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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 2435462" data-attributes="member: 871">Sorry if someone has already mentioned this idea...If you want to have the Eberron-version Red Wizards to have some ties to Xen'drik, or even the Emerald Claw, then the Grasp of the Emerald Claw module has a feasible plot point for this. (since there's SPOILERS for said module, I'll place stuff in spoiler text):[SPOILER]In Grasp of the Emerald Claw the PCs chase the Emerald Claw to Xen'drik, to retrieve the stolen schemas.  The PCs reach an ancient giant temple, where, after many encounters (including with drow nearly slaughtered by the Emerald Claw) the PCs find a hidden-away room/realm full of weird magictech and, for all intense purposes, what appears to be a gigantic primitive warforged, suggesting that the warforged tech is quite ancient, possibly created by the giants themselves.[/SPOILER] The Red Wizards could be a sinister, secretive organization trying to use their magic services front to amass knowledge, wealth, and resources in order to create their own army of loyal warforged.  The Lord of Blades and current "batch" of warforged have proven too be too unreliable for the Red Wizards' needs.  Perhaps the Red Wizards are nihilistic Cyrans seeking revenge for the destruction of their homeland by destroying the rest of the world.  Perhaps they're the "Emerald Wizards" or "Jade Wizards," the secretive leaders/think-tank of the Emerald Claw, searching for the ultimate weapon to ensure their success.  Maybe the Red Wizards are a secretive splinter group within a house, trying to wrest control of the house into their hands.  Heck, maybe the Red Wizards are a gnomish organization, trying to amass as much knowledge and power as they can (since information seems to be a big thing[no pun intended] with the Eberron gnomes).Then again, here's another idea drawing on the events in Grasp of the Emerald Claw (placed in spoiler text):[SPOILER]Perhaps the Red Wizards are a new organization formed by the drow after their harsh encounter with the Emerald Claw.  This hostile encounter has only made them severely distrustful of outsiders, & see the only way to ensure their safety is to be proactive against any threat.  In addition to this, these drow discover the "secrets" of the warforged in ther giant ruins.  They realize they'll need knowledge & resources beyond their current means to create new warforged for their purposes (drowforged?  steel scorpions?, etc.), so they have to travel to/covertly invade Sharn & other lands to do so.  They use magic to disguise themselves as locals to fit in for their cover identity, but drop all guises when the dirty work must be done.Imagine a drow, dressed in red robes, head shaven and covered with the ornate white-scarring tattoos made by scorpion venom.  Their version of the "Thayen Knight" may be a devoted warrior drow, or perhaps a local converted to the purpose (heh, imagine a warforged Thayan Knight).[/SPOILER] I know that this is yet another thing that emphasizes the warforged, but then again, the warforged seem like something the Red Wizards would want a hand in (rather, an iron fist over).Heck, if you wanted to add more FR elements later on, it seems feasible.  The Zhentarim stuff seems to be good for use with the Emerald Claw, and the Black Blood could be a secretive cult of shifters & the few remaining (hostile) lycanthropes in Eberron.</blockquote>

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