#eberrmon

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I may have gotten carried away with this Eberron+Pokemon idea. Now I’m writing a whole monster manual for these beasties. 

Eventually they’ll be published together as Bag of Holding Monsters! Two versions will be available: Above Version and Below Version. 

Don’t worry...unlike the games they’re based on, both will include all the monsters!

I hope you enjoy this sample page for the Mournland’s pokemon, Moureign!

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Eberron Pokemon #6-7 - Riedra

Bug type seemed a natural fit for Riedra, with its psychic hive mind (of sorts) and rigid caste system. The evolved form, Altaspired, is a portmanteau of the words “Inspired” and “il altas”, the Riedran name for the quori nightmare spirits that rule the place. Altaspired itself is based on a tsucora quori combined with the hanbalani altas, giant egg-shaped monoliths that support Riedra’s continent-wide psychic network.

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Bag of Holding Monsters: Above & Below Versions are live! :D

28 monsters, 28 drawings of weird Eberron pokemon. Now with 5e stats!

Get them on the DMs Guild now!

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Eberron Pokemon #8-9 - Aerenal

Continuing a bit of a “Beyond Khorvaire” theme, following Riedra. These were quite an easy pair to concept up. The typing choices are fairly obvious: Elves are fey-ish, and they preserve their ancestors as undead/deathless. The golden mask design is a direct reference to the symbol of the Undying Court.

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Eberron Pokemon #12-13 - Darguun & Dhakaan

In Eberron, the goblinoids are called dar in their own tongue. Thousands of years ago, Khorvaire was dominated by a goblinoid empire called Dhakaan. The Empire had exceptional smiths, called daashor, who have crafted our ancient Dhakaan pokemon a fine set of armour. Nowadays, goblinoids in Eberron are treated as something of an underclass, but recently they have risen up to claim a new nation for themselves: Darguun. One day, the leaders of that nation hope to reclaim something of their lost heritage. And that’s why we have this evolution line!

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Eberron Pokemon #3 - Karrnath!

Progressing nicely on this series :D

Karrnath is a nation with a strong martial tradition. During the Last War it suffered horrendous famines, and a large portion of the nation turned for help from the Blood of Vol and its necromancy. Hence - Fighting/Ghost! It’s heraldic animal is a wolf, so it seemed the natural animal to base it off.

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Eberron Pokemon again!

This time we have Cyre represented as the fairy/streel type Cyreign!  I expect I’ll get around to doing its evolution Moureign at some point. 

I can’t be stopped. I’ve already finished Karrnath’s.

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Eberron Pokemon #4 - Thrane!

Thrane is a theocracy supporting the Silver Flame, a religion/metaphysical force that has ancient ties to the couatl. Thrane is also renowned for its archery.

Hence... bow and arrow themed couatl!

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I love the D&D setting Eberron. It’s why I have the whole @dragon-above thing going on. But I also love Pokemon. Never again must these fandoms remain separate in my brain. It’s time for Eberron themed Pokemon! First up is Aundare, a bird mage pokemon based on the Eberron nation of Aundair. That country is famous for its arcane magic users, and its heraldic beast is the dragonhawk. Combine the two and we get a mysterious eagle wizard!

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Eberron Pokemon #19 - Eldeen Reaches

The Eldeen Reaches are dominated by the Towering Wood. Its political structure is dominated by several druidic traditions. The Wardens of the Wood, led by an awakened greatpine called Oalian, are the largest.

So here we have a Mononoke-inspired forest spirit with oak leaves for antlers! Creepy.

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Eberron Pokemon #25 - The Mournland

I think you all saw this coming!

Our poor Cyreign has evolved into Moureign, a corrupted husk of what it once was. Poor lil’ guy. I’m still rooting for ya.

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Eberron Pokemon #21-22 - Shadow Marches

Into the frontiers now! The next for pokemon are for nations and territories not formally recognised by the Treaty of Thronehold.

The Shadow Marches are a swampy backwater largely populated by orcs. The Marches were the front line of the invasion of the Daelkyr aberrations thousands of years ago, and their foul influence still affects many of the orcs to this day. 

A dragon called Vvaraak gifted some of the orcs with druidic magic, and with the dragon’s power these Gatekeepers sealed the daelkyr and their aberrations away as best they could. Hence, Gatekeepork evolves from Marchog when leveled up holding a dragon scale!

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Eberron Pokemon #14 - Zilargo

The goblinoids have a legend that the gnomes of Zilargo are descended from wererats...so a mouse pokemon seemed like the natural choice!

Zilagents love to gather secrets to get the upper hand. They scribble rumours down onto dead leaves.

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Eberron Pokemon #5 - Breland

This was one of the trickier ones to find a good theme for. Starting with “Bear” was obvious because it’s the heraldic animal of the country, but from there we had a number of routes to take. Eberron creator Keith Baker has often said if the Five Nations were an adventuring party, Breland would be the rogue...so here we are with a dark type dirty fighting rough and tumble rogue bear! With thumb daggers.

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Eberron Pokémon #11 - Stormreach

Me: Stormreach is a colony at the edge of a jungle, a wretched hive of scum and villainy, and the main hub for extraction of ancient relics from Xen’drik to Khorvaire. Naturally, its Pokémon should be a grass type because its a jungle mon, and dark type as a critique on the evils of colonialism. I should look up a bunch of invasive plant species and...

Also me: he’s just this lil’ guy

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Eberron Pokemon #26 - Khyber

It’s time for the Box Legendaries! Each is based on one of the three progenitor dragons in Eberron’s creation myth. 

Before the world was made, there were three great dragons: Eberron, Siberys and Khyber. In a world-shattering struggle, Khyber slew Siberys and scattered him across the sky. Eberron then wrapped herself around Khyber, imprisoning her. Eberron became the surface of the world, and Khyber the world below.

Eberron, Siberys and Khyber are also reflected in the 3 kinds of dragonshards found in the world. Khyber dragonshards are blue, and are used in elemental binding magics.