Reddit reviews Eberron Campaign Setting (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying)
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Keith Baker, the original author of Eberron, has written his own 5E Eberron rules and posted them to his blog.
http://keith-baker.com/extra-life-hacking-the-warforged/
There is also a full 20 level Artificer class found in the UA.
https://media.wizards.com/2016/dnd/downloads/1_UA_Artificer_20170109.pdf
My party is currently playtesting a Dwarf Artificer. We're up to level 4, and so far it rocks. Next session is this weekend and we'll see if we can't advance to level 5. I really love that class. : )
The rest of the UA Eberron material, as you suggest, is sparse.
My party has playtested the UA version of the Changeling, and we love it. We haven't had a chance to try out the Shifter, but I really like what they've done with it here. The most disappointing thing in that article is obviously the Warforged, but I like Keith's proposal that I posted up there and if we ever have a Warforged in our game, I'll use that.
You will have to homebrew Kalashtar, if one of your players wants to go that route. I recommend giving them a stat increase to Intelligence, and letting them choose one of the Psionic Talents from the Mystic UA.
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/mystic-class
I also recommend investing in these books. The first is the essential guide to running Eberron, and using them as a guide you should easily be able to homebrew whatever you need:
Eberron Campaign Setting
Shadows of the Last War
Good luck! I love Eberron, easily my favorite published setting. What part of Khorvaire will the campaign be set in?
If you are not really concerned about the rules that might be tucked in there then you can go ahead and grab some of the older books instead. For example, you can snag the 3.5 D&D Dragonlance campaign setting for around $12.99 and have everything that you need to run a game in that setting. $20 would get you the 3.5 Eberron campaign setting as well.
Really what you need to know when looking for a setting is what settings are available. There is a pretty decent wiki of D&D Campaign Settings that you can go through to see what interests you. From there do a few searches for used books and you should be fine. Again, unless you really want those modern edition rules that apply to the setting of your choice.
I can't believe no one has mentioned the Master Inquisitive prestige class. The class IS a hard boiled detective.
It can officially be found in the 3.5 Eberron Campaign Setting and has very low prerequisites.
>As huge as Eberron is, surely there has to be somewhere one can read about various facets of the universe like the Planes, the history of the different Houses and factions, the deities and religions present in the game, etc. Anything at all.
If you don't want to buy the D&D books, there are wiki sources online with tons of stuff:
I got these two Eberron books at home:
Eberron Campaign Setting
Sharn City of Towers
Plus a ton of AD&D 2 and D&D 3.5 books and novels.
Amazon or the Wiki. /r/Eberron also exists.
Esoteric choice ("you've probably never heard of it"): My favorite add-on module has always been Cityscape (3.5e, compatible with Pathdfinder and probably 5e)
Mainstream choice: I've also always loved original Eberron for 3.5e (again, Pathfinder compatible, possibly 5e compatible)