Stormborn
Explorer
While I have Eberron I wont show my ignorance by trying to be too specific here but:
Think small and work your way up. For example take the Jack the Ripper Murders. One theory is that a member of the royal family, or one of their close associates, was the culprit. It has alos been suggsted that the killing were ritualistic in nature, with possible Masonic ties. Check out From Hell, the book not the movie, for more on that.
The PCs could investigate the murder of a friend and in doing so discover that there are lot more of these murders, all done in the same way. That leads to suspicion on highly placed members of one of the Great Houses or the nobility. Which are in turn stymied by other factions on that same group who want to keep it a secret. Dangle all kinds of possible motivations in front of them. Throw in coded documents, symbols placed in every building the family owns or has built, strange graffitti, and factions within factions. Eventually it could be revealed that the murders are ritualistic, and have happened at regular interval throught out the history of the family/nation/house - perhaps coinciding with Eberron's alignment to one of the other realms. While not all the members of the group agree with it, they want the fact that some of their kind do to be kept a secret. This could get really long and complicated, but that sounds like what you want. If the PCs get in over their head you can give them a patron on the inside who wants to see it all ended (but maybe not brought to light) who will act through them, but not give them any direct or public support. Could be fun.
Huh, sounds like a campaing i might like to run.
Think small and work your way up. For example take the Jack the Ripper Murders. One theory is that a member of the royal family, or one of their close associates, was the culprit. It has alos been suggsted that the killing were ritualistic in nature, with possible Masonic ties. Check out From Hell, the book not the movie, for more on that.
The PCs could investigate the murder of a friend and in doing so discover that there are lot more of these murders, all done in the same way. That leads to suspicion on highly placed members of one of the Great Houses or the nobility. Which are in turn stymied by other factions on that same group who want to keep it a secret. Dangle all kinds of possible motivations in front of them. Throw in coded documents, symbols placed in every building the family owns or has built, strange graffitti, and factions within factions. Eventually it could be revealed that the murders are ritualistic, and have happened at regular interval throught out the history of the family/nation/house - perhaps coinciding with Eberron's alignment to one of the other realms. While not all the members of the group agree with it, they want the fact that some of their kind do to be kept a secret. This could get really long and complicated, but that sounds like what you want. If the PCs get in over their head you can give them a patron on the inside who wants to see it all ended (but maybe not brought to light) who will act through them, but not give them any direct or public support. Could be fun.
Huh, sounds like a campaing i might like to run.
