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T.G. Oskar
2014-01-11, 03:42 AM
Ladies and gentlemen...

...let's cut to the chase.

I've had a lot of materials on the back-burner, and due to certain situations that happened (such as me attempting to return to college, which meant this was a hectic week; better luck next time, tho), I couldn't do this earlier. But, better late than never, no?

Now, the thing is, I wanted to post something on (or before) January 5th, because January 6th is usually the day of Epiphany. Barring aside the religious connotations, on Latin American countries it's usually gift-giving time, and in places with contact with the United States it means a SECOND gift-giving time. Thus, as a gift to all of my 'brew fans and whomever wants to, I decided to do something different: instead of posting whatever thing I wanted, I decided that you would choose what I should post!

Here's the deal: I figure that I should make an informal poll. In two weeks from now (let's say Sunday the 26th, because I'll reserve the 25th for a video game concert I wanna go), I'll collect the results, and the winning 'brew will be posted on the second (and potentially third) post, or perhaps given a thread of its own (if the project is too large). I'll put into your consideration all the homebrew I haven't posted yet (and it's a pretty large body), with a brief explanation of each (the explanations will be spoilered for length, of course), so that you may make your choice.

The choices will be (in no particular order):
Philosopher (Class)
Psalmist (Class)
Deneith Bodyguard (Prestige Class)
Cannith Priest (Prestige Class)
Celestial Incarnate (Prestige Class)
Forger of Faith (Prestige Class)
Grove Warden (Prestige Class)
Knights of the Crimson Wing, Blue Lightning, Black Cloak, Verdant Oath, White Horns and Yellow Moon (Prestige Classes; the entire set)
Knight Theologian (Prestige Class)
Mechanic (Prestige Class)
Totem Shaman (Prestige Class)
Necrotic Imp (Monster/Familiar)
Barbarian (Retooled Class)
Kshatrya (Retooled Class)
Savant (Retooled Class)
Shugenja (Retooled Class)
Sohei (Retooled Class)
Acolyte of the Skin (Retooled PrC)
Anointed Warrior (Retooled PrC)
Apostle of Peace (Retooled PrC)
Dragon Disciple (Retooled PrC)
Drunken Master (Retooled PrC)
Elemental Savant (Retooled PrC)
Fiendwrecker (Retooled PrC)
Knight of the Middle Circle (Retooled PrC)
Ordained Necromancer (Retooled PrC)
Order of the Bow Initiate (Retooled PrC)
Prophet of Erathaol (Retooled PrC)
Sword Saint (Retooled PrC)
Tattooed Monk (Retooled PrC)
Warpriest (Retooled PrC)
Wind Dervish (Retooled PrC)
Witchslayer (Semi-Retooled PrC)
Feats (Alternate Rules/Retool)
Dragonmarks as Bloodlines (Alternate Rules)
Equipment - Weapons and Armor (Retooled Rules)
Knights of Neraka and Knights of Solamnia (Alternate Rules/Retooled PrCs; divided into two sets)
Magic Items (Retool)


