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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crazy Hedgehog" data-source="post: 2280520" data-attributes="member: 8325">Yeah, I thought that book was pretty interesting, that and "1421" by Gavin Menzies about the idea of the Chinese sailing around the world.  Joining a history book club was one of my best investments ever.  Really, I think I get all my best fantasy ideas from history books.  Thanks everyone for your ideas, it gives me a lot to think about.  I had decided that the cataclysm was due to magic gone wrong on the original continent, where the PCs were.  It very nearly ripped the world apart, causing the seas to rush in and changed the shape of the continents.  Hadn't thought further than that though, at least I hadn't decided what kind of magic would cause that kind of catastrophe.  One thing I had been considering is that on the forgotten continent (still no name for it yet) there had been another cataclysm, or well something that's caused a large part of the center of the continent to become warped.  I guess a bit like the Mournland in Eberron; I thought it would be an excuse to use some Dragon magazine articles I have and something that all the cultures of the continent revolve around.  From these ideas, maybe I'll go with some magical storm idea, that's prevented physical and magical travel back and forth all this time.  Then again, I like the idea of the other half of the planet being on another plane and slowly stitching back together again.  Maybe the cataclysm did destroy everything!Oh, and Ceresco, my world map is also based on ancient earth, but I think I took mine from an old atlas, with a picture of Pangaea just starting to break up into separate continents.  I think my end result looks similar to the maps in the Basic D&D books of Mystara.</blockquote>

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