Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 12 Mar 2003 to 13 Mar 2003 (#2003-73) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 14/03/2003, 19:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 6 messages totalling 153 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Global Interaction 2. Cultures (4) 3. Offlist until March 24th ******************************************************************** 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, 13 Mar 2003 16:55:09 +0200 From: Alexis Vasileus Subject: Re: Global Interaction At 00:18 13.3.2003, DM wrote: Ahem, sorry Aleksei but I don't see where's the connection between the > exploring ventures and the typical gruffy and mysterious Alphatian wizard. > I mean, you're aware that the explorations are pursued by explorators > (private or state financed more likely), and that not all explorators need > to be mage ;) > In case of the Alphatian skyships, you just need to have a good crew and a > competent captain, be it spellcaster or not. It will likely be a > spellcaster, since normally only thos magic wielding types can rise in the > ranks of the Alphatian govt, but then if he pursues a military career, he > will do what the hierarchs tell him to do without complaining too much. So > much for your exploration needs ;) Yes, the skyships have non-spellcaster crews. However, those Alphatian non-spellcasters are second-class serf wogs who are expected to kowtow to their betters (per canon sources, and I don't care for the MA introduction of Alphatian "citizens"). So they are not exactly motivated to go out and explore/conquer new lands, especially if the spellcaster aristocracy will just come in and take over once they are done. On the contrast, Thyatis gives very good rights to its people by the standards of any Mystaran nation, even slaves have some rights. Thus, IMO, it is Alphatia who should fear a Thyatian offensive, because Thyatian morale and motivation are way higher than Alphatian. It's like Greece and Persia - sure, Persia had the larger empire, but it collapsed like a house of cards when the Greeks invaded, because the Greeks had a stake in their nation's success and the Persians did not. Alexis Vasileus, aka Solmyr the Azure World of Enothril - http://enothril.topcities.com/ Solmyr's Miscellany - http://solmyr.blogspot.com/ Archmage's Tower - http://www.geocities.com/solmyr.geo/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:06:34 -0300 From: Asgor Ironfist Subject: Re: Cultures Thanks everyone for the explanations abou the Empire of Zuyevo. =) But anyone knows which one is the correct, Dradze or Drazde? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. http://messenger.msn.com.br ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:48:42 -0300 From: Asgor Ironfist Subject: Re: Cultures By the way, anyone knows which Immortals are worshipped in Zuyevo? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail, o maior webmail do Brasil. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 21:43:26 +0000 From: adrian mattias Subject: Re: Cultures I am pretty sure it is Dradze. Where did the different spellings appear? > From: Asgor Ironfist > Reply-To: Mystara RPG Discussion > To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] Cultures > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:06:34 -0300 > > Thanks everyone for the explanations abou the Empire of Zuyevo. =) But > anyone knows which one is the correct, Dradze or Drazde? > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. > http://messenger.msn.com.br > > ******************************************************************** > 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. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:52:51 -0300 From: Asgor Ironfist Subject: Re: Cultures Here: Geographic entry for the Empire of Zuyevo, from the AC 1018 Almanac. "Launching a lightning attack, the Zuyevans seized a large swathe of Yezchamenid territory, effectively cutting the Zatrapy of *Drazde* off from the rest of the empire." " The Zatrapy of *Drazde* became de facto independent of the Yezchamenid Empire in AC 999, but the..." "In AC 1008 the Zatrapy of *Drazde* was absorbed by the Zuyevan Empire as the Zuyevan faction..." That's why i asked if the correct is Dradze or Drazde. Anyone know the Immortals of Zuyevo? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail, o maior webmail do Brasil. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:30:18 -0600 From: Magister Mystaros Subject: Offlist until March 24th Hi All! Just thought I'd drop a note to let you know I won't be able to answer = any HackWurld questions for the next week or so, as I will be out of = town and offline until March 24th. So if you do have any questions, feel = free to ask them, but don't expect an answer for a while... James =20 ****************************** James "Mystaros" Mishler Freelance Writer and Troubleshooter mystaros@earthlink.net ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 12 Mar 2003 to 13 Mar 2003 (#2003-73) ***************************************************************