if a dragonmarked heir turned into a tiefling during the mourning, or gave birth to a teifling heir, what would the house do? Keep the heir for experimentation? Excoriate the family? Assassinate them? Accept them?It’s an unprecedented event, so it’s really a case of “What do you want them to do?” I could imagine Jorasco or Vadalis being fascinated and wanting to study the heir, but there’s no reason that couldn’t mainly involve reports and examinations between adventures.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 5, 2021

Tieflings are known to be an unusual mutation that’s generally caused by outside forces, so I wouldn’t see giving birth to a tiefling as being grounds for excoriating parents; it’s generally seen as more tied to location/planar influences than to bloodline. On the other hand, if it’s the story you want to experience, I could certainly imagine many enclaves treating a tiefling heir as essentially aberrant and expelling them.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) July 5, 2021

when exactly was the Trust formed? The triumvirate was sometime after Malleon the Reaver and Karen the Conqueror, and the ECG says the Trust has only operated out of Zilargo for two centuries. There’s no entry on the timeline either. The ECG is mistaken. I would hold to the Dragon article stating that the Trust assumed its role approximately two years after Zilargo was founded and has always been a defining element of the united Zilargo.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) October 27, 2020

So that’s like 1700 years ago, right? Pre-Galifar?It's fuzzy, but certainly pre-Galifar.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) October 27, 2020

quick question: how clean are sewers in Eberron? We need to make a well-researched joke. It definitely depends where you are. But Prestidigitation works wonders!

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 12, 2021

regarding the recent article Common Knowledge.

What is the common knowledge about shifters and any ties to lycanthropy?

There any common knowledge of radiant idols other than “fallen angels”?

And I’m dying to know how card-based fortunetelling works in Eberron?The idea that there's SOME connection between shifters and lycanthropes is relatively common. The idea that there's a DANGEROUS connection — that shifters can spread lycanthropy or support lycanthropes — is a fringe belief, primarily common in rural Aundair.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) May 11, 2021

I was just reading ERftLW and I noticed a discrepancy in the description of Dragonmark destruction. The Excoriate background talks about flaying, but then on the same page under Dragonmark Appearance it says Dragonmarks move if the limb is lost The practice of flaying excoriates has been long abandoned. When it was performed, it was symbolic rather than practical — and often intentionally lethal. pic.twitter.com/3T1gv67ZUz

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) October 15, 2020

I have an silly question about the Race of the 8 Winds.
All of the other racers have jockeys who can fire crossbows. But the Owl has no rider. How would he fire his crossbow if at all? Using his claws, or via harness?
Your input is greatly appriciated
~Rebecca Have we stated somewhere that the Owl doesn't have a jockey? I just skimmed Sharn and there's a few places where we talk about people riding giant owls — and while I disagree with it, in 3.5 Sharn it says that Councilor Hruit rode an owl in the race (I say he IS a racing owl).

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) February 10, 2021

The Owl is intelligent, but so is the Pegasus. In my eyes this means that their "jockeys" are more freed up to interfere with the other racers—because they don't need to guide the mount, they can focus on shooting enemies or otherwise distracting them.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) February 10, 2021

I had assumed because they were intelligent they wouldn’t require a jockey. But this makes sense.

Does this mean the Gargoyle ALSO has a “jockey”? Do we have a tiny emaciated Goblin riding atop Carralag? The gargoyle is certainly ENTITLED to a "jockey" if it wants to have one. The goblin child riding Carralag seems entirely plausible!

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) February 10, 2021

what’s the significance of the three Progenitor Dragons having “ber” in their names? Been wondering, what’s the significance of the three Progenitor Dragons having “ber” in their names? Is there a breakdown of their meanings? #Eberron What’s the common factor in their titles? The Dragon Above, The Dragon Below, The Dragon Between. Which suggests that in some primordial tongue, “ber” means “dragon.”

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) March 14, 2021

Chuck Ber, Chad Ber, Millicent Ber, Yvginy Ber, Kun Ber, Michael-not-Mike Ber, Isaac Ber, Mercedes Ber. Mercedes Ber is a fantastic author, by the way! But no, there’s no other examples, which suggests that no mortal culture speaks the language of the Progenitors.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) March 14, 2021

n Five Nations it mentions a Daelkyr lord by the name of Bhodex’av’gr who seems to have an affinity for nasty plants much like Avassh does.

Is this another name for Avassh or another Daelkyr with a similar portfolio? It could be either; there's no hard limit on the number of daelkyr in existence, and over the course of thousands of years a daelkyr could have picked up many names. *I* would say it's Avassh, but you could make it another one if you want.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 4, 2021