My 'greater darkness' in Eberron [Archive] - Wizards Community

My 'greater darkness' in Eberron [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Uratoh
04-27-06, 12:27 AM Brent, this is a fair bit of spoilers...consider yourself warned.

I'm drawing insperation for the Daelkyr in Khyber/Xoriat HEAVILY from the Cthulhu Mythos...these are the 'definately done' things...

In the lake, where Vol seeks to awaken something, lie Dagon and Hydra, two god-beasts created as ultimate weapons by the Daelkyr. (Stats: same as in the CoC D20...twin CR15 demigodishes)

The Mind Flayers answer to only one master below the Daelkyr...Cthulhu, their supreme lord. Half-Demon Ultrialithid, class levels undetermined yet.

On the plane of Xoriat, the Daelkyr Lord Hastur the Unspeakable sits and waits, while his stranded minions on Eberron work to complete a ritual he created long ago...(The King in Yellow play...see the recent Dungeon adventure for idea)

The Traveller indeed walks the earth...and his name is Nyarlathotep. his true nature and motives have yet to be determined by me.
Charles Phipps
04-27-06, 03:08 AM Nifty, my interpretation of the Cthulhu Mythos in Eberron was done here....

Professor Derek Lindley Giles

The writings of the Mad Lhazaar in the Necronomicron remain one of the most disturbing books I've ever read in my time as Keeper of the Occult Antiquities at Morgraive University. The descriptions of the 'true' origins of the planet and its actions are terrifying in their implications even if you don't necessarily believe them.

The origins of our world rely not upon the partially benevolent Dragon Gods but instead Eberron, Siberys, and Khyber are 'faces' for things called Shub-*****rauth, Yog-Sothoth, and Azathoth. These masks that they wear are disguises for their natures as the Mother of Monsters, the Creator of Space, and the Destroyer. Humanity and other demihuman races are not 'true' children of Shub-*****rauth though but instead their illegitimate offspring. Humans were created by the Giants of Xen'drick....not humanlike things but Elder Things that used us as pets. The descendents of the Giant Race are actually the original humanity that was minute by comparison to the massive Elder Things.....we have a name for this race as well in Dragonkind.

The frozen continent of Argonessan (I am shocked to discover our maps are actually sideways) hides the sleeping race of the Dragons that await the age of the Stars right alignment until when most of the ancient race shall once more emerge from its eternal slumber to become nightmarish things once more. There, the Dragons other servitor races and creations shall begin working anew and our planet will no doubt be shifted dramatically ecologically....and this is only a fraction of the essence of what is to come.

I pity the Elves of Aerenal for those that war tirelessly against the Argonessan's few degenerate desendents of the Elder Things are lead in a fruitless war that hides that their masters are the Great Race of Yith. They possess the corpses of the Elvish people and offer them a false promise of immortality while they prepare for their own race's escape from the primordial years of our existence. To that end, Elves are merely a form of petty attack animal for the nightmarish creatures own preparations to colonize our world.

The Great Old Ones are worst still, alien beings that migrated to our planet well before the Elder Things and fell to slumber. Known as the Rajahs to us, they alone are remained in knowledge as the great horrors we all are aware of. However, we only know the distant most thoughts of them since it was not our pathetic mortal magic which bound them or mythical Coautl but they simply entered the slumber for the movement of the planet's tides.

Beyond the ken of mortals is the Dreamlands with the nightmarish Quori and even further still is Xoriat....a dimension of the 'true' face of Humanity.
Tom McCarthy
04-28-06, 12:56 PM I remember reading a Call of Cthulhu adventure recently and thinking that Call of Cthulhu was one of the only settings (along side Eberron) where I truly felt like the players were surrounded on all side by factions competing and striving against each other.

It made me wonder if CoC RPG classics like Masks of Nyarlathotep might be adaptable to Eberron as D&D adventures.

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Uratoh 04-27-06, 12:27 AM	Brent, this is a fair bit of spoilers...consider yourself warned. I'm drawing insperation for the Daelkyr in Khyber/Xoriat HEAVILY from the Cthulhu Mythos...these are the 'definately done' things... In the lake, where Vol seeks to awaken something, lie Dagon and Hydra, two god-beasts created as ultimate weapons by the Daelkyr. (Stats: same as in the CoC D20...twin CR15 demigodishes) The Mind Flayers answer to only one master below the Daelkyr...Cthulhu, their supreme lord. Half-Demon Ultrialithid, class levels undetermined yet. On the plane of Xoriat, the Daelkyr Lord Hastur the Unspeakable sits and waits, while his stranded minions on Eberron work to complete a ritual he created long ago...(The King in Yellow play...see the recent Dungeon adventure for idea) The Traveller indeed walks the earth...and his name is Nyarlathotep. his true nature and motives have yet to be determined by me.
Charles Phipps 04-27-06, 03:08 AM	Nifty, my interpretation of the Cthulhu Mythos in Eberron was done here.... Professor Derek Lindley Giles The writings of the Mad Lhazaar in the Necronomicron remain one of the most disturbing books I've ever read in my time as Keeper of the Occult Antiquities at Morgraive University. The descriptions of the 'true' origins of the planet and its actions are terrifying in their implications even if you don't necessarily believe them. The origins of our world rely not upon the partially benevolent Dragon Gods but instead Eberron, Siberys, and Khyber are 'faces' for things called Shub-***rauth, Yog-Sothoth, and Azathoth. These masks that they wear are disguises for their natures as the Mother of Monsters, the Creator of Space, and the Destroyer. Humanity and other demihuman races are not 'true' children of Shub-***rauth though but instead their illegitimate offspring. Humans were created by the Giants of Xen'drick....not humanlike things but Elder Things that used us as pets. The descendents of the Giant Race are actually the original humanity that was minute by comparison to the massive Elder Things.....we have a name for this race as well in Dragonkind. The frozen continent of Argonessan (I am shocked to discover our maps are actually sideways) hides the sleeping race of the Dragons that await the age of the Stars right alignment until when most of the ancient race shall once more emerge from its eternal slumber to become nightmarish things once more. There, the Dragons other servitor races and creations shall begin working anew and our planet will no doubt be shifted dramatically ecologically....and this is only a fraction of the essence of what is to come. I pity the Elves of Aerenal for those that war tirelessly against the Argonessan's few degenerate desendents of the Elder Things are lead in a fruitless war that hides that their masters are the Great Race of Yith. They possess the corpses of the Elvish people and offer them a false promise of immortality while they prepare for their own race's escape from the primordial years of our existence. To that end, Elves are merely a form of petty attack animal for the nightmarish creatures own preparations to colonize our world. The Great Old Ones are worst still, alien beings that migrated to our planet well before the Elder Things and fell to slumber. Known as the Rajahs to us, they alone are remained in knowledge as the great horrors we all are aware of. However, we only know the distant most thoughts of them since it was not our pathetic mortal magic which bound them or mythical Coautl but they simply entered the slumber for the movement of the planet's tides. Beyond the ken of mortals is the Dreamlands with the nightmarish Quori and even further still is Xoriat....a dimension of the 'true' face of Humanity.
Tom McCarthy 04-28-06, 12:56 PM	I remember reading a Call of Cthulhu adventure recently and thinking that Call of Cthulhu was one of the only settings (along side Eberron) where I truly felt like the players were surrounded on all side by factions competing and striving against each other. It made me wonder if CoC RPG classics like Masks of Nyarlathotep might be adaptable to Eberron as D&D adventures.