Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 21 Sep 2009 to 22 Sep 2009 (#2009-52) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 23/09/2009, 17:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 8 messages totalling 335 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. New Campaign Portal 2. And so it starts... (Mystara Campaign in Seoul, Korea) (2) 3. Karameikan Races Projects 4. Fey Spirits - Thoughts 5. The Pains of Running a Campaign (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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:08:15 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Re: New Campaign Portal I am not completely impressed with Obsidian Portal, but it is better than nothing, and it has big search connections to get the word out. Anything you pop on there, will get picked up, so it is a great way to promote Mystara. They only let me upload one map, and have no forums. They want to charge more for this. I am thinking, well, Facebook can do everything this does and more, so why bother with this. This got me thinking that there is a big need for have a portal like this, not one that is so restrictive, and has more tools. I would like to make a bunch of web/flash tools like character generators, etc. that can assist a DM/GM and players alike, for a variety of systems. I am thinking seriously of making this a big hobby of mine, and let it out there for free, see if it takes off, and keep improving it, get online stores in there, document storage, more collaboration, online game chats, for online DnD, as well as forums, etc. I am imagining backend technologies like Joomla and openLaszlo. ******************************************************************** 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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:13:40 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: And so it starts... (Mystara Campaign in Seoul, Korea) For Vyalia vs. Calarii. Vyalia are more withdrawn, shunning contact from non-sylvan races, and so to see them is very unusual, they get a lot of stares. Calarii, however, are curious about humans, as seek to cooperate with the changing world. Both ironically, are very orderly, and so are Lawful bent. Now on my story arcs, that's outside of canon. Calarii having added a spartan-shaolin outlook to things are are quite militant, and see martial focus as a way to achieve greater enlightenment. The Vyalia, see the relationship between Entropy and Creation, and seek to be proponents of a balance between the forces, but siding with supporting nature against the destructive forces of mankind or entities that lurk elsewhere. There are integrated within the ecosystem. They are very mystic, have a complex philosophy about the invisible power that drives the universe, and some have found ways to tap into this energy and use it. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:23:50 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: And so it starts... (Mystara Campaign in Seoul, Korea) I am using what I like to call DnD 3.6e. It is the Pathfinder system, by Paizo, the publishers of Polyhedron, Dragon, and Dungeon for a long stretch, creating some of the most coolest Mystara material along the way. After Hasbro took back the rights to publish the magazines, Paizo made Pathfinder, and I must say, the material is rather gorgeous. I'm going to run TC1: Into the Haunted Forest, $3.50 for PDF D0: Hollow's Last Hope http://paizo.com/store/paizo/pathfinder/pathfinderModules/35E/ These are set in a Traladaran free-town (or illegal town from Thyatian perspective) where Traladarans have escaped and formed a township for a logging industry of Darkwood. To see differences between, DnD 3.5e and Pathfinder, check out the free book: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Conversion Guide http://paizo.com/store/downloads/pathfinder/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy89m6 ******************************************************************** 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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:35:38 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Karameikan Races Projects For my Karameikos d20 campaign (Pathfinder or DnD3.6e), I am working on creating a Karameikos specific write-up on playable races. Here's my plans thus far: A - Documents Core Groups (Gnome, Stronghollow Dwf, Traladaran, Thyatian, Vyalia, Calarii) B - Document My Creations (Selenii, Linarii, Dinarii, etc.) C - Racial/Region Feats D - Racial Class Levels (Unearthed Arcana) E - Paragon Classes (various DnD supplmental books) I am considering adding some rules for Fear, Horror, Madness/Sanity checks using ideas from "Ravenloft d20" and Call of "Cuthulu d20" games. I am also inspired by some ideas in "Deadlands d20". I want to have Mental Points in additional Wound Points. Mental Points would be equal to Wisdom, while in DnD3e, Wound Points are equal to Constitution. This last part would be a major undertaking to mix the systems together, and get a Mystara Flavor. Right now, I like the Outcast Level for each group, meaning how well a town would react to the person. For example, the Vyalia elf gets a lot of looks, as no one is familiar with red hair green eye elf. In the future, I might expand this: F - Sylvan Races - Satyr, Centuar, Pixie, Sprite, etc. G - Humanoid Races - Goblin, Kobold, Gnoll, Hobgoblin I - Werewolves H - Vampires J - Demons/Angels? - Joaquin Menchaca PS1 - The goblins are excellent Barbarians and Rogues, with their racial bonus to stealth, size bonus to stealth, and high dexterity. They are quite sneaky and dangerous critters. PS2 - Still trying to get my hands on PC1, for sylvan creatures, but not able to find it anywhere. I have PC2-PC4 at least. :) ******************************************************************** 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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:48:48 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Fey Spirits - Thoughts I was thinking about various Fey creatures. Reading Changling from White Wolf, really got me thinking a lot. As it is loosely based on real myth on the topic, I begun to think of Fey as spirits that inhabit a human. The human gains awareness to his supernatural powers, and starts to remember, gains new powers. Various Fey-Touched Humans will go towards evil or good depending on their background. Some of these Fey-Touched Humans become pretty powerful, and can gain powers perhaps on par with Werewolves or Vampires. In most DnD campaigns, fey have physical manifestations in the world. Maybe this is the difference between high-magic and low-magic worlds. In high magic worlds, they can have physical manifestations, while in low magic worlds, they exist as humans. So I am trying to resolve the concept. How can we have both. It would be nice to have a Red Cap creature in the woods, as another menace, but it would be nice to have a human (red cap fey spirit) that his some hideous villain of a bunch of brigands, and is notoriously brutal. Or the Red Cap that is the Clown in a Circus, that players are investigating. Both can be involved and exciting. I'm thinking that those that are imbued into a human capsule, can become quite powerful and dangerous, especially as it is integrated into society and disguised, than physical manifestations. I want the Fey to be very mysterious, both dangerous, and helpful, always off limits to civilized world, but yet all around us. The more players keep guessing, the more intrigue there is, and for darker fey, the more horrific it is. ******************************************************************** 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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:23:21 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: The Pains of Running a Campaign Stat Blocks. Right now I am working on the NPCs. This takes for ever. It= 's fun creating them, getting ideas, but then actually, jotting them all do= wn in stat blocks takes some time. Then there's looking on the monsters in= Monster Manauals, etc. Aaaarghhh.=0A=0AAnyone know what Grp is? I know w= hat Base Atk, but not Grp... I forgot, it's been awhile.=0A=0AExample:=0A= =0A Cazacu Bogdan, Male human fighter 4: CR 1; Medium Humanoid (human); HD= 4d10+19; hp 59; Init 3; Spd 20=E2=80=99; AC 19, touch 13, flatfooted 16; B= ase Atk +4, Grp ?; Atk mwk longsword +9 (1d8+5/19-20/x2), unarmed +7 (1d3+3= /x2); SA; SQ Bravery (+2 will save vs. fear), ranged mwk longbow +8 (1d8+3)= ; AL LN; SV Fort +9, Ref +6, Will +2; Str 16, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 14, Wis 1= 3, Cha 9.=0A=0ASkills: Climb +7, Handle Animal +4, Perception +5. Feats: Gr= eater Fortitude, Improved Unarmed Strike, Improved Grapple, Toughness, Weap= on Focus (long sword), Weapon Specialization (long sword)=0A=0APossessions:= oil of bless weapon, 2 potions of cure light wounds, 50=E2=80=99 hempen ro= pe, explorer=E2=80=99s outfit, flint and steel, 20 arrows, mwk scale mail, = mwk greatsword, punching dagger, whetstone, carnelian (50 gp), 13 gp, 3 sp,= 8 cp.=0A=0A=0A__________________________________________________=0ADo You = Yahoo!?