After a three-month delay, D&D's least-played character class gets a $20 refresh in Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
If you like a little film noir and pulp adventure in your Dungeons & Dragons, then these are the Warforged you're looking for. The Eberron campaign setting leans into magical technology ("dungeonpunk") and applies the cynical, low-life, high-tech ethos of cyberpunk and bangs it with a magical-world hammer. The genre's star is the mechanical Warforged species. But a close second is the Artificer character class for more engineering-minded players who get their kicks from manufacturing.
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer hits store shelves soon, though Master Tier subscribers to D&D Beyond can get their forge-blackened hands on it now, digitally.
This is a 112-page expansion. With "expansion" being D&D 2024's new favorite word, considering the recent release of the Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun player expansion and Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun Dungeon Master's expansion. Forge of the Artificer deems itself as a third new type of expansion: a Rules Expansion. Presumably for both players and DMs alike.
Inside you'll find:
- 5 subclasses (four reimagined, one new): The Cartographer, who charts the unknown with maps that reshape reality. Or as our own John Yan speculates, "The Cartographer is going to be subpar." I dasn't agree.
- 5 revised species
- 17 backgrounds
- 28 feats
- 9 magic items
- 1 map
- 25 monsters
- 3 vehicles
- 1 spell
- 3 campaign frameworks channeling Eberron's genres: noir intrigue, sky-high pulp, and political peril
Originally scheduled for August 19, both digital ($20) and physical ($30) editions will now launch December 9. Master Tier subscribers (on D&D Beyond) received early digital access today, November 25. And Hero Teir subscribers receive access on December 2.
