Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 21 May 2005 to 23 May 2005 (#2005-107) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 24/05/2005, 17:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 2 messages totalling 158 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Mystara Product list ( was: Blackmoor Products for Mystara Product list ) 2. Sverdlov's stats ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:40:05 +0200 From: Havard Faanes Subject: Re: Mystara Product list ( was: Blackmoor Products for Mystara Product list ) --- Dave Keyser wrote: > It looks like it is time to update my Mystara index, > although you guys > have already done all the research. You know we love to help! :) There may have been things we have missed though. I am wondering if there arent more Dragon/Dungeon articles that could have been listed as "suggested" for Mystara for instance. H. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 16:07:07 +0200 From: Havard Faanes Subject: Re: Sverdlov's stats Sverdlov, known IMC as Mieczyslaw Swerdlow or simply "The Masked One", is quite an important character. Around the time of Eye of Traldar, he is just a mere apprentice to Bargle. I imagine him being around 4th level. He was quite active during and after WotI, so I imagine him being quite powerful by 1010, perhaps as high as 10th level. I hinted at some of the things that happened to old Sverdlov in my short story Masked One Unmasked, available at: http://pandius.com/unmasked.html At the time of the short story (AC1015?), Sverdlov, now known as the Masked One has become the Master of the Great School of Magecraft, slowly turning it into a nest of evil, right in front of King Stefan's nose. Having been magically scarred by Bargle, his relatively high charisma (16) is reduced effectively by 4 points to those who are able to see his scar. While wearing the mask he is effectively at cha 14 (-2). At the end of the Short Story, he has become recruited to the Order of the Black Eagle, a secret organization under the leadership of Baron Ludwig after he was driven out of Halag. This also means (temporarily) ending Sverdlov's conflict with Bargle, though the two have no love for oneanother. HÃ¥vard --- The Stalker wrote: > IMC we're now getting to the halfling invasion of > the Black Eagle Barony in > AC 1010. The PCs are not halflings, but have been > given permission to > observers by King Stefan, since one of the PCs is a > diplomat from the DDC. > Two other PCs are knights of Karameikos and have > been ordered to protect the > diplomat. They may not, however, get involved in the > war. > > Still, PCs will be PCs, and naturally they will aid > the halflings in what > ways the can without overstepping their orders. > > I intend to play the whole plot fairly close to the > canon version, which > means that Bargle will betray and rob von Hendriks > and then flee. I had an > idea that I could have the PCs make an agreement > with Bargle to do this, so > that the Black Eagle would be defenseless without > his court wizard's magic, > but there are two problems with that. One is that it > makes Bargle seem much > more benign than he should be, and the second is > that the PCs hate him with > a passion after he has manipulated them repeatedly > and even captured them > all and stolen their magical items once. Besides, > Bargle is too powerful to > bow to an agreemenet with them. > > But I thought I might have them have the option of > making an agreement with > Sverdlov instead. When Bargle captured the PCs (all > level 12+), I played a > reverse version of the "Eye of Traldar" adventure, > where the PCs begin > chained up with the prisoners in the dungeons of the > keep. They then > completed the adventure and escaped with the Eye of > Traldar, which probably > doesn't make Sverdlov look too good in von Hendriks' > or Bargle's eyes, given > that it was his responsibility. Therefore Sverdlov > might be prepared to > leave the service of the Black Eagle (not to mention > the invading halflings). > > The trouble is that I have no idea what sort of > stats Sverdlov has. He is > mentioned in the "Eye of Traldar" adventure, but he > never makes an > appearance, and so he is never described, and I'm > fairly certain he isn't > mentioned in any of the PWAs either. > > So, does anyone know if there are any canon stats on > Sverdlov? Or failing > that, how powerful would Sverdlov be? > > I should mention that IMC we play AD&D 2e rules, and > Bargle is a 26th level > mage (converted from the PWA1 OD&D stats - I don't > believe the canon AD&D > stats, which makes Bargle far too inexperienced > IMHO). I don't think > Sverdlov would be anywhere nearly as powerful as > Bargle (or else Bargle > would long since have had him killed, as his power > would be too much of a > threat to him), but anything up to level 20 or so > seems plausible. > > Does anyone remember if there were any stats for > Sverdlov in the MAs? > > > - The Stalker > > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.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 - 21 May 2005 to 23 May 2005 (#2005-107) ****************************************************************