Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 1 Jun 2010 to 2 Jun 2010 (#2010-3) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 03/06/2010, 17:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 23 messages totalling 1297 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? (14) 2. Test 3. Is it just me? (6) 4. Pandius 5. On another note ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 13:25:54 +0200 From: Alexander van Verseveld Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? I too will start a 4E Mystara game this Sunday. My 5 players will start out from Threshold, where they will be asked to interfere with a plan to pit humanoid clans against each other while the black baron runs business from the shadows in an effort to gain control of the throne of Karameikos. This will give them a lasting nemesis named The Black Baron and Bargle, because we all need Bargle in a game. Then the PC's will recieve a message from an Immortal (probably a Traldar one, sine at least one player is Traldar) and will be asked to form an alliance of the western world against the thread of the east (Master of Hule, coming to invade around 1010 AC). In the meanwhile I'll try to incorporate some PC background in the story, but since my players haven't really worked it out quite deeply yet, I'm not sure how I'll do that. I'll eventually have them running around trying to search for an artifact in the Broken lands to hold back the invasion while the Black Baron is still pissed that they hold back his plans of taking the throne in Karameikos. I'm really excited by this, hope my players will be too. Alexander van Verseveld On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Michael Phillips wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Jason Murphy wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone has made that switch. > > I'm running a game in 1000 AC Darokin (and, by extension, 1000 AC > everywhere else, eventually :-) ) using 4e. > > This was a return to DMing for me (except for a three-session 3.5 game > a couple years ago, I hadn't had a group to DM since the mid-90s), a > DM switch for a long-standing group I had joined, and a complete > setting switch. I figured I'd go ahead and try the new mechanics out > while making the changes. > > We ran a few test adventures (mostly taken from Dungeon Delve) at > several levels to test the power curve, then started it up in January. > So far, so good, everyone's having fun :-) > > -- > Mike Phillips, msphil@gmail.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, 2 Jun 2010 07:57:53 -0400 From: shawn stanley Subject: Re: Test yeah it's totally down to RL, the place where I'm stuck at the moment is basically exactly which is the best option to go with. I had started to play with WordPress a while back, but then there was the next question of themes and stuff. At 03:39 AM 1/06/2010, you wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I'm still subscribed as well, though as mentioned before most activity > has moved to The Piazza forum. > > As for the Vaults, it's a different issue -- Shawn has not been able > to update it due to RL interferences, and we've been discussing the > move to a less time-expensive system based on submissions rather than > collection. > You may read the relevant discussion here: > http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2906 ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 08:00:42 -0400 From: shawn stanley Subject: Re: Is it just me? At 11:38 AM 1/06/2010, you wrote: > On 1 June 2010 17:34, Kelly, Joe wrote: > > I've noticed alot of old Websites I use to use are gone?:( > > Drow Fortress, and Glantri Noble stuff (Geocities) is gone. > > Sarbreenar Sentinel is no longer in existence. > > Is RPG on line disappearing? What's with that? > > Geocities has been closed down by Yahoo. The relevant material from > many Mystaran sites has been collected by Shawn, and partially > republished under the Vaults. Some material is still not republished > -- usually because the original site owner could not be contacted for > authorization. yeah I've still got a lot of the other ones which have disappeared already downloaded. I had wanted to get the original maintainers permissions before putting things back online through the Vaults - and preferably for them to send me the most up to date version, and without any of that geocities code for example. ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 08:03:46 -0400 From: shawn stanley Subject: Re: Is it just me? I'm kind of scared that even after about half a year of no access on the Vaults that the artists/authors name came to me straight away ... Timothy Klanderud, looking through my old emails that's back from 1999 http://pandius.com/tklander.html At 01:08 PM 1/06/2010, you wrote: > It has been so long, I am not sure where I got it from. