Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Jun 2003 to 5 Jun 2003 (#2003-147) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 06/06/2003, 17:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 5 messages totalling 278 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Darokin campaign ideas? (3) 2. This MMORPG May Be Of Interest 3. ideas on the haunted mansion in Glantri City ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:18:27 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Havard=20Faanes?= Subject: Re: Darokin campaign ideas? --- Magister Mystaros : > Heya Havard, glad to hear you've got some active > Mystara players going right > now! Hellu, sorry it took me a while to get back to you. > What era are you running in? Pre-WotI? Post WotI? > During the WotI? That > could certainly affect what you can run them > through...You could also always > run an Early Darokin campaign. My campaign just started and it will be set in AC 1000, based around Elstrich, just south west of Darokin City. That way its pretty much up to the PCs if they want to go south into Malpheggi and the westerlands or if they want to do a more city-based campaign in Darokin. Thanks for the ideas though. I like to tie in historical events in my scenarios, so some of this stuff will come in handy for sure. When is Hackmaster due to be done? Will it be ready for GenCon? I might show up there and pick up a copy.. Havard Here's some ideas > just post AC... > > 1st and 2nd Century AC = Fight side by side with the > Darokin Kings against > the Red Orcs, or support the rise of Corwyn Attleson > to the throne. > > 3rd century AC = Exciting times during the Alasiyani > migration across > Darokin.Might even be some Ethengar migrations, too > (remember those Mughals > from the Hollow World?) > > 4th century AC = Darokin reaches maximum extent, > after fighting off all > invations and the remaining Red Orcs. Time of > Balthac and Sinan (IMC, at > least). > > 5th century AC = Flaems just arrived recently, and > start to nibble at > northern verge of the kingdom. Vampires are rampant > in the cities > (successfully fought off by adventurers, many flee > to Traladara). Chambahara > flee from Sind to Akorros and Akesoli, Lycanthropes > from Minrothad into > Athenos and Port Tenobar. > > 6th century AC = The "ElfWar". More importantly, the > early period of this > century is filled with the invasions of the Great > Horde of Big Chief Sitting > Drool. Later, Illodius invades Alfheim, followed by > the invasion of the > Shadow Elves. Darokin is involved in both. Late in > this century, the > Ethengar invade the Highlands; surely some hordes > make it into Darokin, > which is still reeling from the earlier Beastmen > invasion. > > 7th century AC = The kingdom begins to disintegrate > under the weakness of > its kings and the growing strength of the merchants > and robber barons. > > 8th century AC = The kingdom finally falls > completely with the death of the > last king, Santhral II Attleson, in 723 AC. He is > the last of the Attleson > line; the Reign of the Darokin Kings comes to an > end. Local princes, dukes, > marquis and barons openly assume power; many petty > wars occur between the > various lords. The merchant class becomes a major > factor in the great cities > of Darokin, Selenica, Corunglain, Ardelphia, and > Akorros. > > Gotta go for now, but those are just a few idea > ideas for some earlier days > adventures in Darokin... > > James > > ****************************** > James "Mystaros" Mishler > Freelance Writer and Troubleshooter > mystaros@earthlink.net > > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ > To unsubscribe, send email to > LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. > ______________________________________________________ Få den nye Yahoo! Messenger på http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt så morsom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:20:12 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Havard=20Faanes?= Subject: Re: Darokin campaign ideas? --- Giampaolo Agosta : > Or, he can be more of a berserker warrior than a > simple rustic: a > warrior from Soderfjord might qualify for the role. He actually turned out to be more of a redneck naturechild type of barbarian. Perhaps an unusual interpretation of the class, but I figured what the hell :) Havard ______________________________________________________ Få den nye Yahoo! Messenger på http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt så morsom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:28:41 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Havard=20Faanes?= Subject: Re: Darokin campaign ideas? Thanks for all the ideas guys! This will definately enrichen my campaign, and now I have tons of adventure ideas... :) Havard --- John Hare skrev: > Here is an idea for you. > > Merchant game, all the pc's belong to one of the > Merchant Houses of > Darokin, and the head of the house is will name his > successor in 1 year, > depending on which one of the PCs or NPCs earns the > most profit. Each of > the characters will start with a certain amount of > coin, and must keep > track of all their purchases and sales (along with > taxes paid to the guild) > and at the end the one with the most profit (and > maybe the most coin) will > be the new head of the house. You will need to have > 1 or 2 NPCs at least, > maybe more who are competing against the PCs, but of > course they will do > some dirty tricks to try and win. > One of the things you will have to decide ahead of > time, is exactly when > you want to run the game, and what outside > influences with affect the > markets. ie AC 1000 a quick profitable trade route > is Darokin to Alfhiem - > Grain there, and almost anything back, over and over > again. But after AC > 1007 when the Shadowelves take over Alfhiem that > route will most assuredly > change. > > "My good fortune is your good fortune." - Q > > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ > To unsubscribe, send email to > LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. > ______________________________________________________ Få den nye Yahoo! Messenger på http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt så morsom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:28:11 -0700 From: Larry Subject: Re: This MMORPG May Be Of Interest Its about freking time D&D was a MMORPG. ===== "Happy Hunting!" My web site: http://www.geocities.com/boonedale/ My Robotech game on Yahoo! groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RobotechGame/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:40:05 +0200 From: "Kessel, Laszko van" Subject: Re: ideas on the haunted mansion in Glantri City Check out Chatterskull House in Glantri City. This house was once on sale at Mercies Auction House. http://www.xs4all.nl/~enee/desc_lot_046.htm It isn't that frightening, but maybe for some foreigner... Laszko Mercies Auction House http://www.xs4all.nl/~enee/ -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: David Keyser [mailto:davidk@SYNOPSYS.COM]=20 Verzonden: donderdag 5 juni 2003 1:32 Aan: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Onderwerp: [MYSTARA] ideas on the haunted mansion in Glantri City Anyone ever come up with some plausible ideas on the haunted mansion in Glantri City? It would have to be something powerful enough to deter even a Glantrian prince, unless the whole thing was a hoax or another Glantrian prince was behind it. ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Jun 2003 to 5 Jun 2003 (#2003-147) **************************************************************