Eclipse (or, casually, Eclipse Reboot) is the continuation of the first Eclipse game, Eclipse Inquisitives.
Game Information
Game Master: DisposableHero.
Schedule: Biweekly, Friday evenings EST.
System: Dungeons & Dragons 3.5. The third-party books Hyperconscious and Untapped Potential are also allowed (along with the Mind's Eye articles).
Houserules: Inclusion of the Sublime Way variant ranger, allowing rerolling of level-gained HP by spending freshly-gained AP, and ignoring the Complete Psionic astral construct and primal fear nerfs. Action points may be used when it is not your turn, provided what you are trying to accomplish is sufficiently awesome. The Dedicated Wright can be "charged" with XP pre-crafting, in advance, subject to reasonable limits.
World Information
World: Eberron, currently 15 Lharvion, 999 YK, began approximately 4 months after the end of the original continuity. Continuities cleverly merged as of "Time to Burn".
Style of Play: Alternates between whodunnit investigations, treasure hunts, and international diplomacy, with spectacularly violent combat in between.
Dramatis Personae
Active members, in order of appearance:
Main Miniature |
Name |
Role |
Description |
Player |
|
Lehatharath |
Proprietor, chief investigator, forensics |
Kalashtar oracle
(Ardent/Erudite)
|
Radical Taoist |
|
Angela Loren d'Ghallanda
|
Secretary, analyst, negotiator |
Halfling dreamer
(Shaper / Astral Zealot / Erbaur)
|
Tempest |
|
Elerosse Tasardur |
Wilderness tracker, lookout, enforcer |
Elf blade savant
(Sublime Ranger / Revenant / Eternal Blade)
|
Seishi |
|
Torrin Ghaladra |
Infiltrator, saboteur, mission specialist
|
Valenar commando
(Ninja/Monk/Swordsage/Shadow Sun Ninja)
|
Sionnis |
|
Tho'vin ir'Arendt |
Scholar, sniper, tactician |
Elf nobleman
(Bard)
|
Andarious |
Story arcs
Note: The current game follows the timeline of the earlier Eclipse run until the end of Whispers of the Vampire's Blade (~level 6), with minor retcons.
Shadows of the Last War - Published module. Investigating the Mournlands to retrieve a lost schema.
Sins of the Brother - interlude, resolving family trouble with both Lehatharath and Angela
Whispers of the Vampire's Blade - Published module. Pursue a traitorous secret agent and his stolen sword across Khorvaire.
Chasing History - The dense fog surrounding Elerosse's past begins to part...
Lost and Found - Past lives. Present self. Future destiny. All seems lost...
Memories and Dreams - Interlude, Inception-style. Separate "sub-quests" in Elerosse's subconscious. These are very hard, but also aren't going anywhere.
The Secret War - Current arc. We're not even sure who the major players are, yet at least two power groups rear their ugly heads...
Campaign Resources
Supplemental Page - Includes legacy party members and significant NPCs. (This page was getting crowded.)
Google Docs Resources - DM/Player access only.
Eclipse Campaign Manager - A work-in-progress, allows for tracking and coordinating build plans, XP, and loot between sessions.
Dual Techs - If there's one thing creative players will do, it's figure out innovative ways to work together.
Translators
Most of these are one-way ciphers, so either include an English translation in-game or use it for spice words only. The first three were drawn from the Breland Ledger Eberron fansite. The "Halfling" translator is actually Al Bhed (a substitution cipher of English used in Final Fantasy X; Tempest thought it sounded fitting), and the two-way translator was written by Stephan "Twoflower" Gagne.
Quor Goblin Aerenal Halfling
Session Logs
(Grey text is pre-reboot but still canon. As of Time to Burn, the extra sessions from the original continuity are also canonical, but caught up in a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff. Some minor retcons happened as well.)
Eclipse Reboot Rogues Gallery
Garrow – Vampire Cleric of the Blood of Vol
Status: At Large
First Appeared In: Shadows of the Last War – Session 6 – Bravely Ran Away, Away!
Background: Garrow is a vampire priest of Vol running missions for the militant order of the emerald claw. In shadows of the last war he was seeking the item creation schema eclipse had been hired to retrieve. He harried the inquisitives throughout their journey into and back from the destroyed Cannith facility in the Mournlands, and stole one of the two Schema fragments retrieved from the ruins.
