I would prefer a game with a story, or at least some underlaying goal that drives our characters. Also upon reading some of the Eberron source material i am most interested in playing a warforged fighter, but if our group does not need a fighter I can easily find something else.

Right, I traded some of my FR books with a friend for his Eberron ones and I've been looking through them, before I settle on a final character concept though I need to ask a question of the players more familiar with the setting.

Do non-caucasian humans exist in the setting? I intend to play a fighter as I usually do, but I'm feeling like a change from my usual European fullplate/greatsword armed footknight type character. For example if we were playing in FR I was going to play a Chultan for kind of a Zulu warrior flavoured charater or maybe a Samurai from Kara-Tur. Looking through the Eberron CS book, it doesnt look like there is that level of ethnic or cultural variation in the various nations of Khorvaire. I'm thinking that a Valenar elf is my fallback option as they have kind of an Araby feel to them, but I'd prefer to play a human.

Every thing thats in DnD is in Eberron. The settings intentionally vague for that reason. You can make any sort of character and theres a place in Eberron to slot him in. In the south theres the mysterious jungle of Xen'Drik, a zulu like dude could come from there. An arabic themed character could be slotted into the Blade Desert, or a asian themed character could come from contienent of Sarlona.

Fighters are always welcome. Warforged fighter. Email me your character sheet when your done. You don't have to write a background if you don't want to but a couple sentences would be much appreciated.

I think then, I'll go for the Valenar elf.

One further question before I write up my character; how much money do we start with? Those double scimitar's are damned expensive.

Check my post I edited it to be a little less retarded. Cash depends on class my good sir check in your players hand book. What class do you want to be?

A fighter, and so I take it we're using random cash? The numbers given in the PHB are 6d4x10 for a fighter, should i just break out some d4?

Yeah roll em up. This is me trusting the players. Don't fudge. I figure even if you do a few extra starting gold isn't really gonna break the game.

Heres a little bit of info for you guys. Our game is going to begin as your characters arrive in New Crye in Breland a large trading/farming town of about 4200. You may want to read the Breland section in the Eberron core book, and maybe the Breland section of the Five Nations source book. In the past weeks the towns been racked by a series of Anti-Refugee attacks from a mysterious nationalist group called the Children of Brey.

I am going with a Half-Elf Paladin of the Church of the Silver Flame. So if anyone wants to play a cleric its open. I will still play one if no one else wants to or we need a healer. I figured paladin would be fun and i have never played one before. I will be working on my character more tomorrow.

Cool stuff, just send him or her when your done.

Heres a little map of the town were starting in.