Eberron: The Metaphor

[apsuman]

not all of us.

Iron Who? .... only know about this from various threads here. i still don't get the reference.

Iron Chef is a show that is re-ran from it's original japanese dubbed with english on the Food Network.

In the show, an Iron Chef (usually a previous winner) competes against a newcomer. They are given two equal open air kitchens (designed so the cameras can get >*< this close and are told of teh special ingredient at the very begging of the show. The one show I saw, start to finish, the secret ingredient was sea urchin. The secret ingrediet must be prominant in the dishes prepared. The chefs are judged by a panel, and are present at the table when the panelists eat their food and give them their critique. They are scored and a winner is decleared.

 

[William Ronald]

As Easy As A.B.C. and With the Night Mail.

Thanks, it had been a long time since I saw anything referring to those stories. . Hmm, maybe people in the Eberron setting might view planar explorers with the same awe/romantic air that many people in the 1920s and 1930s viewed aviators. You could even work in an adventure of competing "plane jumpers" seeking to collect items from different planes. This could be dangerous, but might help generate a given team a lot of publicity. You could also through politics into the mix by having the teams sponsored by various nations or Dragonmarked houses. (Of course, there may be a hidden reason behind the entire contest.)

 

[MDSnowman]

Thanks, it had been a long time since I saw anything referring to those stories. . Hmm, maybe people in the Eberron setting might view planar explorers with the same awe/romantic air that many people in the 1920s and 1930s viewed aviators. You could even work in an adventure of competing "plane jumpers" seeking to collect items from different planes. This could be dangerous, but might help generate a given team a lot of publicity. You could also through politics into the mix by having the teams sponsored by various nations or Dragonmarked houses. (Of course, there may be a hidden reason behind the entire contest.)

Well why go plane jumping when the secerets of other continents are still waiting to be uncovered. Seriously those people could gain wide range public reconition (due to a Bard working for the Korranberg Chronicle tagging along [maybe a PC] writing larger than life versions of their exploits.) Imagine the fun when the heroes return from a long adventure on Xen'Drik to discover that the average person knows all about them, and has an inflated idea of what they're capable of doing... that's when they start getting job offers that often entail them doing the impossible. Do they try to dispel the myths about them? Or do they try to live up to their public images?

 

[ruleslawyer]

Iron Chef is a show that is re-ran from it's original japanese dubbed with english on the Food Network.

In the show, an Iron Chef (usually a previous winner) competes against a newcomer. They are given two equal open air kitchens (designed so the cameras can get >*< this close and are told of teh special ingredient at the very begging of the show. The one show I saw, start to finish, the secret ingredient was sea urchin. The secret ingrediet must be prominant in the dishes prepared. The chefs are judged by a panel, and are present at the table when the panelists eat their food and give them their critique. They are scored and a winner is decleared.

Further digression: My friends and I actually put on Iron Chef parties (complete with secret ingredient, camera, time limits, cheesiness, etc.) every once in a while. It's a blast, and I highly recommend. The fact that we have a few professional chefs/ex-chefs in our circle helps, but if any of you even vaguely like to cook, I highly recommend.

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

Further digression: My friends and I actually put on Iron Chef parties (complete with secret ingredient, camera, time limits, cheesiness, etc.) every once in a while. It's a blast, and I highly recommend. The fact that we have a few professional chefs/ex-chefs in our circle helps, but if any of you even vaguely like to cook, I highly recommend.

That's brilliant!

Now I can finally salvage my honor in the battle of the Portobello Mushroom!

 

[Olive]

One other interesting thing to note, The Treaty of Thronehold was signed on the 11th day on Aryth in 996. Aryth is the 11th month of the Eberron calendar. WWI ended on Nov. 11th, 1918. (The Treaty of Versailles was signed the next year.)

Technically, it endedthe war with Germany, not the war itself.

But please can someone tell me that the Treaty of Thronehold was signed on the Lightning Rail (or whatever the train thingy is called). That would be funny as hell, given the armistice was signed on a train at the border of Germany and France, at 11am.

 

[MDSnowman]

Technically, it endedthe war with Germany, not the war itself.

But please can someone tell me that the Treaty of Thronehold was signed on the Lightning Rail (or whatever the train thingy is called). That would be funny as hell, given the armistice was signed on a train at the border of Germany and France, at 11am.

No such luck, it was signed in the beautiful and largely empty Thornehold castle.

 

[d4]

Thanks, it had been a long time since I saw anything referring to those stories. .

one of the Forgotten Futures RPG world books was based on those two stories. i think either the first or second one.

http://www.forgottenfutures.com

 

[I'm A Banana]

Thanks, it had been a long time since I saw anything referring to those stories. . Hmm, maybe people in the Eberron setting might view planar explorers with the same awe/romantic air that many people in the 1920s and 1930s viewed aviators. You could even work in an adventure of competing "plane jumpers" seeking to collect items from different planes. This could be dangerous, but might help generate a given team a lot of publicity. You could also through politics into the mix by having the teams sponsored by various nations or Dragonmarked houses. (Of course, there may be a hidden reason behind the entire contest.)

Perfect. I had been thinking of how to inject Eberron's planes with something resembling lifeblood -- using Planescape is *perfect*.

I know you didn't say that, but "plane jumpers" are a lot like PS's "Planewalkers", and I've run a few PS campaigns that work like you describe these working.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Perfect. I had been thinking of how to inject Eberron's planes with something resembling lifeblood -- using Planescape is *perfect*.

Huh. I didn't see it as needing "lifeblood"--I find the way it's written to be one of the coolest, and most playable views of a planar cosmology I've seen in a long time.

But hey, just me.