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November Q&A Mailbag (Patreon)

Published:
2025-11-03 02:00:20
Edited:
2025-11-03 18:35:21
Imported:
2026-06

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Hi everyone!October was a tough month. Our pug Ping passed away, and toward the end of the month we had a scare with our cat Haggis. Twice we thought we were going to lose him, but he seems to be recovering. If you’ve watched a live Q&A you’ve met Haggis, so please take a moment to send some good thoughts his way.

November is the month of HOUSE SIVIS, and the first Sivis article will be posted this week!

We're going to have two live Q&As this month:

Saturday, November 15th at 10 AM Pacific—Deep Dive: topic TBD. Post your topic requests in the comments!

Wednesday, November 26th at 6 PM Pacific: Mailbag Miscellany. As usual, this will be where I'll answer questions on any topic from you. And with that in mind...

POST QUESTIONS HERE. You can ask questions about anything: Eberron, my other games, game design in general, what I'm reading at the moment, or anything else. If I can answer a question in a few minutes, I might answer it here. Otherwise, I’ll answer the most interesting questions when I do the Mailbag Miscellany Q&A. As a general rule, I will only answer a maximum of one question per patron per month, so if you ask a lot of questions I'll only answer one of them, but you can always pose unanswered questions again next month!

Thanks for your support! And post you Deep Dive topic ideas in the comments!

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Michael Hughes

Not a question, but I’m sorry to hear about Ping and Haggis Keith.

hyperewok1

Exploring and Frontiers have short references to some Droaam criminals being condemned as gladiators, which sounds like a great PC backstory. What crimes are severe enough for this fate, if execution and/or mob justice is supposed to be the most common form of 'law' enforcement?

Jarrod Taylor

I am sorry for your loss, Keith. Hoping Haggis is able to bounce back as well. My question for this month is a What-If. If the Apex program had developed on a different dragonmark than the Mark of Death, what might that have looked like in terms of abilities and effects on the world? (even if it ended the same way)

Zachary Butler

Best wishes to you and the family Keith. Sorry to hear about Ping and I hope Haggis gets to feeling better. I vaguely remember you mentioning somewhere that you thought Wroat might be in a manifest zone connected to Daanvi. Am I correct with that? If so, what aspects of Daanvi do you see affecting the city? If not, is there some other manifest zone you think might be more appropriate?

Jaxson Lueb

The passing of a pet is never an easy thing and to almost loose two is even harder. My heart goes out to you and Haggis. As for a question. I am curious about the Scion Liberation Front. The only mention of them is in Forge of War, as a violent revolutionary group that attacks civilian caravans, military operations and bombs political buildings. Are there any additional thoughts or comments you’d like to make? Do they want the Scion peninsula to become independent or rejoin Aundair and is such an event even legally possible under the treaty of Thronehold?

Matt Dance

So sorry to hear about Ping. Sending much love to Haggis! Best to all of you.

Lily

Now that Heroes of Faerun is out, is circle magic used in Eberron? So sorry to hear about Ping. Best wishes to you all.

Nedgehog

Sorry for your loss, may Haggis recover promptly. My question is about the Talenta Plains changelings you mentioned in the recent Ghallanda article. Are there any myths and legends about them in Talentan culture?

The Bard Himself

I have two questions and feel free to just answer one. 1.) The Byeshk Mountains act as a natural border between Droaam and Eldeen. Do the Harpies have much of a presence within The Towering Woods? Can you expect to find Harpies within Deep Wood Tribes like you could Elves or Shifter or Humans? 2.) It was mentioned in a previous article that there was some clash centuries ago between The Znir and the Wardens of The Wood. Was this a conflict that most have forgotten, or is there beef between the Wardens and Znir? How does this effect border towns like Sylbaran?

Vixenlover42

I'm so sorry to hear about the four-legged members of your family, Keith. Sending you love. As for questions, a friend of mine is having two NPCs get married soon, and was wondering if there are any specific Karrnathi wedding traditions. If there aren't, could we get some details about Vassal weddings in general?

