Manifest Zone: Exploring the World of Eberron

Eberron co-designer Bill Slavicsek and Eberron: A Chronicle of Echoes co-creator/co-host Rebecca Gray join Keith and Kristian to celebrate Eberron‘s 20th anniversary, recounting the journey from its original concept—Thrilling Tales of Sword and Sorcery—to the setting we all know and love today.

Scorpions, shadows and flames! Keith, Wayne and Imogen explore the cultures of the drow of Xen’drik.

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00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:36 – References3rd Edition Sourcebooks:Races of Eberron
Secrets of Xen’drik

Dragon Mag. 330 – The Umbragen
Dragonmarks: Drow
Dragonmarks: Drow, Dwarves and More!

00:02:55 – What are the Drow of Eberron?
00:04:00 – Qaltiar/Vulkoori and Wide Primal
00:04:41 – Sulatar
00:05:32 – Umbragen
00:07:03 – Changes Since 3.5e
00:09:54 – Umbragen Design History
00:15:23 – Drow Stories
00:30:51 – Drow PCs
00:41:54 – The Sulatar Multiverse
00:44:10 – Umbragen in Khorvaire
00:46:03 – Close

Thank you to Joseph Meehan for assisting with identifying the timestamps for the chapter markers.

With all their bribes properly paid, Keith, Wayne and Imogen are back to talk about the major criminal factions in Eberron.

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00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:10 – SourcesEberron: Rising from the Last War, pg 68-72, 245-259
Sharn: City of Towers, pg 149-156
City of Stormreach, pg 71-74
Eye on Eberron: Daask, Dungeon Magazine 194
IFAQ: What are Doppelgangers?
Explore Fairhaven, Dungeon Magazine #170, #173, #175

00:04:10 – Noir vs Pulp
00:07:51 – Arcane
00:09:09 – The Law and PCs
00:13:10 – Crime is Core to Eberron
00:14:50 – The Tyrants
00:15:50 – Nonhuman Criminals
00:22:11 – Organized Crime as a DM
00:26:02 – The Boromar Clan
00:32:58 – Daask
00:43:42 – The Tyrants (reprise)
00:51:43 – House Tarkanan
00:59:00 – Player Characters
01:03:30 – Wrap Up

Thank you to Joseph Meehan for assisting with identifying the timestamps for the chapter markers.

Once upon a time, Keith, Wayne and Imogen tell the story of Thelanis and the fey of Eberron.

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00:00:00 – Introduction Thelanis in Play
Thelanis and the Fey
Thelanis in Play: Artifacts
Thelanis in Play: Curses
iFAQ: Historical Figures in Thelanis?
The City of Silver and Bone
Fairy Tales in Eberron

00:02:10 – What are the Fey
00:03:13 – Dal Quor vs. Thelanis
00:06:02 – Stories are Real
00:07:17 – What is a Fey?
00:09:24 – Eladrin
00:12:50 – Feyspires
00:15:12 – Fey Stories
00:20:00 – The magic we wish was in the world
00:21:45 – Why the Fey Matter
00:28:14 – Geography of Thelanis
00:30:00 – Courts of Thelanis
00:33:03 – Stranded Feyspires
00:37:32 – Fey Patrons
00:42:33 – Non-Warlock Fey Patrons
00:45:37 – Fey-touched characters without patrons
00:49:44 – Greensingers
00:52:21 – Fey Plots
00:56:29 – Closing

Thank you to Joseph Meehan for assisting with identifying the timestamps for the chapter markers.

Keith, Wayne and Imogen brave the Mists to explore the vast and numerous horrors of Eberron.

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00:00:00 – Introduction & ReferencesDragonmarks: Ghost Stories

00:01:38 – What is Ravenloft?
00:04:04 – Dread Domains in Mabar
00:05:58 – What Is Horror?
00:08:45 – Horror Techniques
00:11:56 – Jump Scare vs Bomb Theory
00:15:40 – Scaring Players vs PCs
00:28:00 – Mechanics as Consequences
00:35:43 – Horror Affecting Eberron
00:38:37 – Dread Metrol
00:44:42 – Non-Ravenloft Horror in Eberron
00:46:13 – The Daelkyr
00:54:27 – The Mournland
00:56:20 – Folk Horror
01:03:06 – Ghost Stories
01:03:53 – Gothic Horror
01:08:10 – Final Thoughts
01:09:30 – Closing

Thank you to Joseph Meehan for assisting with identifying the timestamps for the chapter markers.