Manifest Zone: Exploring the World of Eberron

Billy Rigby asks: Dragonmark Houses are powerful, the 12 have a foothold on Khorvaire but who is against them? Who’s the enemy of the 12? It seems like they have no overall threat against them other than each other and other businesses. Do they have an enemy or is it a House by House basis? Is anyone trying to end the Houses and if so, why? Wayne offers his ideas and suggestions.

Gabriel Krotkov asks: Keith mentioned that the standard houses began the War of the Mark partially to suppress the “source of power” coming from aberrant marks. What economic threat did the aberrant marks pose to the houses? I get that there must have been a popular fear of the real danger posed by aberrant marks, but if that’s the inciting factor in the War of the Mark why was t...

Keith, Scott, and Kristian discuss using dragonmarks and the dragonmarked houses in an Eberron game. Time Markers 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:43 – Clarifying the Scope of the Show 00:01:32 – Keith’s Articles on Dragonmarks The Dragonmarked Houses Aberrant Marks 00:03:07 – Dragonmarks and the Draconic Prophecy 00:05:01 – History of Dragonmarks 00:07:34 –...

Graham asks: How was it that Darguun and Valenar were not given to the Cyran refugees? Keith answers with a collection of reasons.

Scott chimes in with his answer to Gil’s question regarding the Neutrality of the Dragonmarked Houses during the Last War.

Gil asks: What is the expectation of a dragonmarked house and/or a nation from a dragonmarked member assigned to support a national army unit on the front line? There is usually a lot of questions/conflicts that come up when there is a mixed PC party of soldiers and dragonmarked heirs when running a Last War scene. Clearly a PC can break the rules/norm, but it will be good to understand the &#8220...

Scott follows up on Ian’s question about “pre-war” Cyre , specifically in regards to inspirations for Cyran culture and personality.

Ian asks: Can you please talk about your personal inspirations for the Pre-War government and everyday life of Cyre? The Day of Mourning is such a great inspiration for PCs, but its hard to give them guidance on character histories or frame NPC motivations. Could you specifically touch on some of the royal government, military or spy organizations? Keith shares his response.

Gonzalo Campoverde Arce asks: Please include some minutes to talk about how the Dragonmarked Houses (beyond Cannith, Deneith and Jorasco) were involved in the Last War. Kristian offers some ideas on how those other Dragonmarked Houses would have profited from their abilities and related services during the Last War.

The hosts discuss The Last War and the significant impact it had on the continent of Khorvaire as well as how it might influence the characters within the world. Time Markers 00:00:00 – Opening 00:01:07 – What is The Last War ? 00:09:25 – Innovations of the Last War 00:11:14 – Shift of Power toward Dragonmarked Houses 00:18:40 – Warforged as Living Reminders 00:20:01...

Scott shares his thoughts and experiences regarding other systems for Eberron. Links Zadmar’s Savage Vancian Magic Dungeon World Eberron Campaign Setting Dungeon World Character Sheets for Eberron

Keith answers the following question: Could we get a walkthrough on how to pronounce each of the Five Nations? Karrnath seems pretty straightforward, but I’ve heard Cyre half a dozen ways (I’m partial to “sigh-err” myself) and Breland seems to have an emphasis problem (is it BREE-land or Brehl-und?)

From Keftiu: What systems other than D&D have you ran or suggest running Eberron in? I’ve personally done it in Fate Core and have thought about building some sort of GUMSHOE hack, but would love to hear your ideas. Kristian offers his obvious favorite and shares a few others. Links Savage Worlds Test Drive Rules Kristian’s  Savage Worlds Eberron Conversion Companion 13th Age...

As a means to address your questions without taking away from the time we have during episodes, but also giving you more Eberron stuff to listen to between episodes, we’re creating a separate segment called The Speaking Stone which will be included in the podcast feed. You can submit your questions related to our discussions via our  Speaking Stone form , which will add it to our q...

The cast introduces themselves and discusses what defines Eberron as a setting, what it has to offer GMs, and what expectations players should have. Time Markers 00:00:00 – Introductions 00:01:05 – Keith’s Background 00:02:19 – Wayne’s Background 00:03:22 – Scott’s Background 00:04:32 – Kristian’s Background 00:06:18 – Keith Wants to Do M...