Oath of Heroism seems like it would work really well with a Blood of Vol character since they both focus on drawing strength and divinity from within rather than from a god.
The mark of death has passed from this world. But while the line of Val was eliminated by the elves a 1000 years ago, The Queen of the dead has conducted experiments designed to return the mark to the world.
I’m working on a character that’s a Wildfire Druid from Cyre. The Mourning awakened his Mark of Death and allowed him to survive, albeit with some necromantic consequences. He’s survived purely off of Goodberries for the past 7 years and the Fog has taken such a toll on his body that he resembles the Undead more than the living.
I’m currently doing a one shot that’ll lead into a further campaign once my group is done with Descent into Avernus involving Arandis. Basically a group of mercenaries have to protect a box and bring it in a lightning rail to the king of Karrnath. In it is a baby with the mark of death, but it doesn’t use it’s power as much. The characters of course don’t know there’s a baby there and a dragon with an army of elves are trying to hijack the train. The characters will find out and can choose many options of how to deal with it. (Also I was preparing it a week before the mandalorian came out)
Hey, I know it's been a while since your comment lol, but Im currently planning a campaign similar to yours, and since I'm a new dm, i's appreciate a bit of your insight into how you did some stuff. one of my pc's is a teen necromancer with the mark of death since she's a baby (albeit unawakened as of now), who just got to sharn with her reluctant protector after her adoptive father sent her away to protect her from the undying court.
Sure, because they do have blood. It’s just not standard red blood. They have a series of alchemical fluids. And it can be demonstrated that Warforged have souls, via other magic. So however it happened and whatever it means, a Warforged could absolutely believe it has a spark of the divinity within.
Even with no blood, a warforged could achieve a status similar of the vampires: believers that will never ascend, but their work shall help those who can.
They have that weird bio-fluid in them don’t they? I’d say that’s fairly analogous to blood. Besides, the faith may look at as: “look how powerful we mortals are that we can create a soul that does not need blood!”
I had a Blood of Vol Life Cleric. My family were a bunch of immortality seekers, Cult of Life types. Dad almost attained lich-dom, Mom blead Elves dry to discover the secrets of their long lifespans, and bro was able to transfer consciousness into new bodies. My Life Cleric-ness was more about savagely staving off death to preserve the spark of divinity within us more than actually saving people. Good times.
You should put a spoiler tag on your video. Most of this information shouldn't be known to players, and most people on Khorvaire know nothing of Erandis and her behind the curtain influence over the Blood of Vol or the Emerald Claw organisation.
Thank you for the campaign idea! first of all, love your content. But I made an awesome campaign where the heroes, working for the Silver Flame, have to take down Erandis for her inhuman resurrections. Hesitantly having to revive her mother to find the Phylactery. And leading up to an awesome fight with Erandis, and the Emerald claw. Who was resurrected by Erandis in the middle of her studies of necromancy to power her mark of death. Probably TLDR, but thank you for your hard work!
Never got to finish my eberron campaign where I was a Elf Blood Mangus..🤔🤔 never underwent "The BloodTouched Rite" or glimpsed The Night Claw deep beneath the city of Atur in Karrnath.
1. Eberron is not like the general D&D multiverse, it’s one of the more disconnected settings. 2. It’s kinda a misunderstanding that the Dragons killed Erandis Vol BECAUSE she’s a Half Dragon, in Keith Baker’s Podcast “The Manifest Zone” he said that Dragons find Half-Dragons weird, but they aren’t genocidal towards half dragons, the issue hey had with Erandis is the fact that she was specifically bred to have a Super Powerful Dragonmark that would have given her almost godlike power.
Inquisitor Thomas made some good points, and I'd like to add; 3. The Dragons were *super* afraid of her because she was a supposedly ill-fated prophecy child, and they take the draconic prophecies very seriously
How do you make that work since warforged dont technically have blood? Curious because I was thinking of playing a warforged barbarian following the teachings of the blood of vol.
honestly am curious if a warforged would be a valid follow for this given they have souls but not blood but rather a substance that functions as blood?
It would probably be a point of contention within the faith whether the substitute counts as blood or not for the spiritual purposes of the faith, but a warforged could be a Seeker regardless. Essentially, even if they lack the Divinity Within, they could still work to help others in the congregation cultivate it, akin to how the religion's undead martyrs are supposed to work.
Except for the Lords of Dust very few organizations in Ebberon are inherently evil. Most of their villains tend to have justifications (even as their actions are obviously wrong)
Source? Because yes the Blood of Vol was classified evil back when Eberron was initially introduced back in 3e, but they’ve gotten increasingly nuanced as time has gone on, followers of the Blood of Vol have a tendency to be a bit abrasive, but Keith typically doesn’t treat a religion in setting as evil unless they’re a cult dedicated to human sacrifices to please an evil alien entity (Cults of the Dragon Below) or are a secret front by an evil conspiracy of Dream Demons trying to enslave the entire world (Path of Inspiration). Are you conflating the Emerald Claw, which is the terrorist organization that works for Lady Vol with the Blood of Vol in its entirety?