Philosopher (Class): A class based on the Bard, another Truespeak user, and focuses on disabling or boosting spellcasters.
Psalmist (Class): A divine Bard.
Deneith Bodyguard (Prestige Class): A setting-specific PrC; accessible to Crusaders, Knights and Paladins with the Mark of Sentinel
Cannith Priest (Prestige Class): A setting-specific PrC; a class fit for Clerics or divine spellcasters with the Mark of Making.
Celestial Incarnate (Prestige Class): The Half-Celestial equivalent to the Dragon Disciple PrC.
Forger of Faith (Prestige Class): A hybrid PrC that combines divine spellcasting and infusions.
Grove Warden and Knight Theologian (Prestige Classes; released as a set): A pair of PrCs that improve Ranger and Paladin spellcasting as the Lyric Thaumaturge improves Bard spellcasting
Knights of the Crimson Wing, Blue Lightning, Black Cloak, Verdant Oath, White Horns and Yellow Moon (Prestige Classes; the entire set): A group of six PrCs with varied traits. Crimson Wing combines some Paladin and Barbarian traits; Blue Lightning combines some Paladin and Samurai traits; Black Cloak allows you to advance Mysteries and blends them with Stealth and Precision damage; Verdant Oath makes you the worst enemies of either Aberrations, Undead or Outsiders and is fit for Rangers; White Horns grant you powers based on the horn you graft into your head, and Yellow Moon lets you be a superior lycanthrope hunter or lets you control your lycanthrope nature. The first two are retools of earlier attempts I made and posted years ago, and the others are unreleased.
Mechanic (Prestige Class): A rare back-porting from Dungeons & Dragons Online into an actual prestige class; good for Rogues and Artificers.
Totem Shaman (Prestige Class): A prestige class that allows you to further emulate magical beast traits. Essentially, an uber-Totemist, or Gau (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Gau) from Final Fantasy VI.
Wind Dervish (Prestige Class): A class based on the fluff-wise source of Desert Wind, based off but not truly replacing the Dervish.
Necrotic Imp (Monster/Familiar): A rare variant of imp, attuned to necromancy, inspired by Testament's familiar from the Guilty Gear series.
Barbarian (Retooled Class): A retool inspired by PF's Barbarian, but closer to its original roots.
Kshatrya (Retooled Class): A retool of the Divine Mind, using the Divine Champion chassis.
Savant (Retooled Class): A retool of Dragon Compendium's Savant, aimed to compete with the Factotum but with a stronger magic bent.
Shugenja (Retooled Class): A retool of the Shugenja, ramping up the elemental association up to eleven. Also, a scroll specialist.
Sohei (Retooled Class): A retool of the Sohei, based mostly on the retool of the Shugenja and the Four Heavenly Guardian Beasts.
Acolyte of the Skin (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Acolyte of the Skin, allowing distinction between fiends rather than a bland generic feel.
Anointed Warrior (Retooled PrC): Between a retool and an original PrC, this class takes the Anointed Knight and the Warrior of Darkness, files their alignment off, and adds infusions to the mix.
Apostle of Peace (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Apostle of Peace, easing off their heavy restrictions and making them a decent alternative to an Ur-Priest.
Dragon Disciple (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Dragon Disciple, allowing you to get a better version of the Half-Dragon template.
Drunken Master (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Drunken Master, with more interesting mechanics.
Elemental Savant (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Elemental Savant, but taking the abilities one step further.
Fiendwrecker (Retooled PrC): A 10-level retool of the Holy Scourge from Complete Mage, built for intolerant but well-meant evokers.
Knight of the Middle Circle (Retooled PrC): A retool/update of the Knight of the Middle Circle from Defenders of the Faith.
Ordained Necromancer (Retooled PrC): A retool of the True Necromancer, but this time making it worthwhile and not cringe-worthy.
Order of the Bow Initiate (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Order of the Bow Initiate, inspired by the Retooled Monk ver. 2
Prophet of Erathaol (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Prophet of Erathaol, great for Diviners, divine casters and even psions focusing on the Clairsentience discipline.
Sword Saint (Retooled PrC): A retool that blends the Kensai from Complete Warrior with the Master of Nine from Tome of Battle; the ultimate master of the Sublime Way.
Tattooed Monk (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Tattooed Monk, adapting it to the Retooled Monk.
Warpriest (Retooled PrC): A retool of the Warpriest, with support for the Marshal's auras.
Witchslayer (Semi-Retooled PrC): A prestige class that not merely replaces, but expands the Occult Slayer into a true mage-killer. Or at least, a very annoying one. If it can annoy Tippy, it works!
Feats (Alternate Rules/Retool): An extensive rework of all feats, from Core, early completes and miscellaneous. The entire reason why so many of my retooled classes have "effective Fighter levels". Requires an entirely new thread.
Dragonmarks as Bloodlines (Alternate Rules): An option to make dragonmarks into bloodlines, complete with changes to feats and prestige classes. Requires an entirely new thread.
Equipment - Weapons and Armor (Retooled Rules): A complete rehaul of weapons and armor, in order to make them more interesting to use. Requires an entirely new thread.
Knights of Neraka and Knights of Solamnia (Alternate Rules/Retooled PrCs): This small project re-envisions the Knights of Solamnia from Dragonlalnce using Alternate Class Features rather than Prestige Classes, and the Knights of Neraka into a more interesting group. Requires an entirely new thread.
Magic Items (Retool): a complete rehaul of all DMG magic items, with some XPH items added in. Requires an entirely new thread.

