Clistenes
2016-06-12, 04:15 PM
Since Oerth is supposedly doomed to destruction according to prophecies (that, or it becomes a magicless world, whatever happens first), I have decided to seek all the potential ways it can end.
Oerth-specific:
-Chainmail-The Sundered Empire scenario: Ahmut unleashes a zombie apocalypse.
-Chainmail-The Sundered Empire scenario: The gnolls of Naresh invade Ravilla and Jangir unearths and opens the Abyssal Gateways below.
-Black Moon Chronicles scenario: The Empire of Lynn is defeated, the hordes of Hell invade, and Methraton destroys both the hellish army and Oerth in a go, throwing Luna against Oerth.
-Gord the Rogue scenario: Tharizdun is released, and together with Lord Entropy destroys Oerth.
-Essence of Evil scenario: Tharidzun is released.
-Savage Tide: Demogorgon turns the whole world insane.
These others aren't specific to Greyhawk, but they fit there better than in other settings:
-Quicksilver Hourglass scenario: Erivatius destroys the Crystal Sphere.
-Expedition to the Demonweb Pits: If you fail, the War of Chaos and Order resumes and most of the Multiverse is screwed.
-Atropus comes.
-Father Llymic's spawn spread around all the world before somebody finds and kill him.
-Ragnorra's spawn spread around all the world before somebody finds and kill her.
Also, possibly:
-Shothotugg arrives and poisons and corrupts the world.
-Somebody opens too big a gate to the Far Realms and Bolothamogg destroys the world in order to protect the Far Realms from its taint.
-Y'chak, "The Violet Flame" finds a way to destroy all life.
I'm not counting the Age of Worms, since other gods would stop Kyuss before he did real damage, or Lolth's invasion, which was canonically stopped, or Graz'zt plan to turn Oerth into another layer of the Abyss, for the same reason.
Zargon is from Mystara, I think. Pandorym fits Forgotten Realms best. Other Elder Evils aren't really global threats.
That's what I can remember off the top of my head. Any more ideas?
Oerth-specific:
-Chainmail-The Sundered Empire scenario: Ahmut unleashes a zombie apocalypse.
-Chainmail-The Sundered Empire scenario: The gnolls of Naresh invade Ravilla and Jangir unearths and opens the Abyssal Gateways below.
-Black Moon Chronicles scenario: The Empire of Lynn is defeated, the hordes of Hell invade, and Methraton destroys both the hellish army and Oerth in a go, throwing Luna against Oerth.
-Gord the Rogue scenario: Tharizdun is released, and together with Lord Entropy destroys Oerth.
-Essence of Evil scenario: Tharidzun is released.
-Savage Tide: Demogorgon turns the whole world insane.
These others aren't specific to Greyhawk, but they fit there better than in other settings:
-Quicksilver Hourglass scenario: Erivatius destroys the Crystal Sphere.
-Expedition to the Demonweb Pits: If you fail, the War of Chaos and Order resumes and most of the Multiverse is screwed.
-Atropus comes.
-Father Llymic's spawn spread around all the world before somebody finds and kill him.
-Ragnorra's spawn spread around all the world before somebody finds and kill her.
Also, possibly:
-Shothotugg arrives and poisons and corrupts the world.
-Somebody opens too big a gate to the Far Realms and Bolothamogg destroys the world in order to protect the Far Realms from its taint.
-Y'chak, "The Violet Flame" finds a way to destroy all life.
I'm not counting the Age of Worms, since other gods would stop Kyuss before he did real damage, or Lolth's invasion, which was canonically stopped, or Graz'zt plan to turn Oerth into another layer of the Abyss, for the same reason.
Zargon is from Mystara, I think. Pandorym fits Forgotten Realms best. Other Elder Evils aren't really global threats.
That's what I can remember off the top of my head. Any more ideas?