The End of the World!!! [Archive] - Wizards Community

The End of the World!!! [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Chapien
04-04-08, 04:31 PM What do you think? Is an end of the world adventure possible to create and run? As in not like a country or continent will be destroyed but the WHOLE WORLD!!!

EDIT:
This would destroy the good people of the world and the evil. Do you think both sides would join forces to stop the end?
GhostVampire
04-05-08, 10:12 AM I think it's possible to run an apocalypse campaign. The only problem I can think of is the players might get depressed knowing or when they find out that the world is going to end. But if on the other hand you have it so somehow they stop the apocalypse then it probably wouldn't be a problem.

As to whether the two opposing sides would unite it probably depends on what's causing the apocalypse.
Asciiman
04-06-08, 02:47 AM The most famous of D&D settings that did this is Dragonlance. In the flagship book series by Margret Wies and Tracey Hickman, the "Dragons of Seasons XXXX, this happened.

At least it did in the fourth book, Dragons of Summer Flame. Good has to let itself be defeated, just so that evil will be strong enough to hope to stop the end of the world. It wasn't that great of a book, but this was an original twist that makes it worth reading.

Of course you'll have to read the first three in the series to read the last one.
Yules
04-06-08, 02:54 AM The apocalypse thing could be known and everybody could work to the "evacuation plan"... some who want to help the as most people as possible, some who only care about themselves.
setekh
04-06-08, 10:26 AM The most famous of D&D settings that did this is Dragonlance. In the flagship book series by Margret Wies and Tracey Hickman, the "Dragons of Seasons XXXX, this happened.

At least it did in the fourth book, Dragons of Summer Flame. Good has to let itself be defeated, just so that evil will be strong enough to hope to stop the end of the world. It wasn't that great of a book, but this was an original twist that makes it worth reading.

Of course you'll have to read the first three in the series to read the last one.

The Horus Heresy series pulled something similar (For the game Warhammer, 40K)

A Civil War is approaching, that will not only tear mankind apart at the seams, but allow the Forces of Chaos to reign supreme -blahdy blah.
Anyway, a Coven of Alien races approach one of Mankinds Champions, hoping that they can warn him of this civil war, and prevent the ascension of Chaos.
The Twist?
They convince him to side with the Chaos Cultists in the Civil war, because if they win, they will turn upon eachother, and pretty much neuter the forces of Chaos.
If the Loyalists win, and drive chaos back, then the human empire will stagnate, and Chaos will creep back into the hearts of man, stronger than ever before.

It was a thoroughly shocking moment.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Chapien 04-04-08, 04:31 PM	What do you think? Is an end of the world adventure possible to create and run? As in not like a country or continent will be destroyed but the WHOLE WORLD!!! EDIT: This would destroy the good people of the world and the evil. Do you think both sides would join forces to stop the end?
GhostVampire 04-05-08, 10:12 AM	I think it's possible to run an apocalypse campaign. The only problem I can think of is the players might get depressed knowing or when they find out that the world is going to end. But if on the other hand you have it so somehow they stop the apocalypse then it probably wouldn't be a problem. As to whether the two opposing sides would unite it probably depends on what's causing the apocalypse.
Asciiman 04-06-08, 02:47 AM	The most famous of D&D settings that did this is Dragonlance. In the flagship book series by Margret Wies and Tracey Hickman, the "Dragons of Seasons XXXX, this happened. At least it did in the fourth book, Dragons of Summer Flame. Good has to let itself be defeated, just so that evil will be strong enough to hope to stop the end of the world. It wasn't that great of a book, but this was an original twist that makes it worth reading. Of course you'll have to read the first three in the series to read the last one.
Yules 04-06-08, 02:54 AM	The apocalypse thing could be known and everybody could work to the "evacuation plan"... some who want to help the as most people as possible, some who only care about themselves.
setekh 04-06-08, 10:26 AM	The most famous of D&D settings that did this is Dragonlance. In the flagship book series by Margret Wies and Tracey Hickman, the "Dragons of Seasons XXXX, this happened. At least it did in the fourth book, Dragons of Summer Flame. Good has to let itself be defeated, just so that evil will be strong enough to hope to stop the end of the world. It wasn't that great of a book, but this was an original twist that makes it worth reading. Of course you'll have to read the first three in the series to read the last one. The Horus Heresy series pulled something similar (For the game Warhammer, 40K) A Civil War is approaching, that will not only tear mankind apart at the seams, but allow the Forces of Chaos to reign supreme -blahdy blah. Anyway, a Coven of Alien races approach one of Mankinds Champions, hoping that they can warn him of this civil war, and prevent the ascension of Chaos. The Twist? They convince him to side with the Chaos Cultists in the Civil war, because if they win, they will turn upon eachother, and pretty much neuter the forces of Chaos. If the Loyalists win, and drive chaos back, then the human empire will stagnate, and Chaos will creep back into the hearts of man, stronger than ever before. It was a thoroughly shocking moment.