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silversai 05-09-06, 10:26 PM	Just last week in my hometown that had an airshow that displayed several planes from the old times and modern flying around displaying tricks etc. Since airships are huge part of the travel scene in Eberron i was thinking how can i shape an "adventure setting" around the airshow concept. Please feel free to add your input. Another idea i was pondering to add to my world was an "amusement park". What kind of ideas would you include in the park but Eberron style. SilverSai
Sereno 05-10-06, 09:52 AM	An "airship show" is a kind of tough element to put together because there are pretty few airships in existance and they're huge compared to airplanes. However, I can see it as a big Lyrandar PR event. They could bring together a dozen or so different models to sell their services to prospective customers. Of course, you'd need additional entertainment which could include House Phiarlan. Within the show there could be lots of sub-plots going on. The obvious one is the attempted theft of an airship. "Elemental rights" activists trying to "free" the bound elementals. Attempted assassinations of high-ranking guests. Escaped "entertainment" creatures; such as "trained" dinosaurs going on a rampage. An Eberron amusement park could be pretty cool; rides would be fairly simple but entertainment could be further enhanced by magic. Of course, House Phiarlan would be involved. I'd expect more DisneyWorld-type rides (like Pirates of the Carribean or the Haunted Mansion) over rollercoasters and other high-speed rides that require technology that Eberron doesn't have, yet. I could easily see a "Wonders of Xen'drik" dark-ride at PhiarlanWorld :) ... one which gets corrupted by a Cult of the Dragon below so that the animated creatures come to life and really attack the riders!
silversai 05-10-06, 01:15 PM	Thnx Sereno for the advice and details.
Arz 05-10-06, 02:11 PM	The Race of the Four Winds that takes place in Sharn is quite similar to an airshow. The event is an air race that each district sponsors an animal to win. Just because the race is the main spectical doesn't mean you can't have other aerial themed events like acrobatics taking place. It's also an easy idea to transplant to other locales. Hooks that would go well with this scenery are assasinations, sabotage, drunken catastrophe, or gimicry. Perhaps the brother of the man they put in prison five sessions back is a sky-writer. He might decide to air a characters dirty laundry during the race as payback. What will the heroes do when they are the butt of the city? Will their reputations ever recover?
Rowan_Whispercloak 05-10-06, 02:40 PM	Keith Baker's first novel Sharn: City of Tower discribe a Phrian (sp?) carnavial of sort, but not to give anymore info than that it would be a thing to include in some of the festival events in Sharn.
Koriel 05-10-06, 05:45 PM	An amusement park might have basic mechanical rides such as a merry-go-round, miniature scenic railway, swing boats, or perhaps a ferris wheel. Something like a roller coaster or a tilt-a-whirl might be a little too advanced for Eberron. You might have magical rides such as scenic air carriage tours, a lake with elemental-driven boats, a funhouse or tunnel of love with illusions, or a high platform where they cast featherfall on you and you jump over the edge. You could also add county fair and carnival elements to it like menageries of unusual beasts, dinosaur rides, exhibition halls, performers and entertainers who employ magic and illusions, circus shows, side show attractions, and win-a-prize stalls. It would also include conventional things like bands, bards, theater, flower gardens, fireworks, and novelty food and confections.