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<blockquote data-quote="Dragoslav" data-source="post: 6133500" data-attributes="member: 6690267">First off, this is a great idea for a campaign setting.1) Maybe 2) Definite maybe 3) No. I would discard any idea that boils down to &quot;a wizard did it.&quot; I like the composer idea because it's a more uniquely Gothic premise, and with a campaign setting this unique, you want to make sure that the core secrets underlying your world aren't derivative.Regarding the flooded dwarven ruins, as a player I would feel disappointed if there weren't a section requiring us to explore and, potentially, fight underwater. So definitely include some dark, flooded catacombs populated by carnivorous horrors.Actually, playing off the ideas of a couple other posters, how about the cause was a brilliant composer who has sequestered himself away for 50 years, furiously writing and discarding various compositions. Any individual piece would have been a masterpiece, but nothing has satisfied the lofty vision that his mad genius demands of him. In a fit of mad desperation, he performed a ritual that created a connection to the elemental plane of water in order to create an endless rain over the area that would inspire him to create a composition the likes of which the world has never seen. Maybe his muse that inspired him to go to these lengths is some kind of shadow fey.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragoslav, post: 6133500, member: 6690267"] First off, this is a great idea for a campaign setting. 1) Maybe 2) Definite maybe 3) No. I would discard any idea that boils down to "a wizard did it." I like the composer idea because it's a more uniquely Gothic premise, and with a campaign setting this unique, you want to make sure that the core secrets underlying your world aren't derivative. Regarding the flooded dwarven ruins, as a player I would feel disappointed if there weren't a section requiring us to explore and, potentially, fight underwater. So definitely include some dark, flooded catacombs populated by carnivorous horrors. Actually, playing off the ideas of a couple other posters, how about the cause was a brilliant composer who has sequestered himself away for 50 years, furiously writing and discarding various compositions. Any individual piece would have been a masterpiece, but nothing has satisfied the lofty vision that his mad genius demands of him. In a fit of mad desperation, he performed a ritual that created a connection to the elemental plane of water in order to create an endless rain over the area that would inspire him to create a composition the likes of which the world has never seen. Maybe his muse that inspired him to go to these lengths is some kind of shadow fey. [/QUOTE]

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