So, with all that said, choose which one you desire to see in the next few weeks. In case of draw, I'll make a tiebreaker in the next three days, but I expect to have the winning 'brew before the end of January. That said, while I might be making new content, I will not accept suggestions as votes; only from the given list. That doesn't mean I'll hear no suggestions, but I'd like to hear from you about which 'brew you'd like to see the most.

Happy New Year, and get to vote!

Final Results (1/26/2014 3:09 AM GMT-4):
AL. Magic Items - 7 votes +1 changed vote
AI. Dragonmarks as Bloodlines - 5 votes
AC. Sword Saint - 2 votes
A. Philosopher - 1 vote
H. Knights of the Crimson Wing, Blue Lightning, Black Cloak, Verdant Oath, White Horns and Yellow Moon - 1 vote
I. Knight Theologian - 1 vote
V. Drunken Master - 1 vote
X. Fiendwrecker - 1 vote
AG. Witchslayer - 1 vote
AJ. Equipment - 1 vote

avr
2014-01-11, 06:55 AM
AI. I'd be interested to see your take on dragonmarks.

gman391
2014-01-11, 07:03 AM
Sword Saint (Retooled PrC): A retool that blends the Kensai from Complete Warrior with the Master of Nine from Tome of Battle; the ultimate master of the Sublime Way

Since I wanted a Kensei type from Master of Nine, this seems right up my alley.

Waker
2014-01-11, 08:44 AM
A
You got me interested. Bard and Truenaming (which I imagine you'll make work) both caught my attention. Thought a few others were somewhat interesting as well.

Saidoro
2014-01-11, 10:35 AM
So many things I want to see. As tempting as the siren call of the mechanic is, I'd most like to see the Dragonmark Bloodlines.

Seerow
2014-01-11, 10:47 AM
I'm curious to see what you've done with magic items.

Ilorin Lorati
2014-01-11, 12:07 PM
AI.


I can't possibly turn down the option for anything Eberron.

Grod_The_Giant
2014-01-11, 02:36 PM
I'll take "Magic Items" for 200, Alex.

Temotei
2014-01-11, 03:55 PM
AL.

Hard decision, man.

Plerumque
2014-01-11, 10:46 PM
AG. I'd really like to see what you do with an anti-caster.

Fako
2014-01-11, 10:48 PM
AL gets my vote.

And I agree with Temotei, a lot of the choices sound good...

3WhiteFox3
2014-01-11, 11:23 PM
AL. Though, a lot of the choices sounded really interesting.

qwertyu63
2014-01-12, 08:25 AM
My vote goes with AL.

Rolep
2014-01-12, 02:01 PM
AL really needs to happen, and I'm certain that it will be done extrmely well.

Elfstone
2014-01-12, 07:11 PM
It makes me sad I have to pick one...

Looks like Magic Items will win so I'll throw my hat onto Equipment train.
AJ. it is.

Hope you get enough time to post them all, especially the sword saint and witchslayer.

T.G. Oskar
2014-01-12, 07:54 PM
Hope you get enough time to post them all, especially the sword saint and witchslayer.

Hopefully. It's still...what, two weeks? Meaning that, while Magic Items seems to be the safe bet, anyone could pull through. Vote on what you like, not what you see as the clear winner, particularly since it's still pretty early on.

ScrambledBrains
2014-01-12, 09:47 PM
This is a tough one...I outright will admit that my favorite Oskar works are your retools of old classes, and of the list, two caught my eye. That said, I have to go with...

AC

ngilop
2014-01-12, 11:22 PM
WOW there are so many to chose amongts that i like..

but I am going to have to go with X a soup-ed up holy scourge is an idea that I can get behind.

Averis Vol
2014-01-12, 11:43 PM
Oh man. You brought up one of my favorite archetypes, so I gotta go with V.

Hawk7915
2014-01-13, 09:50 PM
I vote for I; I'd love to see the option of advancing a Paladin or Ranger as full casters and would be intrigued at whether the Knight Theologian could be balanced and not broken with Battle Blessing.

toapat
2014-01-13, 10:03 PM
H: Knights of the Crimson Wing, Blue Lightning, Black Cloak, Verdant Oath, White Horns and Yellow Moon (Prestige Classes; the entire set)
W. Elemental Savant (Retooled PrC)
AH: Feats (Alternate Rules/Retool)


One of these three, the first and third sound interesting, while personal irritation with DDO motivates the third.

if only 1 vote, specifically for H, because that one sounds the most interesting

T.G. Oskar
2014-01-14, 02:19 AM
I vote for I; I'd love to see the option of advancing a Paladin or Ranger as full casters and would be intrigued at whether the Knight Theologian could be balanced and not broken with Battle Blessing.

