Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 3 Oct 2003 to 4 Oct 2003 (#2003-240)
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Topics of the day:

 1. Blackflame and Halfling Masters in other lands

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Date:    Sat, 4 Oct 2003 13:55:10 +0200
From:    Morten Greis <lillemy@OEK.DK>
Subject: Re: Blackflame and Halfling Masters in other lands

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Haavard wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> This is quite an interesting topic that I have been
> thinking about aswell.
> I think Masters should be allowed in lands that are
> considered Halfling homelands, such as the Five
> Shires, Leeha and Alphatian lands. Perhaps Blackflame
> originated in the old halfling lands back on Davania
> and was spread from there like the Trees of Life?
>

I have a few suggestions:
Black Flame is according to the Gazetteer placed by one or more unknown
Immortals of the Sphere of Energy to help guide people towards immortality.

But what if the Black Flame is another remnant of Blackmoor technology, just as
the Artefact beneath Glantri? It could have been brought along by the Truedyl
clan, but as they gave up their former way of life, they hid away the Black
Flame. The Black Flame was later noticed by an Immortal of the Sphere of
Energy, who in the hope of changing the path of the Gentle Folk transformed the
Black Flame into what it is now. The Black Flame never succeeded in changing
the Gentle Folk, but it was found by halflings who instead began using it - at
first to defeat their many invaders, now to defend their lands.
Black Flame is tied to the land and lengthy rituals of consecration are
necessary to export the Black Flame to new lands, which means that in Alphatia
they have succeeded in importing the Black Flame, but likely not elsewhere (but
one could always make a campaign about the transfer of Black Flame from one
land to another).

Myself I play the 3E (and slightly 3.5E), so I'm myself looking for some sort
of conversion, so that the Master works as a PrC.

For now,
Morten Greis

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