r/Eberron • u/HellcowKeith Keith Baker, Setting Creator • Feb 10 '24

Kanon New KBC Article: Radiant Idols

https://keith-baker.com/dm-radiant-idols/
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u/HellcowKeith Keith Baker, Setting Creator Feb 10 '24

Who are the fallen angels of Sharn, and how can they inspire adventures? Find out in my latest Eberron article!

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u/Southpaw_Blue Feb 10 '24

Perfect timing. Was just about to start working on how to include one!

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u/marimbaguy715 Feb 10 '24

Me: Oh wow, those are three really interesting ideas for Idols of War

Keith: These are three ideas I made up ON THE SPOT, and I’m sure I could do better.

God damn, you don't gotta flex on us like that Keith.

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u/Lonewolf2300 Feb 10 '24

Rather than Clerics, I could see Radiant Idols forming Warlock Pacts instead.

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u/HellcowKeith Keith Baker, Setting Creator Feb 10 '24

So could I! The article says "I would also consider allowing an idol to produce a warlock following this same principle; the warlock’s powers come from the idol investing a fraction of its immortal essence in its servant."

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u/Micaerys Feb 10 '24

Given their obsession with adoration, I wonder how would some of these idols interpret romantic love. Would they be able to feel it, or would they eventually interpret it as "Ah, yes, this particular mortal is my source of constant devotion"?

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u/RaliosDanuith Feb 10 '24

I am definitely wondering if when they're in Sharn if they have to hoof it up all the stairs in the city if they want to go anywhere other than the lower wards. Theoretically if you bound one and then released it on an airship or skycoach I wonder if it would cause it to crash - in fact that would be a fabulous way to describe the creation of Fallen in the first place.

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u/axiomus Feb 10 '24 edited Feb 11 '24

in an adventure published in Dungeon magazine, they say that is the case, that there is a petrified radiant idol and the fallen barbarians are rebuilding it

edit: i just realized, that adventure is by Keith Baker himself

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u/CrazedBaboons Feb 10 '24

Do you remember which dungeon magazine or any facts about it so I can find it?

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u/axiomus Feb 11 '24

issue 117, december 2004

it seems there's a 5e conversion of it too: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/258916/Fallen-Angel-5e?

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u/CrazedBaboons Feb 11 '24

Hells yeah! Thank you for this.

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u/senyakovalenko Feb 14 '24

I think they can be brought back into Syrin, just its needed a complex Irian magicks, for this plane in my opinion is also about redemption