Eberron's Darkest Secrets
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Scope
The motivation behind building Eberron's Darkest Secrets
This is to have a consolidated location for a custom homebrew campaign set in the Eberron world of DnD.
Primarily trying to use this as a location so that I dont forget what NPCs I have created and the like.
The goal of the project
Centralized location of notes, and group participation in story.
Eberron's Darkest Secrets's Unique Selling point
Currently the world is in a cold war stalemate. No one wants to fight anymore but the truce has not been finalized as of yet. The adventurers will end up discovering some hidden projects that were developed during the wartime efforts that will have them questioning what is considered right and wrong.
Theme
Genre
Eberron campaign setting - basically steampunk wizards
Reader Experience
Fantasy mystery - lots of events that will unfold and it will be up to the party to decide what is the bigger issue and what rammifications will hold if they deviate to other problems.
Reader Tone
Steampunk Wizards I suppose with elements of discovery and mystery.
Recurring Themes
Restoration, Discovery, Confrontation
Character Agency
Characters will start at level one, initially to get the party together it will be railroading the group (literally) and will end up being a quasi linear campaign. How they decide to act upon the information provided will be open ended, but the questline will be directed to a specific end goal.
Actions/Inactions will have an impact on what happens to the world, and as such the characters in the campaign will have to weigh which is more important and worth their time.
Focus
Drama
Restoration of the primary lightning rail due to years of conflict
An unexpected event during restoration causes the party to investigate and solve the problem
During the process of fixing the first problem, they run into a town that has a lot of hidden secrets
Digging deeper causes the realization of several secret organizations are working behind the scenes to great great power and wealth to secure a new foothold in the recovery of the realm.
Sometimes you have to watch out for that bread.
Personal interplay issues of characters will be addressed as they figure out how to deal with their previous shortcomings during the last war, family issues, and cursed artifacts.