Eberron Themes: Royal Agent

Royal Agent

Prerequisite: Must swear alligiance to your sponsoring crown

   The masses may believe that the Last War is over but you know better.  Despite the fact that the Day of Mourning shocked the nations into a ceasefire, the war in the shadows never stopped.  Each nation trained spies and assassins in the last war.  You are both of these, a member of a clandestine force of agents sworn to your crown and untraceable back to it.  You are empowered to infiltrate and kill to further your nation's cause, and you are relied upon to do so.

  Organizations such as yours in each of the five nations.  Agents of King Boranel, king of Breland are known as Dark Lanterns, famous as an organization but with members much more elusive....

Eberron Themes: Valenar Warrior

   I had some free time so I thought I'd fill in a few holes in my themes.  Here's the first of these attempts, an attempt at making a Valenar theme.

 

Valenar Warrior

Prerequisites: Elf, Valenar background

  During the last war, the nation of Valenar ripped itself away from Cyre, led by the spartan elf mercenaries that have grown to inhabit it.  Despite the youth of Valenar as a nation, Valenar Warriros possess a great amount of skill and tradition.  Each Valenar warrior believes himself to be an embodiment of a great warrior of the past.

  You were raised in this environment and you posess a fierce love of combat, a deep reverence for those who came before, and a skill for horsemanship that makes even House Vadalis

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THE UNKNOWN DARKNESS - Session 18

" After a long journey thru the wilderness of Xen´drik , is good for the party to finally see civilization.....


- With the threats dealt in the Temple , Cyber decides to release the spirits of all the Goblins imprisioned inside, and so , after that job is done , the party exits thru the exit/entrance oposite from where they came , and where Yeraa entered , discovering that is rises a lot more then the one that they came. When they reach the end of it , they notice that this tunnel entrance was cleaverly disguised behind the ears of one of the 5 Heroes of old statues. Being so high up , they manage to see the Order of the Emerald Claw force down below , and to call upon The Watersnake without problems , thus leveaving the site safely.


-  Aboard...

THE UNKNOWN DARKNESS II - Session VI


" The offerings of a Gargantuan Blue Dragon shouldn´t be wasted , but sometimes , they have implications that only time will tell if they were worth it...."



 - The group is transported into a place in the middle of the desert of Menechtarun . The Gargantuan Blue Dragon´s lair. Unable to react , in awe of the mighty presence before them , they listen to the dragon talk. She presents herself as Shandroa , and claims to be following them since their escape of the Tal-Aqat tower. Since good " workers" are hard to find , she decided to follow them and see their worth , and maybe join others in working for her. Luckily for her , they´ve proven it by defeating the Cult of the Dragon Below in...

THE UNKNOWN DARKNESS II - Session V


" After a long run in the tunnels , it´s good to be once again on the surface. But sometimes , that doesn´t mean it´s safer...."



 - Adoeak watches around , looking to his friends surprised faces , but the noise of their persuiters doesn´t let him think to much about what they told him. They must continue on.


 - Further down the cavern , they encounter yet a new group of Aberrant creaures , and so they must fight them. The weariness of the continuous battles is taking it´s toll on the group , but they manage nevertheless to win once again.


 - After sometime walking downward they finally arrive at a hall where they meet once again Toraash . He is surrounded by a large group

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So, being Jewish, it's always a question of how we're going to spend Christmas Day.  We're not going to church, obviously, and there are no presents under the tree (because there's no tree).  Even though this Christmas is also the fifth day of Channukah, that's kind of like the "hump day" of Channukah.  Other than lighting some candles at sundown, there's not much to do.

So it's been sort of a holiday tradition for me to run a "one-shot" D&D session for anybody else who doesn't have family plans for that day.  In the past, I've had players play animated magic items, amnesiac clones, and other unusual story concepts. 

This year, my wife requested that we play in Eberron for our Christmas special.  So I've decided to run the Heart of the Forbidden Forge adventure...

THE UNKNOWN DARKNESS - Session 17

" The further down th party goes , the stranger the Aberrant enemies become ...."



- After exploring the library , and Quill´hrirr managing  to save 3/4 of the books and scrolls, after Earendil destroyed the other quarter part of them with a terrible fumble upon the stands where they rested , the party exits the room and goes further down. The scouting of Quill´hrirr and Earendil pays off , and they discover their way barred by a group of Aberrant creatures , and another way to a dead end that leads to a strange looking portal ,but , thanks to the scouting  , they manage to seal off a portal that could of upon unto Xoriat , and at the same time , stage an ambush for their enemies . Due to the ambush , the magnificent...

Another great week in Vandal's Garage playing D&D!

Our Bake campaign is into its second year & things are really starting to roll.


The table is very well organized at this point.








DM James is really spinning a very fun yarn.





Started exploring a Drow Tomb--of course, I opened the casket & Mummy's attacked!





Tough battle but a lot of fun & some very good role playing after the combat that taught us more about the adventure then we had seen in a long time.





The battle of the ugly die continues with this pink die working very well for James--Cameron had a pink sparkly one that was even worse.

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THE UNKNOWN DARKNESS - Session 16



"Deeper and deeper the party goes , in search of the remaining fragments of the Ashen Crown . But danger lurks in every corner...."   


- The party open the door , and finds a room filled with debris and a strange "darkness" clinging to the walls, ceiling and floor. Cautiuosly they enter, but they are attacked neverthless by Specters and a Wraith , and also by the strange "weed-like" substance . With relative ease , they defeat their enemies and continue on.


-   The group then comes upon an irregular shaped cavern , that blazes with purple colour. They then are attacked by a Goblin Phantom that emerges from one of the crystal-like columns in the cavern . The party notices that some columns have a horror-eyed Goblin inside

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