- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (17 Jan 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786939125
- ISBN-13: 978-0786939121
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Secrets Every Hero Should Know
What does an elf from Shae Cairdal know about the nation of Aerenal? How do you play a half-orc from the Shadow Marches? What does your character know about the Blood of Vol or the royal line of Galifar? Player’s Guide to Eberron answers these questions and more. This companion to the Eberron™ Campaign Setting explores the world from the player’s point of view and presents exciting new options for Eberron characters.
Player’s Guide to Eberron describes important locations, events, organizations, races, and features of the Eberron campaign setting, organized in an accessible and easily digestible format so that players can use the book as a handy reference guide. In addition, this book provides new feats, prestige classes, spells, and magic items.
For use with these Dungeons & Dragons® core books
Player’s Handbook™ Dungeon Master’s Guide™ Monster Manual™
Eberron Campaign Setting
What does an elf from Shae Cairdal know about the nation of Aerenal? How do you play a half-orc from the Shadow Marches? What does your character know about the Blood of Vol or the royal line of Galifar? Player’s Guide to Eberron answers these questions and more. This companion to the Eberron™ Campaign Setting explores the world from the player’s point of view and presents exciting new options for Eberron characters.
Player’s Guide to Eberron describes important locations, events, organizations, races, and features of the Eberron campaign setting, organized in an accessible and easily digestible format so that players can use the book as a handy reference guide. In addition, this book provides new feats, prestige classes, spells, and magic items.
For use with these Dungeons & Dragons® core books
Player’s Handbook™ Dungeon Master’s Guide™ Monster Manual™
Eberron Campaign Setting
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Not having been much impressed with WOTC other player guides, I was at first relunctant to purchase this. However, there was no need to worry as this book has a good dose of information for the player and dungeon master to use. The chapters on the Dragonmarks and Eberron societies are especially of value.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Here's the good bit. The book looks great and is up to usual standard of WOTC presentation and looks lovely nestled up to the rest of your Eberron books on the bookcase.
The bad side is that like most of the 'Players guide' series, most of this information is largely the same as presented in other sourcebooks with maybe a bit more padding. The few 'crunchy' bits (new feats etc.) could easily have gone into other supplements (Races of Eberron springs to mind) and the maps of Xen'drik and Frostfell should have been in the Explorer's Handbook. The book also gives players far too much info about topics that DMs may want to keep from the players initially, such as the Daelkyr and Dragons and the aforementiond Xen'drik and Frostfell (I thought nobody had mapped theses places fully yet? So why would the players know their layout?).
The bad side is that like most of the 'Players guide' series, most of this information is largely the same as presented in other sourcebooks with maybe a bit more padding. The few 'crunchy' bits (new feats etc.) could easily have gone into other supplements (Races of Eberron springs to mind) and the maps of Xen'drik and Frostfell should have been in the Explorer's Handbook. The book also gives players far too much info about topics that DMs may want to keep from the players initially, such as the Daelkyr and Dragons and the aforementiond Xen'drik and Frostfell (I thought nobody had mapped theses places fully yet? So why would the players know their layout?).
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
An excellent book with one caveat.
20 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent, flavor-rich cyclopaedia for the world of Eberron, arranged in 2 to 4 page entries in alphabetical order covering the various nations, cultures, and factions of the world. Within these pages you'll find eloquent summaries to spark your imagination or catch up player knowledge to the point of character knowledge. There are sidebars describing where the new classes from the Complete [character type] series fit into the world of Eberron, along with the various subraces from the Races of [foo] series. These expositions make sense. They show that in a world as crowded with drama as Eberron, there is still room remaining for more of the magic and mystery that other D&D supplements spill. If anything, the babel of fantasy tidbits from other books make MORE sense when put into context this way.
My one concern with this book is the deceiving title. It is a player's guide if one considers the DM a player, too. DMs expecting the book to respect the secrets of the setting, preserving them to be gradually revealed to the players, will be disappointed. Within the first entry of the Guide the names of the secret masters of Eberron have already been ticked off by checklist. This one complaint is hardly enough to detract from an otherwise awesome book.
My one concern with this book is the deceiving title. It is a player's guide if one considers the DM a player, too. DMs expecting the book to respect the secrets of the setting, preserving them to be gradually revealed to the players, will be disappointed. Within the first entry of the Guide the names of the secret masters of Eberron have already been ticked off by checklist. This one complaint is hardly enough to detract from an otherwise awesome book.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Excellent overview of the Eberron world.
28 Feb 2006
Format:Hardcover
This book is divided into two chapters. The first deals with character concepts appropriate to the Eberron setting. These are fairly generic, but useful for players trying to come up with ideas.
The second chapter is where the book really shines. PGTE lists a large variety of topics in an encyclopedia style format, making them easy to find. Each topic is explored in moderate detail, and includes topic related game mechanics (on sidebars), suggestions on how to incorporate other Wizards of the Coast books (such as where other races live, where Warlocks get their power), and interesting tidbits such as what a DC 10 Knowledge (Nature) check tells you about the Gatekeepers.
