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	===Changes to Nations===		===Changes to Nations===
	* [[Maztica]] is swapped for a [[dragonborn]] nation called Laerakond, which becomes known as "Returned Abeir".		* [[Maztica]] is swapped for a [[dragonborn]] nation called Laerakond, which becomes known as "Returned Abeir".
	* Several of the most prominently magical regions of the Shining South, which WotC seemingly deemed "expendable", are burned and blasted into the magical equivalent of [[Fallout]] wastelands, collectively known as the Plaguewrought Lands. These precise areas are Halruaa, Sespech, the Golden Plains, and the Nagalands.		* Several of the most prominently magical regions of the [[Shining South]], which WotC seemingly deemed "expendable", are burned and blasted into the magical equivalent of [[Fallout]] wastelands, collectively known as the Plaguewrought Lands. These precise areas are Halruaa, Sespech, the Golden Plains, and the Nagalands.
	* A portion of southern Unther is transplanted to Abeir, receiving in exchange a [[dragonborn]] city-state that becomes the new nation of Tymanther.		* A portion of southern Unther is transplanted to Abeir, receiving in exchange a [[dragonborn]] city-state that becomes the new nation of Tymanther.
	* Large sections of Chondath and western Chessenta are replaced with a [[genasi]]-inhabited portion of Abeir, which dubs itself Akanûl.		* Large sections of Chondath and western Chessenta are replaced with a [[genasi]]-inhabited portion of Abeir, which dubs itself Akanûl.

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	In a nutshell, as part of a long-running plan on his part, [[Cyric]] finally managed to arrange for the assassination of [[Mystra]], one of his oldest enemies. Naturally, killing the Goddess of Magic did bad things to "The Weave", Toril's background magical fabric-thingy - it didn't help that [[Shar]] immediately tried to stick her hooks in it and claim it for herself. The result was that magic went completely haywire, causing magical spells and items across Toril to explode in surges of eerie blue flame that acted as magical radiation, complete with inducing bizarre physical and mystical mutations in anybody who was touched by the stuff and survived. Lots of people died, lots of shit got blown up '''real''' good.		In a nutshell, as part of a long-running plan on his part, [[Cyric]] finally managed to arrange for the assassination of [[Mystra]], one of his oldest enemies. Naturally, killing the Goddess of Magic did bad things to "The Weave", Toril's background magical fabric-thingy - it didn't help that [[Shar]] immediately tried to stick her hooks in it and claim it for herself. The result was that magic went completely haywire, causing magical spells and items across Toril to explode in surges of eerie blue flame that acted as magical radiation, complete with inducing bizarre physical and mystical mutations in anybody who was touched by the stuff and survived. Lots of people died, lots of shit got blown up '''real''' good.

	The Spellplague was ultimately cleared up when [[The Sundering]] occurred, pulling Abeir and Toril apart again and moving things on to 5th edition.		The Spellplague was ultimately cleared up when [[The Sundering]] occurred, pulling Abeir and Toril apart again and moving things on to [[Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition\|5th edition]].

	The effects of the Spellplague, and in particular the Spellscarred theme, are technically a kind of [[Wild Magic]].		The effects of the Spellplague, and in particular the Spellscarred theme, are technically a kind of [[Wild Magic]].

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	===Changes to Characters===		===Changes to Characters===
	In a nutshell, any human character from 3rd edition is dead and buried of old age. This includes many iconic characters like Mirt the Moneylender, King Azoun of Cormyr, and Khelben Blackstaff.		In a nutshell, any human character from 3rd edition is dead and buried of old age. This includes many iconic characters like Mirt the Moneylender, King Azoun of Cormyr, and Khelben Blackstaff.
			* The [[Seven Sisters]] are all wiped out, except for the Simbul, who is reduced to a mana-eating lunatic that [[Elminster]] must keep locked up in a dungeon hidden under Shadowdale.
	The [[Seven Sisters]] are all wiped out, except for the Simbul, who is reduced to a mana-eating lunatic that [[Elminster]] must keep locked up in a dungeon hidden under Shadowdale.		* Speaking of [[Elminster]], he loses 99% of his magical abilities and is left as a genuinely frail, embittered, tired old man.
			* [[Drizzt]] loses all of his companions to old age.
	Speaking of [[Elminster]], he loses 99% of his magical abilities and is left as a genuinely frail, embittered, tired old man.		* [[Tyr]] was manipulated by [[Cyric]] into duelling with [[Helm]], accidentally killing the latter. In grief, he abdicates from godhood, giving his power and his faithful over to [[Torm]] instead. This titbit is actually covered in the article "Channel Divinity: Champions of Torm" in Dragon #381.
			* Most of the [[demihuman]] deities are downgraded to "Exarches". In practical terms, this didn't change anything, it just meant WotC declared they weren't going to bother creating feats, [[Paragon Path]]s and other mechanics to support them.
	[[Drizzt]] loses all of his companions to old age.		* A few deities are conflated or merged together. One prominent example of this is that [[Amaunator]] temporarily returned from the dead and subsumed his younger inheritor, [[Lathander]].
			* [[Asmodeus]] murders the god [[Azuth]] and steals his divinity, combining it with the raw magical energies of the Spellplague to forcibly reshape the [[World Tree]] into the [[World Axis]].
	[[Tyr]] was manipulated by [[Cyric]] into duelling with [[Helm]], accidentally killing the latter. In grief, he abdicates from godhood, giving his power and his faithful over to [[Torm]] instead. This titbit is actually covered in the article "Channel Divinity: Champions of Torm" in Dragon #381.

