We could hook up with the library for a while, go on quests to recover knowledge that would help us restore the fire plane.
We could spend a few sessions just meeting random encounters on the road, it could get dull, but we would be gaining xp and working towards a goal, ummm, what are we travelling to again?
We were just about to arrive at a settlement of some sort, those are always good for a conspiracy or two, or three, or four, or
...But, umm, I don't really know anything about ebberon, and all I know about wraforged is hearsay and the MMIII, or was it 4... but, not to worry, I am sure that it would be fine, except... Would there be any abilities that the technicians would be unable to imbue upon their puppets, psionics for example?
P.S.
Oooooh, I just remembered, I am sitting next to Illuminati *draws cards at random*
possible conspiracies:
New York is controlled by Chinese Campaign Donors -> Intellectuals:
The apparent city officials are all sponsored by a foreign power, lets say an elven settlement, that is secretly being controlled by mind flayers...
Society for Creative Anarchism -> Survivalists -> The Phone company -> Cycle Gangs:
There is an opposing political movement advocating freedom, their leader is secretly a lich who is obsessed with their own survival and is trying to cultivate influence with all factions that could pose a threat to the current stability, in case one of them takes over. But the lich is being manipulated by visions sent to it by an apparently innocuous union of mages that offer magical teleportation and communication services, who are being intimidated by a group of giants who are orchestrating the whole thing to make the city more interesting.
Robot Sea Monsters -> Professional Sports -> Loan Sharks
Well this is boring... The gambling houses secretly run the gladiator tournaments who breed and release monsters into the surrounding land to keep their battles relevant to everyday life...
Moral Minority -> Trekkies -> Nephews of God
Ummm, okay, so there is a cult of alienists. They released a series of epic poems that contain a hidden enchantment that can cause some people to be obsessed by them. These obsessed fans are secretly coordinating a public group that seeks to incorporate the virtues of the epic poems into civil laws...
Secret Masters of Fandom -> Fast food Chains
The Mafia -> TV Preachers
Feminists -> Hollywood
Underground Newspapers -> Health food Stores
> The Gnomes of Zurich(seek to control the wealth of the world)
Libertarians -> Tobacco and Liquor Companies \
>Morticians
The Bermuda Triangle /
> The Servant of Cthulhu
The United Nations -> Parent/Teacher Agglomeration
I wish that I could live in this city...