We have a full house with Keith, Wayne, Kristian, and Scott discussing the scope and role of magic items in Eberron.

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:01:31 – Gaming and BS 206 – Magic and Eberron
3. 00:02:07 – Ubiquity vs. Power Level
4. 00:04:09 – Systems Dependent on Magic Items
5. 00:09:33 – Setting Player Expectations
6. 00:10:53 – Utility Instead of Power
7. 00:14:52 – Where Do We Get Those Wonderful Toys?
8. 00:22:31 – Designing Magic Items to Solve Problems
9. 00:26:00 – Availability of Utility Items in a Campaign
10. 00:30:41 – Wands as Common Tools
11. 00:33:14 – Artificers as Weird Scientists
12. 00:35:50 – Wizards Codifying Magic
13. 00:37:00 – Consumable Magic Items
14. 00:38:51 – Everyday Items as Magic Items
15. 00:42:09 – Warforged as Magic Items
16. 00:43:54 – Warforged Docents
17. 00:47:09 – Acquiring Magic Items
18. 00:49:36 – Dragonshard Items
19. 00:52:56 – Eldritch Machines
20. 00:56:10 – Aerenal and Mundane Magic Items
21. 00:58:26 – Purchasing Magic Items
22. 01:03:02 – Expensive but Not Powerful
23. 01:03:45 – Crafting Magic Items
24. 01:07:19 – Wrapping Up

A huge thank you to Rob Abrazado for helping us fix some audio drift issues that were delaying out release!

In his “Eberron Returns!” Dragon Con panel, Keith fields questions about Eberron and its return for Dungeons & Dragons 5e. 

Keith, Wayne, and Kristian explore the culture and lives of halflings (and the dinosaurs they rode in on).

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:00:59 – Readings
   • Dragonmarks: Halflings
   • Druids of Khorvaire, Part Three
   • “Boromar Clan,” Dragon Magazine #354
3. 00:04:34 – Halfling Culture
4. 00:06:17 – Various Cultural Identities
5. 00:08:36 – Roots in Wandering Tribes
6. 00:13:23 – Mysterious Destinations in the Talenta Plains
7. 00:21:11 – Racial Traits
8. 00:27:33 – Halflings Riding Dinosaurs!
9. 00:33:43 – Manifest Zones in the Talenta Plains
10. 00:34:48 – Nation of Nations: Subcultures among Tribes
11. 00:41:15 – Halfling Naming Conventions
12. 00:42:48 – Civilized and Dragonmark Ties to Tradition
13. 00:44:56 – Migrant Halflings Travling across Khorvaire
14. 00:45:31 – Surviving and Making Your Way
15. 00:47:45 – Tribalism within Organizations
16. 00:50:39 – Wanderers Settling in Cities
17. 00:54:46 – Dragonmarked Houses
18. 00:55:56 – House Ghallanda Making Friends
19. 01:02:08 – House Jorasco’s Vital Services
20. 01:08:34 – Playing a Dragonmarked Halfling
21. 01:16:12 – Wrapping up

Keith, Wayne, and Kristian discuss Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron, Keith’s 5e supplement for Eberron.

• Wizards of the Coast announcement
  
• Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron FAQ
  
• Digital Content on D&D Beyond
• D&D Beyond video: Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
• D&D Beyond video: The Playable Races of Eberron in Dungeons & Dragons
• D&D Beyond video: The War of Eberron in Dungeons & Dragons
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Warforged of Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Changelings in Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Kalashtar in Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Shifters in the World of Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: The Elves of Eberron

Keith, Wayne, and Kristian discuss the Lords of Dust and their complex schemes.

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:01:52 – Readings
   • Dragonmarks: The Lords of Dust
   • Dragonmarks: The Age of Demons and You
   • Dragon Magazine #337, “Eternal Evil: Lords of Dust”
3. 00:04:25 – Why Rakshasa; “Overlords” vs. “Rajahs”
4. 00:08:20 – Overlords embody a concept of evil
5. 00:11:47 – Exposing the PCs to The Lords of Dust’s plans without spoilers
6. 00:17:10 – The Lords of Dust feeling “too big”
7. 00:25:37 – Only use on one or two grand-scale villains
8. 00:27:41 – Threats for specific genres
9. 00:29:14 – Focus on a specific objective, not the epic scheme
10. 00:29:42 – The essence of the Overlords and the Lords of Dust
11. 00:33:05 – Why the rakshasas don’t just rule the world
12. 00:37:30 – Complex manipulations of the prophecy
13. 00:44:47 – Make your own Overlord
14. 00:45:37 – The Overlords are not allies
15. 00:47:04 – The world knows very little about the Overlords
16. 00:48:44 – Overlord names, titles, and themes
17. 00:52:25 – For Players
18. 00:52:57 – Progressively scaling up the enemies
19. 01:02:04 – Using the story to shape your character’s perspective
20. 01:02:45 – Warlocks and Overlord patrons
21. 01:04:45 – Trappings for class abilities
22. 01:06:39 – Wrap up

Scott, Keith, and Kristian explore the role of dragons in the world of Eberron.

