Eberron | D&D Setting Lore | The Dungeoncast Ep.164 

Will: ok, we finally finished all the Eberron stuff. Wizards: well actually... Will: you changed something didn't you. Wizards: perhaps...

Hearing about the Dragonmarked Houses reminded me of the italian city states, like Florence and the Milan. I could easily see an urban politics campaign based around that system!

Anti-Civilization Druid Cults would be an interesting entity in such a technologically advanced setting as opposed to typical DnD tech levels.

Hey guys the reason is that they had to make the new book away because the Wayfinders was never a true official supplement. It was always just an in-depth and comprehensive paid UA. The cover says it is a prototype. On page 4 it is printed saying it is not available in adventure league and if ever put out it will be changed altered based on feedback. This PDF was wildly successful and so that proved there was an appetite for this to the people that have to approve the book. It blew up so large with a community that (if you think about it) Never saw it in 3.5e or 4e. That said it STILL has a lot of nice bits to it like for my money the way it introduced Ebberon in format in a way that was more pleasing to read. Also, links and call outs to novels and other info. But some things were really not good - the Warforged were really (as a species) a bit OP. This PDF also forced the official release to be far more comprehensive. Lastly having the PDF out really gives a nice alternative to those that like them for there home games. This your other shows about the PDF are still good in that same way. Though the changes between the two sources are significant the actual rp elements are not as much so. Maybe do a small update to your stuff sometime if you think it is needed - but I enjoyed it as it was. I hope my engagement was satisfactory to you and I am off to report to The Twelve that you are doing excellent work here.

Brian: This is what Will sounds like when he tells you “I love you”! Ad immediately following Brian completing that sentence: Round Table Pizza has... I don’t think Will sounds like that.

Favorite premade setting, thanks for covering this one guys!

i love how in this episode brian is still kinda positive and william is already frustrated with wizards, when now, after the ogl, brian is the one ranting about wizards and their focus on nothing but money while william is more chill about it ^^

I love that it's you guys that sell me on Eberron. I have studied a decent bit of Faerun and wasn't ready to delve deep into Eberron yet. It sounded interesting from the little bits I did obtain, but you guys sold it Good game

Are you guys ok, you are on the wrong sides, did it hurt?

So many notes and I love it. Half way through the vid I realized will and Bryan switched sides lol

The Undying Court aren’t ghosts, they are sorta their own thing, and to understand them you kinda have to understand how healing used to work in older D&D, basically in older editions, basically if you casted a healing spell on Undead it’d take damage instead because Undead are beings of Negative energy, but if you hit an undead with a spell that inflicts necrotic damage the undead would actually be healed by the spell. The Undying were unique amongst undead because they were sustained by positive energy and the faith of the Elves of Arenal. In 5e terms they’re basically kinda cleric Liches that are immune to Radiant Damage.

I have liked and commented! I continue to serve the almighty, the unendingly glorious, the fantastical dungeoncast!!! This paladin has been waiting all day for this even though he is quite tired right now. But I have waged war against the siren like call of slumber and have made sure to be awake for this. But now hopefully I can soon see the land of dreams... Hello everybody! Welcome to this week's comments short rest where I take a break from being a fanatically motivated paladin who would fight you in the street if you bad talked will and brian to tell you all about love! Yes that's right, love. A love that burns within my heart for all of you! So just remember in all seriousness when life has got you down and your feelin bad, you are loved! And i hope you'll remember that. Now let's finish up this comment. :) Before I say anything else i have a question for everybody that's gotten this far and its unrelated to the video. And I'd very much appreciate help. I'm trying to think of a word or a term for a female warlock and I don't just want to call them witches but I can't think of anything. Honestly I don't care much for eberron. It has good well written lore and i love some of the races in it but idk, I think I'm to used to normal dnd that it just turns me off to eberron which doesn't even feel like dnd to me. Though I am wondering something now. I wonder what warforged are like in the superquest saga setting if they exist there. They seem like the perfect race for a future setting. Ok so lastly I have an idea to share that's not really flushed out but it's just a little concept that popped into my head yesterday. So its here for anyone who wants it. Ok so this idea is for an antagonist in an old western style dnd setting. Certainly not normal but hey I'm sure someone out there would like an old western setting. Anyway the idea is for a blue Dragon that lairs out in the middle of a desert in the middle of nowhere but he indirectly controls the banks and other such businesses in the closest towns. He also has control over a bandit gang or something. But nobody knows hes a blue dragons and he's only known about through rumors and people call him "the suzerin" and think he's just a gang leader when in all truth he is the corrupt owner of the people wealth in the banks and probably more. Anywho that's about it. Hope you all have a good day. :)

I have listened to all episodes, but to this day this episode is in the 10 for me 😁

Looks like I got a new setting to play in

Yes, more episodes!