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Carter" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 11:28 AM > Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] Is it just me? > > > I've always meant to ask if anyone knows of a much larger, high res > version of the Mystara-from-space image like you have at > http://www.borigon.com/mystara/mystara.html . > > On 1 June 2010 12:24, George Hrabovsky wrote: >> I still have my site www.borigon.com , in fact I just renewed it for another >> year. >> >> George >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly, Joe" >> To: >> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:34 AM >> Subject: [MYSTARA] Is it just me? >> >> >> I've noticed alot of old Websites I use to use are gone?:( >> Drow Fortress, and Glantri Noble stuff (Geocities) is gone. >> Sarbreenar Sentinel is no longer in existence. >> Is RPG on line disappearing? What's with that? >> >> JOE KELLY ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 08:32:16 -0400 From: Michael Schaefer Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? Interestingly, I have switched to use the BRP rule set instead. I still use many of the resources from my DnD collection, but so far, I have been happy with the change. < On 6/1/2010 8:02 PM, Jason Murphy wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has made that switch. > > I am currently playing a 4E Points of Light campaign and an thinking about > kicking off a Mystara campaign. It's been about 2 years since i gamed in my > ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 07:59:37 -0500 From: Gman Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? > > >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Alexander van Verseveld wrote: > I too will start a 4E Mystara game this Sunday. > > My 5 players will start out from Threshold, where they will be asked to > interfere with a plan to pit humanoid clans against each other while the > black baron runs business from the shadows in an effort to gain control of > the throne of Karameikos. This will give them a lasting nemesis named The > Black Baron and Bargle, because we all need Bargle in a game. > > Then the PC's will recieve a message from an Immortal (probably a Traldar > one, sine at least one player is Traldar) and will be asked to form an > alliance of the western world against the thread of the east (Master of > Hule, coming to invade around 1010 AC). > > In the meanwhile I'll try to incorporate some PC background in the story, > but since my players haven't really worked it out quite deeply yet, I'm not > sure how I'll do that. I'll eventually have them running around trying to > search for an artifact in the Broken lands to hold back the invasion while > the Black Baron is still pissed that they hold back his plans of taking the > throne in Karameikos. > > I'm really excited by this, hope my players will be too. > > Alexander van Verseveld > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Michael Phillips wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Jason Murphy wrote: > > > Just wondering if anyone has made that switch. > > > > I'm running a game in 1000 AC Darokin (and, by extension, 1000 AC > > everywhere else, eventually :-) ) using 4e. > > > > This was a return to DMing for me (except for a three-session 3.5 game > > a couple years ago, I hadn't had a group to DM since the mid-90s), a > > DM switch for a long-standing group I had joined, and a complete > > setting switch. I figured I'd go ahead and try the new mechanics out > > while making the changes. > > > > We ran a few test adventures (mostly taken from Dungeon Delve) at > > several levels to test the power curve, then started it up in January. > > So far, so good, everyone's having fun :-) > > > > -- > > Mike Phillips, msphil@gmail.com > Cool, sounds like a load of fun, I personally intend on incorporating as many of the B and X series modules as possible in the game, :), especially X5, 9 & 10. Michael Schaefer to MYSTARA-L show details 7:32 AM (26 minutes ago) Interestingly, I have switched to use the BRP rule set instead. What is BRP Rule set? -- Gman ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 07:59:37 -0500 From: Web Warlock Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? I have always thought that Mystara would be perfect for 4E. Maybe it is because I see so many similarities between Mystara and the "default world" and between the way D&D Rule Compendium is played and D&D 4. IF I were to do this I would need to advance the time line just a bit (maybe 1500AC or so). I would not go the route of FR with big changes, I would just claim that the world has always been like this (ie. changes from BD&D to 4e). Any idea if we could get someone's ear at Wizard's and get Mystara on the docket? Tim ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 06:56:22 -0700 From: Havard Faanes Subject: Pandius Shawn, no access to Pandius? What is the status there? People have been ask= ing about it on the Piazza as well. =0A=0AAny reason for concern?=0A=0AHava= rd=0A=0A=0A=0A--- Den ons 2010-06-02 skrev shawn stanley :=0A=0A> Fra: shawn stanley =0A> Emne: Re: [MYSTARA= ] Is it just me?=0A> Til: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM=0A> Dato: Onsdag 2. = juni 2010 14.03=0A> I'm kind of scared that even after=0A> about half a yea= r of no access on =0A> the Vaults that the artists/authors name came to me= =0A> straight away ... =0A> Timothy Klanderud, looking through my old email= s that's=0A> back from 1999=0A> =0A> http://pandius.com/tklander.html=0A> = =0A> At 01:08 PM 1/06/2010, you wrote:=0A> >It has been so long, I am not s= ure where I got it=0A> from.