Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 11 Apr 2008 to 30 Apr 2008 (#2008-17) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 01/05/2008, 17:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 3 messages totalling 150 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Mystaran Dwarves in 3e - movement (3) ******************************************************************** 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: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:18:32 -0500 From: Greg Weatherup Subject: Mystaran Dwarves in 3e - movement Greetings all!=20 An interesting and specific question came up in my=A0pbem game that I=20 am unsure about and I wondered what others thought.=20 In standard 3.5e rules, Dwarves do not suffer from encumebrance=20 penalties from neither armor nor gear weight.=A0 But every=A0Mystara 3e=20 conversion/adaptation I have seen (except for one tangential one)=20 directly or indirectly seems to omit this.=A0 I don't know much about=20 Dwarves nor about Mystaran Dwarves, but I don't recall any such=20 thing in previous versions of D&D.=A0 Since I don't know much about them so= I have been relying solely on the conversions of others for dwarves. Is t= here anything about=20 classic-dwarves or about Mystaran-Dwarves whereby they ought to=20 have such a racial ability?=A0 Your opinions/thoughts please.=20 Thank you,=20 (I hope this doesn't provoke another flame war about fitting a=20 rules to the setting vs. fitting a setting to a ruleset, as I am=20 only=A0looking at this one very specific thing)=20 Greg W. --=20 Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! ******************************************************************** 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: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:33:51 -0700 From: Andrew Theisen Subject: Re: Mystaran Dwarves in 3e - movement Nothing that I can recall in any previous editions really hints to this encumbrance ignoring ability of dwarves- it's really just something that 3.5 threw in to account for the slower speed of dwarves and not wanting to hinder them unduly with additional encumbrance effects of heavy armor. It's something that sort of goes with the notion that dwarves are stocky, sturdy and determined creatures, so thematically it kind of fits. As to extant Mystara dwarf conversions that omit this bit, I'd assume it has to do more with the majority of said conversions having not been updated since 3.5 came out than anything else. The encumbrance thing wasn't a part of the original 3.0 rules either. ******************************************************************** 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: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:34:48 -0700 From: Boonedale Subject: Re: Mystaran Dwarves in 3e - movement It is thought that the muscle mass of a dwarf is "stronger" and more "dense" then the taller races. In 2end edition dwarves of all types still hade to deal with encumberance (if used) from armor. The same for 1st edition. In 3.0/3.5 dwarves dont have a problem using the heavy armors when it comes to encumberance (i belive anayway). --- Greg Weatherup wrote: > Greetings all! > An interesting and specific question came up in > my pbem game that I am unsure about and I wondered what others thought. > In standard 3.5e rules, Dwarves do not suffer from > encumebrance penalties from neither armor nor gear weight. But > every Mystara 3e conversion/adaptation I have seen (except for one > tangential one) directly or indirectly seems to omit this. I don't > know much about Dwarves nor about Mystaran Dwarves, but I don't > recall any such thing in previous versions of D&D. Since I don't > know much about them so I have been relying solely > on the conversions of others for dwarves. Is there > anything about classic-dwarves or about Mystaran-Dwarves whereby > they ought to have such a racial ability? Your opinions/thoughts > please. > Thank you, > (I hope this doesn't provoke another flame war about > fitting a rules to the setting vs. fitting a setting to a > ruleset, as I am only looking at this one very specific thing) > Greg W. > > > -- > Want an e-mail address like mine? > Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! > > ******************************************************************** > 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. > "Happy Hunting!" ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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