位面观测台 位面观测台,是密阁探寻巨龙预言寓意的核心建筑。位面观测台是由一大堆晶体和金属制成的大房间所构成的,并排列配置着巨大的日分仪以追踪和配对位面与希波里斯之环。
位面观测台特征 地图4.2展示了位面观测台的外观。这些宏伟的建筑是由龙,也是为龙所建造的。环绕在中央的日分仪被用于追踪当位面靠近或远离艾伯伦时的行动轨迹。而观测台的核心则是三种巨大的龙晶(艾伯伦,凯博尔和希波里斯)。
每个观测台必须建立在希波里斯和凯博尔之间的平衡位置,而找到这样的地点可能得花费数年的仔细研究和调查,并且这些地点通常都很偏僻。阿贡尼森有几个这样的地点,而那些在科瓦雷的通常都被发现于连绵的高山和隐匿的树林里。由于艾伯伦月亮的移动通常被认为与位面之间的转移关系一一对应,因此许多观测台都配有水晶屋顶,或能借助强大机械装置而打开以一览无余夜空的穹顶。
位面观测台冒险 角色可能会以不知情的密阁观察员的手下身分进入到位面观测台,或者观测台是他们与砂主的仆从战斗的目的地,甚至是偶然到达。位面观测台冒险表罗列了一些可能的情况。
位面观测台冒险表
d8 冒险目标1.一位伪装的龙请求协助以修复观测台内受损的日分仪。
2.角色的联系人之一是密阁龙类观察者的隐秘仆人。当联系人失踪时,他们的笔记指向了山上一个隐藏的“图书馆”。
3.位面观测台可能提供一种方法来预防或至少预测即将遭受毁灭性打击的地区。
4.一个观测台已被魔鬼信徒所占领,角色必须在信徒利用设施之前将其收回或销毁。
5.一个龙纹角色时常做噩梦,而这些梦将他们引向了观测台。
6.一个小偷或刺客一直在使用废弃的观测台作为藏身处,并偶尔出售一些来自观测台的龙晶和装置。
7.一位学者聘请了角色来协助研究并恢复一座重见天日的观测台。
8.如果将横跨某个地区的数个天文台同时按照一种特定的形式排列则会产生巨大的影响。
密阁NPC 密阁之龙通常使用魔法来掩饰其本质,并在类人生物社会中低调行动。尽管他们获取知识和反对砂主的目标可以使这些龙成为合适的盟友,但是他们对长期利益的热忠会使他们对行动的短期影响视而不见。
密阁NPC表
d6 NPC1.一个密阁的法师代理人企图消除所有过去有过合作关系的人来掩盖他们的踪迹并确保密阁的隐秘性
2.预言要求毁灭一个类人生物的城市,一个谨慎精明的银龙正伪装在城市中,并让它变得不安定继而毁灭它
3.一个当地的图书管理员其实是一个伪装的金龙,他引导角色们踏上对预言而言至关重要的道路
4.一个巨龙坚信龙纹家族正在腐化预言。他可能正紧盯着一个龙纹家族的继承人,或者发起一个企图毁灭这个家族的群众运动
5.一个隐秘地为密阁工作地皇家幕僚或者显赫贵族把角色们引入对预言至关重要但对地区而言是毁灭性的方向。
6.一个伪装的巨龙确信一位冒险者在预言中扮演着至关重要的角色,但砂主的成员却想将他引入歧途。
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Planar Observatory
A planar observatory is a structure at the heart of the Chamber’s efforts to divine the meaning of the draconic Prophecy. The observatory consists of great chambers of crystal and metal, lined with huge orreries that track and align with the planes and the Ring of Siberys.
Planar Observatory Features
Map 4.2 shows what a planar observatory might look like. These immense locations are constructed by and for dragons. The orreries that surround the central space track the courses of the planes as they shift toward and away from Eberron. All about the observatory are enormous dragonshards of all three kinds (Eberron, Khyber, and Siberys).
Each observatory must be built in a location that is balanced between Siberys and Khyber; finding such a site might take years of careful study and surveying, and these places are typically remote. Several are located in Argonnessen; those in Khorvaire are usually found in mountain ranges and hidden forest clearings. Many have crystal roofs, or domes that open with the aid of great mechanisms to allow an unobstructed view of the night sky, since the movements of Eberron’s moons are thought to correspond to the shifting relationships among the planes.
Planar Observatory Adventures
The characters might find their way to a planar observatory as unwitting minions of a Chamber observer, as a destination in their struggles against servants of the Lords of Dust, or even accidentally. The Planar Observatory Adventures table presents some possibilities.
Planar Observatory Adventures
d8 Adventure Goal
1 A disguised dragon requests assistance repairing a damaged orrery within the observatory.
2 One of the character's contacts is secretly the servant of a Chamber dragon observer. When the contact goes missing, their notes point toward a hidden" library" in the mountains.
3 The planar observatory might offer a way to prevent or at least predict what seems to be an epidemic of destructive manifest zones.
4 An observatory has been taken over by demonic cultists, and the characters must reclaim the facility or destroy it before the cult makes use of it.
5 A d ragonmarked character has recurring nightmares that lead them to the observatory.
6 A thief or assassin has been using a derelict observatory as a hideout, occasionally selling bits of the observatory's dragonshards and equipment.
7 A scholar hires the characters to assist with studying and restoring a rediscovered observatory.
8 Several observatories across the region will produce a powerful effect if each is brought into a specific, simultaneous alignment.
CHAMBER NPCs
The dragons of the Chamber typically use magic to disguise their true nature and move unseen among humanoids. Although their goals of acquiring knowledge and opposing the Lords of Dust can make the dragons suitable as allies, their devotion to their long-term interests can blind them to the short-term impact of their actions.
Chamber NPCs
d6 NPC
1 A wizard agent of the Chamber seeks to eliminate all the people they worked with in the past to cover their tracks and preserve the Chamber’s secrecy.
2 The Prophecy requires the eventual destruction of a humanoid city. A disguised silver dragon, cunning and subtle, works to destabilize the city and bring about its ruin.
3 A local librarian is a disguised gold dragon in the service of the Chamber, who provides useful leads to send the characters down paths vital to the Prophecy.
4 A dragon becomes convinced that the dragonmarked houses are corrupting the Prophecy. It might specifically target dragonmarked heirs, or start a popular movement that seeks to destroy the houses.
5 A royal advisor or prominent noble, secretly a servant of the Chamber, guides the leader in a direction vital to the Prophecy but disastrous to the region.
6 A disguised dragon is convinced that an adventurer has a critical role to play in the Prophecy, but an agent of the Lords of Dust is determined to drive them down a different path.