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<blockquote data-quote="Gotterdammerung" data-source="post: 2277013" data-attributes="member: 16442">If you want to really generate ideas about why this continent is &quot;lost&quot; you should go way back and identify why it was the target of the great cataclysm you mentioned.Is the cataclysm natural?&nbsp; Maybe the resulting earthquakes, volcanoes, and seismic shifts released the most terrible monsters the world has ever seen, plunging the &quot;known world&quot; into a hellish dark age.&nbsp; By the time civilization recovered, much knowledge was lost.&nbsp; The cataclysm left the region &quot;magic-weak&quot; where teleporting beings are dropped into the sea or on a random desert island, never to be seen again.&nbsp; And the powers that answer divinations know that this land needs to remain lost because it seals away an ancient evil which even they fear.Was the cataclysm a divine punishment?&nbsp; Perhaps there is something there that angered/scared/upset the god(s) in such a way that required complete annhililation to remedy.&nbsp; What was that great transgression?&nbsp; Do the people on that continent seek to bring the truth to the known world?&nbsp; Perhaps the gods are imprisoning them on that continent for an ancient sin.Was the cataclysm brought about by mankind?&nbsp; Perhaps the ancient wizards were so mighty that their power threatened the world itself.&nbsp; Maybe in the last great war, magic of such power was unleashed that it obliterated an entire continent.&nbsp; The wizards, realizing that magic such as this would be the end of all things, called for a truce and &quot;disarmament.&quot;&nbsp; They sealed it all away deep in the earth, on the very continent they had ravaged.&nbsp; What they did not realize was that they were secretly followed...What was the cause of the cataclysm in your campaign?&nbsp; I'm interested as to why the continent was separated from the known world.-eric</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gotterdammerung, post: 2277013, member: 16442"] If you want to really generate ideas about why this continent is "lost" you should go way back and identify why it was the target of the great cataclysm you mentioned. Is the cataclysm natural? Maybe the resulting earthquakes, volcanoes, and seismic shifts released the most terrible monsters the world has ever seen, plunging the "known world" into a hellish dark age. By the time civilization recovered, much knowledge was lost. The cataclysm left the region "magic-weak" where teleporting beings are dropped into the sea or on a random desert island, never to be seen again. And the powers that answer divinations know that this land needs to remain lost because it seals away an ancient evil which even they fear. Was the cataclysm a divine punishment? Perhaps there is something there that angered/scared/upset the god(s) in such a way that required complete annhililation to remedy. What was that great transgression? Do the people on that continent seek to bring the truth to the known world? Perhaps the gods are imprisoning them on that continent for an ancient sin. Was the cataclysm brought about by mankind? Perhaps the ancient wizards were so mighty that their power threatened the world itself. Maybe in the last great war, magic of such power was unleashed that it obliterated an entire continent. The wizards, realizing that magic such as this would be the end of all things, called for a truce and "disarmament." They sealed it all away deep in the earth, on the very continent they had ravaged. What they did not realize was that they were secretly followed... What was the cause of the cataclysm in your campaign? I'm interested as to why the continent was separated from the known world. -eric [/QUOTE]

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