So I done blew up the world, then put it back together, mostly.

[Dagger75]

I have some ideas, but looking for any more. I like stealing ideas

Pretty high magic world, party has already met a group of Epic Level NPC's and have seen a tower that teleports around. They know they aren't the big boys on the block (yet).

A very old and powerful Elven Archmage cast a spell and basically opened a gate that sent the ENTIRE planet to the Abyss.
So my 6th level party got to see a 2 headed Demonic Red Dragon, a few flying ships made of bones and crewed with demons and such, and Pit Fiends walking over the wall they were meant to defend. A maralith teleported up to them, they held there post and all died. Pretty quickly actually. Was fun having them fight something that tough.

Next thing they know they are back sitting in thier barracks, ready to eat dinner. EVERYBODY around them, remembers fighting and dying. Everybody stares blankly. They all witnessed there world dying.

Basically what happened Elven mage cast his spell, the Epic NPC's they met stopped them. Actually the Epic level wizard stopped the other wizard. Cast a spell that destroyed the Archmage so thourgly it elminated him from the mulitverse and undid EVERTHING he did for an hours time, namely send the world into the Abyss. (Yeah I stole Balefire from Wheel of Time)

So what can happen? Psionics are back in the world cause of well... thats a secret for now. I am not doing a time travel game, basically did a 1 hour rewind. Some things got through and are here to stay. Some things were awoken, the hour rewind didn't change that. People saw paladins run, they lost there paladinship even after the rewind (none of the PC's are paladins). A few churches locked there doors and didn't let people in, remember everybody remembers what happened in that hour. People who secrelty worshipped the Dark Gods, revealed themselves during the destruction and then it didn't happen. Also psionics were awoken, that fact is not lost to a few creatures that very warlike and very psionicly endowed.

Hope this wasn't to long.

 

[Nyaricus]

Dude, that's nasty and amazingly brilliant

I love it!

So, what are these war-mongering psionic creatures you speak of?

 

[Balgus]

Reminds me of the Omega 13 from Galaxy Quest.

And then there is that one episode of of SG1 where one guy kept rewinding the last dat so that he can find a way to revive his wife. I loved how Tilk (sp) kept getting smacked in the face)

 

[Odhanan]

Excellent idea. That just gave me one for our campaign...

Thanks!

 

[Dragonbait]

So you done blew up the world? I done did do that too.

It's fun to tell old players that their uber-powerful characters have died. Bwuhahahahaaa!

 

[Turanil]

Ultimate railroading:

DM: Your 6th level characters encounter a bunch of balors while the paladin's powers suddenly cease to function.
PCs: But we cannot survive that!
DM: Indeed, two rounds later your characters are all dead.
PCs: The game lasted 20 minutes! Do you realize we spent two hours making our characters?!
DM: Stop whining, the game is still going on! So you wake up and everything is normal. No demon ever killed you. You just learn that an uber epic archmage undid the end of the world.
PCs: What's the point??
DM: Hohum, I need other ideas...
Turanil: I suggest that now an uber epic bard has changed the color of the moon. Then, an uber epic hierophant cleric comes, and restores it to its normal color.
DM: These French are all rude. Do they?

 

[Dagger75]

Ultimate railroading:

DM: Your 6th level characters encounter a bunch of balors while the paladin's powers suddenly cease to function.
PCs: But we cannot survive that!
DM: Indeed, two rounds later your characters are all dead.
PCs: The game lasted 20 minutes! Do you realize we spent two hours making our characters?!
DM: Stop whining, the game is still going on! So you wake up and everything is normal. No demon ever killed you. You just learn that an uber epic archmage undid the end of the world.
PCs: What's the point??
DM: Hohum, I need other ideas...
Turanil: I suggest that now an uber epic bard has changed the color of the moon. Then, an uber epic hierophant cleric comes, and restores it to its normal color.
DM: These French are all rude. Do they?

The focus of the game was never to stop the cataclysm. Its going to be adventuring through the aftermath. The consiquences of it, and a new threat that is going to appear. And the populace is wondering where those Uber Epic Level heroes are. They have not been seen or heard from since that day.