#Eberron . Eine Welt, die hervorragend designed wurde, statt einfach haufenweise Zeugs zusammenzuschmeißen. Viele Plots, aber kein Metaplot. Interessante Religionen, Gruppen, Interpretationen von Monstern, die ganze Pulp/Boot-Atmosphäre...
Ich habe nichts gegen die Forgotten Realms, aber Eberron ist einfach besser.
I'm not even done with my current #Pathfinder campaign yet, but the #Eberron campaign Notion I'm building using the template from @slyflourish has like 20 NPCs, three different villains with colliding motivations, an idea for a first session dungeon.
The notion template makes just dumping prep into a database to use later so easy.
I've been re-reading Fourth Edition D&D books, because I've been flipping through every #Eberron book I have to cross reference lore and get ideas for the campaign I'm writing up.
Fourth Edition listed tactics with every monster. Perhaps not so thoughtfully detailed as The Monsters Know What They're Doing by @KeithAmmann but still, suggested tactics are RIGHT THERE in the monster listing.
5e and Pathfinder 2e could really learn something from the system they shun.
Thinking of running an #Eberron adventure for my group because I like the pulp adventure and Magitech vibes. Would likely use #5e for the game so that I wouldn't need to teach another system and also would have enough NPC/Monster resources pre-written.
Any good sources for artificer NPCs out there? It's a hole in the stats given in Rising From The Last War.
I'm struggling with how to track factions in my #Eberron game. I know what the (six) factions are. What I'm not able to grasp is how to track progress/setbacks to their goals. Only like three are active right now, really. I've got a kind of basic understanding of tracking factions, but it's not formalized. I keep opening Excel with the thought I'll make a faction tracker with goals and progress, but then... Nothing. #TTRPG#DnD
Eberron Character Idea:
You are a plasmoid warlock. You woke up with a shattered memory in the Mournlands. You remember being human, but it’s all hazy. You don’t even remember your name, but as you collect yourself, you remember being strapped to a medical table being experimented on by… someone… #dnd#rpgHook#eberron#ttrpg#characterIdea
If you're visiting Karrnath make sure to come to Atur, where you'll find garhouls and ghastlights! My latest #Eberron article delves into necromantic innovations in the City of Night, the interaction between Thelanis and history, and more! https://keith-baker.com/november-ifaq-roundup/#dnd#dnd5e
Eberron Hook:
A mass of Siberys shards orbiting Eberron have coalesced into a massive object, and in a brilliant streak of yellow flame, fell to the ground. All manner of organizations have now set out to be the first to claim the ‘find of the century.’ #dnd#eberron#rpgHook
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Chronicles of Eberron, Curtain Call: A Sharn Adventure, Dread Metrol: Into the Mists, Eberron Confidential, Exploring Eberron, Magic Sword: An Eberron Story Seed, & Morgrave Miscellany.
D&D RPG Hook a la @hellcowkeith:
The party is hired to recover the armor of a family matriarch killed in a bloody battle. The armor itself was looted by the infamous dragon Hazcoranar, but the family is offering a hefty sum for its return. #dnd#eberron#rpgHook
All this talk of #BaldursGate3 has certainly triggered some nostalgia for the #ForgottenRealms in me. Perhaps it's time to read some of the old sourcebooks (I've bought all of the previous-edition books on the Dungeon Master's Guild over the years).
Yes, there are a lot of clichés of #dnd in this setting - but many of these are only clichés because the Forgotten Realms established them.
And for the record, I've never shared the most common complaint about the Realms: "There are two many high-level NPCs around who could sweep in and steal the show from the PCs!"
For the Realms are staggeringly vast, and I default to the assumption that all these high-level NPCs are extremely busy with their own stories and their own lives.
@fatkat When I last run #dnd (though that was in the #Eberron setting), I loved plundering old Monster Manual for obscure critters that my players likely had never heard from, but which were nevertheless "D&D canon".
I've always felt that a certain level of confusion is essential to a successful #ttrpg campaign.
When coming up with my Lost World with Cowboys and Victorian Explorers setting, I naturally turned to #Eberron. I really like that setting and there's already a perfect place for a campaign I'd liek to run one day: Xen'drik, tropical continent of dinosaurs, giants, lost civilizations and ancient mysteries. And there's Stormreach, the pirate city!
Yet, the thing is... I'd really prefer to run my campaign without D&D races. And D&D classes. And D&D magic. 😅
If you're going to #GenCon, here's where you can find me! It's been a tough year and I'm looking forward to seeing friends and playing games. keith-baker.com/gencon-2023/ #dnd#dnd5e#Eberron
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This can be a list of games (D&D! Tribe 8! Fate!) or categories (the weirdest of indie stuff! NSR! Anything PBtA!), topics (Worldbuilding! Publishing!), stuff you're making, meta-commentary (The State Of The Industry), and so on.
Then maybe share, and if the replies are building up, check them for new people.
I believe it'd be possible to make a D&D-like game I like better, but WotC won't be the one to make it.
#Eberron is my favorite D&D setting by far! But sometimes an original setting is a better fit for a D&Dish idea. And sometimes a fantasy idea isn't particularly D&Dish, but I don't have a system I favor for that yet.