Ethan

Hey I'm really sorry to hear about Ping, and I hope things go well for Haggis <3 I had a question about Arcanix, namely, how much of an international student body would Arcanix have / how would they be treated? Especially since Arcane Congress is there (particularly Adal) I can imagine that many faculty and students would not be happy with the idea of teaching Thranish or Karranthi people- (or a traitorous Reachman!!!) arcane secrets that would be used against them if the source of mourning is discovered and the war reignites.

David Mitchell

Possible topic requests for deep dive: After House Tarkanen a look at other criminal organisations in Khorvaire (Daask, Boromar etc). To compliment Sivis month a look at the press and media in Khorvaire (korranberg chronicle, crystal theatre etc). How To Use Giants (past and present) in your game. About deep dive on a less developed area such as Shadow Marches, Demon Wastes or Frostfell) . A deep dive on a particular Daelkyr or Overlord. The faiths of Aerenal. Anyway a few things I e always wanted to know more about. Hopefully something there to whet your appetite. I hope that November is a better month for you and yours.

Micaerys

So sorry about Ping, Keith! Lots of love for your family, and of course, for Haggis! My question touches House Sivis a little bit, but also the houses of Shadow: would you say that any of the houses have a department dedicated to linguistics and translations? I'm thinking that both the dragonmarked house of communication and the dragonmarked house of the arts would be interested in reaching other people with and without the use of magic. So, for example, a particularly good Aereni novel could be made accessible to the general public in Khorvaire!

BJ Phillips

No question, just passing on well wishes.

Ender Darkos

I'm so sorry for your loss, Keith. Hope Haggis will be recovering. All my best wishes I asked in the October Q&A and you said to ask here, so, how do you see Thrakelorn looking like in your Eberron?

Lucas J.W. Johnson

All my love to you and your family, Keith! I’m interested in the politics *between* Houses and how much they’re willing to be in conflict with each other. IME the Emerald Claw are attacking Dreadhold with a major force to try to kidnap or kill Deep 14, and have hired (sympathetic) Thuranni agents to help with the infiltration (among others). How would Kundarak view that? Do they see it as just business? What if Baron Elar himself were involved (or would the baron explicitly NOT get involved precisely because of the politics)? Thanks!

Axelle McNarrow

Sorry for your loss and hope Haggis will get well soon. I got into D&D during the 3rd edition and back then the halfling looked really different than they do now, I feel like their design back then was a great fit for the Talenta plain's barbarian but the "new" design, more in line with Tolkien's Hobbits seems a bit odd. Do you have a preference toward one design or the other ? Also which one of the Halfling and/or Gnome have pointy ears in your Eberron ? (official arts are all over the place on this point in the PHB and other books) I tend to associate pointy ears with a Fey ancestry but it's not always the case.

James McAtamney

You mentioned in your Making History article that if you could re-do the canon Eberron timeline you'd compress it a lot to make ancient events more relevant in the present, and I've seen claims on the intertubes that the timeline was originally more compact before other folks at WotC basically multiplied all the dates by 10 to give it a more "epic fantasy" feel. So, three questions related to that, feel free to answer any or all of them: 1) Was there really executive meddling involved, or was wanting to shrink the timescale something that came later as more of Eberron's history was fleshed out? 2) If you did get a chance to rewrite the timeline, *is* "divide all the pre-Galifar dates by 10" basically how you'd do it, so e.g. the Daelkyr invasion would happen around -800 YK and the War of the Mark around -50 YK, instead of -8000 YK and -500 YK? Or would you want to mix things up more extensively, given that opportunity, and do things like make dragonmarks older/newer or shorten/lengthen the Last War? 3) What general technological/magical/cultural level did you envision for the initial human settlers coming over from Sarlona, compared to the modern era? Are we talking more "Ancient Greeks in triremes," and Khorvaire has seen fairly slow but steady progress since then, or more "conquistadors in galleons," and Khorvaire was kinda stuck in Renaissance Stasis for centuries until dragonmarks came along to kickstart things?