	Most of the [[demihuman]] deities are downgraded to "Exarches". In practical terms, this didn't change anything, it just meant WotC declared they weren't going to bother creating feats, [[Paragon Path]]s and other mechanics to support them.

	A few deities are conflated or merged together. One prominent example of this is that [[Amaunator]] temporarily returned from the dead and subsumed his younger inheritor, [[Lathander]].

	[[Asmodeus]] murders the god [[Azuth]] and steals his divinity, combining it with the raw magical energies of the Spellplague to forcibly reshape the [[World Tree]] into the [[World Axis]].

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	===Changes to Nations===		===Changes to Nations===
	[[Maztica]] is swapped for a [[dragonborn]] nation called Laerakond, which becomes known as "Returned Abeir".		* [[Maztica]] is swapped for a [[dragonborn]] nation called Laerakond, which becomes known as "Returned Abeir".
			* Several of the most prominently magical regions of the Shining South, which WotC seemingly deemed "expendable", are burned and blasted into the magical equivalent of [[Fallout]] wastelands, collectively known as the Plaguewrought Lands. These precise areas are Halruaa, Sespech, the Golden Plains, and the Nagalands.
	Several of the most prominently magical regions of the Shining South, which WotC seemingly deemed "expendable", are burned and blasted into the magical equivalent of [[Fallout]] wastelands, collectively known as the Plaguewrought Lands. These precise areas are Halruaa, Sespech, the Golden Plains, and the Nagalands.		* A portion of southern Unther is transplanted to Abeir, receiving in exchange a [[dragonborn]] city-state that becomes the new nation of Tymanther.
			* Large sections of Chondath and western Chessenta are replaced with a [[genasi]]-inhabited portion of Abeir, which dubs itself Akanûl.
	A portion of southern Unther is transplanted to Abeir, receiving in exchange a [[dragonborn]] city-state that becomes the new nation of Tymanther.		* Large portions of the Sea of Fallen Stars and Vilhon Reach collapse into the [[Underdark]], draining away much of the water and exposing long-sunken ruins.
			* The shadow-tainted survivors of [[Netheril]] return from the [[Plane of Shadow]] in force and begin reclaiming their ancestral territory. [[Krinth]] and [[Shade]]s of Netheril begin giving birth to [[Shadar-Kai]], as do "shadow-touched" humans across Toril.
	Large sections of Chondath and western Chessenta are replaced with a [[genasi]]-inhabited portion of Abeir, which dubs itself Akanûl.		* [[Neverwinter]] is annihilated by a volcanic eruption caused by the stirring of the fiery [[Archomental]] bound in the lost [[dwarf]] city of Gauntlgrym.
			* The long-subdued [[genie]] overlords of Calimshan (Toril's pre-Islam Arabia nation, as opposed to [[Al-Qadim]], which is [[Crystal Dragon Jesus\|Crystal Dragon Islam]] Arabia) are set free. They proceed to call forth their long-slumbering legions and resumed their war, an act which also enkindled long-dormant genie blood running rampant throughout the population and caused a massive percentage to change from humans into [[genasi]], who proceeded to conquer their human kindred.
	Large portions of the Sea of Fallen Stars and Vilhon Reach collapse into the [[Underdark]], draining away much of the water and exposing long-sunken ruins.		* [[Latan]] is seemingly sunk, although it's later retconned that they were just shifted to Abeir.
			* Dambrath experiences an uprising by a never-before-mentioned organization dedicated to restoring Dambrathian rule to the Dambrathi, overthrowing the Cintri - the [[Drow]]/[[Half-Elf]]/Dambrathi hybrid minority of [[Loviatar]] and [[Lolth]]-worshipping [[Amazon]]s who've been running the place for generations.
	The shadow-tainted survivors of [[Netheril]] return from the [[Plane of Shadow]] in force and begin reclaiming their ancestral territory. [[Krinth]] and [[Shade]]s of Netheril begin giving birth to [[Shadar-Kai]], as do "shadow-touched" humans across Toril.		* The [[Feywild]] is brought back into planar alignment with Toril.
			* Mulhorand is destroyed and its people annihilated; the [[Deep Imaskari]] subsequently emerge from their long period of hiding in the [[Underdark]] and settle amongst the ruins, creating the reborn realm of High Imaskar.
	[[Neverwinter]] is annihilated by a volcanic eruption caused by the stirring of the fiery [[Archomental]] bound in the lost [[dwarf]] city of Gauntlgrym.

