Interest Check: 5e custom Eberron campaign

Hey all,

I've been bouncing an idea around in my head for the better part of a year, and thought I'd put it out for an interest check.

The idea is that the PCs in this game would be working for a half-ogre who runs her own mercenary company in Starilaskur, which is a fairly significant city in northern Breland on the continent of Khorvaire. Players would be sent out on missions - mini-adventures - then go back to HQ for rewards and debriefing. Some missions would be combat-heavy; some would be more diplomatic (and therefore RP-heavy). There's no guarantee of trips to the Mournland but it's not ruled out, either...

Without spoiling things, there would be an overarching theme that the PCs would either figure out for themselves, or would be presented with.

I'd be looking for a max of 6 players, one character each - starting at level 6 - with a posting frequency of 2-3 times a week, which would be somewhat enforced in order to keep things moving along. OOC would be covered via a Discord server, and character sheets would be added to a Beyond campaign that I've set up with content sharing (I own most of the sourcebooks).

I wouldn't be starting til the new year, though.

Thoughts? Comments?

I love to do Eberron. Last two attempts didn't get very far at all. I'm a big fan of the 3.5e of it.

I would love to join you on this adventure. Eberron is one of my favorite settings, and a mercenary game would be a cool way to explore it. Fun news: Keith Baker announced his next DMs Guild product will be about frontier towns on the Breeland-Droam border!

I miss Eberron. If you'll have me, I'm in!

Would love to play some Eberron. Its one of my faveorite settings
DNDbeyond - I'm a happy user
Discord - Also a user there

I would love to join as well!

Im down, and I do have all the beyond content if needed. Though I'm fairly green when it comes to Eberron

I love Eberron too, and with that posting rate, I think I can fit another game into my calendar. :)

That's awesome, thanks for the heads-up! The 'round-the-table Eberron campaign I was in from 2016-2017 had a fair bit of action in Droam. Fun times!

To all who replied: Thank you so much for your interest. Please allow me to get through the holidays and settled back into the work routine in the new year, then finish set-up. Once done, I will post in this thread, in order to give those expressing early interest a chance to apply. Please subscribe to this thread for the signal!

Happy Holidays!

Would be very interested in joining this

Throwing my name in the hat if you have room.

Id be interested. I have a eberron bard ready to play. House Medani with ties to Cyre. Let me know if you have room.

I'd really like to join as well. I just joined this site and I have a House Lyrandar half-elf storm sorcerer already prepared.

Any news on this game?

I haven't heard any news... but waiting.

The zzz's beside fearghas.mackenna's name imply that he hasn't logged in for 2 weeks, but he did say he wouldn't start the game until some time into the new year.

Yes the Zzz's just came on :/

Alas, our thumb twiddling must continue! Woe is us!

Apologies, folks! RealLife(tm) got more complicated during/after the holidays than I'd anticipated.

Here's where things stand:
- campaign on Beyond is set up
- Discord server for keeping easy track of house rules/character creation guidelines/NPC info/initiative tracking/downtime RP/etc. is done
- house rules & chargen info is pretty much settled

What's left before I'd feel comfortable starting the game:
- finalize key NPC stats (mostly done)
- finish GamersPlane game info text (about half-done)
- finish intro GM post (nearly complete)
- write the outline of at least the first full mission - I have a slate of ~70 mission hooks that I've been picking away at, in between RealLife(tm) things

I'm aiming to have all of this done by the end of this coming weekend, if not sooner.

I've also been considering, given the interest so far, of possibly - possibly - starting a second game with a second team. I'd like to see how this concept actually works before committing to that.

Will check in soon!

Thanks for the update fearghas.mackenna!

Thank you for the update. Expect people to take a few days with their character builds as well

If you were to do a second game, I'd be interested as well

That's a very thorough prep. I'm impressed 😄

Im that much more excited

Ooooo.... a prepped DM! :D

Thanks for the thorough update. Godspeed with the RL complications, and it sounds like great setup (70+ radiant quests is impressive).

Thanks! You should see how much prep and writing I did for my 'round-the-table Dragon Age game that I put on a couple of years ago... :)

Much appreciated! I hope this concept pans out. I've been thinking about putting it on for about a year, and figured it was finally time to pull the trigger...

Not sure how many of those ~70 hooks are actually going to pan out, but I've been putting ideas in a GDoc as they come to me. Some are more fleshed out than others...

Noted, thanks for your interest!

Be prepared but don't over prepare! Burning out before you even start is very bad.

Same with Sassafras, I'd be interested if you were to create a second game! I've no experience in Eberron, so it'd be cool to try it out!

I appreciate the concern. But honestly, if I'm going to burn out, it'll be from work. TTRPGs is how I relax :)

Here's a decent primer on what Eberron is...

https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Eberron

Don't forget the memes! :)
https://www.google.com/search?q=eberron+meme

If I end up in the party I'd like to play as an artificer. Haven't really explored that class much, but enjoyed playing a reflavored warlock as an artificer before the class was written. The idea of a magic user that casts spells by imbuing them in items is very fun.

