Keith Baker (Eberron) and Jenn Ellis (Illimat) here, designers and co-owners of Twogether Studios. Thank you for your time and support!
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Eidolon: The Ghost Market, a gothic industrial noir setting for Daggerheart where industry is fueled by spirits and hope is driven by heroes. It's a sourcebook designed specifically to work with the Daggerheart rules set. This city setting can be used alone or added to your home-brew world and contains lore, new Communities, Adversaries, Environments, Equipment, options for characters, two Campaign Frames and a full one shot adventure. Follow the project now to get an instant four page download that shares more about the world and the contents of the book.
A crew of boneriggers take a rest in the Nightward
One of the things we love about world building is exploring the logical impact that magic will have on a society. You see this in many ways in the setting Keith created for Dungeons and Dragons, Eberron. It's just as much part of Eidolon: only this is a world where the strongest form of magic is the binding of ghosts. It's a city in which your coach is pulled by poltergeists, and where your armor is the spirit of the lover you failed to save but who protects you still... but it's a place where hope is still more powerful than fear. We hope you'll follow the project and come October help us bring it to life!
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Why We're Making This
Last year at GenCon, Matt Mercer (Critical Role) and the team from Darrington Press welcomed us to the stage and announced that we will be creating an official world their new collaborative storytelling system- DaggerHeart. In preparation for writing that official world, we took one of our beloved fantasy worlds that was on the shelf and used it as a "first pancake" to explore Daggerheart, the way it embraces collaborative storytelling, and to develop features that shine in the system. Well, we fell in love with the first pancake and the stories of hope, conflict, and deep connection people have made with it. We're bringing it to BackerKit in hopes you can help us fund the project and publish it under the Community Gaming License.
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The expansive gothic industrial city of Eidolon comes to life in the hands of fantasy cartographer, Marco Bernadini. We're pleased to offer a special early bird incentive to get it to you for free!
You may have seen Marco's work in Keith's Eberron books or in Age of Umbra, The Witherwild or Five Banners Burning for Daggerheart. We're honored to have him on board to create a breathtaking map for the city of Eidolon.
His map is all hand illustrated and colored, and still a work in progress- but we already know you're gonna want a poster of it. We're pleased to share a print of his Eidolon poster is part of the early bird backer Map Pack. Don't miss out- follow the campaign today so that you get notified when we launch!
We’re bringing Eidolon: The Ghost Market to Backerkit in October, and we need your support to bring it to life. Just following the project makes a huge difference. Over the next few weeks we’re going to take you on a walking tour of Eidolon, telling you a little about each district of the city. Join us below as we start our tour in the district of Harrowgate. Inspired? Intrigued? Tell us your impressions of this district in the comments!
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Harrowgate: The Center of The Haunted City of Eidolon ( illustration by Charlie Ferguson-Avery)
Harrowgate
Eidolon is a haunted city, equal parts Sweeney Todd, Dracula, and Neuromancer. Industry is driven by necromancy; the coaches on the streets are pulled by poltergeists and the lamps are lit with fingerbones. It’s shrouded in gloom and people need hope—and that’s why they need you.
Our tour begins in Harrowgate, the heart of the city. It’s easy to find; just look for the monolith rising up from the sealed gate to the Underworld. Right away you’ll notice that it’s cleaner and quieter than most of the city, hewn from polished marble and home to the administrative offices of the city. There are no factories spewing spite into the air, no barkers calling to customers. Here you’ll find the sprawling complex of the Guild of the Dead, where reapers tie ghosts to reliquaries and clerks maintain the vast archives of life contracts. The Quorum is where magistrates administer justice and the representatives of the noble families argue and scheme, and the Lycaeum is the school where the heirs of the Ancient Lords receive their education. Located between the Quorum and the Guild, The Barrow is the headquarters of the Grave Watch, serving as its primary garrison, armory, and prison. Members of the Guild and the Quorum often wear masks while on duty, and the streets are cold and silent.
The buildings of Harrowgate are pure white stone, intended to strike awe into observers. There are no repurposed graves here, but there’s a different relic of the past: shrines. Before Eidolon was a city, this area held shrines dedicated to the deities and faiths of all of the different cultures whose luminaries were buried in the vast cemetery. The Ancient Lords have suppressed knowledge of these religions, but they’re afraid to actually destroy them. They’ve built around them and over them, but the abandoned shrines are still there, waiting to be found. Many of these shrines are underground, part of the Deep Labyrinth that surrounds the underworld gate. All of the aboveground shrines are connected to this complex, but the Antidora have sealed the hatches and tunnels that lead to it.
Welcome to Harrowgate. It’s grand, polished, intimidating and impressive—the seat of the system fueled by the ghosts of the common people. Throw a stone and you might hit a masked magistrate, a captain of the Watch, a harried clerk or a privileged noble student heading to the Lycaeum. There’s little reason for common folk to come here unless they plan to sell their ghost to the Guild or to climb the Harvest Wall. On the other hand, you might come to Harrowgate to steal a lover’s life contract from the Guild of the Dead, to strike a blow against the Grave Watch, or to consult with the power that lingers in an ancient shrine. Whatever your business, be careful; this is a dangerous place.
We can't believe we're weeks away from launching the crowdfunding project for our latest game— Eidolon:The Ghost Market. It's an ecto-punk city setting for Daggerheart where industry if fueled by spirits and hope is fueled by you, the heroes. We're so excited to share more with you and inspire your imagination for storytelling. A big thanks to all of you who have followed our project If you haven't done so yet, give us a follow and get a four page introduction to the world as an instant reward.
Heres our latest news:
Come and take a tour of Eidolon with us! Starting this coming week through the campaign, Keith and I will be giving you a walking tour of Eidolon highlighting a different part of the city and it's delights each week. Watch out for the posts right here or on instagram and our discord.
Join our Playtest Group, The Dream Moss Society As the season turns to all things spooky it feels like the right time to gather for a game. We have about 25 spots remaining in our playtest group. This is a group of folks willing to GM a two hour Eidolon playtest session with friends, online, at a convention- anywhere you like. More information and sign up link here.
- Jenn & Keith
Boneriggers take a break in The Faeward. Illustration by Charles Ferguson- Avery