	The long-subdued [[genie]] overlords of Calimshan (Toril's pre-Islam Arabia nation, as opposed to [[Al-Qadim]], which is [[Crystal Dragon Jesus\|Crystal Dragon Islam]] Arabia) are set free. They proceed to call forth their long-slumbering legions and resumed their war, an act which also enkindled long-dormant genie blood running rampant throughout the population and caused a massive percentage to change from humans into [[genasi]], who proceeded to conquer their human kindred.

	[[Latan]] is seemingly sunk, although it's later retconned that they were just shifted to Abeir.

	Dambrath experiences an uprising by a never-before-mentioned organization dedicated to restoring Dambrathian rule to the Dambrathi, overthrowing the Cintri - the [[Drow]]/[[Half-Elf]]/Dambrathi hybrid minority of [[Loviatar]] and [[Lolth]]-worshipping [[Amazon]]s who've been running the place for generations.

	The [[Feywild]] is brought back into planar alignment with Toril.

	Mulhorand is destroyed and its people annihilated; the [[Deep Imaskari]] subsequently emerge from their long period of hiding in the [[Underdark]] and settle amongst the ruins, creating the reborn realm of High Imaskar.

	===Changes to Characters===		===Changes to Characters===

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	===How It Happened===		===How It Happened===
	[[Cyric]] murdered [[Mystra]] and then [[Shar]] tried to take control of the Weave. That's the fundamental core of why the Spellplague happened. People complain about this, pointing out that two versions of ~~Mystara~~ had died and been reborn before this one, but that's also ignoring that both deaths also left their mark on magic as a whole. The death of ~~Mystara~~ #1 caused all magic to rapidly weaken until it almost vanished entirely, only returning after she reincarnated herself - whilst officially she banned 11th level and higher spells, one could read it that the Weave was so damaged by her death that such powerful magic simply became impossible to use. Meanwhile, the death of ~~Mystara~~ #2 caused the formation of [[Wild Magic]] and [[Dead Magic]] zones across Toril, which were even known as "Helmlands" because it was her death at the hands of [[Helm]] that caused them. So killing ~~Mystara~~ to unleash the Spellplague isn't entirely unprecedented.		[[Cyric]] murdered [[Mystra]] and then [[Shar]] tried to take control of the Weave. That's the fundamental core of why the Spellplague happened. People complain about this, pointing out that two versions of Mystra had died and been reborn before this one, but that's also ignoring that both deaths also left their mark on magic as a whole. The death of Mystra #1 caused all magic to rapidly weaken until it almost vanished entirely, only returning after she reincarnated herself - whilst officially she banned 11th level and higher spells, one could read it that the Weave was so damaged by her death that such powerful magic simply became impossible to use. Meanwhile, the death of Mystra #2 caused the formation of [[Wild Magic]] and [[Dead Magic]] zones across Toril, which were even known as "Helmlands" because it was her death at the hands of [[Helm]] that caused them. So killing Mystra to unleash the Spellplague isn't entirely unprecedented.

	===Changes to Nations===		===Changes to Nations===

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	===How It Happened===		===How It Happened===
	[[Cyric]] murdered [[~~Mystara~~]] and then [[Shar]] tried to take control of the Weave. That's the fundamental core of why the Spellplague happened. People complain about this, pointing out that two versions of Mystara had died and been reborn before this one, but that's also ignoring that both deaths also left their mark on magic as a whole. The death of Mystara #1 caused all magic to rapidly weaken until it almost vanished entirely, only returning after she reincarnated herself - whilst officially she banned 11th level and higher spells, one could read it that the Weave was so damaged by her death that such powerful magic simply became impossible to use. Meanwhile, the death of Mystara #2 caused the formation of [[Wild Magic]] and [[Dead Magic]] zones across Toril, which were even known as "Helmlands" because it was her death at the hands of [[Helm]] that caused them. So killing Mystara to unleash the Spellplague isn't entirely unprecedented.		[[Cyric]] murdered [[Mystra]] and then [[Shar]] tried to take control of the Weave. That's the fundamental core of why the Spellplague happened. People complain about this, pointing out that two versions of Mystara had died and been reborn before this one, but that's also ignoring that both deaths also left their mark on magic as a whole. The death of Mystara #1 caused all magic to rapidly weaken until it almost vanished entirely, only returning after she reincarnated herself - whilst officially she banned 11th level and higher spells, one could read it that the Weave was so damaged by her death that such powerful magic simply became impossible to use. Meanwhile, the death of Mystara #2 caused the formation of [[Wild Magic]] and [[Dead Magic]] zones across Toril, which were even known as "Helmlands" because it was her death at the hands of [[Helm]] that caused them. So killing Mystara to unleash the Spellplague isn't entirely unprecedented.

