D&D: Eberron Features New Playable Orcs, Alt Cover, And More
With the official announcement for Eberron: Rising from the Last War out now, a few more details and clarifications have come out–including new orcs!
That’s right folks, Eberron: Rising from the Last War is officially announced and November 19th can’t come soon enough. In the wake of the announcement, even more details have come out regarding what exactly you’ll find inside the book, including hints of a new version of playable orcs and a gorgeous new alt-cover.
First things first, as players pointed out, the information contained in Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron will be included in Eberron, but there’s a good deal more coming with that, as Jeremy Crawford, lead rules designer for 5th Edition points out:
"Eberron: Rising from the Last War" is a 320-page exploration of the world of Eberron following the Last War.
The book incorporates the material in "Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron" and adds a whole lot more.
Here's more info about the book's content: https://t.co/MDoqn0ahcI #DnD https://t.co/Kb4gu5bo7v
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) August 19, 2019
320 pages is a fitting number, seeing as how that’s the same number of pages of the original 3rd Edition campaign setting book, which should give you an indication of just how much content they’ll be able to cram in there. But even the content that’s being included isn’t necessarily a retread of existing material, as Crawford points out, playable goblins, bugbears, hobgoblins, and orcs will be included. And while some of these will be the same as their counterparts in Volo’s Guide to Monsters, there are changes a-brewing.
"Eberron: Rising from the Last War" is a 320-page exploration of the world of Eberron following the Last War.
The book incorporates the material in "Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron" and adds a whole lot more.
Here's more info about the book's content: https://t.co/MDoqn0ahcI #DnD https://t.co/Kb4gu5bo7v
Advertisement— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) August 19, 2019
As well as the final, revised version of the Artificer that has been through playtesting and had the community’s feedback built into it. But we can also find a beautiful alternate cover designed by Vance Kelly which casts Eberron in all its deco-glory. All the alt-covers in D&D are gorgeous, but this one takes the cover concept in a whole other direction.
With just a single image, you can get the whole concept of Eberron. This is just fantastic–and will release in your friendly local game store on November 19th, along with the regular version of the book, which you can pick up anywhere. Both versions appear to retail for $49.95 at this point–so get pre-ordering if you want to secure your copy ahead of the rush.
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Explore the lands of Eberron in this campaign sourcebook for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.
This book provides everything players and Dungeon Masters need to play Dungeons & Dragons in Eberron—a war-torn world filled with magic-fueled technology, airships and lightning trains, where noir-inspired mystery meets swashbuckling adventure. Will Eberron enter a prosperous new age or will the shadow of war descend once again?
- Dive straight into your pulp adventures with easy-to-use locations, complete with maps of floating castles, skyscrapers, and more.
- Explore Sharn, a city of skyscrapers, airships, and noirish intrigue and a crossroads for the world’s war-ravaged peoples.
- Include a campaign for characters venturing into the Mournland, a mist-cloaked, corpse-littered land twisted by magic.
- Meld magic and invention to craft objects of wonder as an artificer—the first official class to be released for fifth edition D&D since the Player’s Handbook.
- Flesh out your characters with a new D&D game element called a group patron—a background for your whole party.
- Explore 16 new race/subrace options including dragonmarks, which magically transform certain members of the races in the Player’s Handbook.
- Confront horrific monsters born from the world’s devastating wars.
Happy Adventuring!
