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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A'koss" data-source="post: 3987454" data-attributes="member: 840">Roger Moore once commented that Greyhawk was an important planar nexus in the multiverse and that was a possible reason why Demon Lords were so interested in it. And it got me thinking about possible overarching themes that Tharizdun didn't necessarily have to have a heavy hand in.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> The Earthstone is one of Greyhawk's most intruiging uber-artifacts. Now what if there were actually several of them and they were the source of power for the random, uncontrolled planar activity and time disturbances on Oerth. Now imagine Iggwilv learning of what happened in the Expedition to the Ruins of Castle Greyhawk adventure (no spoilers here but it's easy to see how she might), learns of the Earthstone and through many years of research finally gleans their true nature. Control all the Earthstones and you control Oerth's (that's the entire planet) place in space, plane and most importantly... time. Tovag Baragu would naturally be the "control" point on the world. That could be the true impetuous behind Iggwilv's return to Oerth and supplanting her son.And since Iggwilv has never been big on "sharing", she has to act in with the utmost care, patience and secrecy. Graz'zt learning about this would be bad enough, but if the secret got out every god, primordial, demon lord, devil prince and elemental lord would descend upon the planet like a cloud of god-powered locusts (and devour the planet in much the same manner to find them).An adventure possibility might be Iggwilv succeeding but our heroes destroy one of the Earthstones at the last moment and it sends Oerth on a whirlwind tour of the planes for the duration of an epic level adventure. The planet could have a front-row seat to some of the key places and times in the multiverse's history - The Primordial/God War, the birth of the Abyss at the hands of Tharizdun, etc. And our heroes having to find unique magical materials along the way to create a new Earthstone so they can use it's power to return Oerth to it's rightful place and time. Further, they could have a hand in some of the most important events that shaped the future. At the end, with their epic destinies fullfilled, they ascend to godhood and each PC becomes a guardian of one of the Earthstones.Anyway, just some late night musings...   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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