@@InquisitorThomas I can’t find the article I was referencing at the time, but through a little research I found a Dragonmark from 2017 about more recent opinions on the Blood of Vol, that sheds this sort of light on them. Either his opinion has changed since the article I originally read or I misinterpreted that article in the first place, so I’m inclined to believe you.
Also a very stupid president, doesnt that mean every arrogant person in dnd should have cleric powers? I swear sometimes these writers never think about the in world consequences of their lore at all.
@@brendancoulter5761 No, not anymore than everyone who has faith in any other God has Cleric powers - not every religion person, not even every priest, has those powers.
Meanwhile praying to a dragon, fire, non-existent being or undead elf giving you super-powers makes complete and total sense? What about waving your hands around and saying magic words giving your super-powers?
Oath of Heroism seems like it would work really well with a Blood of Vol character since they both focus on drawing strength and divinity from within rather than from a god.
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Trents and Warforged, "HEY!"
imagine an assimar blood hunter that believes that being killed with their blood is a privilege.
Zombie Toothache Sold.
The mark of death has passed from this world. But while the line of Val was eliminated by the elves a 1000 years ago, The Queen of the dead has conducted experiments designed to return the mark to the world.
Honestly so excited since Eberron came out again. I’ve only lightly splashed in this but I soooo wanna run a campaign
Matt Mercer's homebrew Blood Domain Cleric would be perfect for this faith! 😃
I’m working on a character that’s a Wildfire Druid from Cyre. The Mourning awakened his Mark of Death and allowed him to survive, albeit with some necromantic consequences. He’s survived purely off of Goodberries for the past 7 years and the Fog has taken such a toll on his body that he resembles the Undead more than the living.
I’m currently doing a one shot that’ll lead into a further campaign once my group is done with Descent into Avernus involving Arandis. Basically a group of mercenaries have to protect a box and bring it in a lightning rail to the king of Karrnath. In it is a baby with the mark of death, but it doesn’t use it’s power as much. The characters of course don’t know there’s a baby there and a dragon with an army of elves are trying to hijack the train. The characters will find out and can choose many options of how to deal with it.
(Also I was preparing it a week before the mandalorian came out)
Hey, I know it's been a while since your comment lol, but Im currently planning a campaign similar to yours, and since I'm a new dm, i's appreciate a bit of your insight into how you did some stuff. one of my pc's is a teen necromancer with the mark of death since she's a baby (albeit unawakened as of now), who just got to sharn with her reluctant protector after her adoptive father sent her away to protect her from the undying court.
D&D existentialism. Cool
Or Zen Buddhism actually. _Actual_ Zen Buddhism, not western nonsense misinterpretations of it.
I always wanted to know more about the Blood of Vol, such a cool concept and I’d love to run them in a campaign. Eberron man... damn.
Could a Warforged be a cleric of the Blood of Vol despite not having blood?
I think it would make for an interesting character!
Sure, because they do have blood. It’s just not standard red blood. They have a series of alchemical fluids. And it can be demonstrated that Warforged have souls, via other magic. So however it happened and whatever it means, a Warforged could absolutely believe it has a spark of the divinity within.
Certainly!
Now whether the average Seeker would accept them or believe they had a soul with a divine spark is... well up to your DM!
Even with no blood, a warforged could achieve a status similar of the vampires: believers that will never ascend, but their work shall help those who can.
They have that weird bio-fluid in them don’t they? I’d say that’s fairly analogous to blood. Besides, the faith may look at as: “look how powerful we mortals are that we can create a soul that does not need blood!”
I had a Blood of Vol Life Cleric. My family were a bunch of immortality seekers, Cult of Life types. Dad almost attained lich-dom, Mom blead Elves dry to discover the secrets of their long lifespans, and bro was able to transfer consciousness into new bodies. My Life Cleric-ness was more about savagely staving off death to preserve the spark of divinity within us more than actually saving people. Good times.
One of my player's has chosen to play a Blood Hunter, which I was struggling to find a way to fit into Eberron until I learned about the Blood of Vol.
Thanks for correcting and doing a whole video on the superior religion of Eberron - Blood of Vol!
EBERRONNNN
On every d&d video I watch I see one of your comments
Eberron best setting...
Is the PH part of Eberron's pantheon? Is that why it remains silent?
You should put a spoiler tag on your video. Most of this information shouldn't be known to players, and most people on Khorvaire know nothing of Erandis and her behind the curtain influence over the Blood of Vol or the Emerald Claw organisation.
Thank you for the campaign idea! first of all, love your content. But I made an awesome campaign where the heroes, working for the Silver Flame, have to take down Erandis for her inhuman resurrections. Hesitantly having to revive her mother to find the Phylactery. And leading up to an awesome fight with Erandis, and the Emerald claw. Who was resurrected by Erandis in the middle of her studies of necromancy to power her mark of death. Probably TLDR, but thank you for your hard work!