I'm thinking of what kind of sorcerer I want to play :)

Definitely Aberrant Mind Sorcerer for me! Is that you calling, House Tharask?

Wow... I was thinking a dragon sorcerer.. but it looks like of them around.

I might be a cleric of some kind.

I would go psiknight or soulknife/phantom. Phantom would be fun for an Aerenal elf or to flavor as a revived Mark of Death.

Update:
- all key NPC bios done
- 2/5 combat-capable NPCs' character sheets done
- GamersPlane game info text basically done (need to actually populate it to see how I feel about it)
- GM intro post done

I'm going to get the last three characters populated into my Beyond library probably tomorrow; after that, all that's left is writing up a preliminary mission.

Apologies for appearing like a gigantic tease, but I felt it right to keep folks updated since there's a keen interest for this idea.

More soon!

No worries. Expectations are in check.

Eagerly awaiting what you come up with!

I haven't given a character much thought yet, but this seems like a great game to try out a changeling! And with all the magic kids in town, I wouldn't mind being one of the more martial classes.

Changeling would certainly be of benefit for some of the less-combat-oriented hooks I have planned... ;)

I'm considering a paladin, who manifested his(or her) dragonmark, and never got to take the oath. The dragonmark sparked his/her magic development into a sorcerer. Pal lev2 / sorcerer lev4. So this will be a mixed character.
But what house/rase that is undecided until I hear fearghas.mackenna's pitch

Smiles.. my sorcerer is a changling.

Plot twist, we are ALL changelings... or are we? o.O

Nobody expects the Traveler’s Inquisition.

If there ends up being a second team (or sports in the first); please keep me in mind!

For my changeling I'm thinking Hexblade warlock, and taking ALL the social cookies. And I'm going to eat them, and they shall be delicious.

Mmmm... Cookies.

Danm you - Now I am considering a changeling, who just wanted to be normal and part of a community. Joined a militant group of the silverflame and left(deserted) when sorcerer abilities showed up

We're out of cookies though.

I love the changeling lore that Keith Baker has out out over the years. Most recently, Exploring Eberron introduced some changeling-specific feats and backgrounds to tie that lore to character mechanics.

Wait.. are we all changeling now?

Are we!? 0.o

But no, I'm the only confirmed changeling so far. *X-Files theme*

Im' a confirmed one too.. changeling sorcerer.

Oh, right. Are you going for the 'out and proud' kind or the 'no one knows I'm a changeling' kind?

Now I have to figure out what kind of artificer would be cavorting with these changelings! I get the feeling we were a Mission Impossible style special operations team during the war. Maybe made up of undesirables and therefore disposable and deniable. I could see being a warforged in that scenario. (Just throwing out ideas, please feel free to veto or propose different ideas)

Mmmmno? Premise is in the original post. Mercenary company. Half-ogre runs it. If you want to be war buddies with some other PC's go for it, but my character will have expertly dodged that whole nasty affair. :)

Sure, we don't have to have a shared background. Just to be clear, my suggestion isn't in competition with the mercenary premise. The war has been over for two years, and the disbanded team would be looking for work, hence hiring on with the Ogre's company.

We should probably wait to see who will be in what game before we plot all that anyhow.

Sounds reasonable 😁

Yeah, I had envisioned a bunch of "nobodies" that happened to show up at the office at the same time, purely by accident, to sign on. But if two or more players decide that they'd like to have their characters share a background story, that's fine by me. In fact, since dimensional portals, planar travel, and hell even spelljammers are a thing, a character's background can have them come from any setting to gather in Eberron for this game. I'm pretty relaxed when it comes to that, but I am a huge fan of deep character backstories. Gives me lots of info with which to make the game feel more alive.

That is why I have been holding back

Sounds like this isn't your first time GMing a game in PbP fearhas.mackenna 😉. Do you play on other sites too?

You are correct and very astute. My wife and I have been running a PbP group over on RPR for just about two years. I've run a few 5e games plus a Dragon Age RPG campaign so far.

Are we there yet?

Lol!
I want an ice-cream

Here we go, folks...

https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/20204/?p=917451

Game listing: https://gamersplane.com/games/2960/

*reads*
*enjoys*
*starts creating according to guidelines in hopes of selection*

ditto

I’ve signed up! :)

Been awaiting myself too.

Woo!

Hi, all,

Thank you so much for your interest, excitement, and support. I have far too many applicants and, I'm sorry to have to say, I've had to turn some away.

If, as previously stated, I find that the concept is working well, I may open up a second game, in which case preference will be given to those who have already expressed interest.

Again - thank you so much!

I didn't even get a chance to apply... :(

Ah well.