You make jokes about Halfling mobs, but the City of Sharn’s biggest criminal organization is a Halfling Mafia.

I'm relatively new to D&D, I've only played a few sessions and I've only really been intensely into it since about this time last year. I've been doing a lot of setting/lore research on my own and I think I've picked up a lot but I think I fell into the same trap that a lot of people do in the beginning, where I thought Forgotten Realms was *the* setting. Now, even though I managed to get passed that a wee while ago, I've still been struggling to fully absorb information on Eberron, which is unfortunate because I'm a big fan of steampunk so I think I'd really be into the setting. All this to say, this podcast has really been invaluable to my learning, it's a really great supplement to the wikis and sourcebooks for truly absorbing information and I've been eagerly awaiting this Eberron episode for all of these reasons.

Probably getting this setting's book tomorrow! :)

This should have been a longer episode. Please don’t hold out on the notes! Much love.

Been playing Dungeons and Dragons Online (Standing Stone Games) for 11+ years, which takes place in Eberron and was my introduction to D&D. Great game, LOTS of lore, and very in-depth character creation/customization at the sacrifice of modern graphics and not very heavy on skill use (not to mention it started in early/mid 2000’s so it’s very 3.5/4th edition rules and only recently is incorporating some 5e ideas, but the mechanics are still early edition based.). I haven’t heard of too many DM’s basing their game in the Eberron setting, even though like Dungeoncast says - it’s got a LOT of complex and sophisticated lore and conflicts going on throughout the world. Only thing I don’t really enjoy about the game’s interpretation of the setting is that Xoriat (the plane of madness which is the Eberron equivalent of The Far Realm) is REALLY portrayed as a silly place rather than a maddening horror (It’s really more like a gore-ridden mad hatter tea party plane rather than a Lovecraft cosmic-horror experience, but some people will really like that).

This was a great overview of the setting, and I'm loving following your guy's videos (just found them looking for Eberron stuff) The only part of the overview that I feel you guys missed out on, is that before human's came to Khorvaire and colonized it, the continent was ruled by the Dhaakani goblins. And they were awesome. The more I've learned about them, the more I've fallen in love with the concept of the Dhaakani for my games. And they fought the Daelkyr which are also a massively cool Eberron unique group (they were the creators of the Beholders, Mindflayers, and other Aberrations) and that war was sooo cool. But, I get why you skipped over it in favor of talking about the "modern day"

Shout out to Sweet Boy!! : )

I really want an eberron videogame T_T

Thank you for finally doing Eberron! Can't wait for your dragonmark series. Do you think you'd ever do Atlas episodes for the other large settings? Like SCAG or Waterdeep/BG/Neverwinter?

I don't think dragonmarks can be feigned with any magic, because magic in its entirety a subordinate force to the Draconic Prophecy. Though it's hard to imagine an exact description, I would RP their appearance as having an "auto-divining" effect on its viewer. Its transcendent nature should look distinctly alien, especially for magical experts. I've always loved how dragonmarks have such extreme capabilities that specifically cannot be replicated through magic. It really adds to their mystique. For example, magic can create golems but not true life. But the Mark of Making created the true living warforged. On a related note, Siberys invented magic, yet even he coveted the power of the Draconic Prophecy (albeit not to the extent of taking it by force like Khyber did).

You guys should do a review on the Dark Matters supplement book! It’s a sci-fi setting for DnD 5e made by Mage Hand Press. It’s pretty cool

So basically a human artificer with the mark of making is the most OP class in Eberron........nice

Will, did you ever end up using that fighter you rolled on the show, Norman Armstrong the Caviler? I think he was the most interesting of the characters you made.

Um did you guys change your mind about the Dragonmark Houses? Or is it on the ever growing list of things to cover?

Rock-Sah-shaa its pronounced

Chicken grease 😂

Money

the mark joke get so old so quick

first

Mark? I thought your name was Brian! The whole episode you keep calling yourself Mark. Is Mark your middle name? (hi Mark). For those who think I'm serious, I'm not - Innkeeper Vase Odin

You gotta submarine in there and that's how you're getting to these dragons. Hahahaha Brian: this is what will sounds like when he tells you he loves you Will (unamused): I love you. lol You infringe upon my hospitality This mark started uber and left. Lmao Hi my name is Mark and I've been hired to kill you. Lol A spoiler based podcast. Lol Well they were warned. Hi my name is Mark and it's gonna be sunny for the next 7 days.

In all honesty I'm not a fan of steampunk, for me I have to visualize everything, so I really can't play it.