	===Changes to Nations===		===Changes to Nations===

1d4chan>QuietBrowser: Tried to lay the foundations to expand this, per the Talk page, but I really don't know all the details here. This needs work. Desperately.

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 In a nutshell, as part of a long-running plan on his part, [[Cyric]] finally managed to arrange for the assassination of [[Mystra]], one of his oldest enemies. Naturally, killing the Goddess of Magic did bad things to "The Weave", Toril's background magical fabric-thingy - it didn't help that [[Shar]] immediately tried to stick her hooks in it and claim it for herself. The result was that magic went completely haywire, causing magical spells and items across Toril to explode in surges of eerie blue flame that acted as magical radiation, complete with inducing bizarre physical and mystical mutations in anybody who was touched by the stuff and survived. Lots of people died, lots of shit got blown up '''real''' good.
 The Spellplague was ultimately cleared up when [[The Sundering]] occurred, pulling Abeir and Toril apart again and moving things on to 5th edition.
 The effects of the Spellplague, and in particular the Spellscarred theme, are technically a kind of [[Wild Magic]].
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	The '''Spellplague''' was the third of the three great disasters to befall the [[Forgotten Realms]], which served on a meta-level to justify the switch-up in mechanics and lore from one edition to the next. In this, it was the direct sequel to the [[Time of Troubles]].		The '''Spellplague''' was the third of the three great disasters to befall the [[Forgotten Realms]], which served on a meta-level to justify the switch-up in mechanics and lore from one edition to the next. In this, it was the direct sequel to the [[Time of Troubles]].

	It is also, without a doubt, the most absolutely [[skub]]tastic aspect of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], because of its massive - and unnecessary, in light of the more respectful treatments that 4e gave to [[Eberron]] and [[Dark Sun]] - adjustment to continents, metaphysics and characters.		It is also, without a doubt, the most absolutely [[skub]]tastic aspect of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], because of its massive - and unnecessary, in light of the more respectful treatments that 4e gave to [[Eberron]] and [[Dark Sun]] - adjustment to continents, metaphysics and characters. Whilst Faerun is infamous for having a particularly autistic fandom, the Spellplague didn't help by having a story that relied on way too many people either doing stupid shit or having more power than they should have just because the plot needed them to, with even fans who liked the basic idea agreeing that it could have benefited from a more competent backstory.

	In a nutshell, as part of a long-running plan on his part, [[Cyric]] finally managed to arrange for the assassination of [[Mystra]], one of his oldest enemies. Naturally, killing the Goddess of Magic did bad things to "The Weave", Toril's background magical fabric-thingy - it didn't help that [[Shar]] immediately tried to stick her hooks in it and claim it for herself. The result was that magic went completely haywire, causing magical spells and items across Toril to explode in surges of eerie blue flame that acted as magical radiation, complete with inducing bizarre physical and mystical mutations in anybody who was touched by the stuff and survived. Lots of people died, lots of shit got blown up '''real''' good.		In a nutshell, as part of a long-running plan on his part, [[Cyric]] finally managed to arrange for the assassination of [[Mystra]], one of his oldest enemies. Naturally, killing the Goddess of Magic did bad things to "The Weave", Toril's background magical fabric-thingy - it didn't help that [[Shar]] immediately tried to stick her hooks in it and claim it for herself. The result was that magic went completely haywire, causing magical spells and items across Toril to explode in surges of eerie blue flame that acted as magical radiation, complete with inducing bizarre physical and mystical mutations in anybody who was touched by the stuff and survived. Lots of people died, lots of shit got blown up '''real''' good.
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	The Spellplague was ultimately cleared up when [[The Sundering]] occurred, pulling Abeir and Toril apart again and moving things on to 5th edition.		The Spellplague was ultimately cleared up when [[The Sundering]] occurred, pulling Abeir and Toril apart again and moving things on to 5th edition.

	[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]]		The effects of the Spellplague, and in particular the Spellscarred theme, are technically a kind of [[Wild Magic]].

			[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Forgotten Realms]]