Blog Post 45:Enter the Eagle Lord!

Karl, the guy who owns and runs my FLGS, The Games Keep, future greatest gaming store in America, has agreed to do a cameo role as the Great Eagle Lord during the next session of my D&D campaign. To make sure he knows what’s he talking about, I’m making him a handout that explains the general situation. Here it is.

1. You will be playing the role of The Eagle Lord, or the spirit of the Eagle Lord to be exact. You have come to the material plane to advise the party. I’ll be playing the roll of the great Blessed Bird, your animal companion. I’ll play a supporting role to fill in details or take over when you need to deal with customers.

2. Your general history (as well as the village’s) is told below. Feel free to re-tell this to the Party if you want to.
Long ago the people of the land worshipped devils and made sacrifices of blood in order to appease them. One day, a great warrior named Karl The Eagle Lord left his home village. He spent many years searching for a way to defeat the devils and stop the blood sacrifices. After countless adventures and trials, he found a great blessed bird. With the aid of the blessed bird, Karl returned to his homeland and defeated the devils. From one blessed bird came many others and from them a great age of peace and prosperity came to the land.

3. Be sure to explain that it will be up to the party to protect and guide the last blessed bird. The party is destined undergo a series to trials and challenges that will test them in order for the last blessed bird to ascend to the higher level of being required to stop the devils and save the day. As this point, I plan on having the egg they’re carrying hatch. Ask the party to name the bird then.

4. You need to tell the party that they need to go explore the lower areas of the temple and go through “The Nine Trials.” They are nine rooms of traps, challenges, and puzzle that simulate the very challenges the Eagle Lord himself had to overcome so long ago. They need to gather a feather from each of the trials because it may be useful later. Also, the traps have been made more lethal.

5. The party needs to find Tlacocelot and stop his reign of terror by any means possible. After he is foiled, it will become clear what needs to be done next.

6. If the party offers you the +2 Javelin with your name on it freely, act very glad to have it back. Ask them to place it in your tomb. The tomb will open when you command it to be so. You will also reward them for their kind action. I’ll handle that part.

7. Last but not least, you are (the spirit of a) 30th level super epic ranger. You are totally awesome. Feel free to play that up as much as you want.

After meeting the Eagle Lord, they'll gain access to a new epic destiny, The Eagle Lord.
　
The Eagle Lord

There is no such thing as impossible. I’m proof of that.
Karl the Eagle Lord

Prerequisites: 21st Level

The legendary Eagle Lord, great father of the blessed bird, conqueror of the devils, he who has triumphed over the gods themselves. All know of his adventures and of his greatness. Some say his deeds were great there could never be another Eagle Lord. You are proof that they are wrong.
You will walk the steps that The Eagle Lord once walked. You will undertake the same trails that The Eagle Lord once undertook. If you defeat all the challenges that lay before and give rise to the next great blessed bird, you can become the next Eagle Lord.

Immortality?

After you pass the trails of the gods, give rise to the next great blessed bird, cleanse the land of devils, and triumph over darkness, you will become the New Eagle Lord. For the rest of your living days, you will rule over the people, starting a new age of peace. Your kingdom could be as small as a village or as grand an empire. When your final day has come, you will not simply die. You will ascend to the heavens; to your rightful place among the court of the Gods.

Eagle Lord Features
All Eagle Lords have the following features.

Flight of the Blessed Bird (21st level): You and up to four of your allies can ride upon the Blessed Bird. It can travel up to 1,000 miles a day and can take you to a different plane once a day.

Rise Above the Challenge (24th level): Whenever you engage in a skill challenge, you automatically start with two successes.

Talons of The Eagle Lord (30th Level): Twice per day as a free action, you may spend a healing surge to treat the result of a d20 you just rolled as a 20 instead of gaining hit points. If you use this feature for a daily power, you spend two healing surges instead of one.

Eagle Lord Powers

Song of the Blessed Bird Eagle Lord Utility 26
You call upon the Blessed Bird to aid you in this challenge.
Daily Conjuration
Minor Action
Effect: You call upon the Blessed Bird. It appears in an adjacent space. The Blessed Bird is not affected by attacks and can move 5 squares on your turn. Once per round, an adjacent ally may do one of the following as a free action: take an extra move action this turn, spend a healing surge, re-roll a d20 roll, or gain a +4 power bonus to all defenses until the end of his next turn.


Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this material is for my next session of DMing "The Forgotten Portal" adventure.