=0A> >=0A> >----- Original Message ----- From: = "Steven Carter"=0A> =0A> >To: =0A> >Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 11:28 AM=0A> >Subject: Re: [= MYSTARA] Is it just me?=0A> >=0A> >=0A> >I've always meant to ask if anyone= knows of a much=0A> larger, high res=0A> >version of the Mystara-from-spac= e image like you have=0A> at=0A> >http://www.borigon.com/mystara/mystara.ht= ml .=0A> >=0A> >On 1 June 2010 12:24, George Hrabovsky =0A> wrote:=0A> >>I still have my site www.borigon.com , in fact I=0A> j= ust renewed it for another=0A> >>year.=0A> >>=0A> >>George=0A> >>=0A> >>---= -- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly, Joe"=0A> =0A> >= > To: =0A> >>Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:3= 4 AM=0A> >>Subject: [MYSTARA] Is it just me?=0A> >>=0A> >>=0A> >>I've notic= ed alot of old Websites I use to use are=0A> gone?:(=0A> >>Drow Fortress, a= nd Glantri Noble stuff (Geocities)=0A> is gone.=0A> >>Sarbreenar Sentinel i= s no longer in existence.=0A> >>Is RPG on line disappearing? What's with th= at?=0A> >>=0A> >>JOE KELLY=0A> =0A> ***************************************= *****************************=0A> The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wiz= ards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp=0A> The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.c= om=0A> To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM=0A> with U= NSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message.=0A> =0A=0A ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 16:50:19 +0200 From: Giampaolo Agosta Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? On 2 June 2010 14:59, Web Warlock wrote: > I have always thought that Mystara would be perfect for 4E. > > Maybe it is because I see so many similarities between Mystara and the > "default world" and between the way D&D Rule Compendium is played and D&D= 4. > > IF I were to do this I would need to advance the time line just a bit (ma= ybe > 1500AC or so). =A0I would not go the route of FR with big changes, I woul= d > just claim that the world has always been like this (ie. changes from BD&= D > to 4e). > > Any idea if we could get someone's ear at Wizard's and get Mystara on the > docket? If that was possible (I mean, convincing WotC to republish Mystara), Havard would have done it already ;) That said, Steve Winter is about the only remaining old timer at WotC. 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: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:36:39 -0700 From: "Kelly, Joe" Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? I know most of you are hard core gamers, but just to share with you all, I'= m a writer. When we use to play D&D I didn't worry about what version. I wa= s more worried about the ACT and the action. Encumbrance? Speed? Movement? = I never worried about them. It was more mainstream, less technical, but I w= as able to describe accurately and with a lot of description what went on. = People didn't just 'miss' their opponent. It 'went over their shoulder'. I = realize that not everyone can do this, but to this day, my fellow gamers sa= id they loved how I described the action, and got the scenes moving. JOE KELLY -----Original Message----- From: Mystara RPG Discussion [mailto:MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM] On Behal= f Of Gman Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 5:07 PM To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? I'm starting a new game with my wife & kids (2 boys, 12 & 11 and my daughte= r 9, although she might not stay with it, :D) and I'm using D&D V3.5 and wi= ll incorporate the Pathfinder 3.75 rules eventually. I refuse to buy all the 4th edition books,there are more of those now than = there are of 3rd edition or 3.5, lol. Drives me nuts but you know, since they don't support Mystara it made the decision easy for me really. I do game in the Realms ocassionally, but I'll always come back to my first love= in Mystara. Good luck to you though bro. On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Jason Murphy wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has made that switch. > > I am currently playing a 4E Points of Light campaign and an thinking > about kicking off a Mystara campaign. It's been about 2 years since i > gamed in my favourite world so i think it is about time. > > Cheers > Jason > > ******************************************************************** > 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. > -- Gman ******************************************************************** 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= . This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 17:46:45 +0200 From: Giampaolo Agosta Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? On 2 June 2010 17:36, Kelly, Joe wrote: > I know most of you are hard core gamers, but just to share with you all, = I'm a writer. When we use to play D&D I didn't worry about what version. I = was more worried about the ACT and the action. Encumbrance? Speed? Movement= ? I never worried about them. It was more mainstream, less technical, but I= was able to describe accurately and with a lot of description what went on= . People didn't just 'miss' their opponent. It 'went over their shoulder'. = I realize that not everyone can do this, but to this day, my fellow gamers = said they loved how I described the action, and got the scenes moving. Same here. When we play 4e, the fun in combat scenes is mostly from tactical management of the combat -- things like positioning to get combat advantage, herding opponents into areas of effect, etc. In OD&D/AD&D and variants, it's mostly from describing the events (often with a cinematic or even comical bent). 