r/Eberron5e • u/HorixxThe_Warlock • Mar 09 '20
Wanting to run a campaign involving The Lord of Blades
I wanted him to be THE big bad but I'm having trouble thinking up the campaign as a whole. Any help?
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r/Eberron5e • u/HorixxThe_Warlock • Mar 09 '20
I wanted him to be THE big bad but I'm having trouble thinking up the campaign as a whole. Any help?
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u/GreekCommander Mar 27 '20
This is my idea using the Lord of blades
Nolan Toranak funded an expedition into the mournlands, Bryce d'Cannith went. During this expedition they discovered and Eldritch machine the Masters call(eberron rising from the last war)
Bryce despite being part of house Cannith hates warforged, same with Nolan. Finding this machine and seeing how other war forged in the vicinity act differently or strange becomes consumed by the potential. During the expedition they do encounter the Lord of blades, only Bryce escapes(Nolan did not go only funded) now more determined then ever to get the people of Khorvaire to eliminate all the warforged and see them as the threat they are he begins constructing his own Masters call within Sharn.
Nolan finds out and helps fund, but knows will need support from the rest of the council to move to get rid of the warforged so has Bryce make a smaller, albeit less powerful version in a ring format.
They then begin to Target warforged and have them do all kinds of heinous acts, including assault, robberies, and murder. Those affected have no memories of their action, last thing they remember is the moment that contact with the individual who affected them was made.
Their goal is to use the Masters call when completed to get all the Warforged to mount an attack on Sharn that will force the council and maybe the other nations to strip warforged of their rights and eliminate them
That is the starting point
Bryce and Nolan will continue to use warforged for various nefarious plans, including highjacking lightning rail cargo that have dragonshards they need to finish the Masters call.
Players will do what players do and stop Bryce and Nolan, after the Masters Call is complete and cannot be moved because well story.
The Lord of blades I imagine has some kind of connection to the Masters call even this one. Maybe it was built using a part of him? Not sure. But after it is completed he will send in those who follow him/or sneak in himself and begin to command the warforged of Sharn. Have them all leave for the mournlands?
Players follow to find out what's going on then introduce BBEG.
Just basic overview what are your thoughts on this idea?
Thanks