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By: Ameron

Ameron — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:48:04 +0000

@Shades
I too had some initial concerns about Dragonmarks appearing on all races (including Warforged) but I “get” why they’ve chosen to expand this rule-set to all PCs. As much as I liked the idea of the best healers being Halflings with the Mark of Healing, I always felt that playing a Cleric of any other race was counter-productive. With this change I can play a Half-orc Cleric with a Mark of Healing if I want to. But I think the real reason they changed the rules about which races have Dragonmarks is because of all the new races that weren’t core when Eberron first came out.

By: Shades

Shades — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:47:20 +0000

I picked up the book last night, and skimmed through it.

As a long time fan and Eberron game runner, I am extremely happy with the 4E treatment. They didn’t break the world, I can still use my old books as relevent resources, and the mechanical changes almost seamlessly fit into the world.

The only issue I have is with Dragon Marks showing up outside of the bloodlines, which as I have mentioned before I will be ignoring.

This is good stuff, it comes with great ideas for implementing and using the material. Moreover, it complements rather than supplants as WotC did with the Realms.

By: Ameron

Ameron — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:43:39 +0000

@Hastur
I’m glad I could help. Let me know what you think after you’ve had a chance to pick up and read both books.

@Luke
The Eberron Campaign Guide does indeed include a preliminary adventure. It’s called The Mark of Prophecy and we’ll tell you all about it in tomorrow’s post. I don’t think it’s connected to the Seekers of the Ashen Crown (at least I didn’t see anything in there about it).

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:41:32 +0000

Does it include a preliminary adventure to leas into Seekers of the Ashen Crown? I hope so, but it looks like it was moved to the appendix.

By: Hastur

Hastur — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:27:40 +0000

Thanks, two it is then! I never really got into Eberron under 3.5, despite playing a couple of games. But once 4E came along, I had a good think and decided that, under 4e rules, Eberron is the best-fit published setting, so having the official 4e books will be pretty sweet and add a lot more depth to my campaign which is already well under way.

By: Ameron

Ameron — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:25:58 +0000

@Keith Baker
Thank you for clearing that up. I for one can’t wait to use House Tarkanan in my next campaign.

@Hastur
In short I would say that the DM will want to pick up both the ECG and the EPG. The Eberron Player’s Guide provides a lot of great information about the races, classes, feats and religion unique to Eberron. Although some topics are covered in both books (like the Dragonmarked Houses) each book provides different information which together paints the complete picture. I do not think it’s necessary for all the players to get the ECG as long as the DM has a copy.

By: Hastur

Hastur — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:44:50 +0000

Thanks for the review, I’m definitely getting the book now. As a DM, if I’ve got the Campaign Guide, do I really need the Players book too, or does the ECG cover off the same information but to greater detail? So far I’ve only flicked through the EPG, and really like it for the general info (i.e. the “fluff”), but don’t want to buy two books if, as the DM, one book (the ECG) will suffice…