Eberron
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A setting for Dungeons and Dragons.
Eberron is the campaign setting Wizards of the Coast wish they could make; they can't (as evidenced by the poor "original" setting in 4E) so they had to launch a competition for freelance writers to come up with something good. A dude called Keith Baker sent them Eberron and won. Unlike the Forgotten Realms, which is known for its distorted canon, Eberron's timeline will never progress and none of the novels are considered setting canon. This is a welcome change due to the ridiculousness that ensued due to the Drizzt novels among others.
The setting tries to steer away or at least subvert many of the D&D (and fantasy in general) stereotypes. It features dinosaur-riding halflings, jungle dwelling Drow, non-evil Orcs, a fantasy equivalent of World Wars I & II, magic-powered trains and a more pulp, Indiana-Jones-esque approach to high fantasy adventuring. It also focuses heavily on intrigue, which is usually based around either the nations that survived the Last War or the Dragonmarked houses. The Last War was initially caused by a succession dispute that eventually erupted into a century long conflict which devastated the continent, broke up the Kingdom of Galifar, and obliterated the Kingdom of Cyre. The Dragonmarked houses are organizations that control various aspects of life in Ebberon due to the magical nature of the specific dragonmark that manifests on an individual.
Also a lot of tech is powered by enslaved elementals, like that airship.
TL;DR: Halflings on dinosaurs. Pulpy Action. Fantasy Indiana Jones. Politics. Lots of awesome.
Also has a loli as the pope of the Church of the Silver Flame.
The birth-setting of the Shifter, the Changeling, the Kalashtar, and (most famously) the Warforged PC races.
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Shifters and Warforged, two of the races Eberron added to D&D
| Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Settings | |
|---|---|
| Basic D&D | Mystara (Blackmoor) • Pelinore • Red Sonja |
| AD&D | Birthright • Council of Wyrms • Dark Sun • Diablo • Dragonlance • Forgotten Realms (Al-Qadim • The Horde • Icewind Dale • Kara-Tur • Malatra • Maztica) • Greyhawk • Jakandor • Mystara (Hollow World • Red Steel • Savage Coast) • Planescape • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Spelljammer |
| 3rd/3.5 Edition | Blackmoor • Diablo • Dragonlance • Dragon Fist • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Ghostwalk • Greyhawk (Sundered Empire) • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Rokugan |
| 4th Edition | Blackmoor • Dark Sun • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Nentir Vale |
| 5th Edition | Dragonlance • Eberron • Exandria • Forgotten Realms • Greyhawk • Ravenloft • Ravnica • Theros • Spelljammer • Strixhaven • Radiant Citadel |