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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Benage" data-source="post: 6959170" data-attributes="member: 93631"><p>Interesting. I think you could easily run an entire 1-20 campaign set in the Moria-style megadungeon of Tethyamar, which, a couple hundred years ago, was overrun by “legions of orcs, bloodthirsty barghests, and demons summoned by the circle magic of orc adepts and an archmage claiming to be the Great Hlundadim, wizard leader the ancient goblinkin kingdom of Hlundadim.”</p><p></p><p>That's just one relatively obscure example, of course. It's also interesting that you mention "trying to depopulate the world of dragons," because they may actually come to you. This is a setting where, a couple years previous to the current date (in 1356 DR), there was a Flight of Dragons (or Rage of Dragons) that devastated the Moonsea, the Dalelands and Cormyr. Among those who died was Sylune, Witch of Shadowdale, a 22nd-level magic-user. If something like that happened again, it might give high-level characters something to do for a few sessions.</p><p></p><p>To emphasize, I do think this works best with suspension of disbelief in a pre-apocalyptic, apocalyptic, or post-apocalyptic setting,* where the high-level threats aren't just waiting off-stage until the PCs are ready for them. The contemporary FR, which seems strangely unfazed by its repeated apocalypses and manages to produce a new threat to the world every Adventurer's League season doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. But that's a far cry from supporting the claim that 1-20 campaigns are incompatible with suspension of disbelief.</p><p></p><p>* I'd characterize the settings I created -- Dawnforge, Dragonstar and Midnight -- as pre-apocalyptic, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, respectively, and I feel quite strongly they all support credible 1-20 campaigns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Benage, post: 6959170, member: 93631"] Interesting. I think you could easily run an entire 1-20 campaign set in the Moria-style megadungeon of Tethyamar, which, a couple hundred years ago, was overrun by “legions of orcs, bloodthirsty barghests, and demons summoned by the circle magic of orc adepts and an archmage claiming to be the Great Hlundadim, wizard leader the ancient goblinkin kingdom of Hlundadim.” That's just one relatively obscure example, of course. It's also interesting that you mention "trying to depopulate the world of dragons," because they may actually come to you. This is a setting where, a couple years previous to the current date (in 1356 DR), there was a Flight of Dragons (or Rage of Dragons) that devastated the Moonsea, the Dalelands and Cormyr. Among those who died was Sylune, Witch of Shadowdale, a 22nd-level magic-user. If something like that happened again, it might give high-level characters something to do for a few sessions. To emphasize, I do think this works best with suspension of disbelief in a pre-apocalyptic, apocalyptic, or post-apocalyptic setting,* where the high-level threats aren't just waiting off-stage until the PCs are ready for them. The contemporary FR, which seems strangely unfazed by its repeated apocalypses and manages to produce a new threat to the world every Adventurer's League season doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. But that's a far cry from supporting the claim that 1-20 campaigns are incompatible with suspension of disbelief. * I'd characterize the settings I created -- Dawnforge, Dragonstar and Midnight -- as pre-apocalyptic, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, respectively, and I feel quite strongly they all support credible 1-20 campaigns. [/QUOTE]
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