Book of Ebon Tides - The Library of the Uncommons

No cover — Book of Ebon Tides (Hardcover, 2022, Kobold Press)

Hardcover, 256 pages

English language

Published Oct. 11, 2022 by Kobold Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-950789-33-7

(1 review)

The Darkness Closes in Around You Welcome to the Shadow Realm, a twisting and distorted counterpart to the lands you know. Here the shadow fey hold court, reveling in their frivolities and intrigues, while the darakhul hunt the unwary and those other peoples adapted to the shadows strive to simply get on with their lives. This plane of Shadow is ever changing and filled with adventure for those willing to explore the darkness. And oh, the things you’ll find in this 250+ page volume:

Guard yourself against an often-hostile land of subtle intrigue and thinly veiled aggression, of political opportunities and roaming monsters
Learn the secrets of the ebon tides—the very ebb and flow of the shifting shadowstuff beneath your feet—and of the shadow roads that connect the planes
Visit the wondrous fey courts and realize your life may very well depend on proper etiquette and taking great care with …

The Darkness Closes in Around You Welcome to the Shadow Realm, a twisting and distorted counterpart to the lands you know. Here the shadow fey hold court, reveling in their frivolities and intrigues, while the darakhul hunt the unwary and those other peoples adapted to the shadows strive to simply get on with their lives. This plane of Shadow is ever changing and filled with adventure for those willing to explore the darkness. And oh, the things you’ll find in this 250+ page volume:

Guard yourself against an often-hostile land of subtle intrigue and thinly veiled aggression, of political opportunities and roaming monsters
Learn the secrets of the ebon tides—the very ebb and flow of the shifting shadowstuff beneath your feet—and of the shadow roads that connect the planes
Visit the wondrous fey courts and realize your life may very well depend on proper etiquette and taking great care with your words
Negotiate with the peoples of the land, such as the bearfolk, shadow goblins, sable elves, umbral humans, and many others
Pay proper respect to those gods of the shadows lest they turn too close an eye toward you
Plus new options galore—52 spells, 16 races and subraces, 10 subclasses, 22 monsters and NPCs, 80 magic items, and more!

Book of Ebon Tides plunges you into the machinations of the various powers of shadow, providing everything you need to propel your adventures in the Shadow Realm. Here you’ll find an overview of all the peoples and monster and magics of the lands, and all the details that GMs and players need to carve their names in the shadows.

Uncover the dark realities of shadow and expand worlds of your own creation!

Fully compatible with the 5th Edition ruleset

1 edition

Kadomi@buecher.pnpde.social reviewed Book of Ebon Tides by Wolfgang Baur

Solid setting book for the shadow plane

4 stars

Not quite what I had hoped for, though it has some redeeming features. It's a detailed book about the Shadow Realm, the fae plane of Kobold Press' Midgard setting. I bought it as a companion piece to Tales from the Shadows, an adventure compilation set in the Shadow Realm. I had hoped to enrichen my campaign with info from the book. While you get a lot of infos about the Shadow Realm, I'm just a bit disappointed about the Fey Courts section. While you get lots of info about the various courts, nothing swept me off my feet, and it didn't have as many adventure hooks as I had hoped for. Especially Corremel, the city of the setting, mostly has stuff that will let me embellish the trip there, but nothing that I feel aids me in creating rich, fey-themed urban adventures. It feels like a missed opportunity to me. …

Not quite what I had hoped for, though it has some redeeming features. It's a detailed book about the Shadow Realm, the fae plane of Kobold Press' Midgard setting. I bought it as a companion piece to Tales from the Shadows, an adventure compilation set in the Shadow Realm. I had hoped to enrichen my campaign with info from the book. While you get a lot of infos about the Shadow Realm, I'm just a bit disappointed about the Fey Courts section. While you get lots of info about the various courts, nothing swept me off my feet, and it didn't have as many adventure hooks as I had hoped for. Especially Corremel, the city of the setting, mostly has stuff that will let me embellish the trip there, but nothing that I feel aids me in creating rich, fey-themed urban adventures. It feels like a missed opportunity to me. I had hoped for more rich intrigues and inter-court squabbling, and I felt that every court is mostly self-contained and not as interesting as I had hoped for.

Artwork is absolutely top-notch, and the layout as well. All included maps are gorgeous, and the included battle maps for grid or VTT play are outstanding. I also enjoyed the magic item sections, and the Appendix with encounter tables and lots of random tables will probably see the most use in my game. I just can't use it much to create my own adventures, I can just use snippets.

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