Sounds epic!! Thanks for sharing
@@Jorphdan Just reread it, and I can't believe how nerdy I have become lol
Never got to finish my eberron campaign where I was a Elf Blood Mangus..🤔🤔 never underwent "The BloodTouched Rite" or glimpsed The Night Claw deep beneath the city of Atur in Karrnath.
Do the monks of the mockery next please one of my favorite!!!
Blood hunters and blood clerics would be great Blood of Vol characters too
Odd that it sparked a war, in the general D&D multiverse dragons tend to breed on rare occasions with... pretty much everything really.
1. Eberron is not like the general D&D multiverse, it’s one of the more disconnected settings.
2. It’s kinda a misunderstanding that the Dragons killed Erandis Vol BECAUSE she’s a Half Dragon, in Keith Baker’s Podcast “The Manifest Zone” he said that Dragons find Half-Dragons weird, but they aren’t genocidal towards half dragons, the issue hey had with Erandis is the fact that she was specifically bred to have a Super Powerful Dragonmark that would have given her almost godlike power.
Inquisitor Thomas made some good points, and I'd like to add;
3. The Dragons were *super* afraid of her because she was a supposedly ill-fated prophecy child, and they take the draconic prophecies very seriously
Love Erandis Vol and The emerald claw (I’m coming from Dungeons and dragons online)
Kinda reminds me of Sarkisism from SCP with the whole pursuit for apotheosis with a hint of Crom from Conan. Neat
In my Eberron, the Blood of Vol is like the Sith to my Silver Flame's Jedi.
Bambam that’s a sweet concept
I AM IMMORTALISED IN THIS VIDEO!!!
ok but like I would legit follow this religion.
This lore gives some interesting context to a mtg character. Sarkhan Vol, the dragon master
Personally, I see him as a Draconic Sorcerer with epic boons that allow him to turn into a full on Red Dragon
Playing a warforged cleric from the blood of vol
How do you make that work since warforged dont technically have blood? Curious because I was thinking of playing a warforged barbarian following the teachings of the blood of vol.
I like this
honestly am curious if a warforged would be a valid follow for this given they have souls but not blood but rather a substance that functions as blood?
It would probably be a point of contention within the faith whether the substitute counts as blood or not for the spiritual purposes of the faith, but a warforged could be a Seeker regardless. Essentially, even if they lack the Divinity Within, they could still work to help others in the congregation cultivate it, akin to how the religion's undead martyrs are supposed to work.
Except for the Lords of Dust very few organizations in Ebberon are inherently evil.
Most of their villains tend to have justifications (even as their actions are obviously wrong)
I'm here!
Can warforged follow the blood of Vol? They have bloodlike
Hey can you do a video on the deep imaskari?
They don't refuse to acknowledge the exist of the gods. They reject the gods because they believe the gods are keeping divinity to themselves
Huh. I wonder what would happen if someone ended up gaining the Dragonmark of Death, and/or another Half-Dragon popped up.
They Ozymandias' this byach!
Wow, so basically Nietzsche. I get to make an ubermensch character!
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Keith Baker says they’re evil, I’m personally inclined to follow his words but he also said that his idea of Eberron was not entirely canon
Source? Because yes the Blood of Vol was classified evil back when Eberron was initially introduced back in 3e, but they’ve gotten increasingly nuanced as time has gone on, followers of the Blood of Vol have a tendency to be a bit abrasive, but Keith typically doesn’t treat a religion in setting as evil unless they’re a cult dedicated to human sacrifices to please an evil alien entity (Cults of the Dragon Below) or are a secret front by an evil conspiracy of Dream Demons trying to enslave the entire world (Path of Inspiration). Are you conflating the Emerald Claw, which is the terrorist organization that works for Lady Vol with the Blood of Vol in its entirety?
@@InquisitorThomas I can’t find the article I was referencing at the time, but through a little research I found a Dragonmark from 2017 about more recent opinions on the Blood of Vol, that sheds this sort of light on them. Either his opinion has changed since the article I originally read or I misinterpreted that article in the first place, so I’m inclined to believe you.
Are you making this with your kid? Are you raising a little nerd ? Jrordan? :P good vid
cool
Ill-marrow.
So Blood of Vol are scientologists.
sure sounds evil to me
'Pray to themselves'... that's horrendous.
Also a very stupid president, doesnt that mean every arrogant person in dnd should have cleric powers? I swear sometimes these writers never think about the in world consequences of their lore at all.
@@brendancoulter5761 No, not anymore than everyone who has faith in any other God has Cleric powers - not every religion person, not even every priest, has those powers.
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my first first
Praying to yourself gives you super powers? Dnd is so stupid sometimes.
Meanwhile praying to a dragon, fire, non-existent being or undead elf giving you super-powers makes complete and total sense? What about waving your hands around and saying magic words giving your super-powers?
They don't refuse to acknowledge the exist of the gods. They reject the gods because they believe the gods are keeping divinity to themselves