Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 16 Dec 2005 to 17 Dec 2005 (#2005-235) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 18/12/2005, 19:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 2 messages totalling 77 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Alphatia: The bad guys ? (2) ******************************************************************** 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: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:43:04 -0500 From: Joe Mason Subject: Re: Alphatia: The bad guys ? Giampaolo Agosta wrote: > Not necessarily, but the average citizen (and lower-rank > bureacrat/noble/whatever) of Hule or Denagoth doesn't need to be any > more evil than anyone else (Black Eagle is too small, so the Baron's > evil directly affects everything in the Barony). > So, natives of Hule could perceive themselves as protecting their > nation, and the soldiers of Denagoth would not consider their attempts > to conquer Wendar as different from the HK invasion of the Heldann > Freeholds. I always thought that the actual nation of Hule presented in X5, with wandering Holy Men and semi-civilized humanoids, seemed like just any other country. It was only the Master himself who was unequivocally evil. Joe ******************************************************************** 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: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:47:40 -0500 From: Gilles Leblanc Subject: Re: Alphatia: The bad guys ? I personally presented that nation as corrupted with a twisted sense of politics, laws and customs. While most peasants were not evil, the ruling theocracy were truly represented as devious and deceitful. They are after all followers of the Immortal of deceit. On 12/17/05, Joe Mason wrote: > > Giampaolo Agosta wrote: > > Not necessarily, but the average citizen (and lower-rank > > bureacrat/noble/whatever) of Hule or Denagoth doesn't need to be any > > more evil than anyone else (Black Eagle is too small, so the Baron's > > evil directly affects everything in the Barony). > > So, natives of Hule could perceive themselves as protecting their > > nation, and the soldiers of Denagoth would not consider their attempts > > to conquer Wendar as different from the HK invasion of the Heldann > > Freeholds. > > I always thought that the actual nation of Hule presented in X5, with > wandering Holy Men and semi-civilized humanoids, seemed like just any > other country. It was only the Master himself who was unequivocally evil= . > > Joe > > ******************************************************************** > 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. > ******************************************************************** 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 - 16 Dec 2005 to 17 Dec 2005 (#2005-235) ****************************************************************