Selerian

Sorry for your loss, wish Haggis good health! If someone knows (via Detect Magic or other means), that PC are using Enhance Ability to power their Charisma on some diplomatic missions, will this make PC's chances low because of "unfair game"? Or it is as trivial as Friends casted by Ghallanda bartender, because 2nd level spells are common and almost all diplomats use Enhance Ability as part of their job? Asking specificaly for PC's interaction with cardinal Krozen and Sibling Kings.

Zuruve

I'm sorry for your loss. And I wish Haggis a quick recovery. I haven't decided on a question yet.

Jesse

Sorry to hear about Ping and I hope Haggis is recovering well My question is, what is your opinion on the apparent proliferation of airships in newer Eberron materials? I know in lore the technology is supposed to be fairly new with only maybe a few dozen in existence, but Forge of the Artificer will have options for players obtaining their own airship (based on previews and all that) and there's many pieces of Eberron artwork that show a lot of airships all in close proximity to each other. I know it's a point of contention with some people.

Ben Lohr

I'm so sorry for your loss, and I hope that Haggis is recovering well! My question circles around the recently remastered Tasha's Guide to Everything. The Oath of the Watchers is a subclass I'm interested in, and I'm wondering how you could incorporate that Oath into Eberron.

CK Yale

I am sorry for your loss, and I wish Haggis a swift and calm recovery. The 2025 D&D Monster Manual, each arch-hag has an anathemas which enable the hag's destruction. Anathema are "a unique weakness tied to a fateful encounter the hag had in the past or something that embodies the antithesis of the hag’s magic" (Crawford, Schneider, et al. 2025) A few connected questions related to this: Do Sora Kell, Sora Katra, Sora Maenya, and Sora Teraza have anathemas? How could a party of adventurers make a story strong enough to create an anathema for one of these hags (similar to the concept suggested in Dragonmarks: Hags of Eberron for Sora Maenya)? What are some possible anathemas for these hags?

小绵羊海兔

In Khovaire, do the common languages spoken across nations exhibit accent differences (similar to how languages vary in the real world)? If so, what are their respective prototypes?

shinnya matsubara

Related to the October's question about mark of Death, did house of Phiarlan produce a tragedy based on a deed of line of Vol ? If so, how sympathetic was the work toward Vol ? (I think past Phiarlans was at least not antagonistic toward Vol, but the work that delves too deeply into the dark history of their home could negatively impact the audience's feelings toward Phiarlan themselves.)

Matt Dance

Again, I hope you are doing well in the wake of losing Ping and handling Haggis’ health. 🙏 I have a question related to the volaaganti discussion in your article about Sivis history. In your Eberron, do any Dar tribes or Dhakaani vaults still speak languages other than standard “Goblin?” With the word-eaters destroyed, there’s likely been a lot of time for consolidation, at least on the surface. But especially between the Dar and the Dhakaani, or among the Dhakaani themselves, are there remaining volaaganti-derived differences?

Sims

I’m sorry to hear about Ping and I hope Haggis is doing alright. 1.) With the release of the new FR source books, how might you apply some of the subclasses to Eberron? The Genie Paladin feels almost like a Warlock, or the Spellfire Sorceror a living battery of fire and light. How might these apply to Eberron? Could there be a group of Dhakaan who made a pact with a Noble Genie in the their vault granting these elemental powers? Are their Malenti who have been so supercharged with Karlossa that they are radiating healing and destruction? 2.) What’s your favorite 3.5e module for Eberron? I found the classic race against Brother Marrow fun, but also like the Golden Dragon luxury cruise… 3.) When Sahuagin consume Dragonmarked heirs for the Malenti ritual, do they gain the mark? 4.) what are adventures the Wayfinder’s Guild might offer to PCs? 5.) Werewyverns?

