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Eberron Game With a Themed Party.

Posted by LonePaladin
LonePaladin
member, 555 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Sat 21 Jan 2017
at 08:44
  • msg #1

Eberron Game With a Themed Party

About a year ago, I got the idea of running an Eberron game with a specific set of pre-made characters.
  • Red, a warforged artificer, obsessed with building traps to catch monsters. He's the team leader, the head planner.
  • Dafannay, an Aerenal elf priestess of the Silver Flame. A wealthy socialite, she's the team's ethical compass, but more often than not they use her for bait.
  • Vellama, a gnome wizard. The team's inquisitive, she has encyclopedic knowledge of monsters, and enough divination spells to fill in the gaps.
  • Sh'gae, a human barbarian from the Demon Wastes. Used to foraging and hunting, he's become obsessed with all the mass-produced food -- especially sweets -- that civilization has to offer. His search for the perfect snack tends to lead him face-first into trouble.
  • Scûb, a beasthide shifter rogue. Sh'gae's childhood friend, his only concerns in life are his friend's well-being, his next meal, and the Big Score.

Driving their earth-elemental-powered carriage, the Conundrum Contraption, they drive all around Khorvaire, investigating monstrous incursions, Quori possession, religious corruption, and hints as to the cause of the destruction of Cyre.


I'm not sure what ruleset I'd use. D&D 5E is good, except that they don't have a working artificer class. There are some pretty good unofficial conversions for Pathfinder, and D&D 4E does a really good job with the options above.

I'm sure some of you have already figured out what the theme is.
Dirigible
member, 166 posts
Sat 21 Jan 2017
at 09:18
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Eberron Game With a Themed Party

Zoinks!

Do you not consider either of the versions of the Artificer WotC's posted in the Unearthed Arcana on the website 'working'?
wyrmpuff
member, 144 posts
I need a name change.
I want more games.
Sat 21 Jan 2017
at 09:27
  • msg #3

Eberron Game With a Themed Party

LOL! Whoever doesn't get that just from the descriptions had a deprived childhood.
LonePaladin
member, 556 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Sat 21 Jan 2017
at 16:29
  • msg #4

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

Dirigible:
Zoinks!

Do you not consider either of the versions of the Artificer WotC's posted in the Unearthed Arcana on the website 'working'?

I'd be willing to give it a shot. It looks like it makes some sort of construct servant at 6th level; make it a canine shape, like the classic 'iron defender' and claim it was made of scrap. He could call it... Scrapper.

See what I did there?
Dirigible
member, 167 posts
Sat 21 Jan 2017
at 19:50
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Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

I Doo.
Gray-Exile43
member, 321 posts
Sun 22 Jan 2017
at 00:15
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Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

If I join...
Do you promise to have us time up with Batman and Robin or The Harlem Globetrotters or that one old lady. I can't remember her name, was it Phials Dealer. Didn't they even meet Abbot And Castelo. I'm rambling, I'm in.
LonePaladin
member, 557 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Sun 22 Jan 2017
at 03:15
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Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

It's Phyllis Diller. Plus there was Don Knotts, he always turned up.

Don't worry, if I run this I plan on having some remarkably similar NPCs turn up.
Aidhogan
member, 47 posts
Sun 22 Jan 2017
at 08:38
  • msg #8

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

This is an inspired conversion, LP.  And remember, magical items that make you (seem) incorporeal have to be, like, omnipresent.
This message was last edited by a moderator, as it was against the forum rules, at 08:44, Sun 22 Jan 2017.
LonePaladin
member, 558 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Sun 22 Jan 2017
at 09:00
  • msg #9

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

Don't forget that half of the major foes will turn out to be ordinary people using disguises of some sort. The tricky part won't be figuring out who's behind the mask, but why they're doing it.
jkeogh
member, 44 posts
Sun 22 Jan 2017
at 14:27
  • msg #10

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

Sounds like a lot of fun to me!

I've been getting more and more into Eberron lately and was even thinking about trying out the Pathfinder conversion.

Every 5e game I've played has fallen apart but I don't know if that is because of the mechanics or the players, something tells me that the two are somehow related....
horus
member, 34 posts
Wayfarer of the
Western Wastes
Mon 23 Jan 2017
at 03:41
  • msg #11

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

This looks like it would be a hoot!  As they might say in Japan, "Jinki-su!"
LonePaladin
member, 559 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Tue 24 Jan 2017
at 04:49
  • msg #12

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

Okay, I'm stealing that. I was trying to find something to use as a catch-phrase for her without just copying. Now I need something similar for Sh'gae.

Also, in hindsight, I think Scûb should be a longtooth shifter, to justify a speech impediment.
Balthazar
member, 172 posts
Roleplaying since 1986
Tue 24 Jan 2017
at 05:05
  • msg #13

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

What? No Fred Jones equivalent?
LonePaladin
member, 560 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Tue 24 Jan 2017
at 19:29
  • msg #14

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

Sure there is -- he's first on the list.
wissp
member, 12 posts
Thu 26 Jan 2017
at 17:55
  • msg #15

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party



    I'm curious, how would you do RTJ's? First come first served or do something like a writing exercise for the character they are interested in to see who might do the character the best.
LonePaladin
member, 561 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Tue 31 Jan 2017
at 06:12
  • msg #16

Re: Eberron Game With a Themed Party

I hadn't thought that far ahead yet. Probably just leave it open for people to figure out in-game, unless someone really wants a specific character.

But this would definitely require people willing to play to a specific archetype. Granted, this would include crossing Fred Jones with a living construct, and giving Shaggy a greatsword and rage abilities. Some artistic license with the personalities would be in order. (Though the idea of Shaggy going all berserk with a zweihander sounds really really awesome.)
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