Story of a Lifetime

A D&D campaign set in the world of Eberron.

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Tone

In brief, light-hearted, occasionally silly and occasionally dead serious. The PCs should be good-natured or at least not evil, a bit out of place in regular society but welcome within the guild. The world is vast and full of possibilities, and danger is just part of the fun!

Eberron is neither modern Earth nor a renaissance fair, but something entirely different. Magic is commonplace and partly industrialized, and so larger-scale construction such as lightning rail lines are possible, but they don't have a 21st century understanding of chemistry and physics, so you won't see a lot of glass-and-steel skyscrapers, automatic rifles, or smartphones. Artifice has produced some fabulous and convenient inventions, but they always have a flair of medieval, renaissance, or perhaps even early modern design (Aundair's airships might be conflated for 19th-century naval vessels, for example). It's a melange of styles, but at the end of the day, there are swords, elves, wizards, castles, and all the trappings of classic medieval fantasy...plus lightning trains!

Structure

The campaign is centered around a news agency. The PCs are journalists, whose goal is to deliver a story that will captivate public attention and sell papers. Now, if they take an active role in ensuring the stories are indeed interesting, well, that's just good business, now, isn't it?

Almost all time will be spent on the adventures themselves; this isn't a job simulator. The news agency is an artifice to enable the PCs to investigate mysteries, chase down criminals, explore ruins--all the things adventurers do anyway. It's just that the incentive structure is a little different.

Characters

PCs

Image Name Brief Bio
Ariadne Intrepid reporter Female siren, age ??
Selina Actress, photographer, and Warchief of Droaam Female half-fiend, half-witch, age ??
Tyburn Madrigal Aviator, aeronautical engineer, artificer Male human, age 21

Others

Sharn - the Chronicle

Image Name Brief Bio
Ambrose Pennyfarthing Willingham Bucksworth Section Chief of the Korranberg Chronicle, Sharn District Male gnome, age 302
Lizaveta Skysong Ace Reporter, Korranberg Chronicle, Sharn District Female human, age 29
Barnaby Ruus Technician and Photographer, Korranberg Chronicle, Sharn District Male shifter, age 27

Aundair

Image Name Brief Bio
Aurala ir'Wynarn Queen of Aundair, saved from death by the PCs Female human, age 50
Riven ir'Wynarn First Warlord of Aundair, bears the Mark of Handling Male human, age 29
Jurian ir'Wynarn Crown Prince of Aundair, sickly and erudite Male human, age 34
Esravash d'Lyrandar Baron of House Lyrandar, aggressive and amibitious Female human, age 30

Karrnath

Image Name Brief Bio
Kaius ir'Wynarn King of Karrnath, pretending to be his great-grandson Kaius III Male human vampire, age 133 (deceased)
Etrigan Queen Consort to Kaius, member of the Black Blood Female elf blood-fiend, age 987 (deceased)
Ethniu Secretary to Zorlan d'Cannith, member of the Black Blood Female elf blood-fiend, age 1466
Siobhan Blood Knight of the Emerald Claw Female elf, age 115

Droaam

Image Name Brief Bio
Sora Maenya Hand of the Warchief, Guardian of the Realm Female...witch, age ??
Sora Katra Itinerant witch, Selina's mother Female witch, age ??
Sora Teraza Itinerant witch Female witch, age ??++
Callista, the Riot Agent of chaos, Selina's youngest sister Female phoera hybrid, age 16
Rekhan, the Talon Hunter and scout extraordinaire, Selina's youngest brother Male harpy hybrid, age 18
Melora, the Rose Druid of spores, Selina's elder sister Female feytouched hybrid, age 45
Jean-Baptiste, the Maw Independent power broker, Selina's elder brother Female feytouched hybrid, age 52
Elise, the Weaver Spy, assassin, Selina's eldest sister Female aranea hybrid age 64
Jericho, the Alpha Playboy, party animal, Selina's eldest brother Male lycanthrope hybrid, age 69

Cyre

The Machine City

Image Name Brief Bio
The Prophet Leader of the Cult of the Reforged Male warforged age 11
Artemisia Dragonstone, the Forgemaster Artificer who restored the Creation Forge Female human age 25-35, dragonmarked
J8-RME Former Cyran elite super-soldier, current guardian of Artemisia Male warforged, age 11

