{"id":52010,"date":"2020-01-22T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=52010"},"modified":"2020-01-21T19:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T01:31:29","slug":"review-wizards-of-the-coast-eberron-rising-from-the-last-war-dungeons-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=52010","title":{"rendered":"Review: Wizards of the Coast &#8211; Eberron: Rising From the Last War (Dungeons &#038; Dragons)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/RPC-Review-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Eberron: Rising From the Last War<\/strong><br \/>\nEberron: Rising From the Last War is an epic fantasy supplement for Dungeons &amp; Dragons, developed by Jeremy Crawford, Dan Dillon, Mike Mearls, Christopher Perkins, and Ben Petrisor and published by Wizards of the Coast.<br \/>\n<em>By Dave Pierson<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DND_Eberron_cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-51380\" src=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DND_Eberron_cover-235x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Eberron: Rising From the Last War <a href=\"https:\/\/dnd.wizards.com\/products\/tabletop-games\/rpg-products\/eberron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><br \/>\nPurchase Eberron: Rising From the Last War <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NNGxCC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> (paid link)<br \/>\nFind other Dungeons &amp; Dragons posts <a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?tag=dungeons-dragons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Homebrew DM\u2019s Perception<\/h3>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: Published by the brilliant gnomes of House Sivis, this illustrious volume exposes truths you won\u2019t believe about the Last War! You might think that\u2019s enough to satisfy you, dear reader, but there\u2019s more! The book also contains dice-fueled rules for reenacting thrilling events in the world of Eberron (dice not included). Also, don\u2019t forget to recharge this book\u2019s magic with a dragonshard about once a week. If you don\u2019t, the book will turn back into a potato.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Wizards of the Coast, <em>Eberron Rising From the Last War<\/em>, 2019<\/p>\n<p>When I started playing D&amp;D again in 2001\/2002, I was having difficulty becoming invested. Not sure if it was because of the complexities of 3.5 and relearning a new set of rules; or if I couldn\u2019t find that class I really enjoyed \u2013 I mean I tried so many class\/prestige class combos. I enjoyed playing with the guys, but there was a dam holding me back from really diving back in. However, in June of 2004 when <em>Eberron<\/em> was released, that dam broke. I fell in love with the overall magicpunk (kind of like steampunk, but with magic instead of steam) vibes the setting offered. The warring houses, the introduction of dragonmarks, warforged, and shifter races. I knew there were other settings, <em>Greyhawk<\/em>, <em>Forgotten Realms<\/em>, <em>Dark Sun<\/em>, but I felt late to the party on those. I had played so sparingly up to this point. <em>Eberron<\/em> gave me something to new to dive into. I gobbled up the novels and setting books. I even have multiple copies of the <em>Shards of Eberron<\/em> CD. My first DM\u2019s experience was a pre-written 4<sup>th<\/sup> Edition <em>Eberron<\/em> adventure I co-opted into my own world. So, when I say this is my setting, I really mean it and therefore, this was the one 5<sup>th<\/sup> Edition book I\u2019ve been waiting for ever since launch.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve known for a while that an updated <em>Eberron<\/em> setting book for 5<sup>th<\/sup> Edition would be coming. Fans of the setting have been clamoring for it since launch due to its popularity. Wizards has been tinkering with classes and races from Eberron in their <em>Unearthed Arcana<\/em> for some time now and just last summer published the <em>Wayfinder\u2019s Guide to Eberron<\/em> playtest material through the DMs Guild. I\u2019ve personally been playing through the <em>Unearthed Arcana<\/em> artificer over the last 6 months and have incorporated some dragonmarks and other magicpunk type items into my current homebrew campaign.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s new with the official release? The setting book provides great details on the unique Eberron races (changelings, kalashtar, shifters, and warforged) along with how dragonmarks are tied to a few races as variants. It also includes the official new class \u2013 the artificer, a mix of magic and tinkering. All great things we can incorporate into our homebrew worlds. No need to wait for a new campaign either. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve all got secret little areas hidden away somewhere that we can incorporate these ideas in to. One of my player\u2019s is already playing a kalashtar \u2013 a few updates and we\u2019re back ready to go, although now he might not be the only one. Maybe there is distant continent that follows the Eberron style that may just be invading soon? Hmm, I like that idea.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 1 concludes with an entire section dedicated to Group Patrons. Now, having your party linked to one individual who will provide opportunities and pay is nothing new in the world of D&amp;D. \u00a0However, they really dove in head first on this one and provided a great comprehensive guide on how to build a team around that core concept. It is really good inspiration for character concepts and cool things your players may want to see in your campaign. Since this section is really geared towards your players, you can easily pull from here for your own campaign to flesh out your new party\u2019s strength and goals. Maybe build out a questionnaire that your players can work through in a session zero to help cohesively come to a starting point.<\/p>\n<p>Following Character Creation in Chapter 1, the majority of what remains is all about Eberron. From a 47-page history lesson; to faiths of Eberron; to building adventures within the setting, there is a breath of knowledge here that we can pull to inspire our own homebrew world. What I really liked was the timeline has remained consistent from 3.5e to now. When you get to play your campaign maybe once a month for a few hours, having a consistent timeline to pull from is nice to have. Then our setting comes to an end with Treasures and a Bestiary. Again, like previous releases, all good items and creatures that you can incorporate into your own world. My last campaign included the landforged; secret protectors of the druids. A couple modifications from the bestiary and I had my protectors for my players to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you already own plenty of 3.5, 4e, or <em>Wayfinder&#8217;s Guide<\/em> Eberron content, there is still a lot of useful content here to inspire you. Because I\u2019ve been a fan of the Eberron setting for quite some time, I\u2019m always looking to it for inspiration and now I\u2019ve got a 5e Campaign Setting book to assist with providing the 5e mechanics to incorporate magicpunk into my own world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eberron: Rising From the Last War Eberron: Rising From the Last War is an epic fantasy supplement for Dungeons &amp; Dragons, developed by Jeremy Crawford, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1935,169],"tags":[55,336,3521,56],"class_list":["post-52010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","category-reviews","tag-dungeons-dragons","tag-epic-fantasy","tag-headline","tag-wizards-of-the-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}