Minor tidbit: the idea of the Grove Warden and the Knight Theologian is to advance casting as per the Lyric Thaumaturge. This PrC offers extra spell slots and extra known spells to the Bard, but doesn't make them full casters; the Sublime Chord does something similar. Both the Grove Warden and the Knight Theologian are roughly at the middle: they add new spells to the Paladin and Ranger spell lists, advance some of their class features, and at the end nets them 5th level spellcasting, but not higher than that. They also get some of the class features of their "parent" classes (Cleric and Druid). That said, it *could" be boosted to 6th level spellcasting (in fact, that same idea is explored in one of the other choices), but it's not like you would net them full spellcasting. They'd need to sacrifice something, most likely their BAB progression (but that's tantamount to losing nothing, right?)

And...Battle Blessing works well with Knight Theologian. Then again, some people argue that you can have Battle Blessing work with a Prestige Paladin, and they get more than 4th level spells, so base upon that.


One of these three, the first and third sound interesting, while personal irritation with DDO motivates the third.

if only 1 vote, specifically for H, because that one sounds the most interesting

I...understand.

Yeah, I get frustrated with DDO too. I mean, Dragon Disciple was a wonderful choice for the Sorcerer, and I wouldn't mind having the Warlock appear as a PrE for the Sorcerer (particularly, having the Sorcerer take their Eldritch Blast as a class feature and have PrEs shift them closer into Warlock or Dragonfire Adept), but they went with Eldritch Knight...which they share with the Wizard. That's really bad, because there's a few overlapping PrEs (Stalwart/Sacred Defender with Fighter and Paladin, Henshin Mystic and Thief-Acrobat overlap a little, and of course Warpriest for Cleric and Favored Soul which is really pushing it).

As for the Knights of the Crimson Wing and Blue Lightning, their original versions are somewhere in the Internet, in case you wish to see them. The remaining four are latter creations. They're based on an idea I had about six orders of holy knights, but their original inception wasn't meant for D&D; they were based on a fictional story. Once I wrote them into D&D stats, I sorta shelved that, and only later I managed to complete the remaining colors and update a bit the first two. I'm eager to write up Affiliation stats for them (the PHBII section where you can affiliate to an organization, and you gain abilities from them), but that can come with time. But, since the PrCs are complete, I can post them without any problem. It's not like, say, the HAL system which is mostly complete, but at a balance point which resembles the Truenamer (between unplayable and broken). Feats and Magic Items are a working process, but the bulk of it is complete (mostly, what can be considered OGL content); posting everything can provide further ideas on how to work the kinks of existing content. Furthermore, the feats have been playtested and they work marvelously, though if I get to post them, there's something I'd like to hear about. Magic items, on the other hand, are untested but I'm really comfortable with their balance point.

toapat
2014-01-14, 10:39 PM
Yeah, I get frustrated with DDO too. I mean, Dragon Disciple was a wonderful choice for the Sorcerer, and I wouldn't mind having the Warlock appear as a PrE for the Sorcerer (particularly, having the Sorcerer take their Eldritch Blast as a class feature and have PrEs shift them closer into Warlock or Dragonfire Adept), but they went with Eldritch Knight...which they share with the Wizard. That's really bad, because there's a few overlapping PrEs (Stalwart/Sacred Defender with Fighter and Paladin, Henshin Mystic and Thief-Acrobat overlap a little, and of course Warpriest for Cleric and Favored Soul which is really pushing it).

actually what i mean is how atrociously bad the enhancement update was for Sorcerer (and how bad the Elemental savant trees are), effectively rendering them useless past id say levels 14-17 in the game, even moreso then they were because at least before it they outclassed wizards when it came to straight tank and spank raidbosses.

probably the other class to get the worst end of the stick after sorcerer is paladin because of warpriest basically containing half the mechanics typically associated with tanking anyway, and the predecessor of Protection being dissallowed from paladin, while containing the only way to get shield other

T.G. Oskar
2014-01-19, 03:06 AM
Part bump, part tangential point, but it's time for a recap! But first, the tangential point:


probably the other class to get the worst end of the stick after sorcerer is paladin because of warpriest basically containing half the mechanics typically associated with tanking anyway, and the predecessor of Protection being dissallowed from paladin, while containing the only way to get shield other

Sigh...

