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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7421018" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>In my campaign world I have two distinct time frames, before and after the Great Destruction. The world was nearly destroyed some unknown number of years ago in an apocalypse of epic proportions when mortals tried to gain the power of the gods. The entire world order was disrupted, only a tiny fraction of life on the planet survived, etc. There are rumors of what came before the destruction, but those immortal beings that know do not discuss it. What little is known is that occasionally artifacts of great power will surface from this forgotten time which tend to be as dangerous as they are powerful.</p><p></p><p>While it is generally assumed that the mortals that caused the destruction were human, that has never been verified.</p><p></p><p>Civilization and "history" in the world as people know it started about 1200 years ago. There have been upheavals and disasters since, but nothing quite on the scale of the Great Destruction. Around 500 years ago, a cabal of wizards tried to recreate the power of the ancients and the gods destroyed the region they were based in. The potential damage they could have wrought was simply too great.</p><p></p><p>In more recent times Loki escaped his prison and started the world on the path towards Ragnarok (end of the world). Fortunately with the assistance of some epic level adventurers, he was re-imprisoned before the world was destroyed, although the population reduction would make Thanos proud and entire cities were wiped out.</p><p></p><p>I created this campaign world a long time ago, the idea behind having a big reset in the past was to have a time of true legend, a time lost to those still living. That way I didn't have to have a "where did everything come from" story; people know there was <em>something</em> before and that people back then had magic much more powerful than what they have now but that's it. It also gave me a way of explaining why some powerful artifacts exist even though no one knows how to create them any more. While the gods occasionally create artifacts, others are more alien.</p><p></p><p>The occasional massive events are an excuse to have lots of dungeons and ancient ruins to explore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7421018, member: 6801845"] In my campaign world I have two distinct time frames, before and after the Great Destruction. The world was nearly destroyed some unknown number of years ago in an apocalypse of epic proportions when mortals tried to gain the power of the gods. The entire world order was disrupted, only a tiny fraction of life on the planet survived, etc. There are rumors of what came before the destruction, but those immortal beings that know do not discuss it. What little is known is that occasionally artifacts of great power will surface from this forgotten time which tend to be as dangerous as they are powerful. While it is generally assumed that the mortals that caused the destruction were human, that has never been verified. Civilization and "history" in the world as people know it started about 1200 years ago. There have been upheavals and disasters since, but nothing quite on the scale of the Great Destruction. Around 500 years ago, a cabal of wizards tried to recreate the power of the ancients and the gods destroyed the region they were based in. The potential damage they could have wrought was simply too great. In more recent times Loki escaped his prison and started the world on the path towards Ragnarok (end of the world). Fortunately with the assistance of some epic level adventurers, he was re-imprisoned before the world was destroyed, although the population reduction would make Thanos proud and entire cities were wiped out. I created this campaign world a long time ago, the idea behind having a big reset in the past was to have a time of true legend, a time lost to those still living. That way I didn't have to have a "where did everything come from" story; people know there was [I]something[/I] before and that people back then had magic much more powerful than what they have now but that's it. It also gave me a way of explaining why some powerful artifacts exist even though no one knows how to create them any more. While the gods occasionally create artifacts, others are more alien. The occasional massive events are an excuse to have lots of dungeons and ancient ruins to explore. [/QUOTE]
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