#droaam

For the past few years, I've been running an 5e D&D campaign for my friends using the wonderful Eberron campaign setting and recording our sessions to put on YouTube, and while the main campaign's currently unlisted (though I may make it public one of these days), what I do have publicly available to watch is this side story set in the monster nation of Droaam that I ran while the main campaign is on hiatus (was originally going to be a one shot, but it ended up snowballing into a second session, with a third to be scheduled once one of our players can join a session again).

Featuring:

@introvertbard as Orrom Eyre of the Znir (gnoll echoes bard)

@kuzuri99 as Loki (changeling eloquence bard)

@leomshadows as Hasan Jalil Jahangir Kian Mahsa (manticore ascendant dragon monk)

@professorthadius as Arie (tiefling wild magic barbarian)

Hello! New House Sivis Broad Casting Episode! I highly recommend you listen as it was a LOT of fun recording and editing this episode. We've had this episode in the works since we started the podcast, and we are so happy with out it turned out! If you aren't familiar with our podcast, we are what talk radio sounds like in Eberron!

Sylas and Alufi have on two very special guests (with Kevin sitting in on part of the Echoer... D:  ) from Droaam! Our Musical guest entertains us with a beautiful song called "This is Droaam", as well as many puns and fun conversation. Our much more serious second guest is the Mayor of Graywall himself, Xor'Chylic! Alufi asks probing questions while Sylas asks about political strategy. This is an Echo you DON'T want to miss.

Musical Guest Chad Justis is the DM of another popular Eberron podcast called DADcast, a D&D podcast. He also does a lot of fun Eberron music inspired by the Eberron Discord, which you can find on his soundcloud!

Eberron Pokemon #23 - Droaam

Note: This is not canon. This is "In My Eberron" and evolves over time. Assumptions about Cuisine. They eat what they are able to find or grow or trade for. The Five Nations have domesticated meats and farmed vegetables and if not for the Last War, would eat well. The ring nations that used to be part of the five nations tend to have some farming. The outer nations tend to have game meats and wild vegetables, since their lifestyles do not lend themselves to growing crops.

Aundair. Known for their fine wines and ornate complex meals, of small portions, a wide variety of ingredients and sauces. They specialize in wine and soft cheese and bread. Harmless magic is usually part of the meal presentation. They map closest to French cuisine. 

Breland. They are the breadbasket of the continent, they grown most of the wheat and other grains eaten by the nations. They are known for their breads. Like the fashions, the meals tend to be functional more than flashy. A single plate or bowl for meat and farmed vegetables and always a variety of breads. Breland has a warm climate, so many of the food are served at room temperature. Their food maps similar Mediterranean cuisine spice profile.

Karrnath. Their harsh winters made the karrnathi cuisine a mix of heavy and filling food. They specialize in creative ways to preserve food to last the winters. But during the Last War, many starved.  Sausages, sauerkraut,and hard cheese making are considered an art form. Meals have little meats, lots of grains, beans and pasta and winter vegetables, like broccoli, cabbage, beets. Strong alcohol are a standard of Karrnath meals and it’s excellent. Karrnathi are renowned for being able to turn anything that doesn’t poison them into decent hard alcohol. They map closest to German and Northeastern European cuisine. 

Thrane. Because the region is home to several hot and or strong spices that only grow there, they cook very spiced cuisine profile. For example, they make roasted garlic into a full meal.  They do three course meals, salad, main dish and dessert. 

Cyre (The Mournland), was known for their candies and cakes and fusion dishes, mixing foods from everywhere else  They were know for adapting (or stealing) the recipes from everywhere else and combining them.. Like their deep fried candied crickets..

Darguun. What ever tropical food the slaves cook. things that can be prepared quickly and/or lend themselves well to traveling (almost like military rations) are probably commonplace ( I treat the globlinids like Babylon 5 Centari, they eat simple military ration type food, but they reminisce constantly about the glory days when they ruled the known world before the pink skins invaded and they could make recipes that used ingredients from all over the continent.)

The Demon Wastes. Known for their vermin meats cooked over fire. Rat on a stick is quite popular.

Droaam. The area has abundant fruit trees, It was Breland’s orchard district long ago.. Known for their fruit influenced meals. Apples, peaches, plums, pears trees grow especially well. They eat a lot of goat and sheep and pig and what that ghastly stuff is that is made from troll.  

The Eldeen Reaches. Known for their game dishes, with wild spices and local vegetables.

The Lhazaar Principalities. Known for their seafood and sea vegetables dishes.

The Mror Holds. Mushroom and fungus are most every dish. Centipede and giant worm make for good proteins.  

Q’barra. Simple meals made from mostly found vegetables and lots of raw and cooked insects and lizards. Cooked small mammals and fish.   Fresh fruits abound.

The Shadow Marches. Simple meals made from swamp creatures, swamp vegetables and hot spices to mask the taste of the swamp creatures. Their food is like a mix of Thai and Cajun cuisine. Thrane may be spicier, but shadow march food is HOT

Talenta Plains. They tend to be nomads, so their meals are made up of goat, dinosaur, bird, sheep and eggs. Veggies are found greens. 

Valenar - Very, very ornate meals for special occasions, military rations the rest of the time. 

Daask & Droaam: Monstrous Races

Part 1: Harpy, Medusa and Troll

I can’t be alone in loving to play monstrous characters. Scratch that...I know I’m not alone, because the internet is full of stories of them. As campaign settings go, Eberron is particularly friendly to monstrous PCs, thanks to world elements like Dhakaan, Darguun, Droaam, Daask, and House Tharashk. What’s more, at least 3 of its unique player races address players’ love of playing “monstrous” creatures like golems, doppelgangers and lycanthropes. 

So I think it’s about time we got even more radical.

Link to GM Binder for a PDF