No. Just...no. I refuse to call that...*thing*... Shield Other. I simply can't. It goes against all that represents Shield Other, and it's a massive waste of AP for pretty much nothing.

That said: it's roughly halfway through, and it's pretty obvious that the Magic Items option will win by a landslide. Remember you still have a whole week to vote, and that you're not bound to follow the leader, but if you want, I can call it an early draw by Thursday. That's three days before the deadline, for I'll be somewhat devoid of Internet as I do some things related to my eventual return to college (speak with some people, meet with some old friends and explain why I have to delay my return for a semester or so, etc.), and I'll be returning home at most Thursday.

Now, the rule is simple: if, by Thursday, most of the voters agree for an early close AND the Magic Items option wins by more than double the second highest option (what's happening at the moment I'm writing, as option AL wins by 7 votes while the runner-up, option AI [Dragonmarks as Bloodlines] follows only by 3 points), then I call an early draw and I'll start posting the winner. Otherwise, you still get until Sunday the 26th.

Also, just so you prepare in the eventual case option AL wins: the document thus far covers 183 pages in the .doc file I'm writing it, and has over 96,000 words, not including tables. It's also VERY format-heavy (using the MIC format for it). The document covers all magic items from the SRD, including a few who got ported into the MIC but still appear on the SRD nonetheless, and a wealth of new items. It also has a revamp of intelligent items and a small bit on artifacts. It's also nearing completion, with only a few magic items finishing revision (but the bulk of the work is done; it's just the Wondrous Items that occupy no body slot or that are meant to be used/consumed, and I'm more than three-quarters of the way), so it will probably be finished by the time the winner is declared, barring some sort of miraculous event.

So remember: if you haven't voted yet, you have plenty of time. Don't leave it for the last moment!

toapat
2014-01-19, 10:07 PM
Sigh...

No. Just...no. I refuse to call that...*thing*... Shield Other. I simply can't. It goes against all that represents Shield Other, and it's a massive waste of AP for pretty much nothing.

it wasnt shield other for certain, but it was the closest thing that game will ever get

Now if only we could go back in time and get them to fix the game's massive problems (TR and Approachability)

Virdish
2014-01-19, 10:15 PM
Ai please and thank you

Pyromancer999
2014-01-20, 01:07 AM
Dragonmarks as bloodlines would be simply smashing.

Elfstone
2014-01-20, 11:14 AM
Also, just so you prepare in the eventual case option AL wins: the document thus far covers 183 pages in the .doc file I'm writing it, and has over 96,000 words,

:smalleek:

I'll change my vote to AL then. Im a sucker for fast delivery.

You plan to post that much in a thread? Color me impressed.

Seerow
2014-01-20, 11:17 AM
:smalleek:

I'll change my vote to AL then. Im a sucker for fast delivery.

You plan to post that much in a thread? Color me impressed.

Yeah I thought my mundane equipment thread was bad, but it clocked in at just shy of 10k words (22 pages in word due to tables and formatting), and took 2 or 3 posts to get it all in on the forums.

Oskar's going to have to reserve practically the whole first page of a thread to get the whole thing in. That's insane.

Elfstone
2014-01-20, 01:35 PM
I first thought he was going to make it a pdf file and upload it somewhere but then I realized it was going to be posted here. Thats closer to a setting size than a rules update :smallcool:.

toapat
2014-01-20, 02:35 PM
I first thought he was going to make it a pdf file and upload it somewhere but then I realized it was going to be posted here. Thats closer to a setting size than a rules update :smallcool:.

considering the material in question, no.

a full re-write of 3rd would take something along the lines of 5000 pages

T.G. Oskar
2014-01-23, 01:26 AM
Finally got back! I could tell you about the trip, but that's not as important as what I'm about to post, and that is...

There's still three days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) to vote. This'll help me work with the remaining Magic Items in the eventual case (it seems like the winner, thus far), and gives a chance for Dragonmarks as Bloodlines to push through (two additional votes) to net the win, so while not that close, it's still good enough to matter.

