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Dungeons & Dragons, 4th Edition
Eberron Player's Guide D&D Supplement 4th (fourth) edition Text Only
PThe complete guide to building bEberron/b(R) characters.PThe biEberron/i/bi Player's Guide/i presents the film noir world of bEberron/b from the point of view of the adventurer exploring it. This product includes everything a player needs to create their character for a bDD/b(R) campaign in the bEberron/b setting, including new feats, new character powers, new paragon paths and epic destinies, and even a new 4th edition version of a classic bEberron/b class#58; the Artificer!
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First published June 16, 2009
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James Wyatt
101 books146 followersJames Wyatt is an award-winning game designer at Wizards of the Coast, and now holds the position of Design Manager for Dungeons & Dragons. He was one of the lead designers for D&D 4th Edition and one of the original designers of the Eberron Campaign Setting, and has written and co-authored dozens of game supplements. He grew up in Ithaca, New York, and now lives in Washington State with his wife and son.
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May 29, 2023
Honestly, still a useful little book even today to round out character options for Eberron.
November 11, 2018
A pretty good setting book, although I felt myself trying to look more for that dungeon-punk aesthetic. D&D4e is my favorite D&D edition, and Eberron is definitely up there for top 10 favorite settings. It's great. A few more paragraphs about the Five Nations and the History would've been more appreciated, however.
May 29, 2019
Loving all things D&D doesn't keep me from seeing that this is one of the best guidebooks out there. And I love the Eberron Campaign as a whole.
June 17, 2009
Eberron is, hands down, my favorite D&D world ever. It may in fact be my favorite setting for any role-playing game. Blending fantasy tropes with noir, pulp adventure and a general post-World War II vibe, along with magic turned technology that feels a bit like steampunk, it's one of the more unusual worlds Wizards of the Coast (or TSR) have ever produced.
It was well-supported in D&D 3.5, not surprising given that it was essentially the official world for 3.5. I was bummed that we never got a book like Five Nations for Zilargo, the Eldeen Reaches, Talenta Plains, etc., but in general I have a ton of useful information to run this world.
What I need to run it in 4E are two things: Rules for dragonmarks and a few Eberron-specific monsters. The former are in this book, hopefully there will be some of the latter in the campaign book.
My overall reaction to this book is mild disappointment. It's not that much changed from 3.5 Eberron, but the changes made are pretty opposed to what I like about the setting. Shifting things a bit so that the civilized Eberron becomes a "points of light" setting runs the risk of making it a bit more generic, and the new Dragonmark rules make the dragonmarks a lot less effective for anyone who doesn't specialize in whatever class has those abilities. So no more Halfling Fighter whose healing mark lets him heal. Instead, pretty much any intelligent dragonmarked Jorasco healer is going to be a cleric, bard or other leader class. Forget being a Ranger or Rogue in Orien's smuggler division... you want Warlock so you can benefit from that teleport. The Paragon Paths make up for this somewhat, but essentially the dragonmarks have been greatly de-powered, and at the same time made considerably less flexible and less interesting. A shame, given their prominence in the setting.
The new Artificer is great. The tweaks to the Changeling, the Warforged and the Kalashtar are also quite good. But overall, as someone who is a huge believer in 4E, and a huge believer in Eberron, I'm kind of bummed that I'm not more excited about 4E Eberron at this point. While it didn't get the massive (unpopular) update that the Forgotten Realms did, making even minor tweaks to the setting feels like a misstep, as this was a young, fresh setting that didn't need much tweaking. I would rather have had them work harder to blend the new 4E mechanics (which I love) with the existing flavor of Eberron than try to tweak the role of Dragonmarks or try to make the setting "points of light."
It's a solid book. WOTC very rarely produces any D&D book these days that isn't at least solid. But it's a disappointment to this big fan of both 4E and Eberron.
It was well-supported in D&D 3.5, not surprising given that it was essentially the official world for 3.5. I was bummed that we never got a book like Five Nations for Zilargo, the Eldeen Reaches, Talenta Plains, etc., but in general I have a ton of useful information to run this world.
What I need to run it in 4E are two things: Rules for dragonmarks and a few Eberron-specific monsters. The former are in this book, hopefully there will be some of the latter in the campaign book.
My overall reaction to this book is mild disappointment. It's not that much changed from 3.5 Eberron, but the changes made are pretty opposed to what I like about the setting. Shifting things a bit so that the civilized Eberron becomes a "points of light" setting runs the risk of making it a bit more generic, and the new Dragonmark rules make the dragonmarks a lot less effective for anyone who doesn't specialize in whatever class has those abilities. So no more Halfling Fighter whose healing mark lets him heal. Instead, pretty much any intelligent dragonmarked Jorasco healer is going to be a cleric, bard or other leader class. Forget being a Ranger or Rogue in Orien's smuggler division... you want Warlock so you can benefit from that teleport. The Paragon Paths make up for this somewhat, but essentially the dragonmarks have been greatly de-powered, and at the same time made considerably less flexible and less interesting. A shame, given their prominence in the setting.
The new Artificer is great. The tweaks to the Changeling, the Warforged and the Kalashtar are also quite good. But overall, as someone who is a huge believer in 4E, and a huge believer in Eberron, I'm kind of bummed that I'm not more excited about 4E Eberron at this point. While it didn't get the massive (unpopular) update that the Forgotten Realms did, making even minor tweaks to the setting feels like a misstep, as this was a young, fresh setting that didn't need much tweaking. I would rather have had them work harder to blend the new 4E mechanics (which I love) with the existing flavor of Eberron than try to tweak the role of Dragonmarks or try to make the setting "points of light."
It's a solid book. WOTC very rarely produces any D&D book these days that isn't at least solid. But it's a disappointment to this big fan of both 4E and Eberron.
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May 1, 2011
very closed to finished reading and I have to say it's as good as the campaign guide. Clear, concise, fun and interesting! makes you wanna play/run the game right away!
October 12, 2024
Too little info for a setting as complex as Eberron, the Player’s Guide would be highly confusing to anyone except those who had read a substantial amount of material from 3.5e.
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