The Cyran Avengers

Image Name Brief Bio
Ivy Leader of the Cyran Avengers Female half-elf age 20-30
Kwon Hanjo Ronin, archer, has beef with the Prophet Male human, age 44
Kwon Eunji Samurai, cyborg, student of spiritual magic under Hana Male cybernetic human, age 38
Hana Kumiho (fox spirit), nature goddess, spiritual mentor and healer Female goddess, age eternal
Cassandra Conner Artificer extraordinaire, bears the Mark of Making Female human, age 16
Seung Moon Former Siren (psionic agents of the Cyran crown), psychoportation expert Female human, age 38

Background Info

Stories

Sessions

Session # Session ID Episode Name Session Name Date Starting Level
1 SoL1-1a Hot Commodity Oh, the Humanity 9-08-24 3
2 SoL1-1b Hot Commodity Under the Spires 9-12-24 3
3 SoL1-1c Hot Commodity Shipwreck 9-20-24 3
4 SoL1-1d Hot Commodity Of Mobsters and Men 10-03-24 3
5 SoL1-1e Hot Commodity And A Dragon Pops Out 10-11-24 3
6 SoL1-1f Hot Commodity House of Madrigal 10-17-24 4
7 SoL1-1g Hot Commodity Morgrave Matters 10-28-24 4
8 SoL1-1h Hot Commodity Deadly Nightshades 11-02-24 4
9 SoL1-1j Hot Commodity The Draconic Prophecy 11-15-24 4
10 SoL1-2a Flight of Fancy First Flight 11-23-24 5
11 SoL1-2b Flight of Fancy The Majesty of Aundair 02-25-25 5
12 SoL1-2c Flight of Fancy A Queen's Proposal 03-06-25 5
13 SoL1-2d Flight of Fancy Aundair's Most Wanted 03-08-25 5
14 SoL1-2e Flight of Fancy Forest Crawl 03-11-25 6
15 SoL1-2f Flight of Fancy Eye of the Beholder 03-12-25 6
16 SoL1-2g Death and Love The City in Black 03-20-25 6
17 SoL1-2h Death and Love Rings of Binding 03-21-25 6
18 SoL1-3a Death and Love Pact of the Silver Flame 03-26-25 7
19 SoL1-3b Death and Love The Man in Black 03-28-25 7
20 SoL1-3c Death and Love The False Queen 04-09-25 7
21 SoL1-3d Death and Love Cathedral of Blood 04-13-25 7
22 SoL1-3d Death and Love The Things We Do For Love 04-15-25 7
23 SoL2-1a The Nature of Dreams Rage, Against the Dying of Light 04-17-25 8
24 SoL2-1b The Nature of Dreams Meet the Parents 04-30-25 8
25 SoL2-1c The Nature of Dreams On the Shores of a Dream 05-22-25 8
26 SoL2-1d The Nature of Dreams The Witch's Island 07-06-25 8
27 SoL2-1e The Nature of Dreams It is the Nature of Dreams to End 07-26-25 8
28 SoL2-2a Strength and Honor Meeting the Madwoman 08-03-25 9
29 SoL2-2b Strength and Honor Tea Time 08-08-25 9
30 SoL2-2c Strength and Honor Shadowrun 08-13-25 9
31 SoL2-2d Strength and Honor The Warlock's End 08-20-25 9
32 SoL2-2e Strength and Honor Eat, Drink, and Be Merry 08-28-25 10
33 SoL2-2f Strength and Honor The Battle of Turakbar's Fist 09-11-25 10
34 SoL2-2g Strength and Honor Fury in the Skies 09-18-25 10
35 SoL2-2h Strength and Honor Savior From the Sky 09-26-25 10
36 SoL2-2i Strength and Honor Mok'Gora 10-01-25 10
37 SoL2-2j Strength and Honor Heavy is the Crown 10-09-25 11
38 SoL2-3a Story of the Century The Sky Siren 10-22-25 11
39 SoL2-3b Story of the Century City of Tomorrow 11-05-25 11
40 SoL2-3c Story of the Century Avengers, Assemble 11-19-25 11
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