Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 22 Sep 2009 to 23 Sep 2009 (#2009-53) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 24/09/2009, 17:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 3 messages totalling 177 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Need Your Help: Ideas for Pranks to PCs (2) 2. And so it starts... (Mystara Campaign in Seoul, Korea) ******************************************************************** 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, 23 Sep 2009 06:25:54 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Need Your Help: Ideas for Pranks to PCs I am going to run Wine Harvest adventure. Some fey creatures will play the most wild pranks on the PCs, and I need your help to think up some outrageous pranks. I thought of some: - a rogue sneaking around: boots change to big bells. - paladins sword changes to big candy cane This takes place in the Burrbarr's vineyard that is believed to be haunted. Here's the scenario background: ================================================================= "The real cause of the disturbances is actually more bizarre. The valley to the east of Burrbarr's vineyard is seldom visited by huamn settlers. The terrain is rugged and heaviliy forested. A small clain of goblins has dwelt for several years in a deep cave in the valley only a mile or so from the vineyard's eastern boundary. These goblins have been living a quiet and peaceable existence; hunting is plentiful in the valley and so long as they avoid attracting the attention of their human neighbors, they can just get on with their lives in peace and guard the great sacred stone of their ancestors" "All was fine until a few weeks ago a faerie dragon named Tummbutt and a merry band of leprechauns wandered into the valley. Not only did they discover vines laden with fruit, but they also encountered the band of goblins that was determined to be left alone. Five nights ago Tummbutt used telekinesis to steal the goblin's sacred ancestor stone and pursued by the clan of screaming and frantic goblins, rolled the stone down the valley and into the vineyard" "When the spell expired, the goblins got their stone back, but they were harassed all the way back to their cave by the leprechauns and faerie dragon with an awesome array of pranks and practical jokes. In fact, the night was such fun that Tummbutt and the leprechauns have played the same trick every subsequent night and will probably continue doing so for many more to come. In turn, the poor old goblins, with no defense against such elaborate trickery, fear the setting of the sun and the inevitable chasing of the stone down the valley" and later "The faerie dragon and his gang view the turn of events as a welcome source of further amusement adn the whole scene quickly degenerates into chaos. The leprechauns cast pyrotechnics spells to liven things up, Tummbutt casts his polymorph other spells on PCs to turn them into goblins" "Subsequent event are largely dependent on the PCs. Tummbutt and the leprechauns have cmopletely forgotten, for the time being anyway, about the stone and the goblins, having found something new (the PCs) to entertain them. They now head off to plan some spectacular pranks involving the PCs" Fraerie Dragon powers highlight: - dancing lights - sleep - unseen servant - forget - pyrotechnics - phantasmal force - slow - polymorph other - telekinesis - entangle - faerie fire - charm person or mammal - obscurement - trip - warp wood - plant growth = call woodland beings Leprechauns powers summary: - create illusion - invisibility - polymorph nonliving object - ventriloquism __________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:30:08 -0400 From: Angelo Bertolli Subject: Re: Need Your Help: Ideas for Pranks to PCs Hey, that's pretty neat. I like it. If you have it in digital format, would you mind posting it or sending it to me when you're done. I'd like to try it out one day too. Angelo Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > I am going to run Wine Harvest adventure. Some fey creatures will play the most wild pranks on the PCs, and I need your help to think up some outrageous pranks. I thought of some: > > - a rogue sneaking around: boots change to big bells. > - paladins sword changes to big candy cane > > This takes place in the Burrbarr's vineyard that is believed to be haunted. Here's the scenario background: > ================================================================= > "The real cause of the disturbances is actually more bizarre. The valley to the east of Burrbarr's vineyard is seldom visited by huamn settlers. The terrain is rugged and heaviliy forested. A small clain of goblins has dwelt for several years in a deep cave in the valley only a mile or so from the vineyard's eastern boundary. These goblins have been living a quiet and peaceable existence; hunting is plentiful in the valley and so long as they avoid attracting the attention of their human neighbors, they can just get on with their lives in peace and guard the great sacred stone of their ancestors" > > "All was fine until a few weeks ago a faerie dragon named Tummbutt and a merry band of leprechauns wandered into the valley. Not only did they discover vines laden with fruit, but they also encountered the band of goblins that was determined to be left alone. Five nights ago Tummbutt used telekinesis to steal the goblin's sacred ancestor stone and pursued by the clan of screaming and frantic goblins, rolled the stone down the valley and into the vineyard" > > "When the spell expired, the goblins got their stone back, but they were harassed all the way back to their cave by the leprechauns and faerie dragon with an awesome array of pranks and practical jokes. In fact, the night was such fun that Tummbutt and the leprechauns have played the same trick every subsequent night and will probably continue doing so for many more to come. In turn, the poor old goblins, with no defense against such elaborate trickery, fear the setting of the sun and the inevitable chasing of the stone down the valley" > > and later > > "The faerie dragon and his gang view the turn of events as a welcome source of further amusement adn the whole scene quickly degenerates into chaos. The leprechauns cast pyrotechnics spells to liven things up, Tummbutt casts his polymorph other spells on PCs to turn them into goblins" > > "Subsequent event are largely dependent on the PCs. Tummbutt and the leprechauns have cmopletely forgotten, for the time being anyway, about the stone and the goblins, having found something new (the PCs) to entertain them. They now head off to plan some spectacular pranks involving the PCs" > > Fraerie Dragon powers highlight: > - dancing lights > - sleep > - unseen servant > - forget > - pyrotechnics > - phantasmal force > - slow > - polymorph other > - telekinesis > - entangle > - faerie fire > - charm person or mammal > - obscurement > - trip > - warp wood > - plant growth > = call woodland beings > Leprechauns powers summary: > - create illusion > - invisibility > - polymorph nonliving object > - ventriloquism > > __________________________________________________ > 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. ******************************************************************** 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, 23 Sep 2009 23:40:21 -0400 From: David Knott Subject: Re: And so it starts... (Mystara Campaign in Seoul, Korea) > From: Joaquin Menchaca > 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. I have noticed an interesting paradox about the Vyalia. In Karameikos, they are the mysterious elves who shun humans -- but in the Thyatian Empire, they are the only elves who teach humans the skills of the forester (fighter/mage). The only way I can see to reconcile these attitudes is to suggest that maybe there is something that they really like about the Thyatian Empire but also something that makes them very suspicious of Traladarans and anyone who associates with them. What would account for such an attitude? ******************************************************************** 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 - 22 Sep 2009 to 23 Sep 2009 (#2009-53) ***************************************************************