Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 14 Sep 2003 to 15 Sep 2003 (#2003-227) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 16/09/2003, 17:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 8 messages totalling 353 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. the small cities in Karameikos (2) 2. Glantri at the End of Time?? (2) 3. Mystara MML Website (3) 4. 2ndED: Ixion's priesthoods(LONG) ******************************************************************** 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: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:50:58 +0200 From: Federico Kaftal Subject: the small cities in Karameikos As Giampaolo has pointed out, most on Karameikos cities is in the Gazetteer and in B10 Night's Dark Terror, PLUS: "The Veiled Society" for Specularum "B2 Keep on the Borderlands" for Castellan's Keep "Queen's Harvest" for the Penhaligon roundabouts "DDA3 Eye of Traldar" for Luln and Fort Doom (very well detailed) Ciao, Federico _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:21:55 +0200 From: Giampaolo Agosta Subject: Re: the small cities in Karameikos Giampaolo Agosta wrote: > Lothlann wrote: > >> Hi to all, I'm trying to model every small cities and town in Karameikos. >> For example, Vorloi it's a small town in the south of Karameikos, but >> what >> it's in there? What kind of town is Vorloi? Hi, here are some links you may find useful (the first is in Italian): http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dungeon/9940/ http://dnd.starflung.com/karameik.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mystara/maps/known_world/karameikos/gaz1entries.htm Also, there are a couple of Italina newsgroups that discuss to some extent Mystara (it.hobby.giochi.gdr.dnd and free.it.fantasy.mystara). Bye, GP P.S.: Lothlann, I've seen your mail, but when I tried to answer the server sent my mail back with an "address does not exist"-type error. -- Giampaolo Agosta http://digilander.iol.it/agathokles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:36:58 -0700 From: Rodger Burns Subject: Re: Glantri at the End of Time?? Andres Piquer Otero wrote on September 14, 2003 11:41 PM: > > Just something funny in the way of trivia... > did Bruce Heard comment anywhere on his taking / being inspired by > characters in Michael Moorcock's "The Dancers at the End of Time" > series to > name quite a few of the personalities in Glantri? I just finished the > trilogy today (hard to come by, but recently back in print), and > there seems > to be more than a matter of chance... you even have a character called > "Brannart Morphail". Maybe the whole notion of the NoS could then be > inspired by the city power stores of Earth at the End of Time too... > Anybody has a clue on that?? > > Andres Huh. Interesting idea, but I suspect that Bruce isn't responsible for the original inspiration at least. Eight of the ten princes had their names assigned by Michael S. Dobson in X10, after all. :) I'm wondering how unusual it would be for the descendants of Glantri to manage to further unlock the NoS, have more people gain control over its power source, and establish a city and culture very similar to "Dancers at the End of Time" in KW 2000 AD, though. Could be verrrry interesting... "The best lack all conviction, While the worst are full of passionate intensity." - W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming" Rodger Burns ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:52:51 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Mystara MML Website Hey all, I remember when asking for one introduction, others jumped in. That was just great. This gave me an idea, so I want to post it and see what you guys think. How about making a Mystara MML website that where we can have out profiles on it, and also later put up a bulletin board for Mystara games in our area. That way others can hookup and network. Does this sound cool? Would you guys be willing to participate? - Joaquin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:17:15 -0700 From: Ramses Ramirez Subject: 2ndED: Ixion's priesthoods(LONG) Hello everyone! For those of you who still run 2ndED Mystara, I have been working on priesthoods for the main 50 or so Immortals of the WoTI boxed set concentrating on those priesthoods of the Known and Hollow Worlds. My priesthoods are in line with all the nations that have been detailed with OD&D gazetteers, as I have chosen to ignore those countries which have less information. For