Marek Destule – Human Hitman
Status: Presumed Dead
First Appeared In: Sins of the Brother – Session 1 – Ormus’ Letter
Background: Ruthless assassin of Sharn’s lightless underworld, the cunning and slippery Marek bartered a bargain with Lehatharath to kill his former master Ormus Miliante in the depths of the cogs. During the battle with Ormus, Marek snuck in his opening and killed his former master before being overwhelmed by the inquisitives. During the fight Marek lost his footing and fell into a lava pit, presumably to his death…
Ormus Miliante – Criminally Insane alter ego of the Kalashtar Psion Novaharath
Status: A Bad Memory
First Appeared In: Sins of the Brother – Session 2 – The Showdown
Background: Driven mad by grief the powerful Kalashtar Telepath Novaharath developed a brutal and criminally insane alter ego during his time of self imposed exile to the cogs, under the guise of which he rose to power in the criminal ranks while leading his gang of thugs and murderers the Nepath’Shath to dominance below the streets of the city of towers. Confronted by the inquisitives after baiting them into a trap using Angela’s sister under mind control the murderous Miliante failed to take his revenge upon Lehatharath and was ultimately felled by his traitorous second in command Marek Destule. With the help of the house of healing Novaharath was resurrected in Sins of the Brother Session 3 - Reunions, and upon speaking to Lehath has regained something of his former self from the posthumous experience. Novaharath, grateful for the second chance is now a stalwart ally of the Eclipse Inquisitives, and his insane other half is a distant memory
Lucan – Vampire Spymaster
Status: In Custody
First Appeared In: Whispers of the Vampire’s Blade – Session 2 – Fight Fire With Fire
Background: The powerful vampire saboteur and spy, Lucan was the subject of the Eclipse Inquisitives’ third case, being contracted by the Citadel to hunt down the rogue secret agent and retrieve the powerful magical blade he stole from them. Elusive and cunning, Lucan led the inquisitives on a globe trotting chase from Breland to Zilargo to Thrane before finally being cornered and capture by an impressive bit of gadgetry and resourcefulness courtesy of Angela.
Leeah – House of Shadow Agent
Status: At Large
First Appeared In: Chasing History – Session 1 – Throw a Party
Background: The mysterious Elven woman named Leeah met the inquisitives at the Tain gala in Sharn’s prestigious Tallest Tower’s district. While her motives and goals were unknown she took particular interest in Elerosse, claiming to be connected to his shrouded past. What role she has to play in the future is unknown.
Vashyk the Fireblood – Goblin Pyromancer
Status: Dead
First Appeared In: Chasing History – Session 2 – Fastball Special
Background: Noted public figure as the shady promoter of the Daask bloodsport events, and personal aid to the mysterious Daask Boss of Bosses, the fiery Vashyk didn’t survive her run-ins with the inquisitives. With a few explosive arguments and an ambush or two to her credit Vashyk was slain by her own devious explosive magical items after being captured by one of Angela’s Astral Warriors.
Kasha’eth Valdiran – Valenar Battlecaster
Status: Elerosse’s reunited lover
First Appeared In: Chasing History – Session 2 – Fastball Special
Background: Subject of the Eclipse investigations into how the Daask were smuggling warriors into the city of towers for their bloodsport, Kasha tried to evade and eventually fought the inquisitives in Chasing History – Session 4 – Heights of Folly, until she recognized Elerosse as her long lost lover and surrendered. Kasha has been a large part of Elerosse’s recent resurgence of memory.
Captain Jayden Shenn d’Lyrandar – Dragonmarked Airship Captain
Status: Friendly
First Appeared In: Chasing History – Session 3 – Burning Questions
Background: Captain of the experimental Lyrandar Airship The Vestige, Jayden attacked the inquisitives while under the control of Kasha when she was trying to throw the group off her trail. When released from her control and aided by Eclipse he became a friendly.
Gnash Thrakka – Orcish Cutthroat
Status: In Custody
First Appeared In: Chasing History – Session 5 – Assassin’s Bleed
Background: Wily and unpredictable streetboss of the Daask crime syndicate, and long time survivor of the deadly district of Khyber’s gate, Gnash Thrakka met his match in the Eclipse Inquisitives, with our heroes eventually capturing the Orcish crime boss in his lair under the Goblin Tavern of Shamukaar during daring twilight raid on the Daask hotbed.
Yokira – Changling Telepath
Status: At Large
First Appeared In: Chasing History – Session 5 – Assassin’s Bleed
Background: Disguised as Yokira the Thugboss, an Ogremage keeping things in order among the monstrous thugs of the Daask, and doling out punishment to the upstarts of Sharn’s underworld, Yokira turned out to be more than meets the eye, helping the Daask kidnap Novaharath and attacking Eclipse before slinking his way back into the shadows for who knows what future villainy.
Krom Blackscar – Hobgoblin Warblade
Status: Dead/In Custody
First Appeared In: Chasing History – Session 5 – Assassin’s Bleed
Background: Killed in Action during the goblinoid rebellion of the last war, the infamous Hobgoblin general actually had his soul captured by an ancient and malicious Dhakaani magical blade known as the Soul Cleaver. Imprisoned in servitude to the descendants of the Dhakaani Dirge Singers he, under one of their commands, formed the Daask to search for a suitably powerful goblinoid warrior to pass on the Soul Cleaver, and its life of servitude to. The Soul Cleaver is now in the custody of the Eclipse Inquisitives.
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