I am hoping that you all can help me out with something, I want to get started with Eberron and maybe dm a game in the Eberron world, but id like a little more back story and setting info than what’s in the ECS. I am hoping that someone can recommend me some good source material and a good novel or 2 so I can fully emerce my self into the story setting itself.
thanks much guys
the guy working @ the hobby shop, who, due to my excessive spending i've gotten to know fairly well.
told me that as far as exra books go, one of the best for storyline/back story info is 'five nations of Eberonn' and um.... i believe it was 'magic of eberonn'
i'm planning on grabbing them... well in the next month or so when I get some more disposable income.
Other than that I've just been obsessively reading over the ECS in an attempt to figure it all out (gonna start my party in Sharn, lvl 1, so im just reading up mostly on breland to get a grasp on that). Figure by the time they're high enough to WANT to travel elsewhere i'll have it kinda figured out.
ok. im aware i didn't help you at all cuz we're both in the same boat lol. sorry.
My favorite Eberron book outside of ECS is Sharn: City of Towers.
If you're interested in Khorvaire's history, The Last War in particular, I recommend The Forge of War.
If you're interested in Khorvaire's history, The Last War in particular, I recommend The Forge of War.
Just be aware that it is generally accepted that you should ignore anything and everything it says about Thrane.
Just be aware that it is generally accepted that you should ignore anything and everything it says about Thrane.
Heh, I had just commented today on Keith's blog about that.
Just be aware that it is generally accepted that you should ignore anything and everything it says about Thrane.
Don't exaggerate. It's not that bad.
Don't exaggerate. It's not that bad.
Yes it is.
Yes it is.
At least about Thrane and most of the sidebars. The rest of the book is pretty good though.
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Actually, the only really bad part about Thrane is the one section about everyone going fanatical. Even Keith has admitted to his dislike for the treatment, especially in his recent blog topics. It just caters to the idea that the Church of the Silver Flame and Thrane as a whole are nothing but blinded fools with tunnel vision of attacking anyone who isn't like them.
Ultimately the Church of the Silver Flame is founded on the idea of protecting innocents from the real-life (in Eberron) supernatural threats of the world. Even with regards to the Lycanthropic Purge, Keith had illuminated the fact that that portion of Eberron's history was written with D&D 3.0 lycanthropes which allowed afflicted lycanthropes to pass the curse to others, making the threat of lycanthropy a very real thing.
[Note: This is getting very off topic and has been probably rehashed to death in dozens of other threads.]
Actually, the only really bad part about Thrane is the one section about everyone going fanatical. Even Keith has admitted to his dislike for the treatment, especially in his recent blog topics. It just caters to the idea that the Church of the Silver Flame and Thrane as a whole are nothing but blinded fools with tunnel vision of attacking anyone who isn't like them.
Ultimately the Church of the Silver Flame is founded on the idea of protecting innocents from the real-life (in Eberron) supernatural threats of the world. Even with regards to the Lycanthropic Purge, Keith had illuminated the fact that that portion of Eberron's history was written with D&D 3.0 lycanthropes which allowed afflicted lycanthropes to pass the curse to others, making the threat of lycanthropy a very real thing.
That said, if you want to jump right in and DM a game, go get Secrets of Xen'drik. I would speculate that 75% of Eberron campaigns eventually wind up in Xen'drik at some point, and the book itself is a toolkit for DMs to run just about whatever they want with the "Lost Continent."
As for Forge of War, I have to at least nominally agree with Edy - when the books suggested that Thrane's archers were inferior to those of almost every other nation, I had to laugh out loud... Remind me again what the most prevalent religion in Thrane is? The Silver Flame! What is that faith's favored weapon? The longbow! And what sport does that faith's adherents practice as a meditation exercise, so that virtually every youth with the power to stand is at least somewhat versed in said sport? Oh, right... archery.
Other than that, it's a great book with a lot of detailed information on the Last War and pointers on how to use it in your campaign. Also, they ignore the potential strategic use of the elemental tumblers presented in Magic of Eberron*... Otherwise the war might have turned out very differently.
* I think? Might be a different book...