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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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 Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 17:56:52
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However I don't see how could the thousand-year kingdom from the Revelation work in a campaign.
Perhaps, guided by a prophecy similar to the book of Revelations, some major baddie is trying to forge his empire that will last for 1000 years or longer...
I vaguely remember the book, first there is a series of disasters, then a thousand year kingdom while the devil is locked away, then the second apocalypse. It would be difficult to have that long campaign.
I'd make this less religious and in the past, a historical allegory for the Roman-Jewish conflict, where possibly Jhaamdath takes the place of Romans, or involve the Dawn Cataclysm.
We don't need the religious aspects, or for it to have happened -- just a prophecy and a bad guy trying to make it happen. That gives the PCs something to fight against. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 18:26:19
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| HERE is the sequence of events (basically in a timeline or outline form) of the book of Revelation. The "antichrist" could be the chosen of an evil deity, the spawn of an evil deity, or even the avatar of an evil deity who is born/released. Then you can replace "God" with the good-aligned Realms deity or pantheon of your choice. I would have the "First Seal" already broken, and the antagonist (either the "antichrist" or a minion thereof) trying to break the other six seals and therefore cause calamity. And then the PCs would be trying to stop him/her/them. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 10:28:13
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| That's kinda like the Wheel of Time, boring. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 15:19:23
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That's kinda like the Wheel of Time, boring.
Since the OP was trying to form some sort of "Apocalypse Scenario" based on the events of the Book of Revelation, I was just trying to provide a background of the events recorded thereof for Kno to be able to use for this, and a way to maybe use it. I personally would never use it (or probably any other scenario from the Bible) for a Realms campaign, but it seemed to me that that is what Kno was asking for. If you have a spin on it that you think is better, please share it. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 15 Apr 2011 : 10:55:46
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| Don't have anything better, like I said Jhaamdath, Valigan Thirdborn as the Antichrist, Tyr's procession of justice, Helm as the Seer or Deneir the scribe, Malar and Nobanion, Garagos as War, make the city below Hlondeth serpentine, elves demons from the abyss. It's a stretch. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 15 Apr 2011 : 15:13:05
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| Thank Hawkins, I will change the sequence of events. The scale will be smaller, covering the Old Empires. Horus-Re looks the obvious choice. Ship of the Gods volcano will play a part in the pollution of waters and darkness. |
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