''Races of Eberron'' is a supplement to the
3.5 edition of the ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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role-playing game.
Contents
''Races of Eberron'' is an accessory for the
Eberron
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setting that provides information on the races originally presented in the ''
Eberron Campaign Setting'': the warforged, shifters, changelings, and kalashtar. The includes the psychology, society, culture, behavior, religion, folklore, and other aspects of the races. ''Races of Eberron'' also provides new substitution levels,
prestige classes, feats, spells, magic items, equipment, and other options for creating characters for any campaign world.
Publication history
''Races of Eberron'' was written by
Jesse Decker,
Matthew Sernett
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Career
Matt Sernett was part of the SCRAMJET team, led by Richard Baker, with designers James Wyatt, Ed Stark, Michele Carter, Stacy Longstreet, and Chri ...
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Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, and
Keith Baker, and published in April 2005. Cover art was by
Wayne Reynolds
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Early life and education
Wayne Reynolds was born in Leeds, UK. He attended art college in Dewsbury and Middlesbrough.
Games
Wayne Reynolds has continu ...
, with interior art by
Daarken
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Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes interior art for ''Races of Eberron'' (2005), ''Heroes of Horror'' (2005), '' Races o ...
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Eric Deschamps
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Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes interior art for '' Sharn: City of Towers'' (2004), '' Explorer's Handbook'' (2005), ''Dragon Magic'' (2006), '' Complete M ...
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Doug Gregory,
Joshua the James,
Howard Lyon
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Howard Lyon was born in Mesa, Arizona and studied illustration at Brigham Young University (BYU) work ...
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Joe Madureira
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Nick Percival,
Steve Prescott,
Ryan Sook
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Sook's fir ...
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Anne Stokes,
Francis Tsai,
Franz Vohwinkel
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Vohwinkel drew the cover art for the book ''Dataware'' (1998) for TSR's ''Alternity'' game, and illustra ...
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Kev Walker
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Walker ...
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Anthony Waters
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Charlie Wen,
Ronald Wimberly, and
James Zhang.
Reception
Trampas Whiteman of
Dragonlance Nexus
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felt that this is the best of the races books and introduces players to new races that are interesting. The book also had a few problems with editing and is missing an index. He suggested that for anyone playing in an Eberron campaign, the book provides a lot of character options. This book is more useful than any of the other books in the series.
In June 2005, the sourcebook was also reviewed in issue 92 of the German RPG periodical ''Anduin''.
References
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Eberron supplements
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2005