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What if the Roman Empire conquered the Forgotten Realms?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Bowman" data-source="post: 7493149" data-attributes="member: 6925649"><p>This takes place in a parallel prime material plane, this parallel plane came into being during the Time of Troubles 1358 DR. In this period the Time of Troubles went differently, the goddess Mystra died, and there was no Midnight to take her place, thus initiated a series of spellstorms that resulted in the reopening of a long forgotten gateway to old Earth in 170 AD during the rein of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, when the Emperor's legions marched through the gate they brought their entire Greco-Roman pantheon of gods with them. The gate opened up onto the Sword Coast, and due to the weakened condition brought on by the struggles between the Forgotten Realms dieties, the Greco-Roman dieties saw their chance and they marched with the Roman Legions and conquered Waterdeep and moved south from there. Some opportunistic wizards and other spellcasters joined forces with the invading Romans and conquer neighboring kingdoms. The Roman priests find that they receive spells from their deities now and take advantage of the chaos during the Time of Troubles to take over.</p><p></p><p>So lets say the Roman Empire conquers a sizable portion of the Sword Coast, the Moonshaes are still independent and their are plenty of unconquered areas to the north as the Romans are more interested in conquering lands to the south because of the longer growing season. The campaign lasts for about 9 years, and then the gate closes. Emperor Marcus Aurelius is on the other side of the gate, but his son Commodus is ruling the portions of the Empire in the Forgotten realms, and when the gate closes he proclaims himself emperor. In the meantime some of the Forgotten Realms dieties have recovered from their Time of Troubles in some sphere, particularly the non-human ones, while the Roman gods have taken over their corresponding spheres here.</p><p></p><p>So what do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Bowman, post: 7493149, member: 6925649"] This takes place in a parallel prime material plane, this parallel plane came into being during the Time of Troubles 1358 DR. In this period the Time of Troubles went differently, the goddess Mystra died, and there was no Midnight to take her place, thus initiated a series of spellstorms that resulted in the reopening of a long forgotten gateway to old Earth in 170 AD during the rein of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, when the Emperor's legions marched through the gate they brought their entire Greco-Roman pantheon of gods with them. The gate opened up onto the Sword Coast, and due to the weakened condition brought on by the struggles between the Forgotten Realms dieties, the Greco-Roman dieties saw their chance and they marched with the Roman Legions and conquered Waterdeep and moved south from there. Some opportunistic wizards and other spellcasters joined forces with the invading Romans and conquer neighboring kingdoms. The Roman priests find that they receive spells from their deities now and take advantage of the chaos during the Time of Troubles to take over. So lets say the Roman Empire conquers a sizable portion of the Sword Coast, the Moonshaes are still independent and their are plenty of unconquered areas to the north as the Romans are more interested in conquering lands to the south because of the longer growing season. The campaign lasts for about 9 years, and then the gate closes. Emperor Marcus Aurelius is on the other side of the gate, but his son Commodus is ruling the portions of the Empire in the Forgotten realms, and when the gate closes he proclaims himself emperor. In the meantime some of the Forgotten Realms dieties have recovered from their Time of Troubles in some sphere, particularly the non-human ones, while the Roman gods have taken over their corresponding spheres here. So what do you think? [/QUOTE]
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