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: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:01:20 -0700 From: "Kelly, Joe" Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? Nice to know we share styles Giampaolo. I go to a gaming store quite regula= rly as I play Magic the gathering, and have seen people playing D&D. Sadly = it's not the same. Everyone is checking stats, dice roll and graphs and the= n describe it in dry technical talk. "You missed by 3 feet". JOE KELLY -----Original Message----- From: Mystara RPG Discussion [mailto:MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM] On Behal= f Of Giampaolo Agosta Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:47 AM To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? On 2 June 2010 17:36, Kelly, Joe wrote: > I know most of you are hard core gamers, but just to share with you all, = I'm a writer. When we use to play D&D I didn't worry about what version. I = was more worried about the ACT and the action. Encumbrance? Speed? Movement= ? I never worried about them. It was more mainstream, less technical, but I= was able to describe accurately and with a lot of description what went on= . People didn't just 'miss' their opponent. It 'went over their shoulder'. = I realize that not everyone can do this, but to this day, my fellow gamers = said they loved how I described the action, and got the scenes moving. Same here. When we play 4e, the fun in combat scenes is mostly from tactica= l management of the combat -- things like positioning to get combat advanta= ge, herding opponents into areas of effect, etc. In OD&D/AD&D and variants,= it's mostly from describing the events (often with a cinematic or even com= ical bent). 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= . This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 09:03:38 -0700 From: "Kelly, Joe" Subject: Re: Is it just me? I still use The Vaults of Pandius for a lot of info. And I thank you very m= uch Shawn for keeping it up. JOE KELLY -----Original Message----- From: Mystara RPG Discussion [mailto:MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM] On Behal= f Of shawn stanley Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 5:01 AM To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] Is it just me? At 11:38 AM 1/06/2010, you wrote: > On 1 June 2010 17:34, Kelly, Joe wrote: > > I've noticed alot of old Websites I use to use are gone?:( Drow > > Fortress, and Glantri Noble stuff (Geocities) is gone. > > Sarbreenar Sentinel is no longer in existence. > > Is RPG on line disappearing? What's with that? > > Geocities has been closed down by Yahoo. The relevant material from > many Mystaran sites has been collected by Shawn, and partially > republished under the Vaults. Some material is still not republished > -- usually because the original site owner could not be contacted for > authorization. yeah I've still got a lot of the other ones which have disappeared already = downloaded. I had wanted to get the original maintainers permissions befor= e putting things back online through the Vaults - and preferably for them t= o send me the most up to date version, and without any of that geocities co= de for example. ******************************************************************** 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= . This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 09:05:42 -0700 From: "Kelly, Joe" Subject: On another note To help some of you with description, (I just thought of this) I go to this= site as it is very good for GMers with their game and ideas. Hope you like it all. http://www.roleplayingtips.com/index.php JOE KELLY This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 12:10:18 -0400 From: "Dr. Nuncheon" Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? Threat to the east? So...the Master is taking the long way around? ;) I actually just joined this list because I'm starting up a Mystara =20 game and am relearning to love the RC rules. 3rd edition brought me back to D&D but the heavy DM stat-work at the =20 higher levels was taking away from the time spent working on the =20 setting, situations, and subplots. Also, the proliferation of classes =20= and PrCs made characters incredibly customizable - but not as much as =20= a points-based system, which made me wonder why I was bothering to run =20= something class-based in the first place. (4e never seemed like it was =20= my style, and playing it did not change my opinion.) "On two occasions I have been asked, =E2=80=93 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if = you put =20 into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'...I =20= am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that =20 could provoke such a question." - Charles Babbage On Jun 2, 2010, at 7:25 AM, Alexander van Verseveld =20= wrote: > Then the PC's will recieve a message from an Immortal (probably a =20 > Traldar > one, sine at least one player is Traldar) and will be asked to form an > alliance of the western world against the thread of the east (Master =20= > of > Hule, coming to invade around 1010 AC). ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 09:20:23 -0700 From: "Kelly, Joe" Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? As you can see Dr. Nuncheon, we can become very active in a short span of t= ime, and then go back to being quiet as ever. :) JOE KELLY -----Original Message----- From: Mystara RPG Discussion [mailto:MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM] On Behal= f Of Dr. Nuncheon Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:10 AM To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? Threat to the east? So...the Master is taking the long way around? ;) I actually just joined this list because I'm starting up a Mystara game and= am relearning to love the RC rules. 3rd edition brought me back to D&D but the heavy DM stat-work at the higher= levels was taking away from the time spent working on the setting, situati= ons, and subplots. Also, the proliferation of classes and PrCs made charac= ters incredibly customizable - but not as much as a points-based system, wh= ich made me wonder why I was bothering to run something class-based in the = first place. (4e never seemed like it was my style, and playing it did not = change my opinion.) "On two occasions I have been asked, - 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into = the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'...I am not abl= e rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke su= ch a question." - Charles Babbage On Jun 2, 2010, at 7:25 AM, Alexander van Verseveld wrote: > Then the PC's will recieve a message from an Immortal (probably a > Traldar one, sine at least one player is Traldar) and will be asked to > form an alliance of the western world against the thread of the east > (Master of Hule, coming to invade around 1010 AC). ******************************************************************** 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= . This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 11:33:54 -0500 From: Gman Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? I too have always been pretty liberal with my rules applications, merely using it for a foundation & structure with which to set my stage, upon which my players and myself may act out our fantastic adventures, :D. I've always taken artistic license with the action, to ensure that it's more than a dry recitation of hits & damage. To use an old cliche of us gamers, ROLE playing is always more fun than ROLL playing. ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 14:31:12 -0700 From: Jenni Merrifield Subject: Re: Is it just me? The Mystara 3E web site, for what it's worth, is still available, although at a less than ideal URL now: http://www3.telus.net/strawberryjamm/mystara_d20/ (One of these days I'll get back to having my own server...) On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Steven Carter wrote: > I've always meant to ask if anyone knows of a much larger, high res > version of the Mystara-from-space image like you have at > http://www.borigon.com/mystara/mystara.html . > > On 1 June 2010 12:24, George Hrabovsky wrote: > > I still have my site www.borigon.com , in fact I just renewed it for > another > > year. > > > > George > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly, Joe" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:34 AM > > Subject: [MYSTARA] Is it just me? > > > > > > I've noticed alot of old Websites I use to use are gone?:( > > Drow Fortress, and Glantri Noble stuff (Geocities) is gone. > > Sarbreenar Sentinel is no longer in existence. > > Is RPG on line disappearing? What's with that? > > > > JOE KELLY > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. > > If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by > > return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. > > Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. > > > > ******************************************************************** > > 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. > > > > ******************************************************************** > 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, 2 Jun 2010 20:26:29 -0400 From: David Knott Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? > Just wondering if anyone has made that switch. > > I am currently playing a 4E Points of Light campaign and an thinking about > kicking off a Mystara campaign. It's been about 2 years since i gamed in my > favourite world so i think it is about time. > > Cheers > Jason I saw a few 4E campaigns mentioned over at the piazza. I have been maintaining some Mystara based campaign files for the Character Builder at http://groups.google.com/group/mystara4e/files?