All in all this is a fantastic book. With full color art, a well done index, and good solid writing throughout you'll be hard pressed to find a better produced gaming book out there. While the price may seem a little steep for the book's relatively small size, the text density and high quality writing more than make up for it.
Know that this is a setting-heavy book. Those interested primarily in game mechanics will not find a lot here, though what is provided is interesting and strongly tied to the entry it is found in.
The second chapter is where the book really shines. PGTE lists a large variety of topics in an encyclopedia style format, making them easy to find. Each topic is explored in moderate detail, and includes topic related game mechanics (on sidebars), suggestions on how to incorporate other Wizards of the Coast books (such as where other races live, where Warlocks get their power), and interesting tidbits such as what a DC 10 Knowledge (Nature) check tells you about the Gatekeepers.
All in all this is a fantastic book. With full color art, a well done index, and good solid writing throughout you'll be hard pressed to find a better produced gaming book out there. While the price may seem a little steep for the book's relatively small size, the text density and high quality writing more than make up for it.
Know that this is a setting-heavy book. Those interested primarily in game mechanics will not find a lot here, though what is provided is interesting and strongly tied to the entry it is found in.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Good Stuff; I Just Wish There Was More Of It!
19 April 2006
Format:Hardcover
I picked this book up somewhat reluctantly - my budget for D&D books is pretty tight - but I'm glad I did. The title is misleading - it's an EVERYONE Guide to Eberron, and if you like the setting, this book is a definate must-buy. My only complaint is that it was too short.
Because Wizards of the Coast limited the book to 160 pages [in line with other, similar releases], there just wasn't enough space to cover everything I wished this book had covered. For example, the Five Nations get a 2-page spread, the Demon Wastes get 4 pages, Droaam gets 52 pages, the Eldeen Reaches get 4 [but that also covers Druidic Sects], The Mournland gets 2 pages, Q'Barra gets 2 pages and Valenar gets 6 pages [including a new prestige class] - but Aundair, Breland, Karnath, the Mror Holds, the Shadow Marches, the Talenta Plains, Thrane and Zilargo, DON'T get their own entries - and they should have. Sure, they get a *little* coverage under other entries, but I would have appreciated a more thorough overview. The information on the other continents and the oceans of Eberron is terrific.
But WotC cut out *everything* that can be found in other references, so this book is almost 100% pure new material - which is its blessing and its curse. If the encyclopedia-style layout bothers you, there is an excellent Index in the back of the book [which is too often missing from WotC products] in addition to a detailed Table of Contents. The book is fun to browse through, and it's easy to find a specific piece of information if you need it.
I especially like the way this book ties together supplemental game stuff into Eberron. Use any of "The Complete..." books and you'll find suggestions for where the new core classes and prestige classes will work. Races for the "Races of..." series find out-of-the way homes in Eberron - so if you use those books, they're covered - and if you don't use them, you lose nothing from the game world. The book is worth the cost just for that help.
I would have been willing to pay more for more content, though - especially if it were of the same quailty as what was included. That is the only reason I rated this book at 4 stars instead of 5. Actaully, I think it deserves a 4-and-a-half.
Because Wizards of the Coast limited the book to 160 pages [in line with other, similar releases], there just wasn't enough space to cover everything I wished this book had covered. For example, the Five Nations get a 2-page spread, the Demon Wastes get 4 pages, Droaam gets 52 pages, the Eldeen Reaches get 4 [but that also covers Druidic Sects], The Mournland gets 2 pages, Q'Barra gets 2 pages and Valenar gets 6 pages [including a new prestige class] - but Aundair, Breland, Karnath, the Mror Holds, the Shadow Marches, the Talenta Plains, Thrane and Zilargo, DON'T get their own entries - and they should have. Sure, they get a *little* coverage under other entries, but I would have appreciated a more thorough overview. The information on the other continents and the oceans of Eberron is terrific.
But WotC cut out *everything* that can be found in other references, so this book is almost 100% pure new material - which is its blessing and its curse. If the encyclopedia-style layout bothers you, there is an excellent Index in the back of the book [which is too often missing from WotC products] in addition to a detailed Table of Contents. The book is fun to browse through, and it's easy to find a specific piece of information if you need it.
I especially like the way this book ties together supplemental game stuff into Eberron. Use any of "The Complete..." books and you'll find suggestions for where the new core classes and prestige classes will work. Races for the "Races of..." series find out-of-the way homes in Eberron - so if you use those books, they're covered - and if you don't use them, you lose nothing from the game world. The book is worth the cost just for that help.
I would have been willing to pay more for more content, though - especially if it were of the same quailty as what was included. That is the only reason I rated this book at 4 stars instead of 5. Actaully, I think it deserves a 4-and-a-half.
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