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April Q&A Mailbag (Patreon)

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2026-04-03 18:26:44
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2026-04

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Hello, Everyone!

April is here! I have a huge work deadline to accomplish this month. As a result, I'll be posting Dragonmarked House articles every other week. The final Phiarlan article will go up next week, and I'll start whichever house you pick next later in the month. Hopefully I'll be able to give you a sneak peek at some of what I'm working on soon! In the meantime, we're going to have two live Q&As this month:

Saturday, April 11th at 10 AM Pacific—Deep Dive: Subject TBD

Wednesday, April 22nd at 6 PM Pacific—Mailbag Miscellany

POST QUESTIONS HERE. You can ask questions about anything: Eberron, my other games, game design in general, 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!

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Dragonback Lancer

The Code of Kaius is frequently called out as being harsher than the Code of Galifar, but what are some notable specifics in which the two differ? Relatedly, at what age does Karrnath's compulsory military service start?

Earth Seraph Edna

You have mentioned previously that Arcanix is in a Thelanian manifest zone, possibly associated with the Mother of Invention. What is the manifest zone of Fairhaven, and the Cannith West enclave just outside of its walls? (4e Dungeon issue #170 mentions that "the main Cannith compound stands outside Fairhaven’s sturdy walls.") How does this manifest zone affect Fairhaven and the Cannith West enclave? (3.5 makes Jorlanna a wizard, but 5e Eberron: Rising from the Last War makes her an alchemist.) If (strong emphasis on "if") the manifest zone is Thelanian, is it associated with an archfey, and if so, which?

Typherr

Hi Keith! In Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone there is a mention of “Cannith Crates of Containing” in a list of similar pocket-space items like the Bag of Holding and Portable Hole. From what I can tell I haven’t found this item being described anywhere else, so, what mechanics would you say these crates have? What sets them apart from the other pocket-space items?

Inquisitor Thomas

Hey Keith, can I request Karrnath get a spot on the poll for this month’s deep dive? We dedicate a lot of focus on the Seekers and the higher level drama of Kaius, but I feel like the Vassal sections of Karrnath tend to get broad stroke overviews, and when more granular details come in the Q&A there’s a risk of the answers getting in the broader sea of questions with each passing month. I think a deep dive could be a good way to have a fairly solid and easy to consult way to see what the modern current vision for Karrnath is, and answering questions about what Karrnathi military culture is like when in peacetime, what the Code of Kaius is like, etc.

hyperewok1

Do the Inspired know anything about the true intentions of their quori or do they actually believe in the whole Unity idea?

Rat Queen

Why didn't Karrnath turn to the Dragonmarked Houses for help when hit with plague/famine during the early years of the Last War?

Charles

Hey, Keith, I'm currently early in a homebrewed campaign featuring an outbreak of xenomorph infestation. While I have a working mastermind/instigator (changeling Cultist of the Dragon Below), I am wondering if there are any larger scale demons or Daelkyr who could be involved - perhaps the changeling is a puppet for them? While the group will have to trace the infection back to its source (deep under the fringes of the Mror Holds) and defeat a queen and hive there, I'm just looking up past the queen and the Cultist to see if there's a possible bigger, badder evil entity. Got any ideas? Thanks!

Sekhmet the Wolf, cat Bean counter.

I'm working on a campaign, and I have an idea involving the Swords of Liberty working with cultists of the dragon below following a daelkyr. I know that the daelkyr don't really need to make sense in their deeds, but would it make sense for another group to work with a daelkyr cult? I should say this cult is made up of changelings who all work under one particular persona, and I'm honestly trying to figure out a 'domain' for this daelkyr that would make sense. I guess I'm just asking for any advice to flesh out this idea so it doesn't come off badly.

Felix Shafir

Frontiers of Eberron indicates that Ardev is the eastern, civilized edge of Breland’s western frontier. Frontiers of Eberron also says the local noble responsible for Ardev is a count (Thavius ir’Blis). For those interested in a political campaign involving the western frontier, does Count ir’Blis answer to a duke? If so, is that duke based in Galethspyre (which appears to be a larger city that’s closest to Ardev on the map)? Having the duke responsible for the western frontier ne based out of Galethspyre seems especially appropriate if the duke were one of Silver Flame worshipping ‘Spired there, given that an overlord may be bound beneath Turakbar’s Fist near the frontier’s borderlands.

FabianF

In Exploring Eberron we learn of mortals living in some of the planes (giants in Risia, merfolk in Lamania, githzerai in Kythri). Do you see any mortal creatures living in Irian and is there any reason mortals wouldn’t want to live in or colonize Irian since it seams to be, almost by definition, the best place to live?

Beoric

Thavius ir"Bliss' formal title is "Shield of the Graywall", however the territory discussed in FoEQ mostly covers the gap between the Graywalls and Silver Lake. Does ir"Bliss' fief extend south of Quickstone - that is, to the lands that are *actually* east of the Graywalls - and if it does extend south, how far?