Spike Hemphill

Sorry about Ping, I will keep Haggis in my prayers. 1. Some Quori types such as Kalaraqs and Hashalaqs have titles or nicknames such as Eye-binders or Dream-stealers. Do these names have origin? Like the Quori give these titles to themselves or a did outside source come up with this names? Perhaps eyebinder is a possible translation of Kalaraq in the Quori Language ? 2. Emerald Claw warriors in art are often shown wielding chain flails. I was wondering if that weapon held a symbolic meaning to the Emerald Claw, Karrnath or Blood of Vol?

MikeZ

Hello Keith, I’m truly sorry for your loss. I’m wishing the best for Haggis and for you during this difficult time. I’m currently running my second campaign in Eberron as a DM, with almost 25 years of D&D experience, and I’m absolutely delighted with this world — thank you for your ongoing contributions and for reigniting my passion as a Game Master. My current campaign is set in Riedra. The PCs are Edgewalkers, and in the long term the players want to steer the storyline toward a rebellion against the Inspired/Dreaming Dark. I have a few questions: 1. Are there any social constraints regarding the use of sentira? It’s clear that the Inspired — and occasionally the Kalashtar — use it, but I haven’t been able to find information about the Chosen, ordinary humans, or other groups in Riedra. From what I understand, sentira is used widely in architecture and in sentira lenses, which appear to be fairly common among Harmonious Shield. But when it comes to armor or adornments made of sentira — are these reserved for the Inspired, or also the Chosen? Or do humans (for example, Water Soldiers or agents of the Thousand Eyes) sometimes use them as well? 2. Could you imagine circumstances or conditions under which a Chosen would be admitted into Adar? I mean a situation in which the players have already become rebels, and one of them is a Chosen who does not want to be possessed or mind-seeded. I assume, however, that the Summit Road may have strong objections. 3. Do you have any suggestions regarding whether a Chosen can hide from their quori? They cannot resist possession, but could they disappear from a quori’s sight, for example with the help of a magical amulet (perhaps a variant of an Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Location) or magic (nondetection, mind blank, protection from evil and good — the last one works RAW, but the others might help with “dropping off the grid”)? I imagine that quori are not omniscient with regard to their Chosen, but are probably able to find them through some kind of psionic connection, so perhaps this link could be disrupted. Thank you very much for your time and any guidance you can offer!

Patrick Reupert

Has there ever been a major call out to the influence of Dhakaan to the Draconic Prophecy? As in, were there scholars of Dhakaan who looked into it (especially with the Uul Dhakaan helping to proceed there) or any sign of and if the dragons themselve interacted with the empire to guide or form it? There is the (one time mentioned but beloved) Kech Draguus, but were there others, more actively interacting or more subtly

Beoric

Hi Keith, I'm very sorry for what you are going through, it sounds like a hard month, and I'm grateful you are answering questions anyway. My question (other than my periodic prodding for a bullywug article) is this. How do the various kobold cultures - the goblins of Droaam (gobolds? koblins?), the Khaar’paal, the Poison Dusk, and any I have forgotten - map to the iredar/irvhir distinction?

Zuruve

Last month, you mentioned that preventing Mabar from consuming parts of other planes would pose a threat to reality. If someone did exactly that, what kinds of problems would arise?

Carlton Anderson

In a previous answer regarding possible motivations for the quori and their minions to travel to Siberspace, you mentioned the idea of them attempting to extend their influence on a global scale by creating hanbalani satellites. IYE, what sort of impact (if any) would such a development have on the elves of Aerenal and the dragons of Argonnessen, and what sort of response would you expect from them, assuming Riedra's ability to reach Siberspace is still relatively new and more or less unknown on Khorvaire?

man-of-bvz1n3ss

At what point in time was the Valrean Protectorate created? Was it contemporaneous with Dhakaan's war with Q'barra, or more like the wars with the Tairnadal? Or did it happen after Vol was wiped out?