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:01:10 – Readings
   • Dragonshards: The Role of Dragons
   • Dragonshards: The Serens
   • Dragonshards: The Draconic Prophecy
   • Dragons of Eberron
3. 00:02:55 – The impact of dragons
4. 00:08:14 – Not XP fodder
5. 00:10:05 – Almost living gods
6. 00:12:20 – The dragons of Argonnessen and the Chamber
7. 00:14:27 – The Draconic Prophecy
8. 00:18:17 – Colors not bound by alignment
9. 00:18:52 – Mastering shape changing for ‘espionage’
10. 00:22:49 – How and when dragons choose to interfere
11. 00:27:18 – Rogue dragons
12. 00:30:42 – Bringing Argonnessen into your campaign
13. 00:36:06 – Dragon-themed archetypes for players
14. 00:41:28 – Playing a Seren
15. 00:42:06 – Playing a dragonborn
16. 00:42:51 – ‘But I want to play a half-dragon sorcerer’
17. 00:44:16 – Dragon worshippers
18. 00:47:52 – The role and place of dragonborn
19. 00:51:37 – Original dragonborn in Races of the Dragon
20. 00:54:17 – Final thoughts
21. 00:55:46 – How to Play a Red Dragon Like and Evil Genius
22. 00:57:22 – Wrap up

Kristian and Keith “dream” about kalashtar.

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:00:57 – Gearing up for Eberron: Mind Games in Eberron
3. 00:01:18 – Races of Eberron
4. 00:01:33 – Dragonshards Articles
5. 00:01:48 – Design Intent
6. 00:05:54 – Oneiromancy in Occult Lore by Atlas Games
7. 00:07:04 – Dragon Magazine #324: Living Nightmares
8. 00:07:17 – Sarlona as a Separate Campaign Setting
9. 00:07:37 – The Effects of Psionics on Civilization
10. 00:13:09 – Core Concepts of Kalashtar
11. 00:21:32 – Not the Same Quori as During the Age of Giants
12. 00:23:54 – Psychology and Culture
13. 00:26:25 – Personality Shaped by Type of Quori spirit
14. 00:29:52 – Psicrystal as a Manifestation of the Quori Spirit
15. 00:31:10 – Kalashtar Warlock Pact with Quori Spirit
16. 00:32:50 – Three Main Approaches with Kalashtar
17. 00:35:59 – Path of Light
18. 00:43:15 – Alignment Restrictions Be Damned
19. 00:45:51 – Communities across Eberron
20. 00:47:32 – Think about Your Quori Spirit
21. 00:48:46 – Why Not Advertise the Shadow War?
22. 00:50:09 – How DMs Can Use the Shadow War
23. 00:53:14 – The Dreaming Dark Has Two Fronts
24. 00:56:56 – Inception [Film] as Inspiration (no pun intended)
25. 00:59:26 – Dreaming Dark Playing Chess
26. 01:05:21 – Wrapping Up
27. 01:07:23 – Next Topic?

Keftiu writes in:

I love changelings a lot, but it feels like they’re always forced into the role of the sneaky, deceptive Rogue. Do you have any other clever or unexpected classes you think fit the race well?

Scott shares his experiences and suggestions.

Additionally, Keith presented some ideas in a blog post on Changelings, Shifters and Lycanthropes as a follow up to our previous episode.

Kristian and Keith have a “freeform” discussion about changelings and shifters.

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:00:24 – Why Changelings and Shifters Seem Underused
3. 00:04:50 – Shifter Communities
4. 00:08:00 – Shifter Culture, Classes, and Lineage
5. 00:13:20 – Inspiration for Creating Shifters
6. 00:20:33 – Lycanthropic Purge
7. 00:35:44 – Changeling Identity
8. 00:55:09 – Complete Guide to Doppelgangers
9. 01:00:31 – More on Changeling Identities
10. 01:06:54 – Dragonmarks Article: Changelings
11. 01:07:22 – Think about what the character’s ability means to you?
12. 01:07:59 – Consider That Everyone Knows Changelings Exist
13. 01:09:25 – Oooh! A Changeling Pretending to Be a Shifter
14. 01:09:50 – Wrap up

Jeremiah asks:

I listened to the most recent episode on warforged. Warforged are probably my favorite D&D race ever, and I pretty much play one whenever the DM lets me. I particularly enjoyed the discussion on warforged wizards and sorcerers. I was wondering, in particular, what types of entities would a warforged warlock likely make a pact with.

Kristian answers with some additional contributions from Keith and Wayne.

Also, DND Beyond coincidentally posted a video of Mike Mearls discussing the Warlock’s relationship to their patrons.