Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 16 Jan 2003 to 17 Jan 2003 (#2003-18) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 18/01/2003, 19:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 7 messages totalling 396 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Vyalia Elves 2. D20 supplements and the Mystara Mythos (2) 3. Help for abreviations (2) 4. Zeitgeist Sneak Preview for the Mystara List!!! 5. Greyhawk Box? ******************************************************************** 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: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:38:47 +0100 From: Federico Kaftal Subject: Re: Vyalia Elves In module B7 Rahasia you will find a great deal of information about these Elves: they have retained sylvan habits, but unlike their Thyatian relatives of the Dymrak forest who rely on Mealiden's Trees of Life, they have instead developed a RELIGION (yes, a true religion!): sort of RW Buddhism, based on mysticism, incense burning, meditation and shrines dedicated to the cult of a human magic-user who lived with them many years before and shew them "the way". Furthermore, their customs are very much Ylari-like, with veiled women and the sort, the reason of which is not explained. Maybe their Prophet came from Ylaruam? But in such case he should not have been faithful to Al-Kalim, since he founded a new religion based on his own teachings... Federico Kaftal _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:22:36 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Havard=20Faanes?= Subject: Re: D20 supplements and the Mystara Mythos Its good to hear that the wheels still are in motion over at Zeitgeist Games, Dustin! :) I've been hearing rumours about Arnesons health troubles too, but I hope that he is well now? How central will he be in the production of your products? I got the impression that he was mostly an advicer and rightsholder, but from reading this, it seems that he will be one of the main authors of the books? I'm really looking forward to seeing what will be released on your website. It is great that our mailinglist receives such special treatment. :) Cheers, Håvard --- Dustin Clingman skrev: > That is our plan, wear you down, then bring you back > up!!! :) Our > internal goal is to have the initial sourcebook > finished by June. The > reason is that Dave had a little health trouble and > has been focused > away from the project of late. We are also trying to > make this the best > book we can. I will be honest with you all, we won't > release till we are > satisfied. It's just not about the money. We want > and need to have a > quality project! I hope you can all appreciate that. > > We are working feverishly on the new Blackmoor. > Because of the > tremendous amount of support for Blackmoor as well > as the surprising > amount of high quality creative fan fiction on this > list. I will be > posting a link to this list tomorrow afternoon to > the Zeitgeistgames.com > website that will allow you to download a super > early preview of some of > the material we are working on. It's only for this > list. It's only going > to be up through the weekend. I am pretty sure it > will be a bit that we > have on the Peshwah. It's still rough (so be kind!) > and has some > placeholder artwork(so don't complain about it! > /jk), but I want to give > you guys an idea about the direction we are going. I > might also consider > putting up one of the converted characters like The > Fetch. The only > problem is that I don't have all the artwork scanned > in to post for > these segments. > > We are also getting very close to some great > announcements, but I can't > say more than that just yet. > > Thanks for your patience. :) > > Dustin > > --- > Dustin Clingman > Zeitgeist Games > www.zeitgeistgames.com > > ******************************************************************** > 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: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:55:33 -0500 From: Dustin Clingman Subject: Re: D20 supplements and the Mystara Mythos Dave is an incredible asset and co-shareholder of Zeitgeist Games, Inc. His insight and writing abilities are being heavily leveraged. In other words he is one of the primary authors at this time. We have spent a lot of time trying to update the vision of Blackmoor and it's evolving into a really cool place.=20 As for Dave's health, he is doing fine. He is still a little under the weather, but he will be back in action very shortly. //I'm really looking forward to seeing what will be released on your website. It is great that our mailing list receives such special treatment. :) Indeed, with all the effort you guys have shown, you deserve it. :) I hope that you enjoy it. :) Dustin --- Dustin Clingman Zeitgeist Games www.zeitgeistgames.com=20 //-----Original Message----- //From: Mystara RPG Discussion=20 //[mailto:MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM] On Behalf Of Havard Faanes //Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:23 AM //To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM //Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] D20 supplements and the Mystara Mythos // // //Its good to hear that the wheels still are in motion //over at Zeitgeist Games, Dustin! :) // //I've been hearing rumours about Arnesons health //troubles too, but I hope that he is well now? How //central will he be in the production of your products? //I got the impression that he was mostly an advicer and //rightsholder, but from reading this, it seems that he //will be one of the main authors of the books? // //I'm really looking forward to seeing