Which of the Eberron ancestries is your favorite? #eberron #dnd #dnd5e

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 1, 2022

Give me a tiger-based shifter, and I’ll be happy. You mean “Give me an excuse for my rakshasa to walk around in the open without anyone suspecting and I’ll be happy,” right?

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 1, 2022

I’m a veteran, so the concept I saw in the Warforged, as forgotten soldiers who had to find an identity, really stuck with me. Nobody is wrong for thinking this way, but people who couldn’t see that narrative kind of harshed my mellow. Just a personal thing but there it is. I definitely see that as an interesting aspect of the Warforged.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 1, 2022

When did changlings become a race option? I never got too deep into the setting but i don’t remember them being there in 3e Changelings were introduced in the 3.5 Eberron Campaign Setting sourcebook.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 2, 2022

so in theory, if an intelligent goblin artificer with really bad ADHD happened to find a way to put another PC (@Rothermellon ) Warforged into a bag of holding and forgot he did so… the Warforged would totally be okay right? Not like he has to breath right? That's correct! I feel like I wrote about a squad of warforged scouts in a bag of holding, but now I can't remember where.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 15, 2022

If Castle Greyhawk is THE megadungeon of Greyhawk, and Undermountain is THE megadungeon of the Forgotten Realms . . . what is Eberron’s? In terms of a classic dungeon—bounded space, underground, manmade—I'd say the Realm Below of the Mror Holds, an ancient kingdom filled with wondrous treasures that was claimed long ago by Dyrrn the Corruptor.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) May 27, 2022

But do they have souls? Are they a vessel for reincarnation or something? Yes, warforged have souls. The origin of their souls—whether they are unique, a product of reincarnation, husks recycled from Dolurrh—is one of the intentional mysteries of the setting. pic.twitter.com/vI8gIVdzae

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 9, 2022

Who do you think are the biggest bads in Eberron? Individuals or organizations? Material or extraplanar?

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 28, 2022

If you include immortals in the mix, the answer is easy: the Overlords of the First Age, as laid out in this article. https://t.co/aJg6ExYoCV

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 28, 2022

Honestly, it's hard because there's so many to choose from. Lady Illmarrow and the Lord of Blades aren't particular POWERFUL when you compare them to daelkyr and overlords, but I'd definitely say they're two of the most ICONIC villains of the setting.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 28, 2022

I know sometimes I’m a grognard for many reasons, but I feel like one of the genuine critiques of more recent editions is that they progressively water down Artificer each edition. We quit 4e before I could try them, but I read that they were just a casting leader class. In their 3.5 form, though, when Eberron was fresh from @HellcowKeith 's mind, Artificer was a casting class that had both arcane and divine "infusions" that were neither truly arcane or divine, and iirc, they had to be cast on an object every time.

— Christmas Isn't In Fucking November (@steamboat28) November 11, 2021

What I miss most from the 3.5 Artificer is Spell Storing Item, an infusion that let you potentially create up a one-use wand of nearly any low-level spell. It was risky and had a cost, but it was great for the MacGuyver “I can make just what we need” moments. I like 5E's approach to artificers using tools as their spellcasting foci—something I discuss in more detail in Exploring Eberron—but there are definitely things I miss from the 3.5 class.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 11, 2021