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2015-01-13, 03:05 PM
I am hoping to get a bit of advice on how to construct the upcoming adventure I am preparing for my players. Currently the PC’s are level 11 and will be hitting level 12 in 2 or 3 sessions. The campaign is set in Eberron, and the political climate has recently undergone a major shift. King Boranel was found dead and the number one suspects are the PCs. Lord Ruken has successfully completed his plans on changing the nation into a Democratic Republic and has been “elected” as the Prime Minister. He has declared the PCs to be enemies of Breland and there is a reward for their deaths or capture. The PCs are famously known for saving the kingdom from the army of Azarr Kul (we ran through the Red Hand of Doom before branching out into our own story), and few people really believe they murdered the late King. But Ruken has the trust of the people, and the Dark Lanterns are looking to bring them in for questioning. The PC’s are NOT hiding at all. When the death of Boranel was announced, their ally Prince Oargev of New Cyre declared New Cyre an independent nation and all land east of the Dragon’s Crown to belong to the people of New Cyre. The PC’s own a fortress on a mountain slope just east of New Cyre and have openly supported this aggressive move.
Most recently, Queen Aurela of Aundair has approached the PCs via emissary with an alliance. She was formerly supporting Prime Minister Ruken while his cause was disruptive to the rule of King Boranel, but now she wants to help the PCs continue to destabilize her enemy. Her emissary brought a fortune to the PCs to entice them (effectively 26,000gp) and requested that they help her by traveling to the Mournland and retrieving the Silaxerus Shard, a large dragonshard containing the largest portion of the Draconic Prophecy humans ever controlled, from the Grand Library of Metrol. The PCs have decided that they are probably going to either keep the shard for themselves or destroy it, but they haven’t told her that. If they end up keeping it I could have a side quest to track down someone capable of reading it/using it. They plan on sending a letter back with the emissary saying they’ll help her out with a request for additional payment for their help.
One idea I ripped off from a discussion I saw online a while back was to have Metrol overrun by mutated humanoids with aberrant dragonmarks. These would be “Magebred” people who were created by House Vadalis as an answer to Warforged during the last days of the Last War. The Day of Mourning occurred before they could be unveiled. I was thinking of using custom a Monstrous Humanoid with 3-4 HD and decent physical ability score adjustments. The Aberrant Dragonmarks are the attempts of their leader to replicate the Mark of Death using some ancient tomes and such she found in the Library. This is an important piece of the puzzle, because one of the players wants to take Heir of Siberys to gain the Mark of Death (which I have allowed and have already figured out how we’ll handle that) and the PCs have already come across a fragment of the Prophecy that predicts the return of the Mark of Death.
So that's where I am at. I know it's a lot to take in but... any tips?
Most recently, Queen Aurela of Aundair has approached the PCs via emissary with an alliance. She was formerly supporting Prime Minister Ruken while his cause was disruptive to the rule of King Boranel, but now she wants to help the PCs continue to destabilize her enemy. Her emissary brought a fortune to the PCs to entice them (effectively 26,000gp) and requested that they help her by traveling to the Mournland and retrieving the Silaxerus Shard, a large dragonshard containing the largest portion of the Draconic Prophecy humans ever controlled, from the Grand Library of Metrol. The PCs have decided that they are probably going to either keep the shard for themselves or destroy it, but they haven’t told her that. If they end up keeping it I could have a side quest to track down someone capable of reading it/using it. They plan on sending a letter back with the emissary saying they’ll help her out with a request for additional payment for their help.
One idea I ripped off from a discussion I saw online a while back was to have Metrol overrun by mutated humanoids with aberrant dragonmarks. These would be “Magebred” people who were created by House Vadalis as an answer to Warforged during the last days of the Last War. The Day of Mourning occurred before they could be unveiled. I was thinking of using custom a Monstrous Humanoid with 3-4 HD and decent physical ability score adjustments. The Aberrant Dragonmarks are the attempts of their leader to replicate the Mark of Death using some ancient tomes and such she found in the Library. This is an important piece of the puzzle, because one of the players wants to take Heir of Siberys to gain the Mark of Death (which I have allowed and have already figured out how we’ll handle that) and the PCs have already come across a fragment of the Prophecy that predicts the return of the Mark of Death.
So that's where I am at. I know it's a lot to take in but... any tips?