Tomb of Eternity is the name of a series of five short adventures set in the Eberron campaign setting and using the Dungeons & Dragons® 3.5-edition ruleset that were used during the 2006 D&D Open Championship.
Adventures[]
The Miser's Tomb[]
In ages past, the green dragon known simply as the Miser collected an enormous number of treasures. Unlike many other dragons of Eberron, he gleefully meddled in the affairs of mortals. He hired thieves, assassins, and mages to secure the items he craved. Always paranoid, he secreted his treasures across the land. With his peerless memory and boundless resources, he built devilish traps and impenetrable hiding places for the gold, gems, and magical items that he so craved. The Miser turned his lair into a small fortress where he secured his most precious treasures.
In the end, the Miser's paranoia proved unable to save him. He was afflicted with a terrible curse that slowly killed him. Unfortunately for his enemies, the Miser arose as a ghost shortly after death. Since then, the Miser has been content to remain among his great treasures. Still, now and again he hires adventurers to steal items he covets. In return, he offers treasure maps to the many treasure caches he built up in life.
This adventure, an entry round of the 2006 D&D Open Championship, concerns the final destruction of the Miser. A powerful artifact, the Heart of Reason, lies within the Miser's clutches. Legend holds that the Heart carries tremendous power and unmatched doom.The Heart of the Beast[]
The human sage Dolgorious Lifespark was a renowned alchemist, mage, and researcher. For years, he was amongst the most respected minds in the field of arcane study. He perfected new methods of crafting golems, built a theoretical framework for the creation and use of arcane energy, and built intricate equations that fostered a greater understanding of the arrangement and movement of planar bodies.
Dolgorious flourished for many years, but as he grew older he became ever more frightened of the prospect of his own mortality. He sought forbidden lore to extend his life, and at one point constructed an iron golem to hold his soul. Alas, his work proved fruitless. Pushed to the edge of madness, he vanished in the passageways deep beneath the city of Sharn. Rumors persisted that he had allied with the Cults of the Dragon Below. In return for his help in breeding new, horrific monsters and perfecting new grafts, Dolgorious gained access to ancient tomes that promised to grant him the immortality he soiught.
Whether Dolgorious still lives or if death finally claimed him, none can say. He paid the debt owed to the Khyber-worshippers in the form of new beasts, powerful magical items, and his masterpiece, a tiny, pulsing monster that's slumbering within a vat of grey, soupy fluid. Before he left the colt, Dolgorious claimed that this beast would one day grow to titanic size. True to his word, the beast grew, grew, and grew. Today, it is several hundred feet long. It not only fills the caverns where it was kept, but it has since pushed the rock and earth outward. Yet, the creature still sleeps. Luckily for the folk of the surface, the great beast still slumbers.
This adventure, the second opening round of the 2006 D&D Open Championship, concerns the final destruction of the great beast. A powerful artifact, the Heart of Reason, lies within the creature, sustaining its life and allowing it to survive the centuries as it grows. Legend holds that the Heart carries tremendous power and unmatched doom.The Siege of Osken's Point[]
For decades, Osken's Point has defended a small pass through the Graywall Mountains. Once, it defended Breland's western borders against other monsters, raiders, and other threats. Today, it is one of several forts that forms a defensive chain between the monster infested land of Droaam and the kingdom of Breland. Well stocked with supplies and staffed by several hundred skilled soldiers, the Point has served its duty well.
Recently, a new threat has arisen to menace Osken's Point. A mighty green dragon, intent on uncovering an artifact called the Heart of Reason, has recruited a small army of orcs, ogres, and other monsters. Dubbed the Army of the Wyrm, this ramshackle force has gathered in secret to destroy Osken's Point. Even worse, the dragon hired a half-orc spy to enter the Point, contact its chief sirgemaster, and offer him a massive bribe in return for his service. The greedy siegemaster accepted the spy's offer. He sold the dragon plans for the Point, along with maps of the tunnels and sewers beneath it. Osken's Point was built atop an ancient fort, one that had a number of tunnels running to a variety of caves throughout the Graywalls. One of these caves holds the Heart of Reason. The dragon has already uncovered this place, and he is now poised to seize it.
Luckily for the folk of Khorvaire, the dragon cannot yet claim the heart. When Osken's Point was first built, the engineers found a strange, green staff amidst the rubble. Divinations and other investigations linked it to the heart of reason, but no one was able to track it down. The dragon must seize the staff to open the vault containing the Heart. The siegemaster, while unable to steal the staff from the commander's vault, has given the dragon the next best thing. The dragon sends the bulk of its army to attack the Point from above, while a small, elite unit uses the siegemaster's maps to attack from below. By catching the defenders from two directions, the dragon believes that its victory is assured.
This adventure, the second opening round of the 2006 D&D Open Championship, details the siege of Osken's Point, the characters' efforts to defeat the monsters sent in to attack the Point from below, and the recovery of the Heart of Reason. A powerful artifact, the Heart of Reason lies within the creature, sustaining its life and allowing it to survive the centuries as it grows. Legend hols that the Heart carries tremendous power and unmatched doom.Into the Dragon's Heart[]
After overcoming daunting odds and surviving a series of deadly battles, the heroes have recovered the Heart of Reason. This strange artifact is the key to bringing an end to the dragon raids that have plagued all of Khorvaire.
After recover the Heart, the PCs travel to Firebelch Mountain in order to destroy it. What they do not yet know s that the mountain is home to a second artifact, the Heart of Madness. When these two items are brought together, the annihilate each other and end the threat posed by the dragons. Unfortunately for the adventurers, their troubles are only just beginning. If they managed to defeat the creatures that guard the Heart of Madness, they must face an aspect of Bahamut sent to prevent them from escaping the mountain. The aspect claims that it must kill the characters to prevent them from telling anyone else of the draconic crypts they found beneath the mountain. If they defeat the aspect, it has its final revenge as it attempts to bring the mountain down upon the PCs. Debris rains down upon the characters from above. In the final round, they must escape the mountain before it collapses upon them.
This adventure, the semifinal round of the 2006 D&D Open Championship, details heroes' quest to find the Heart of Madness and use it to destroy the Heart of Reason. The Heart of Reason is a powerful artifact that has some connection to the dragons of Argonessen. If it should fall into the hands of the wrong dragons, all of Khorvaire would be in danger. The PCs must destroy the Heart to foil the evil dragons.Escape from the Tomb of Eternity[]
The heroes have penetrated the Tomb of Eternity, defeated the spawn of Tiamat that guard it, and destroyed the Heart of Reason. The machinations of Tiamat and her followers has been foiled.
Now, the real test begins.
After defeating an aspect of Bahamut that was bound by an oath to defend the dragons' resting place, the Tomb of Eternity begins to collapse. The passage that the PCs followed to the tomb caves in, forcing them to seek an alternate exit. As luck would have it, a second tunnel runs from the tomb to the surface. Unfortunately for the characters, a variety of creatures guard this path and seek to slow down the party's escape. The PCs must race against the clock to make it to safety. When they finally reach the surface, they must face their greatest challenge yet, an enraged aspect of Tiamat bend on avenging her defeat against the PCs.