&sort=name I hope to be able to put together an update for the June release today or tomorrow. ******************************************************************** 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: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:44:20 +0800 From: Jason Murphy Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? It's a small testament to the passion most here seem to have. Things get quiet....then if anyone gives us half an excuse to talk about mystara, the list kicks off for another week or so. Though i will be keeping a closer eye on the piazza from now on :-) On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Kelly, Joe wrote: > As you can see Dr. Nuncheon, we can become very active in a short span of > time, and then go back to being quiet as ever. :) > > > JOE KELLY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mystara RPG Discussion [mailto:MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM] On > Behalf Of Dr. Nuncheon > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:10 AM > To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > Subject: Re: [MYSTARA] Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? > > Threat to the east? So...the Master is taking the long way around? ;) > > I actually just joined this list because I'm starting up a Mystara game and > am relearning to love the RC rules. > > 3rd edition brought me back to D&D but the heavy DM stat-work at the higher > levels was taking away from the time spent working on the setting, > situations, and subplots. Also, the proliferation of classes and PrCs made > characters incredibly customizable - but not as much as a points-based > system, which made me wonder why I was bothering to run something > class-based in the first place. (4e never seemed like it was my style, and > playing it did not change my opinion.) > > "On two occasions I have been asked, - 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'...I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." - Charles Babbage > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 7:25 AM, Alexander van Verseveld > wrote: > > > Then the PC's will recieve a message from an Immortal (probably a > > Traldar one, sine at least one player is Traldar) and will be asked to > > form an alliance of the western world against the thread of the east > > (Master of Hule, coming to invade around 1010 AC). > > ******************************************************************** > 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. > > This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. > If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by > return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. > Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. > > ******************************************************************** > 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. > -- "I hope to set an example, you know, for children and stuff" - Captain Hammer ******************************************************************** 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: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:48:25 +0800 From: Jason Murphy Subject: Re: Anyone playing a 4E Mystara? Cheers david. yup i will be checking the piazza regularly from now on. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:26 AM, David Knott wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has made that switch. >> >> I am currently playing a 4E Points of Light campaign and an thinking about >> kicking off a Mystara campaign. It's been about 2 years since i gamed in >> my >> favourite world so i think it is about time. >> >> Cheers >> Jason >> > > I saw a few 4E campaigns mentioned over at the piazza. > > I have been maintaining some Mystara based campaign files for the Character > Builder at http://groups.google.com/group/mystara4e/files?&sort=name > > I hope to be able to put together an update for the June release today or > tomorrow. > > > ******************************************************************** > 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. > -- "I hope to set an example, you know, for children and stuff" - Captain Hammer ******************************************************************** 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, 2 Jun 2010 22:16:12 -0500 From: "Erol K. Bayburt" Subject: Re: Is it just me? Speaking of a 3E Mystara, my old aol hometown is now up on comcast, including docs for my Broken World campaign (an "Elseworlds" Mystata game). http://erolb1.home.comcast.net/~erolb1/brokenworld.html One thing I've been meaning to do Real Soon Now is work out an NPC-elf class, as an NPC class for elves in a Mystara/Known World/Basic D&D converted to 3.5E game. For PC elves, I switched the "favored class" from Wizard to Bard, with a lightly-modified version of bard: === Bard hit dice are increased to d8 from d6. Bards do not get Whip as a weapon proficiency, but get Longbow instead. They also get proficiency in medium armor, as well as light armor. These changes represent the somewhat more martial nature of bards in this campaign. The way Arcane Spell Failure works has been changed for this campaign. Bards are still effectively immune from the effects of wearing armor while casting their spells, however. === Erol K. Bayburt