Leann Davis

Hi Keith! Happy April! This might have been answered in one of your MANY posts on the subject, but so far I have not found it in my research: given what happened in the Silver Crusade with innocents getting mistaken for lycanthropes, has the Church developed means of detecting those carrying the curse? And if they have, would it detect a wereraven from Barovia (one of our players got picked during Curse of Strahd)?

Jarrod Taylor

Hi Keith! Hopefully that 20 helped you escape the clutches of Lolth/The Spinner of Shadows! We know that during the Silver Purge, some shifters fled to Lamannia. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions on pockets of Cyrans that might have fled to other planes to escape the Mourning?

Earth Seraph Edna

How would you personally revisit the idea of Baator as presented in your article in 4e Dragon issue #408: "Eye on Eberron: Baator"? Some possibilities I see: • A. It is just not worth the trouble to revisit Baator. Eberron's cosmology is already full of sources of devils, between Khyber and the many outer planes. There is no need to bring in yet another. • B. Baator is exactly as described in the article: a demiplane tethered to the Astral Plane (the "Sea of Siberys"). • C. Baator is as described in the article, except that it is a demiplane down in Khyber. • D. Baator is as described in the article, except that it is a layer of Daanvi. • E. Baator is as described in the article, except that it is, in fact, another name for the Inescapable Prison of Daanvi. • F. Something else entirely?

Ben

Keith, I saw you answered another question about detecting lycanthropes, but wasn’t it Medani developing a focus item that could somewhat reliably detect lycanthropes that heralded the end of the Lycanthropic Crusade/Silver Purge? Are the focus items meant to be in short supply or easily fooled by enterprising lycanthropes, or the power of the Wild Heart and its servants? https://web.archive.org/web/20161101073605/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20050404a “Ultimately House Medani produced dragonshard foci that could detect lycanthropes and guide the templars to the true foe, and this heralded the end of the purge.”

Zachary Butler

Pre-Mourning, how would you have ranked the top ten most populous cities in Khorvaire?

Michael Langer

How far out does the Travelller's Curse expand? For instance, if a few Houses got together to provide an adventure cruise navigating the circumference of X'endrik, would that affect the ship, or do people actually have to set foot on the coast or go inland?

jmcorr

Is there any Canon/Kanon on how the Mourning interacted with manifest zones? Did new ones form, did old ones change? Are there perhaps moving manifest zones, or would you rule that as a living Plane Shift/similar spell?

Minori Kaemon

What hazards and magical effects could a party of adventurers encounter during tropical storms around Eberron? Would they vary by region?

Micaerys

Do you have any thoughts about where to fit darklings in Thelanis?

House Sivis Echoer Station

Hi Keith, I was wondering what the implications and rectifications would be to a Talentan's mask breaking? The Spirit Masks are a huge part of their culture, and can potentially contain the spirit of their Dinosaur companion, but accidents and tragedies happen. What is the process of fixing or replacing a Spirit mask? (in a loose/broad sense, I'm not expecting you to describe the maskweaving process in detail)

House Sivis Echoer Station

Alternatively to my first Question, I'd love to know your thoughts on what Colors/Gimmicks a King Kaius III card would have if there were an Eberron MTG set. Would it be a double-sided card, with Kaius I and Kaius III?

Jackson Kamm

Heya Keith! I was wondering how you would go about introducing a new Dragonmark? One of the ideas I had was to say that all Dragonmarks were once Aberrant Dragonmarks and through some process were turned into a proper Dragonmark. I don't believe it would be something the owners of said marks would have done intentionally. Perhaps it is part of a Daelkyr experiment with the Draconic Prophecy? One of the parts I am struggling with is for how to deal with the numerology of 12 in Eberron so I was wondering how you might deal with that.

Matt Dance

Hello, Keith! Thanks for Eberron! If I recall, Riedran sentira is produced in ‘psychic factories,’ so to speak, and different factories are used to harness different emotions. Specifically, I think you said in an interview or podcast that the ‘sorrow factory’ is probably actually a prison. So I’m wondering how much crime is there in Riedra? And not just externally perpetrated (Khorvairian smugglers in the jhodras, say) but internally, like simple theft or violence among the Riedran population. Do such things happen? What is “theft” in a society that really doesn’t operate with the sorts of economic exchanges that were used to? Or are most of the prisoners in the Riedran penal system foreigners? Just curious if you have any thoughts on this.

小绵羊海兔

Hi Keith! I have a PC who is a House Phiarlan member with a "missing" memory. She witnessed a major scandal and was mind-wiped, but House agents are still on her tail. I'm curious about your take on what she might have seen. I’m leaning towards this: She caught Elvinor and Elar in a secret meeting that reveals the "real" truth behind the Shadow Schism. Elvinor chose to wipe her memory instead of killing her, but Elar doesn't know she's been silenced and is now hunting her down via Thuranni agents. The twist is that the PC wrongly assumes her own House (Phiarlan) is the one trying to eliminate her. What do you think of this web of deception?Is there anything else you’d like to add?

