Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 27 Oct 2006 to 3 Nov 2006 (#2006-175) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 04/11/2006, 19:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 3 messages totalling 169 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Blackmoor (2) 2. Update on the Caravan Campaign ******************************************************************** 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: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:31:20 -0800 From: "David S. Leland" Subject: Blackmoor Hi all, Does anyone know what Immortals would be worshipped by Blackmoorians circa the time of the DA modules? Thanks, Magus Coeruleus ******************************************************************** 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: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:25:06 +0100 From: Giampaolo Agosta Subject: Re: Blackmoor David S. Leland ha scritto: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know what Immortals would be worshipped by Blackmoorians circa the time of the DA modules? Havard wrote these lists: http://pandius.com/blkimm.html http://pandius.com/blk_imm.html The latter specifically deals with conversions between the d20 Blackmoor setting and Mystara, while the former deals only with Mystaran Immortals. A list of Blackmoor Immortals from the d20 Blackmoor is also available somewhere (look on Havard's website). A timeline of the Immortals -- may be useful to define which Immortals existed at the time of Blackmoor: http://pandius.com/immtimel.html Hope it helps, GP ******************************************************************** 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: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:03:51 +0200 From: Ville V Lahde Subject: Update on the Caravan Campaign Previous episodes in: http://www.pandius.com/crvncamp.html 34) Alfheim burning The PCs smuggle the shadowelf prisoner out of Corunglain. They dare =20 not use the Cook's DDC contacts, because they fear information might =20 leak. They head into Alfheim border, where they convince the border =20 guards that they are returning a "loose leaf" to his home clan. The =20 shadowelf is sufficiently disguised and intimidated for this to work. =20 At the border post they also learn of the killings in DDC. Also they =20 learn by their ranger's magic that Arnulf from House Umbarth has just =20 traveled towards Alfheim City. In Alfheim City they start thinking that the city might be the =20 optional place to use the mercenaries. So they decide to scout around. =20 A long shot - but they are lucky. They spot two teams of the =20 mercenaries! They decide to contact Guardian Taragin Oakbranch. They =20 tell him what they know and hand him the prisoner. What happens? Well, Taragin of course sends a warning and the prisoner =20 to Elleromyr. At the court the prime Shadowelf infiltrator Gilfronden =20 knows that the Plan is in danger. But he is a devious one and changes =20 his plans. He won't attack the PCs as he already has learned how =20 dangerous they are. By now the escaped Corun traitor Ramet Manwer has =20 fled to Carlisan in Desnae and warned about the treachery. Also by now =20 he knows that the assassination in Corunglain has failed. So there are =20 dangerous enemies in Alfheim City. Gilfronden believes that they still can't stop the attack. He decides =20 to accelerate the plan. The Elven Army is sent to help the city, but =20 Gilfrondel makes sure that the shadowelf attack commences before they =20 get there. And as the army is away and everything is focused on the =20 "capital", Gilfronden's elite assassins can attack the king. =20 Gilfronden will be conveniently traveling with the army to fight the =20 vile shadowelves. The PCs of course believe that the army is coming and everything is =20 okay. They attack the two mercenary groups and eliminate them without =20 any fuss. They learn that the mercanaries are augmented by the =20 fireball wands which will be used against the elven trees. The army =20 won't be there until after one day at least, so they try to find more =20 mercenaries. And by the combination of sheer dumb luck, preseverance =20 and good negotiation they learn of the Heldannan militants whom they =20 themselves hired. The PCs negotiate with the militants and convince them that the =20 operation is canceled. Evening is drawing near, and the army won't be in the city until =20 morning the earliest. As an act of desperation they use a priceless =20 divination item that they got in Soderfjord. Its powers are limited, =20 but they make an educated guess and use it just at the right place. =20 They find out where the Egg of the Phonenix is - at an inn in the Sky =20 Palace. They infiltrate the place, eliminate the shadowelf agents and =20 caputre the egg. By now the PCs believed that they had virtually stopped the attack, =20 and only mopping up would remain. As the city guards and the custom =20 police were alerted, they decided to retire for the night at the =20 Guardian's Palace. The attack begins. The remaining six mercenary groups launch fireballs =20 at some elven trees and attack their designated targets. The =20 Ethengarian Evil Spirit is released in the central marketplace. =20 Shadowelves summon a powerful fire elemental with the Flaem artefacts =20 that the PCs sold to the Corun conspirators! The PCs rush into the marketplace. The Evil Spirit has begun to =20 demolish the Merchants' Brotherhood Hall, and Bortak raiders are =20 ploughing throgh fleeing civilians. Using the appropriated fireball =20 wands they eliminate the Bortaks, and at the same time their fighter =20 engages the Spirit. His Odinian sword (from the Nithian tomb) comes to =20 life and instills a powerful frenzy in him. At the same time a strange =20 figure emerges from invisibility and starts to fire spells at the =20 Spirit. Worthy of all the Northern sagas, the fighter seems to fly on raven =20 wings and kills the powerful spirit with one blow. But alas, his =20 frenzy is still on, and who else is cowering in the ruins but Master =20 Arnulf of Umbarth! The PC fighter nearly decapitates Arnulf with one =20 blow in his mindless rage. It's down to seconds, but their cleric gets =20 there in time to stabilise him. It remains to be seen whether Arnulf =20 survives. In the midst of the pandemonium, in the rain of burning leaves, the =20 strange figure approaches them and reveals itself. It is a shadowelf =20 with strange tattoos on her old and wrinkled face... The Agent of =20 Porphyriel has realised that the PCs are not pawns of Xatapechli's =20 cabal. She decides to risk all and appeal to them. "We have all come a long way since we clashed in that cellar.", she says. (None of the players had any idea of the rift in shadowelf society =20 until this...) ******************************************************************** 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 - 27 Oct 2006 to 3 Nov 2006 (#2006-175) ***************************************************************