@HellcowKeith read somewhere that Valenar slaughtered thousands of Cyrans as they fled the Mourning. That true?

— Bryce The Human! (@DoctorBadWolf) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf I didn’t write it, and I take some issue with it; there’s nothing about it that fits the Valenar ethos, unless……. Their patron ancestor was known for slaughtering innocents. With that said, my explanation is that they were… (2/3)

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf … freaked out by the surge of crazed refugees fleeing the Mourning and could have seen it as an attack or a plague. (3/3)

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf So: it's a thing that's in canon without explanation & makes little sense – so it's a question of making it make sense.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@HellcowKeith hrm. I may just say that in my Eberron they didn’t kill them, but didn’t take them in, either. Idk. Thanks for the thoughts it didn't feel right to me, either. What do u think is a more likely response?

— Bryce The Human! (@DoctorBadWolf) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf I could see the Valenar perceiving it as an invasion (it WAS during war) and repelling them, resulting in death by Mourning.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolfalso, would aberration be a good favored enemy for a Cyran ranger who makes forays into the amour land for artifacts+ samples Sure, but the majority of Mournland creatures may not be aberrations; many are magical beasts (carcass crab) or spirits.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf even Unarmed people, or people who surrender immediately, obviously running for their lives? I have trouble imagining them ATTACKING a mob of civilians. But if they have a natural border and say "Don't cross this"…

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf … and the mob swarms across, I could them resorting to violence to hold the line.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf but the Valenar a) look for challenges and b) honor their ancestors, neither of which suggest mass slaughter of civilians.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf UNLESS the ancestor in question IS infamous for slaughtering civilians; if so, there may be a specific warband that does.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf that makes sense! I could see a specific warband emulating a vicious ancestor carrying out an infamous massacre, attributed to all Valenar.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@DoctorBadWolf Side note: I expect some similar incidents on most borders… especially Karrnath, as undead aren't especially sympathetic.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) January 23, 2017

@NicolasCSIs there religious persecution in Riedra? e.g. of those who follow the faiths prevalent in Khorvaire? Not only of Kalashtar There is EXTREME religious persecution in Riedra. Open practice of any faith other than the Path of Inspiration is outlawed.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 8, 2016

@NicolasCSAnd are followers of other faiths secretly ministering or proselytizing? Not easy in a culture with telepathic secret police and a population indoctrinated since birth to see this as demonic temptation.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 8, 2016

@ChiNonMuore1 @NicolasCSdo riedran ambassadors in Eberron manifest their anti religious policy? Most Riedran ambassadors are Inspired. They're more interested in diplomacy than prosletyzing.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 12, 2016

@NicolasCSIIRC Riedran diplomacy is strong in Q’barra. Are they proselytizing there? Could suit quori agenda. How do other faiths feel? This is how they conquered Riedra in the first place: create a conflict and present legitimate saviors… who happen to be quori.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 12, 2016

@geekygiant13Regarding Warforged. How would the spell Heat Metal effect them? Thanks. no affect as written, dm could rule they're wearing metal armor #WOTCstaff

— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) December 28, 2016

Some thoughts about quori, kalashtar, and gender. (Quori are dream-spirits from #Eberron; kalashtar are people psychically bonded with them)It seems really strange that the quori, who don't reproduce sexually and have utterly alien physiologies, would have sexes or genders.

— Ira Fich (@Igfig) November 20, 2016

And yet, quori supposedly only bond to kalashtar of the same gender as themselves. Every kalashtar of the Harath lineage is male.

— Ira Fich (@Igfig) November 20, 2016

@Igfig Quori are incarnate ideas. They have gender in a spiritual sense – having traits we PERCEIVE as masculine/feminine. However…

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 20, 2016

@Igfig … To escape Dal Quor, these spirits had to bind themselves to mortal hosts. This WASN'T a gender match; they took what they could.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 20, 2016

@Igfig Today, when a Kalashtar child is born, they inherit the spiritual connection of the PARENT who matches their gender.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 20, 2016

@Igfig So a kalashtar essentially has two genders – that of their body, and that of their Quori – and these often don't match.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 20, 2016

@IgfigAh, okay! That makes sense. Looks like I misunderstood some passages in Races of Eberron. Thanks a lot for clearing that up! Your basic point is correct, though. Kalashtar have a fluid relationship with gender.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 20, 2016

@DoctorBadWolfQ: what do you think of Satyr, Pixie, or Dryad player characters in Eberron? I'll post a longer answer later in the week, but I'm for it as long as you're not just playing a human with horns or wings.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 20, 2016

@DoctorBadWolfinteresting. I can’t wait. Was concerned by stuff on them being background dressing, but figured that was only part of picture There's a few significant dryads in The Gates of Night – and I love Aereni livewood dryad-ships.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 20, 2016

If you like #Eberron and have always said "What could I do with artifacts from Thelanis," this post is for you. https://t.co/2GGwg5AGy0

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 20, 2016

@DylanRubini Sorry for random q, but cant find info on this. When an overlord is “killed” and later reforms, do they keep old memories? For an Overlord, "death" is a fairly minor inconvenience.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 2, 2016

@DylanRubini Would being “killed” in their “proper” way be any different? (Silver sword bathed in dragon blood under 12 full moons etc) Of course, you can do anything you'd like in your story if you have an cool idea! But per canon, the Overlords are eternal.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 2, 2016