thing is coming after Frostmaiden.

[@broke_af_games9661]

Thanks for the review. So expensive but might still do it.

[@PartridgeQuill]

Looks super cool!

[@FrostWolfPack]

Book for its size and guality is about the prize that similiar ones can be grabed from gaming stores. So not bad deal to me and I am enjoying my copy.

[@martinasardocardalano9077]

I'm playing a traveller changeling rogue, so this might be useful to motivate some of my choices.

[@kat_boss5520]

This book is great, even if you don't play on Eberron

[@mileslugo6430]

As a Maverick Artificer Hermit you found the connection between the arcane and divine magic and can use it yourself to up your own science

[@Wolfbane971]

do you know if youll ever do more eberron lore videos?

[@krzysztofnowakowski9832]

Great review, I think you have just convinced me to buy it.

[@mileslugo6430]

I feel like the gnoll and goblinoids could fit into other campaigns

[@eddieblake4039]

Pretty sure we had Gnolls as a playable race from Volo’s Guide.

[@Jorphdan]

nope!

[@eddieblake4039]

My life has been a lie.

[@Kittykattarina]

I was really hoping for an Ebberon modual or at least a small one like they had in RftLW.

[@mariamowrang7458]

minor nitpick but the reason the warforged is looking at the clothes isn't because it's too big but because it is contemplating what gendered clothing to wear since warforged don't really have a gender.

[@joemountfort1166]

I thought the changeling was asking the warforged which one is better because they don't have genders either, they can change to be whatever they want. Interesting that one pic can be interpreted so many ways!

[@DeathSpeach]

The only problem I have with monk: way of the living Weapon, is there is only one option to really pick at level 3... Forged heart. It gives auto crit on all hits because it's adamantine weapons (your unarmed strikes)

[@SharuMagala]

That only applies to objects not enemies

[@murkyhydra6351]

When the ph was silent, *i* *felt* *that*

[@DaDunge]

3:00 Yeah. Heck they have hinter MTG is in the same universe in recent materials. I don't get why they can't leave it well alone.

[@OhThatRobin]

On sea elves there are some under the Aerenal lore there’s a house of elves that changes themselves to live underwater

[@PoliticoNerd]

There is also a second under the thunder sea section

[@OhThatRobin]

@@PoliticoNerd oh nice ty! ^^

[@pi3man252]

I'm a DM for eberron but I decided 3 ancient dragons wasn't enough I added 9 more keeping the lore basically the same except most of it that I changed is falsely believe by the people of khorvair. It's been a lot of fun.

[@cosmicwolf9228]

ERFtLW has the revenant blade feat for Elfs. I think that’s the only other racial feat outside XGtE

[@jtdg5849]

Is there a way to get these rules into DnDBeyond? I don't have time to carry around so many books, but I always have my laptop. Perhaps people have put this in via Home-brew? (I'm just getting back into DnD after a 25 year hiatus, so please excuse my ignorance)

[@Jorphdan]

As of right now you can't get this into D&D beyond unless you create custom content and just copy/paste. However with WotC owning D&D Beyond now and the DMs Guild we can hope they create a way to incorporate dms guild content into the platform, in the future.

[@jtdg5849]

@@Jorphdan I see "Homebrew" content on DnDBeyond, so I was hoping someone had gone and put it all in there somehow. But its good to know the two properties are owned by the same entity, so there is hope.

[@youcantbeatk7006]

This is why you should get a red/orange screen.

[@Jorphdan]

I'll look into them :)

[@dam-a-dab5922]

Jorphdan are you gonna come back to eberron lore vids anytime

[@Jorphdan]

Good question! Ravenloft really is the meta right now, it's what people are searching for so it behooves me to make Ravenloft videos. I do have a Shifter Eberron script I need to finalize, so I haven't abandoned the setting by any means. Just trying to optimize my time and energy.

[@thatsounditmakes9177]

Hopefully DDB will add this as official content.

[@Deathven1482]

I’m still waiting for my book to show up :(

[@guyfawkes8873]

I really wish WotC would come out and focus on these smaller more self contained settings. Eberron, Dark Sun, Planescape, all make SENSE and are great opportunities for adventure of different kinds. Forgotten Realms is such a kitchen sink that nothing in that setting makes sense or has cohesion any more, and stories are kind of being told despite the setting rather than through it at this point… Note: I’m sure Ed Greenwood has a version of the Forgotten Realms that would make sense to me, but WotC sure as hell don’t… they’ve just crammed way, way too much in.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Thank you.

[@djseggrighfscu1616]

I want to run my own world but have it based on eberron

[@Jorphdan]

do it!

[@djseggrighfscu1616]

@@Jorphdan your videos really peaked my interest into this type of setting.

[@DaDunge]

I really feel bad for Keith Baker, he created such a cool world and then WotC comes along and does whatever they want with it.

[@digunder14]

lol, dwarven venom

[@ES-gy1ti]

The problem is there are to many books I want.

[@DrAndrewJBlack]

👍🏻

[@jamessheehy2752]

Super expensive

[@Mandaloreish]

Bruh, 60 isn’t expensive, literally every DnD book I’ve ever purchased has been between 45 and 65 after tax

[@ClayAdams]

The pdf is only 25

[@Mandaloreish]

Yes, because you're only paying for a pdf, I'd rather have the actual book then a digital file

[@JPMeehan5]

Hey the thumbnail uses the old cover not the new one!

[@Jorphdan]

Oh really!? I pulled it from Keith's blog. I'll go take a look and update it!

[@Jorphdan]

Updated the thumbnail! Thanks for the heads up.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

$70???? Dude…

[@Jorphdan]

There are sales, I snagged it for $45. However it is expensive because WotC takes a 50% cut. In order for them to turn a profit the price had to be raised. It's not for everyone, but if you're an Eberron fan it is worth it.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@Jorphdan Thanks! I’ll definitely check it out. Your videos rock btw

[@MadAtreides1]

This thing is priced 70 dollars in my country. It's a hard pass. Bye bye Eberron, I'll remember you from your 3.5 days...

[@dimitriid]

Eberron is really interesting and I would like to read more stuff from Keith, but 30 bucks for a pdf is ludicrous. Yes I understand the reasoning, but just because Keith was basically *robbed* by Wizards of the Coast doesn't means that we should make up for it. He should have probably thought more about just giving away his propetty to them to begin with or to dedicate a year into just making them richer but if I can get basically any Pathfinder 2 PDF for 15 bucks at literally triple the page count this is just not feasible. I would love for him to work on some other new setting or stuff if he ever decides to publish independently but I can't support the outrageous to the point of being morally reprehensible cut of the profit Wizards is demanding here at 50% share: no thank you, you've got enough money from your core products.

[@laurahirsbrunner631]

To clarify some misconceptions, Wizards only takes 20% of each sale, which IMO is a fair royalty share for licensing their intellectual property. The other 30% goes to the platform that hosts the product, OBS, which is the same percent they charge for non-WotC-related books on DrivethruRPG.

[@dimitriid]

@@laurahirsbrunner631 20% isn't "fair" if they basically *force* people to *ONLY* use DrivethruRPGs. Sorry but if the only option is for them to push you right into another partner that demands another 30% for their own then however Wizards and DrivethruRPG decide to split their part it's still a massive, unreasonable 50% If Wizards was willing to put that at 15% and let creators distribute PDF content on places other than drivethru then you *could* have a case but as it stands, just because they technically don't take 50% themselves doesn't means they don't force content creators into a position where they need to do that regardless. If they want control of the distribution they should run their own damn digital store: it's not that difficult. It's just typical, peak laziness on their part at the literal expense of creators.