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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8194693" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>So does DnD. </p><p></p><p>Or are we going to ignore just what has been happening in Faerun? DR is around 1493 currently. </p><p></p><p>1494 -> Descent into Avernus, one of the major cities of the setting is being overrun by a lair of Hell</p><p></p><p>1491 -> Princes of the Apocalypse, an evil cult tries unleashing the four princes of elemental evil and destroy the world.</p><p>Tomb of Annhiliation, Acerak unleashes his plot, making it so revival magic doesn't work, fueling the birth of an evil god</p><p></p><p>1490 -> Storm King's Thunder, massive upheaval in the giants, causing destruction and war across the realms as Giants fight for supremacy</p><p></p><p>1489 -> Rime of the Frostmaiden, an entire section of the North is held under eternal winter by an evil goddess</p><p>Rise of Tiamat, The Evil Cult of the Dragon attempts to summon Tiamat into the world</p><p></p><p>1484 -> The Second Sundering kills gods, revives gods, and generally causes a massive upheaval in the normal working of the world</p><p></p><p>1451 -> Eruption of Mount Hotenow due to people messing with a bound Primordial destroys massive sections of one of the major cities, opening up a chasm that unleashes hordes of abominations led by Abolths into the city. </p><p></p><p>1385 -> Start of the Spell Plgue, and many many bad things. This lasted for 100 years, until 1480. </p><p></p><p>1384 -> Tyr kills Helm, deaths of gods tend to be major events. I'm not even getting all of the,. </p><p></p><p>1383 -> War in the Dwarven Pantheon, leading to the deaths of Gorm Glulthyn, Haela Brightaxe, Laduguer, and Deep Duerra</p><p></p><p>1373 -> Rage of Dragons, all the dragons go crazy and try to kill evereyone. </p><p></p><p>1372 -> Return of the Netheril from the Plane of Shadows</p><p></p><p>1369 -> A Wereshark Champion led a massive war against Waterdeep, involving the death of a 1,000 unhatched individuals, the entire population of island being turned to zombies, and devastation among various armies. (In one battle 3/4's of an army were destroyed)</p><p></p><p>1365 -> Another religious war featuring Talos</p><p></p><p>1364 -> The attempted Ressurection of the Shadowking. Few details, but sounds like your typical evil lord who takes over large parts of the world.</p><p></p><p>1363 -> Devils invade Dragonspear castle, gathering forces, and attempting to wage war on mortals. Stopped during the Battle of Daggerford</p><p></p><p>1361 -> Cyric launches a holy war</p><p></p><p>1359 -> Around this time the Grand Army of the Tuigan was active, no dates on some of this, but it does say "the Horde ranged over a considerable amount of territory including <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Semphar" target="_blank">Semphar</a>, <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Khazari" target="_blank">Khazari</a>, <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Shou_Lung" target="_blank">Shou Lung</a>, and parts of <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Faer%C3%BBn" target="_blank">Faerûn</a> such as <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Thay" target="_blank">Thay</a>, <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Thesk" target="_blank">Thesk</a> and <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Rashemen" target="_blank">Rashemen</a>."</p><p></p><p>1358 -> Time of Troubles, Gods deposed from their realms and made mortal. All sorts of bad stuff</p><p></p><p></p><p>And I'm just summarizing. For an example, everything that happens in the realms in 3rd edition? That all happened between 1372 and 1376. Go and find the adventures that happen during that time and just imagine all of those events all of those potential world ending plots, happening in 4 years. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Do you remember something Luke said in the movies? "<em>I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.</em>"</p><p></p><p>It appears to have been a small ship with a pnuematic cannon attached. </p><p></p><p>This was something that Luke and his friends used for fun. So yes, I imagine that Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru had something for personal defense considering their nephew owned a small airship with its own built in guns </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/T-16_skyhopper[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8194693, member: 6801228"] So does DnD. Or are we going to ignore just what has been happening in Faerun? DR is around 1493 currently. 1494 -> Descent into Avernus, one of the major cities of the setting is being overrun by a lair of Hell 1491 -> Princes of the Apocalypse, an evil cult tries unleashing the four princes of elemental evil and destroy the world. Tomb of Annhiliation, Acerak unleashes his plot, making it so revival magic doesn't work, fueling the birth of an evil god 1490 -> Storm King's Thunder, massive upheaval in the giants, causing destruction and war across the realms as Giants fight for supremacy 1489 -> Rime of the Frostmaiden, an entire section of the North is held under eternal winter by an evil goddess Rise of Tiamat, The Evil Cult of the Dragon attempts to summon Tiamat into the world 1484 -> The Second Sundering kills gods, revives gods, and generally causes a massive upheaval in the normal working of the world 1451 -> Eruption of Mount Hotenow due to people messing with a bound Primordial destroys massive sections of one of the major cities, opening up a chasm that unleashes hordes of abominations led by Abolths into the city. 1385 -> Start of the Spell Plgue, and many many bad things. This lasted for 100 years, until 1480. 1384 -> Tyr kills Helm, deaths of gods tend to be major events. I'm not even getting all of the,. 1383 -> War in the Dwarven Pantheon, leading to the deaths of Gorm Glulthyn, Haela Brightaxe, Laduguer, and Deep Duerra 1373 -> Rage of Dragons, all the dragons go crazy and try to kill evereyone. 1372 -> Return of the Netheril from the Plane of Shadows 1369 -> A Wereshark Champion led a massive war against Waterdeep, involving the death of a 1,000 unhatched individuals, the entire population of island being turned to zombies, and devastation among various armies. (In one battle 3/4's of an army were destroyed) 1365 -> Another religious war featuring Talos 1364 -> The attempted Ressurection of the Shadowking. Few details, but sounds like your typical evil lord who takes over large parts of the world. 1363 -> Devils invade Dragonspear castle, gathering forces, and attempting to wage war on mortals. Stopped during the Battle of Daggerford 1361 -> Cyric launches a holy war 1359 -> Around this time the Grand Army of the Tuigan was active, no dates on some of this, but it does say "the Horde ranged over a considerable amount of territory including [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Semphar']Semphar[/URL], [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Khazari']Khazari[/URL], [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Shou_Lung']Shou Lung[/URL], and parts of [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Faer%C3%BBn']Faerûn[/URL] such as [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Thay']Thay[/URL], [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Thesk']Thesk[/URL] and [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Rashemen']Rashemen[/URL]." 1358 -> Time of Troubles, Gods deposed from their realms and made mortal. All sorts of bad stuff And I'm just summarizing. For an example, everything that happens in the realms in 3rd edition? That all happened between 1372 and 1376. Go and find the adventures that happen during that time and just imagine all of those events all of those potential world ending plots, happening in 4 years. Do you remember something Luke said in the movies? "[I]I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.[/I]" It appears to have been a small ship with a pnuematic cannon attached. This was something that Luke and his friends used for fun. So yes, I imagine that Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru had something for personal defense considering their nephew owned a small airship with its own built in guns [URL unfurl="true"]https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/T-16_skyhopper[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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