Desert world campaign.

[WalterKovacs]

Thanks for all the responses. I had a friend bring over his darksun books and they helped a great deal for forming a base. I really like the idea of people being swept away with the oasis' I'm dedfinately going to incorporate that and the riding lizards.

In terms of the Oases and the idea of things being swept away:

The Feywild

If you can get any info on the feywild, basically there are places where it crosses over into the "normal" world on occasion and makes world fall for a while. That seems to fit the concept, and can give you a chance to run some higher level adventures in the feywild when you get near/into the paragon tier.

 

[BabyBackRibs]

In Rolemaster, one of the critical fumble results from spell casting was that a large area around you (I think 50' radius) was turned to glass. You could decide that the Glass Lands are a result of magical destruction. Maybe an ancient civilization was there and their enemies used power that had previously been considered too much. After the civilization was wiped away in the blink of an eye, all knowledge of the magic was destroyed and those who brought the destruction about were consumed in the casting.

Maybe there were some bits of the knowledge that escaped the purge and are currently being sought after and collected. Maybe the players are being hired to help find those pieces by someone who wants the power for themselves or by someone who wants the purge completed and the knowledge destroyed.

Here's the story for the volcanic eruption. A tribe of people were attempting to create a permanent oasis for their people, but they were betrayed by one of their high priests and he sabatoged the ritual, destoying their lands.

 

[SSquirrel]

In terms of the Oases and the idea of things being swept away:

The Feywild

If you can get any info on the feywild, basically there are places where it crosses over into the "normal" world on occasion and makes world fall for a while. That seems to fit the concept, and can give you a chance to run some higher level adventures in the feywild when you get near/into the paragon tier.

The new version of Tomb of Horrors all takes place in the Feywild and Shadowfell. Sounds like a great opportunity to sweep people into the Feywild in Paragon. We took a Feywild portal from Dark Sun and did part of the Tombs at L11. It was pretty fun