what will be //released on your website. It is great that our //mailinglist receives such special treatment. :) // //Cheers, // //H=E5vard // // // --- Dustin Clingman skrev: > //That is our plan, wear you down, then bring you back //> up!!! :) Our //> internal goal is to have the initial sourcebook //> finished by June. The //> reason is that Dave had a little health trouble and //> has been focused //> away from the project of late. We are also trying to //> make this the best //> book we can. I will be honest with you all, we won't //> release till we are //> satisfied. It's just not about the money. We want //> and need to have a //> quality project! I hope you can all appreciate that. //> //> We are working feverishly on the new Blackmoor. //> Because of the //> tremendous amount of support for Blackmoor as well //> as the surprising //> amount of high quality creative fan fiction on this //> list. I will be //> posting a link to this list tomorrow afternoon to //> the Zeitgeistgames.com //> website that will allow you to download a super //> early preview of some of //> the material we are working on. It's only for this //> list. It's only going //> to be up through the weekend. I am pretty sure it //> will be a bit that we //> have on the Peshwah. It's still rough (so be kind!) //> and has some //> placeholder artwork(so don't complain about it! //> /jk), but I want to give //> you guys an idea about the direction we are going. I //> might also consider //> putting up one of the converted characters like The //> Fetch. The only //> problem is that I don't have all the artwork scanned //> in to post for //> these segments. //> //> We are also getting very close to some great //> announcements, but I can't //> say more than that just yet. //> //> Thanks for your patience. :) //> //> Dustin //> //> --- //> Dustin Clingman //> Zeitgeist Games //> www.zeitgeistgames.com //> //> //******************************************************************** //> 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. //> // //______________________________________________________ //F=E5 den nye Yahoo! Messenger p=E5 http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ //Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og=20 //dobbelt s=E5 morsom // //******************************************************************** //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: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 20:50:58 +0100 From: Kid H Subject: Help for abreviations What do that stuff mean? 1.. the Old Ones=20 2.. NoS 3.. NACE=20 4.. Great Crater 5.. IIRC 6.. PWA 1=20 Tnx KH ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:59:15 -0500 From: SteelAngel Subject: Re: Help for abreviations On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Kid H wrote: > What do that stuff mean? > > 1.. the Old Ones The Old Ones are the actual creators of the Mystaran multiverse. It was they that preceded the Immortals, and they who will exist long after the Multiverse has reached its end. Their motives are unknown, and their presence exists only once, in a limited form, in the Wrath of the Immortals adventure. > 2.. NoS Nucleus of the Spheres. This Artifact was created from the star drive of the spaceship 'USS Beagle' when it crashed on Mystara thousands of years ago. The artifact was originally designed to promote the Sphere of Energy above all others, but was transformed by the Immortals to drain Energy if it is overused. After the Wrath of the Immortals, it was changed to drain Entropy. > 3.. NACE The New Alphatian Empire. This is an acronym created by fans who continue to write the almanacs every year. > 4.. Great Crater This was created by a meterorite impact on the broken lands and southern Glantri in the year 1007, during the Great War. > 5.. IIRC Internet speak for 'If I Recall Correctly' > 6.. PWA 1 Stands for 'Poor Wizards Almanac 1' the first of the four almanacs created for the Mystara campaign setting. Ethan - not a 'Guru' for nothing :D -- Kinard 210 Linux Guru Webmaster www.steelangel.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:25:07 -0500 From: Dustin Clingman Subject: Zeitgeist Sneak Preview for the Mystara List!!! Hello Everyone, Yesterday I announced that I would be setting up an impromptu special preview that would be available first to the readers of this list! Well I am here to give you a link to the page that contains a special preview of the Peshwah. The Peshwah are the noble horsemen of the High Plains. They are a great race and will be returning to the official release of the d20 Blackmoor scheduled for June of this year. Please give me feedback on what you think of this. Your ideas and input are invaluable. I wanted to also mention that this piece was written by Jeffrey Quinn. It is available in PDF and Doc formats. Enjoy!!!! www.zeitgeistgames.com/Preview/PeshwahPreview.doc www.zeitgeistgames.com/Preview/PeshwahPreview.pdf Dustin --- Dustin Clingman Zeitgeist Games www.zeitgeistgames.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:42:09 -0800 From: Darth Darknerd Subject: Greyhawk Box? There was this boxed city for Greyhawk city, and there were some really good mini-adventures. I was wondering if anyone had this, and perhaps could send me the text to a specific mini-adventure, the one dealing with the pawn shop. I am going to run B6 Veiled Society, and I want to have this mini-adventure for the module. It's a good mix. Some thugs come out and demand a sword that doesn't exist. The thugs could perhaps be: Veiled Soceity. So, it works out nicely. :-) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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