Forgotten Realms Lore Question?

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

Well I don't know about meteors in the time of troubles but my wood elf ranger was squished by a rain of house sized boulders in a pnp module set in that time. '>

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tonden_Ockay]

               

Maybe: "Seeing the folly and lack of penance of God (avatars) during the time of troubles, Ao decided to not prevent inevitable collision of celestial bodies, resulting in metoer storm.."

Shifting the blame on the gods '>

 

I was thinking of having the meteor storm happen while the Gods were reduced to avatars. This way some people may blame the Gods thinking that they were punishing mankind or something, when in fact the Gods had nothing to do with it and were unable to prevent it.

 

But about this Ao God, so he is the one that keeps the balance? So if this is the case and something happen to him then the evil Gods could just run rampant?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

Try looking at the Forgotten Realms Wiki. It probably contains a lot of information to help you. For example click this link for information on Ao. It's got a decent search facility too. I just did a quick search and got this information on the time of troubles which gives a long list of deities. There is probably a lot more information on there that you will find useful.

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tonden_Ockay]

               

Thanks " Tarot Redhand "  I had just found that and was reading about the Time of Troubles right after my last post. Your right there is some good info on it.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tonden_Ockay]

               

Well this is what I have so far

 

 

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tonden_Ockay]

               

Again I don't know if The Alternate Realms is the best name for this campaign I just picked it because I am alternating the timeline of the Forgotten Realms.

 

Other names I have thought of would be

 

World of Ruins (The world was left in ruins after the Great Devastation)

Realms in Ruins

The Rebirth of the Realms (It's been around hundred years after the Great Devastation and mankind is trying to rebuild)

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

Nah, not sexy enough  '> . Here's a quick list of 5 titles for you.

 

Mad Pox 9 (Mad Max anyone)

Damnation Alley Faerun Style

The Deconstruction of Fallen Gods

Beyond Stardust

Legions of the Damned

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

Now I have a little more time I'll explain the thinking behind those titles. From your description this is to be set in a post-apocalyptic world so the first movie franchise that comes to my mind are the Mel Gibson "Mad Max" movies and you mention a plague. A famous disease on earth was Smallpox which is where the curse "A Pox on you!" comes from. Put those together and you get Mad Pox. I added the 9 simply because it sounded better and for no other reason.

 

One of my all time favourite sci-fi  books is Damnation Ally by Roger Zelazney (but the movie version directed by Jack Smight was god-awful). It too is set in a a post-apocalyptic world and details the journey across America from west to east of Hell Tanner. The purpose of this journey is to deliver a cure for a plague ravaging Boston. Hence Damnation Alley Faerun Style.

 

Babylon 5 had an episode called "The Deconstruction of Fallen Stars" which title I found interesting. By changing Stars to Gods makes it refer back to all the problems that the gods have posed in this setting.

 

As you said that the towns and cities are overrun with undead I came up with (all by myself - shock! Horror!  '> ) Legions of the damned as an appropriate name for your mod.

 

Finally (and my personal favourite), you mention a meteor storm, the dust of which caused a "nuclear" winter and a plague. Meteors are also referred to as shooting stars. Your module is set after those events and so is beyond them. All of which gives you Beyond Stardust.

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MrZork]

               

One thing to consider in terms of the gods' role in the devastation that kills off most humanoids: The vast majority of FR gods need worshipers to maintain their power and their portfolios. Because of that, even gods whose portfolios include plague, destruction, war, etc. will tend to promote those things in ways that doesn't nearly wipe out humanity (or humanoidity). Meanwhile, any scheme by one or more of the destructive gods that would have the effect of wiping out a significant fraction of the other gods' worshipers is going to run into pretty significant opposition by those other gods.

 

I only mention this because it's possible that there is a better rationale for the post-apocalyptic environment you are trying to set up, one where the near-extinction-level destruction isn't caused by the gods themselves. The idea of a natural disaster like the asteroid impact works well. If the devastation has to be taken to the next level by a powerful extra-planetary or extra-planar force, then maybe someone like Tharizdun, Ilsensine, Orcus, or some alien species would fit the bill?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_WebShaman]

               

I would call it "The Ruined Realms".

 

As there are an infinite amount of Prime Material Worlds (ala Toril, Greyhawk, etc), this is easily enough done.

 

What you definitely need to do is establish a REASON that all the Gods would unite together.

 

I would suggest the Tharizdun idea, myself.  Say that Mankind had freed him from his imprisonment (make it up! Or even better, let your Players do it...hehe.  Great way to start a new campaign from an old one IMHO).

