Has any follower of the Path of Light been depicted as evil or corrupt in Eberron books, like some Silver Flame ones have? They seem to not have the grey aspect that is so interesting in EberronIt’s less common because Kalashtar are fused with celestials and have an involuntary drive to the light other mortals don’t have. But it’s specifically called out as a possibility on page 58 of Races of Eberron.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) February 17, 2018

I just heard the last @ManifestZone episode, which was great. In 5e, though, lycanthropy is contagious; and I would like to DM a game in which, as during the purge, it can again be spread and risks an apocalyptic scenario. Is the fully against Eberron canon? Not at all – have you read my novel The Queen of Stone? That posits renewed infectious lycanthropy. I’ll address this point in a post later today.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 20, 2018

Does the +1 AC bonus for the warforged race applies in case of Barbarian Unarmored Defense (dex + con +1 AC)? Thanks believe yes

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) November 6, 2017

.@HellcowKeith @RutyWoot @satinephoenix I’m not as familiar with the #Eberron setting as I am with other @Wizards_DnD settings. Who are the most powerful & iconic spellcasters, a la Elminster, Raistlin, Mordenkainen, etc? Mordain the Fleshweaver, certainly. Others?

— DM Matthew (@ProudNerdery) January 7, 2018

The basic concept of #Eberron is that your heroes have the potential to be the greatest heroes of this age, so you don’t have parallels to Drizzt or Elminster. Here’s one thing I wrote a while ago: https://t.co/XhEhq7Tngz

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 9, 2018

In terms of powerful casters who exist – even if most are unfriendly: Great Druid (and tree) Oalian; Jaela Daran (but only in Flamekeep); Mordain; Erandis Vol; Hektula the Bloody Scribe; Durastoran the Wyrmbreaker; Sora Kell; and the Draconic leaders of the Chamber in Argonessen.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 9, 2018

But @RutyWoot hits the critical point: wide magic, not high magic.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 9, 2018

would the Inspired posses a Dragonmark? I sorta figured they might carry the same as humans.The 3.5 Sharn sourcebook presents a Dragonmarked house that has become entwined with the Quori; the same thing could potentially happen with any house.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 17, 2017

any thoughts on idea of Silver Flame having agents that seek out lost artifacts of power to keep away from evil/irresponsible?Certainly! It's called The Argentum, and it's mentioned in a number of sources (I think the first was Five Nations).

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) September 28, 2017

Dwarves came to Khorvaire during the Age of Monsters, but little is known of their pre-Mror civilization (which was destroyed by the Daelkyr) or their original nation, thought to have been in the Frostfell.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 17, 2017

Q for blog – How would you think Eberron would continue if all cast-magic and enchantments just one day stopped? Would the world just explode in chaos or would it be more likely to end in peace? Which houses would be in a better position with mundane services?Are you suggesting that existing magic items stop working? Or simply that people can no longer make new things or cast new spells?

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 28, 2017

Existing magic items stopping. Far more dramatic. Or would that be a “Back to the stone age” catastrophe? I realise Sharn and Arcanix are fucked. – Or if magic items stay, do they become a limited commodity?Just magic items, or spellcasters as well? A lot of magical services are driven more by magewrights than by items. If spellcasters are affected, all types or just arcane? A complete loss of divine magic might have serious social repercussions.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

I was thinking divine wouldn’t disappear but all spellcasters would stop being able to cast. Including rituals. Is Jorasco’s healing divine or more akin to an arcane source? I consider Jorasco arcane. So you wouldn't drop to the stone age, but you'd drop to the middle ages. Long-distance communication, mass and swift transit, modern medicine, engines of industry, major weapons of war would be lost. But the basic structure of civilization remains.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

Karrnath would likely be the worst off of the 5 nations imo, with the famine really swinging up without magic supplement. I feel like Aundair would benefit most from it; that’s who I’d immediately suspect had a hand it it (it’s always Aundair!) I agree that Karrnath would have problems, but why do you think Aundair would be best off? Given that their military is strongly based on arcane superiority and they have more widespread use of magic items, I’d think loss of magic would be very disruptive.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

I’d see Breland as best off – despite the loss of Sharn. They have the population and their military strategy doesn’t rely as heavily on magic as Aundair. Thrane is also strong – peasant militias don’t need magic – but loss of divine magic might cause chaos.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

Though again: the typical priest in Eberron isn’t a spellcaster. So for the common Thrane I don’t see a loss of divine spellcasters as necessarily affecting their faith; that faith never required magic as proof.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

But yes, just because civilization wouldn’t COLLAPSE doesn’t mean you wouldn’t see chaos and upheaval. New cults or sects tied to the loss. Famines and plagues that normally would be contained by magic or swift transport of supplies.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

Droaam would suddenly be more of a force to be reckoned with… as would the Dhakaani goblins, who never had a strong reliance on magic.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

Another wacky question is how primal magic is affected. I could easily see something that blocks arcane and divine magic leaving primal magic unaffected – which would definitely have an interesting shift in the balance of power and belief.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017

I wrote an article about the Children of Winter for Dragon a while back that talked about what happens when "Winter" finally comes. I suggested a loss of divine and arcane magic – but I included widespread natural disasters to jumpstart an apocalypse, not JUST loss of magic.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 29, 2017