=0ATired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around = =0Ahttp://mail.yahoo.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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:31:14 -0300 From: Colin Langille Subject: Re: The Pains of Running a Campaign Grapple=2C probably. =20 > Date: Tue=2C 22 Sep 2009 10:23:21 -0700 > From: darknerd2k@YAHOO.COM > Subject: [MYSTARA] The Pains of Running a Campaign > To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > =20 > Stat Blocks. Right now I am working on the NPCs. This takes for ever. It'= s fun creating them=2C getting ideas=2C but then actually=2C jotting them a= ll down in stat blocks takes some time. Then there's looking on the monster= s in Monster Manauals=2C etc. Aaaarghhh. > =20 > Anyone know what Grp is? I know what Base Atk=2C but not Grp... I forgot= =2C it's been awhile. > =20 > Example: > =20 > Cazacu Bogdan=2C Male human fighter 4: CR 1=3B Medium Humanoid (human)=3B= HD 4d10+19=3B hp 59=3B Init 3=3B Spd 20=92=3B AC 19=2C touch 13=2C flatfoo= ted 16=3B Base Atk +4=2C Grp ?=3B Atk mwk longsword +9 (1d8+5/19-20/x2)=2C = unarmed +7 (1d3+3/x2)=3B SA=3B SQ Bravery (+2 will save vs. fear)=2C ranged= mwk longbow +8 (1d8+3)=3B AL LN=3B SV Fort +9=2C Ref +6=2C Will +2=3B Str = 16=2C Dex 16=2C Con 16=2C Int 14=2C Wis 13=2C Cha 9. > =20 > Skills: Climb +7=2C Handle Animal +4=2C Perception +5. Feats: Greater For= titude=2C Improved Unarmed Strike=2C Improved Grapple=2C Toughness=2C Weapo= n Focus (long sword)=2C Weapon Specialization (long sword) > =20 > Possessions: oil of bless weapon=2C 2 potions of cure light wounds=2C 50= =92 hempen rope=2C explorer=92s outfit=2C flint and steel=2C 20 arrows=2C m= wk scale mail=2C mwk greatsword=2C punching dagger=2C whetstone=2C carnelia= n (50 gp)=2C 13 gp=2C 3 sp=2C 8 cp. > =20 > =20 > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=20 > http://mail.yahoo.com=20 > =20 > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com > To unsubscribe=2C send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. _________________________________________________________________ New! Open Messenger faster on the MSN homepage http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9677405= ******************************************************************** 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: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:41:08 -0700 From: Boonedale Subject: Re: The Pains of Running a Campaign yea, thats what it is.=20 "Happy Hunting!" --- On Tue, 9/22/09, Colin Langille wrote: From: Colin Langille Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] The Pains of Running a Campaign To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 11:31 AM Grapple, probably. > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:23:21 -0700 > From: darknerd2k@YAHOO.COM > Subject: [MYSTARA] The Pains of Running a Campaign > To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > =20 > Stat Blocks. Right now I am working on the NPCs. This takes for ever. It'= s fun creating them, getting ideas, but then actually, jotting them all dow= n in stat blocks takes some time. Then there's looking on the monsters in M= onster Manauals, etc. Aaaarghhh. > =20 > Anyone know what Grp is? I know what Base Atk, but not Grp... I forgot, i= t's been awhile. > =20 > Example: > =20 > Cazacu Bogdan, Male human fighter 4: CR 1; Medium Humanoid (human); HD 4d= 10+19; hp 59; Init 3; Spd 20=E2=80=99; AC 19, touch 13, flatfooted 16; Base= Atk +4, Grp ?; Atk mwk longsword +9 (1d8+5/19-20/x2), unarmed +7 (1d3+3/x2= ); SA; SQ Bravery (+2 will save vs. fear), ranged mwk longbow +8 (1d8+3); A= L LN; SV Fort +9, Ref +6, Will +2; Str 16, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 14, Wis 13, = Cha 9. > =20 > Skills: Climb +7, Handle Animal +4, Perception +5. Feats: Greater Fortitu= de, Improved Unarmed Strike, Improved Grapple, Toughness, Weapon Focus (lon= g sword), Weapon Specialization (long sword) > =20 > Possessions: oil of bless weapon, 2 potions of cure light wounds, 50=E2= =80=99 hempen rope, explorer=E2=80=99s outfit, flint and steel, 20 arrows, = mwk scale mail, mwk greatsword, punching dagger, whetstone, carnelian (50 g= p), 13 gp, 3 sp, 8 cp. > =20 > =20 > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=20 > http://mail.yahoo.com=20 > =20 > ******************************************************************** > 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. _________________________________________________________________ New! 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