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Eclipse Reboot

Page history last edited by Brian Dupuis 9 years, 7 months ago

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.)

Adventure Session Title
Meta-commentary
Shadows of the Last War 1

[Title and log missing]

No one thought to log this. It was short.

Interlude: Angela and Lehatharath

Shadows of the Last War 2

Skeletons on a Boat

 
Shadows of the Last War 3

Darguun Hospitality

 
Shadows of the Last War 4

Pre-Mediated Stealth Gank

 
Shadows of the Last War 5

Kaela's Warm-Up

 
Shadows of the Last War 6

Bravely Ran Away, Away!

 
Shadows of the Last War 7

Meat Gone Bad

 
Shadows of the Last War 8 In the Mournland, Seafood Eats YOU!!  
Shadows of the Last War 9 Warm Welcome  
Shadows of the Last War 10 What A Bitch  
Shadows of the Last War 11 Disco Inferno  
Shadows of the Last War 12 REAL ULTIMATE POWER Torrin's first appearance
Shadows of the Last War 13 All's Not Well That Ends Well  
Sins of the Brother 1 Ormus' Letter  
Sins of the Brother 2

The Showdown

 
Sins of the Brother 3 Reunions Interlude: Sisters. Dramatically retconned.
Whispers of the Vampire's Blade 1

Monkey Business

 
Whispers of the Vampire's Blade 2 Fighting Fire With Fire

Interlude: Elerosse and Ayrendee

Whispers of the Vampire's Blade 3 It's Raining Men Interlude: Lehatharath
Whispers of the Vampire's Blade 4

Railroad Plot

 
Whispers of the Vampire's Blade 5 The Ancestors Demand War!(Forged)  
Whispers of the Vampire's Blade 6 Sealed Envelope Interlude: Angela and Lucan
Chasing History
1 Throw a Party Interlude: Elerosse and Leeah
Chasing History 2 Fastball Special

 

Chasing History 3 Burning Questions Dubhghall's first appearance
Chasing History 4 Heights of Folly  
Chasing History 5 Assassins Bleed Torrin's reappearance 
Chasing History 6 Deep Cleaning Torrin rejoins party
Chasing History 7 An Evening to Remember  
Chasing History 8 Kicked in the Door
Chasing History 9 Sonic Screwyoudriver  
Chasing History 10 Long-Overdue Payment  
Omake! NA Omake! Paul's plastered. Hijinks ensue.
Chasing History 11 There Can Only Be One  
Chasing History 12 Dead and Buried  
Chasing History 13 Paths Yet to Come Eclipse goes on hiatus.
Lost and Found 1 Rain, Delayed Departure Adanhym's first appearance.
Lost and Found 2 Ship Happens  
Lost and Found 3 No Body Tosses A Dwarf  
Lost and Found 4 We Have To Stop Meeting Like This HOLY SHIT THE REVEAL
Lost and Found 5 Mandatory Box-Pushing Scenario  
Lost and Found 6 Boxing Day  
Lost and Found 7 Metal Gear Torrin  
Memories and Dreams 1 Screaming Sweaty Halfling The Reunion, Triumphant
Memories and Dreams 2 Visions of Heavy Metal Cruasaders. Just. Don't. DIE.
The Secret War 1 Derails within Derails Meanwhile, a most unusual heist...
The Secret War 2 Time to Burn  
The Secret War 3 Delicious Intrigue  
The Secret War 4 The Rhodes Less Baffled  
The Secret War 5 TKO Marek makes his reboot return.
The Secret War 6 Double or Nothing  
The Secret War 7 The Gloves Come Off  
The Secret War 8 Devil in the Depths  
The Secret War 9 Adjourned for Deliberation Dubhghall's retirement.
The Secret War 10 Vin is In Tho'vin's first appearance. Also, old friends.
The Secret War 11 Not You Again  
The Secret War 12 OMG BATTLE! (1) Server crashed, interrupting the epic.
The Secret War 13 OMG BATTLE! (2)  
The Secret War 14 Shut Up and Hold My Beer Cliffhanger reveal!
Memories and Dreams 3 Dragon-Marked  

 

 

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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