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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatApe" data-source="post: 6427385" data-attributes="member: 6785224">Okay, this is a bit rambling, and I do not even know if it belongs here - if it does not, let me know - but the idea has been bouncing around in my head for so long I just need to get it out there.The idea for my setting is this: Unknown to man, the world looked quite  differently not too long ago. Magic was quite real and a force to be  feared, for it was mostly wielded by the dreaded priest-kings, who  worshipped a force known only as the Outer Dark and its minions, the  Abominable Godlings. Mankind was enslaved, fodder for the dark hordes  and fuel for the spells of the priest-kings and their acolytes. However, a group of heroes finally managed to wrest the secrets of magic  from the priest-kings and, sacrificing thousands of willing hopeless  slaves, managed to actually rewrite not only history but reality as  well, shunting magic and the Outer Dark away beyond the walls of  unreality.That happened about ten years ago, but nobody knows it. Reality rewrote  itself to account for the lack of magic, implanting false memories into  every living being. The rebels are known as great heroes of history, the priest-kings as  history's greatest villains, with nobody knowing that they are all very  much alive. The priest-kings still hold positions of power, for they  shielded themselves from some of the spell's effects, thus allowing them  to "translate" their power into the new rules of the world. They are  industrial giants, stick market moguls and heads of governments.However, without their memories, it would mean little. But the Outer  Dark would not be bested so easily and it is reaching out again,  awakening memories of conquest and bloodshed....and, through cracks in  the incomplete retcon of the world, it sneaks in magic and its own  horrid creations. But it cannot empower its minions fully and the more magic enters the  world, the more the heroes remember things, remember the stolen spells  and powers. It is up to them to stop the rise of the priest-kings and  keep the Outer Dark sealed away...----That's the basic premise. It borrows from KULT, for those who still know  it, but should be distinct enough. is that idea workable? I really  would hope for some comments on this...is it worth developing into  something more and should I come up with my own system for it or use one  that already existst?</blockquote>

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