Making it a PDF IS possible, but I find the best and most effective way to read it is through a wiki or as per the Hypertext SRD, because of the sheer size of the material. But, since I usually use GITP as the first set of revision (the only homebrew I haven't posted here that's part of the new batch is the Champion's Might ancestral school, which IS available on The Good and Proper D&D Wiki), I figure it's mostly necessary.

I was checking the material again, and managed to catch a few things, but just reading it gets me excited. I feel most of the items are actually FUN, though that's just me. Now, this isn't an attempt of my part to sway the vote (the sheer size is incentive enough to sway people against it, but...democracy is sovereign), but I figure it'll be a nice gift IF it wins.

Emphasis on IF. Dragonmarks as Bloodlines is a close second, and it is also FUN. The Deneith Bodyguard and Cannith Priest-Mechanic PrCs are part of a set of second PrCs for dragonmarked characters, and thus can exist on their own, but they could also be tagged to the Dragonmarks as Bloodlines project.

Thus, until further ado, I'll post the results Sunday and begin posting. Hold on until then!

T.G. Oskar
2014-01-26, 02:21 AM
Nor fever, nor flu, nor being completely sold-out prevented me from seeing the Video Game Concert! And, best of all, it was free!

...Wait, what Video Game Concert, you ask? Well, that's the thing that prevented me from posting during Saturday; I was planning to go to this concert, as it's a once-a-year event and this time it was done by none other than the Puerto Rico Symphonic Orchestra, quite possibly the most important orchestra in the island. Therefore, it was a VERY important event.

Can't show photos, but it had some great music, and a chorus to accompany various songs (such as Liberi Fatali from FFVIII, Baba Yetu from Civilization 4, and so on...oh, and one burnt-out song from FFVII, but it's not like anybody cares, right?). Eventually the Facebook profile of the Symphonic Orchestra will release the photos, but I must say it was a great evening.

Thus, after some rest and food and whatnot, I feel happy enough to reveal the results. And, of course, the winner was more than expected...

Magic Items!!!

By almost an overwhelming majority, the complete revamp to magic items will be released, as complete as it currently stands right now. I will admit, it still lacks a few things (from Rope of Climbing onwards, though all clothing-related items are complete and accounted for), but it's about 90% complete so I'll post it in tidbits, on a new thread, even if it takes me the remnants of January and February up to Valentine's Day.

However, for any of you who voted for the others, here's the deal: after the Magic Items is completely revealed (or as complete as possible), I'll post the other choices bit by bit. That means the second release will be the Dragonmarks as Bloodlines, followed by the Sword Saint Prestige Class, and then the rest are randomized. And, even if the Equipment vote was exchanged, it'll be the last release from all the votes.

Now, that doesn't mean the rest of the content will never be posted; essentially, you've given me what I should prioritize regarding posting. So, expect all the finalists to appear any time soon.

Probably later on, when everything from the first batch (so to speak) is posted, I'll make a second voting thread with the remaining 'brews. For now, this thread has done its purpose, and expect the winner to appear tomorrow, when I get more rest. Until then, keep watching and make sure to subscribe!

Allnightmask
2014-01-26, 04:13 AM
If a vote changes priority I put in a vote on the Cannith Priest, because they should have been a thing in the ebberon books beyond just artificers.

toapat
2014-01-27, 12:37 PM
If a vote changes priority I put in a vote on the Cannith Priest, because they should have been a thing in the ebberon books beyond just artificers.

honestly eberron is probably the most skeletal of all the campaign settings, because its the only other multifaceted campaign setting other then Faerun, but alot of the problem is the shear number of loose plots given to the setting and the official stance that "everything is non-canon"

that, and most of the concepts it is made from are themselves alone worthy of whole and dedicated campaign settings:

Shadowrun in Medival Europe, which is in opposition with: (the Dragonmarked Houses, the governments hold no real power)
Post WW1 europe (political upheval and government in the ruins of a destroyed world)
Gods may or may not exist at all (all the religions), about the only characteristic i dont feel worthy of its own setting
Fate is a Prophecy of what is, was, and what may come to be (The Dragonic Prophecy)
Dragonmarks (although partially realized, they still play third fiddle to the Shadowrun nature of eberron)
What is a person (all races, is not fully explored (itself should be moreso a core aspect of DnD))