ErolB1@aol.com On 6/2/2010 4:31 PM, Jenni Merrifield wrote: > The Mystara 3E web site, for what it's worth, is still available, although > at a less than ideal URL now: > http://www3.telus.net/strawberryjamm/mystara_d20/ > > (One of these days I'll > get back to having my own server...) > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Steven Carterwrote: > >> I've always meant to ask if anyone knows of a much larger, high res >> version of the Mystara-from-space image like you have at >> http://www.borigon.com/mystara/mystara.html . >> >> On 1 June 2010 12:24, George Hrabovsky wrote: >>> I still have my site www.borigon.com , in fact I just renewed it for >> another >>> year. >>> >>> George >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly, Joe" >>> To: >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:34 AM >>> Subject: [MYSTARA] Is it just me? >>> >>> >>> I've noticed alot of old Websites I use to use are gone?:( >>> Drow Fortress, and Glantri Noble stuff (Geocities) is gone. >>> Sarbreenar Sentinel is no longer in existence. >>> Is RPG on line disappearing? What's with that? >>> >>> JOE KELLY >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. >>> If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by >>> return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. >>> Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. >>> >>> ******************************************************************** >>> 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. >>> >> >> ******************************************************************** >> 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. ******************************************************************** 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: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:06:31 +0800 From: Jason Murphy Subject: Re: Is it just me? Do you try to balance the new bard out. I see a couple of improvements but no additional downsides. Spell casting in medium armour with spel failure immunity at no cost is a reasonable advantage. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Erol K. Bayburt wrote: > Speaking of a 3E Mystara, my old aol hometown is now up on comcast, > including docs for my Broken World campaign (an "Elseworlds" Mystata game). > http://erolb1.home.comcast.net/~erolb1/brokenworld.html > > One thing I've been meaning to do Real Soon Now is work out an NPC-elf > class, as an NPC class for elves in a Mystara/Known World/Basic D&D > converted to 3.5E game. For PC elves, I switched the "favored class" from > Wizard to Bard, with a lightly-modified version of bard: > > === > Bard hit dice are increased to d8 from d6. Bards do not get Whip as a > weapon proficiency, but get Longbow instead. They also get proficiency in > medium armor, as well as light armor. These changes represent the somewhat > more martial nature of bards in this campaign. > > The way Arcane Spell Failure works has been changed for this campaign. > Bards are still effectively immune from the effects of wearing armor while > casting their spells, however. > === > > Erol K. Bayburt > ErolB1@aol.com > > > On 6/2/2010 4:31 PM, Jenni Merrifield wrote: > >> The Mystara 3E web site, for what it's worth, is still available, although >> at a less than ideal URL now: >> http://www3.telus.net/strawberryjamm/mystara_d20/ >> >> (One of these days >> I'll >> get back to having my own server...) >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Steven Carter> >wrote: >> >> I've always meant to ask if anyone knows of a much larger, high res >>> version of the Mystara-from-space image like you have at >>> http://www.borigon.com/mystara/mystara.html . >>> >>> On 1 June 2010 12:24, George Hrabovsky wrote: >>> >>>> I still have my site www.borigon.com , in fact I just renewed it for >>>> >>> another >>> >>>> year. >>>> >>>> George >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly, Joe" >>>> To: >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:34 AM >>>> Subject: [MYSTARA] Is it just me? >>>> >>>> >>>> I've noticed alot of old Websites I use to use are gone?:( >>>> Drow Fortress, and Glantri Noble stuff (Geocities) is gone. >>>> Sarbreenar Sentinel is no longer in existence. >>>> Is RPG on line disappearing? What's with that? >>>> >>>> JOE KELLY >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be >>>> privileged. >>>> If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by >>>> return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. >>>> Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. >>>> >>>> ******************************************************************** >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> ******************************************************************** >>> 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. >> > > ******************************************************************** > 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. > -- "I hope to set an example, you know, for children and stuff" - Captain Hammer ******************************************************************** 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 - 1 Jun 2010 to 2 Jun 2010 (#2010-3) ************************************************************