I might allow them cosmetically, but they wouldn't WORK. Changelings can't create functional new organs. You might be able to grow an eye on your palm, but you couldn't use it to look around a corner.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) August 7, 2020
Mr. Baker: About what age does a Changeling child start to develop their changeling abilities, or does it start to exhibit some component of that when they are born?
Like a young Changeling making itself look like a Halfling or so. #DnD #dnd5e #Eberron
— Brian Is NOT a Changeling…Promise! (@daflyondawall) September 4, 2020
A changeling manifests the shapeshifting ability at about one year of age. Part of the point is that changelings born to members of other species match the apparent species of the mother for the first year, ensuring they won’t be abandoned. More here: https://t.co/HA2dJrm9Wx
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) September 7, 2020
Exploring Eberron, which will be released any day now, include a section on Droaam and stats for playable gnolls.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 25, 2020
Circle of the Forged – Its certainly combat oriented, similar to the Moon Druid. Is it intended for Wild Shape to still be an Action to use?
— John Appleton (@jaa0109) July 31, 2020
Yes, it was an intentional decision that Circle of The Forged need to use an action for Wild Shape, unlike Circle of the Moon. At 10th level, Adamantine Hide allows Wild Shape as a reaction.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 31, 2020
I thought as much, as a way to balance its benefits. Just wanted to make sure!
Whats your personal favorite among the subclasses in the book? Is it the Druid Circle? I know you’re a big fan of the decepticon Ravage 😆 My love of Ravage is definitely the foundation for Circle of the Forged (and the archetype of my warforged druid, who's picture is in the preface) but the Maverick artificer is probably my favorite, because I loved the flexibility of the 3.5 artificer.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 31, 2020
the Shifter feat lasts for 10 minutes, or until the character dies.
Is it intended to continue while the character would be KO’d or incapacitated? Yes.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) August 1, 2020
Is the Gnoll bite really only 1d4 or should it 1d6 like the Lizardman bite?1d4 is the standard damage for a gnoll bite according to the 5E Monster Manual, so that's what we used. However, even if the damage isn't high. it triggers the Rampage ability.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 31, 2020
Yes, there are playable gnolls in Exploring Eberron.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) August 4, 2020
prepping a Zarash’ak session. I’m baffled, if the Toorn Clan has ties to the cults of the dragon below (worship Daelkyr) and the Aashta Clan has ties to the Gatekeepers (oppose daelkyr) HOW do these clans coexist in the tharashk Triumvirate? why no civil war? Because the Daelkyr were bound thousands of years ago, and to most people they are myths. Most Ashta aren’t actively trying to break seals; they just offer their prayers to the Lord of Eyes or the Prince of Slime, or pray for passage to the Vale of the Inner Sun. Meanwhile…
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 20, 2020
… Toorm and those who follow Gatekeeper traditions are largely just performing prayers and rituals that can be traced back to the Gatekeepers, not actively patrolling the woods and hunting aberrations. FULL Gatekeeper druids and actual cultists of the Dragon Below are the extremes of this spectrum. Most people lean one way or the other, and most think those who don’t share their beliefs are idiots, but that doesn’t mean they can’t coexist. Much like our world!
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 20, 2020
Given the DragonMarks are subraces, does this mean the Artificer’s Magic Item Savant allows you to ignore them for the purpose of attuning to magic items as it allows you to ignore all class, race, spell and level reqs or are they not part of the actual race? The artificer can ignore the requirement!
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) February 12, 2020
soooooooooo how close of a relationship do you think il-lashtavar has to lovecraft’s nyarlathotep? Of all the great old ones, i feel like the Dreaming darkness is most akin to that one. In some ways I see il-Lashtavar as being more like Azathoth; it is the core of Dal Quor, and shapes it with its dream. The Devourer of Dreams would be closer to Nyarlathotep, as a being who moves in the world and acts for il-Lashtavar.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) May 3, 2020
Very curiously-shaped wand on this goblin on p. 25 of #EberronRisingFromTheLastWar True! While it’s not mentioned anywhere in the book, I’ve always said that if I WERE going to add firearms to Eberron, I’d give them to the Dhakaani goblins. So think of this image as speculative.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 27, 2019
By the expressions, I think the bugbear is saying “Get rid of that! It doesn’t belong here!” And the goblins is saying “You can’t make me! The rules are in the DMG!”
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 27, 2019