Sims

Hey, Keith. Hope the month is going well! 1.) How do the Wyrnans deal with Dragonmarks? From the Deneith article, we know that the Wyrn in Wyrnan comes from Karnn’s wife, a Wyrn, and so the possibility of the Sentinel mark being in the bloodline is a possibility, if diluted. Or if Galifar II was an aberrant, it would have been purged. But still, that’s more than a thousand years with they could have mixed with, technically speaking, six Dragonmarks lines (human, including Finding, and Khoravor lines). So, what would happen if a ir’Wyrnan heir was a Dragonmarked heir, accidental or otherwise. Would they be shuffled out of succession or would they be foundlings unbound to the House but maybe their children may join up? 2.) Likewise, and more a part 2 to question 1, but how would a Dragonmark play out in a post-Last War ir’Wyrnan. The line of Galifar is pretty wide stretched and due to the tumultuous succession, I can see a child of a former Governor going to a House than be relegated to a minor noble of their royal cousin, but the post-Last War ir’Wyrnans are smaller. Kanonically, I believe you stated Aurala two youngest are marked with Handling. Would they have a future in Vadalis, or would the Queen want her daughters close to home, even if they are down the line of succession? 3.) part 3, but how do Dragonmarks work with nobility? If a minor house, say ir’Alastra of Aundair were to secure a marriage alliance with an heir of Lyrandar, even if the heir was unmarked, their children could be marked. Would the marked child go to the House and unmarked inherit noble titles? What if there is only marked heirs? I’m currently reading James Wyatt’s Draconic Prophecy trilogy, as you may have guessed, and it resparked the noble or Dragonmark question in my head. Obviously, the Houses want Marked heirs, but noble houses want their heirs too. As do royals. So I’m curious about this intricate pattern.

Carlton Anderson

How do the original feyspire affiliations of each of Taer Lian Doresh's Knights of Terror map to the fears they now represent (fear of death, failure, isolation, pain, vulnerability, remorse, and the unknown)? Which specific fear, for example, does the Knight who came from Taer Syraen embody?

Jimberish

Who is the most dominant vampire in Sharn, and what can you tell us about them?

Vencyl's Vigils

I've been wondering about your take on the Everice after reading Rising from the Last War's section on it... "It’s common knowledge that Everice is the domain of the Queen of Winter, an archfey who commands a host of winter wolves and knights carved from living ice. The queen lives in a glacial palace, and those who overcome her guards and the deadly weather to earn her favor can gain powerful boons. It’s also common knowledge that Everice is the home of frost giants who escaped the destruction of Xen’drik. Now they hone their arctic magic and plot vengeance. However, a clan of white dragons battle the giants to keep them from growing too powerful. Woe betide the people of Khorvaire if dragon and giant ever set aside their ancient vendetta and join forces!" How does the Queen of Winter's Story differ from the Prince of Frost? How is all this knowledge considered common if no expedition ever made it back from there? Are these white dragons operating like the Storm Guardians of Adar on a lesser scale? Feels like Rising was incredibly barebones while throwing massive concepts down there.

The Bard Himself

We know some drow fled with the Elves for Aerenal, how significant is their population in Aerenal and Khorvaire today? Are there Aereni or Khorvarian Drow who bare the Mark of Shadow?

Patrik Malý

Hi Keith! Would you please tell us more about the Aurala's family life? Does Wrogar truly have health problems or did she just make it up to avoid the royal heir exchange program? And would you see Corrine as being under a kind of house arrest (assuming that in the past she would have run away with Austasia - it was a plot hook in a book I read a long time ago, I think it was 4e)? Thanks and have a great day!

Zuruve

What does Sarlona's absence from the Draconic Prophecy mean for the overlords sealed there, like Ran Iishiv?

Nedgehog

Hi Keith! What are some fun cocktails you have in your Eberron?

Chris H. | End Days Engine

[Spoilers for City of Towers in question] So I’ve been rereading City of Towers and thinking about the reveal that Chyraask was harvesting dragonmarks into Khyber dragonshards. In the many years since, the possibility that the Daelkyr may have had something to do with creating dragonmarks has come up a couple times. Do you remember if that thought had already crossed your mind when you were writing that very first novel?

David Mitchell

What overlord/s would you have casting their influence over Aerenal?

Stephen

The cult of The Becoming God has had very little written about them. How would you use them as NPCs in a Mournland campaign? And how do they interact with the followers of the Lord of Blades, who also reside in the Mournland?

Dantels

You said that Karrnath had issues with its air force. Does (or did during wartime) Karrnath have a demand for/trade in skeletons capable of flight outside manifest zones like Atur and Odakyr that seem to now allow winged flight? Or is ectoplasmic winged flight the new norm in current editions? I'm a 3.5er who used to scour for Animate Dead targets that had fleshless flight like Ogre Magi/Oni and Nightmares. They'd be significantly faster than clumsy winged zombies, though admittedly, rarer.

Ender Darkos

Secrets of Xen’drik says the Current Age is the third age of Dal Quor! Hence my question! What did the first Age of Dal Quor look like?