 

The Gods have to band together to re-imprision/defeat Tharizdun (which causes unbelievable damage to both Toril and the Planes) and the surviving Gods decide to punish the Prime Material for the deed.

 

https://en.wikipedia.../wiki/Tharizdun

 

And...I will make this up :

 

The Gods, in a desperate last bid to contain Tharizdun, bound him to Toril itself, which caused massive disruption planetwide.  Continents were broken, seas sundered, and calamities of all sorts broke out.  Populations were reduced to less than 1%, and survival became the only important thing to those still alive.

 

Due to the imprisoning of Tharizdun, the Gods then retreated from Toril, leaving it's inhabitants to their fate.  The ways to the Crystal Sphere itself were closed, and it became a dead, isolated place...alone, without gods or means of escape.  Only Tharizdun remained, imprisoned, but alive...

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tonden_Ockay]

               

I would call it "The Ruined Realms".

 

a REASON that all the Gods would unite together.

 

I would suggest the Tharizdun idea, myself.  Say that Mankind had freed him from his imprisonment 

 

The Gods have to band together to re-imprision/defeat Tharizdun (which causes unbelievable damage to both Toril and the Planes) and the surviving Gods decide to punish the Prime Material for the deed.

 

https://en.wikipedia.../wiki/Tharizdun

 

The Gods, in a desperate last bid to contain Tharizdun, bound him to Toril itself, which caused massive disruption planetwide.  Continents were broken, seas sundered, and calamities of all sorts broke out.  Populations were reduced to less than 1%, and survival became the only important thing to those still alive.

 

Due to the imprisoning of Tharizdun, the Gods then retreated from Toril, leaving it's inhabitants to their fate.  The ways to the Crystal Sphere itself were closed, and it became a dead, isolated place...alone, without gods or means of escape.  Only Tharizdun remained, imprisoned, but alive...

 

I kinda like this idea. I just wanted to make up something that would help what I wanted to have happen to fit in the forgotten realms setting.

 

 

I mostly played Dark Sun so I really don't know any of the Forgotten Realms lore.

 

Question were the Gods from Forgotten Realms over another planet other then Abeir-Toril? I was thinking that it would be easier and I would have far more freedom if I was to make another planet that the Forgotten Realms Gods governed over along with the planet of Abeir-Toril.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tchos]

               

Question were the Gods from Forgotten Realms over another planet other then Abeir-Toril[/size]? I was thinking that it would be easier and I would have far more freedom if I was to make another planet that the Forgotten Realms Gods governed over along with the planet of Abeir-Toril[/size].

 

Well, some of the gods of the Forgotten Realms setting are the same gods from the Greyhawk setting, like Gruumsh One-Eye, Moradin, and Corellon Larethian.  I don't know how they explain this, but it may be that they keep an eye on multiple worlds.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tonden_Ockay]

               

Ok I have read over what you all have posted and came up with this.

 

The Ruined Realms

 

    Syithus is a blue and green planet made up of snow covered peeks, lush green forest, vast deserts, and deep blue oceans. Syitus is a lot like its sister planet Abeir-Toril when it comes to the landscape and sharing the same Gods.  While Abeir-Toril is loved by the Gods, Syithus is more like the Gods red headed step child.  See at some point mankind on Syithus united and freed Tharizdun from his imprisonment. The Gods were so furious that they banded together to defeat and reimprisoned Tharizdun. This caused unbelievable damage to both Syithus and the Planes. The surviving Gods decided to punish Syithus for what they had done. So they contain/bound Tharizdun into the very core of Syithus, which caused massive disruption planet wide. Continents were broken, seas sundered, and calamities of all sorts broke out. The humanoid population was reduced to less than one percent and mankind was on the verge of becoming extinct. As if this wasn’t enough, hundreds of thousands of new deadly creatures were released upon the planet making it even harder for the humanoids to stay alive.  The Gods did this by design, for they made sure in order for mankind too survive on Sythus they would need the help of the Gods. 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

Yea, though the gods were cunning in this. For they knew that for their own survival they needed worshippers, without which their power and even their very lives depended on it.

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_werelynx]

               

TR: not exactly, if they share other worlds, they don't need "blasphemers" from some shady planet. Aber-Toril worshippers should be more than enough for them. At least for those that count and can make decisions that is. It could be a nice theme of some forgotten Syithus-only gods that slowly wither away because their worshippers were slaughtered by other gods. Might even be more helpful than Aber-Toril gods '>