The Eberron/Star Wars Thing

[The_Gneech]

A recurring comment I've noticed -- and in fact one I made myself early on -- was a certain similarity of feel between Eberron and Star Wars. I first noticed it when I saw a picture of Sharn and thought, "Hey, it's Coruscant. Funky."

Well, that observation had been percolating in my head for some time, and when I decided to start a new Star Wars campaign, it jumped out at me. I was pondering on the nature of the campaign's BBEG, and had by a coincidence picked up a "Deathknell" booster pack that had in it "Warforged Wizard" and thought, "Hey, he'd make a pretty cool villain..."

Suddenly I have my campaign premise: on some frontier world, the Empire has started taking bodies of the slain (from either side of the conflict) and raised them, using a combination of cybernetics and ancient Sith dark Force powers, creating an army of revenants that are smarter and more capable than droids, but far more durable than clone troopers. Their name? The warforged, of course!

So last night I went out and picked up the ECS, and am having all sorts of fun plotting what to do with the campaign. In the process, I've also become a lot more interested in Eberron as a D&D setting, in some future game, whereas previously I've been more or less indifferent to it (although I liked "Fallen Angel"). It does take a little getting used to for an old Greyhawker like myself, but once you start looking at what it is, rather than what it isn't, there's a lot to like there.

Just thought I'd share.

-The Gneech

 

[Desdichado]

"Pierce the warforged... I am your father!"

 

[shilsen]

"Pierce the warforged... I am your father!"

Aaargh, you stole my line!

 

[fafhrd]

It's funny because I was recently finishing up the Dune series. I kept seeing parallels with Eberron. Great houses fighting games of subtle manipulation. Deneith blademarks battling with their "shields" up. Dragonshards instead of melange and the focus of hydraulic despotism. Then when I got sandstorm, I had to laugh because I was seeing Dragoon worm riders with hydration suits riding around in the desert of Valenar. Fremen indeed!

I think Baker threw enough into the pot and did it with such skill, that we can see whatever we want in the setting. Hats off.

 

[Gez]

Nah... They're sithified cybernetic corpses, so it's funnier to reverse the situation, and have:
"Pierce... You are my father!"

 

[Desdichado]

I think Baker smoked enough pot and did it with such skill, that we can see whatever we want in the setting. Hats off.

Eh, that seemed funnier somehow.

Sorry, I've been slumming at NTL all day...

 

[fafhrd]

Eh, that seemed funnier somehow.

Sorry, I've been slumming at NTL all day...

Yeah I hear Keith gets killer stuff.

 

[Klaus]

Grievous: Baker never told you the truth about your father.

Pierce: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!

Grievous: No. I am your father!

Pierce: NOOOOOOOOOO! That's impossible!

Grievous: Search your feelings. You know it to be true. Join me, and together we can rule Eberron like father and son!

Pierce: (looks down at the bottomless tower, glances at Grievous and simply lets go, dropping thousands of feet)

Later on, Pierce is hanging by his only functional arm off a flag pole next to a raingutter exit he fell through.

Pierce: Keith... why didn't you tell me?

 

[The_Gneech]

Heck, Grievous is practically a warforged, himself!

-TG

 

[GandhitheBFG]

Pierce: (looks down at the bottomless tower, glances at Grievous and simply lets go, dropping thousands of feet)

although Sharn apparently has Featherfall 'traps' everywhere...reduces the drama slightly.