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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skinnydwarf" data-source="post: 724092" data-attributes="member: 7024">Hey all,Warning:  If you are in Teddy's Rutgers D&D group, you're in big trouble if you continue to read this message.So here's the deal.  I have what I think is a really cool idea, I'm just unsure how to implement it.  Before I get to my question, let me give you a real quick run down on my world.My world is a "traditional" D&D fantasy world.  It's about the size of Greenland, and mountains split it in half.  The monster lands are in the north, the good lands in the south.  The main pass through the mountains is guarded by BloodKeep (i.e., Keep on The Borderlands).  Humans, Elves, Dwarves and Gnomes are split into various groups.  There are also other races living here- centaurs, cat people (a la Daggerfall/Morrowind) and lizard people.  So that's a quick run down.Politics: The humans are split into two kingdoms, originally two alliances of city states.  The north is a militaristic feudal state, the south a republic with a strong economy.  The dwarves are split into two groups- one which thinks they should guard the good lands (as the dwarven mountains split the island) and the other which wants to dig deep and do dwarf things.  The elves are split into High and Wood factions.  The High Elves live on one island far to the south.  Gnomes have no single nation, they just have lots of small communities with different cultures.So here's my idea.  A comet/asteroid will hit the island (probably in the south) and decimate most of the good lands.  The monster lands will be protected by the mountains.  Immediatly afterwards, it's going to be a game of survival.  Then hopefully the players can set up some sort of community (among several).  Then the monsters will start invading the good lands (as the Keep will fall).  Why are the monsters invading?  Because the comet/asteroid hit awakened an ancient red dragon who is cranky and laying waste to the monster lands.  The monsters will be unorganized for a time, but might get organized later.  Perhaps the players will have to stop this.My question to you is:  How do I go about implementing this?  I'm unsure how this would be played out.  Any suggestions on how various races would react, rules for survival (food will become very important... especially as the food chain starts breaking down due to dust).  Thanks for any advice you might have.-TM the DM</blockquote>

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