instance, in the Hollow World I have chosen to ignore Ixion and Ka's priesthoods among the Oltecs among various other "undetailed" nations ... only concentrating for now on the Milenian, Nithian, and Azcan Empires in regards to the Land of the Red Sun... Likewise, the same goes for the Known World as my work will not cover (for now) places such as Wendar, The Heldannic Knights and the like. I would like to receive comments, praise and/or criticism from those interested..One of the major criteria for the below conversion was to keep in mind the strength of the cleric (he has major access to 12 spheres and minor access in 1, can use all armors, and can turn undead) and tried the best I can to both convey the feel of Ixion's priests in addition to keeping them competitive with the standard cleric. I have included the new priest spheres in "Tome of Magic" in my conversion. So what do you think? Do you like them? Dislike them? :) Are they underpowered, overpowered, or just right? Or if you just have specific questions please go ahead. Without futher adieu, let me share my 4 priesthoods for Ixion ( 2 Known World, and 2 Hollow World) . For all his priesthoods, Ixion demands a lot of worship, so that all his priests must spend 1 hour every day honoring him or their spells won't be granted that day until resting a day and honoring the Immortal. (BTW, I have seen Giampaolo's work on Ixion's Red Steel priests.. Good job! :) ) . Ethengar Khanates Ixion(Tubak) Clerical alignment: LG Min Ability Scores: Int 13, Str 13 NWP required: none WP required: scimitar Weapons Permitted: scimitars,axes, maces short sword, dagger/dirk, longbow, short bow, lasso Armor Permitted: leather armor, chain mail, all shields Spheres of Influence: Major Access to All, Combat, Protection, Law, Divination, Healing, Charm Minor Access to War, Sun, and Elemental Fire Powers and Abilities: Obtains the NWP "Military Tactics" for free Priests get a +1 to their Turn Undead rolls Obtains the spell "detect lie" at first level Can cast "produce fire" 3/day Prophecy- Once a major conflict/war begins against a nation that the priest is fighting for, once or twice a month the priest receives "visions" of how the enemy troops will be arranged. In game terms, he has ideas of very rough, preliminary enemy battle tactics and can then begin formulation of pre-battle battle tactics. These visions will never be completely "clear" however and depending on how the PC construes them could be a mixed blessing. Nithian Ixion(Horon) Clerical alignment: any non-evil Min Ability Scores: Wis 16, Str 13 NWP required: none, Recommended: charioteer-driving WP required: none Weapons Permitted: dagger/dirk, stick, mace-axes, normal, short swords, polearms, staff, sword-staff, axes, clubs, maces Armor Permitted: Nithian plate mail, textile armor, helmet Spheres of Influence: Major Access to All, Sun, Plant, Combat, Thought, Creation, Minor Access to Animal Powers and Abilities: can cast any spell from magic-user school of Elemental Fire infravision at will 5th level- light spell 1/day 10th level- flaming sword at will, + 1d4 additional flame damage to each attack Berserker rage- if insulted, WIS check at -4 or go berserk (+2 att, dam) for a number of rounds equal to priest's level +1 bonus to heat exhaustions checks for every 3 levels XP Turn Undead +1 to rolls Sind Ixion (in all his manifestations and forms) Clerical alignment: any neutral alignment Min Ability Scores: Wis 13, Str 13 NWP required: none WP required: none Weapons Permitted: jambiya(indian dagger), katar(indian dagger), tulwar(indian sword) Armor Permitted: all shields, no armor Spheres of Influence: Major Access to All, Necromancy, Combat, War, Plant, Creation, Healing, Animal, Law, Protection, Sun Minor Access to none Powers: Turn Undead +1 to rolls Can cast "produce flame" 3/day After 3rd level can shapechange 3/day each into a turtle, horse, or elephant Incite Berserker Rage- Priest takes one round to incite a fighter companion into rage (+2 to hit, +2 to dam) . The duration of the rage is 6 turns and the fighter is not winded thereafter. Energy Drain- Can suck out energy of creatures that are old for their species (DM's discretion). With every hit suffered, target makes a st vs. paralysis or lose 1HD as if hit by an energy draining monster. Modified version of "bless"- Makes land fertile (and encourages plant growth) that has been affected by drought. Has area of effect of 1/640 square miles and a duration of 6 months. This "bless" is a 2nd level spell. NOTE: Sindhi priests get the proficiency "Military Tactics" for free. Azcan Empire Ixion(Otzitiotl) Clerical alignment: any non-evil alignment Min Ability Scores: Wis 16, Str 13 NWP required: none WP required: none Weapons Permitted: club, staff, sling, bola Armor Permitted: leather armor, shield Spheres of Influence: Major Access to All, Sun, Creation, Elemental Fire, Combat, Healing, War Minor Access to Animal Powers: +1 HD at level 1, and +1 to hp thereafter (as with Azcans) Immunity to all of Atzanteotl's pre-sacrificial subjugatory spells and spell effects such as "Atzanteotl's Hand" All Azcan priests of Otzitiotl gain infravision equivalent to dwarves and elves Can cast magic from wizard school of Elemental Fire Turn Undead +1 to roll Berserker rage if insulted (as with Horon clerics above) Can cast produce fire 3/day At 10th level, weapon held can becoming flaming adding 1d4 points of damage to each attack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FINAL NOTE: From the magic restrictions in the HW boxed set, in AD&D terms, HW priests will NEVER have access to the following spheres: Charm, Summoning, Divination, Necromancy, and Animal. In addition, no "hold" spells work in the HW. Lastly, as a result of the Spell of Preservation, the HW priest needs a WIS of at least 16. Lancer --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:32:11 -0700 From: Ramses Ramirez Subject: Re: Mystara MML Website Those are great ideas, Joaquin. As for the profiles, I think there was a partial attempt of that already though I don't remember where it was at (perhaps the Vaults of Pandius somewhere?). This website had a short description of some MML members plus questions along the lines such as "What is your favorite AD&D setting besides Mystara?" and "What other RPGs have you played.." I think others that were involved in the making of that list know what I am referring to and can say more about it. As for the second idea I believe it would be wonderful since everyone would then know the games going around in their area and be able to contact the appropriate DMs. I would definitely participate in supplying such information. Lancer Joaquin Menchaca wrote: Hey all, I remember when asking for one introduction, others jumped in. That was just great. This gave me an idea, so I want to post it and see what you guys think. How about making a Mystara MML website that where we can have out profiles on it, and also later put up a bulletin board for Mystara games in our area. That way others can hookup and network. Does this sound cool? Would you guys be willing to participate? - Joaquin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.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. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:03:21 +0100 From: Mark Alexander Bertenshaw Subject: Re: Glantri at the End of Time?? I think that this was started with X10. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andres Piquer Otero" To: Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:41 AM Subject: [MYSTARA] Glantri at the End of Time?? > Just something funny in the way of trivia... > did Bruce Heard comment anywhere on his taking / being inspired by > characters in Michael Moorcock's "The Dancers at the End of Time" series to > name quite a few of the personalities in Glantri? I just finished the > trilogy today (hard to come by, but recently back in print), and there seems > to be more than a matter of chance... you even have a character called > "Brannart Morphail". Maybe the whole notion of the NoS could then be > inspired by the city power stores of Earth at the End of Time too... > Anybody has a clue on that?? > > Andres > > ******************************************************************** > 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: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:55:38 +0200 From: Giampaolo Agosta Subject: Re: Mystara MML Website Ramses Ramirez wrote: > Those are great ideas, Joaquin. As for the profiles, I think there was a partial attempt of that already though I don't remember where it was at It used to be quite complete, it's just that it has not been up to date in ages :) It was maintained by clumsydwarf, IIRC. Ah, here it is: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dunes/7295/mystara/mml Bye, -- Giampaolo Agosta http://digilander.iol.it/agathokles ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 14 Sep 2003 to 15 Sep 2003 (#2003-227) ****************************************************************