Re: Mystaraspace

On Sep 3, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Blackmaer wrote:

> I myself, use Mystaraspace in my campaign, and I use a combination  
> of the
> SJ rules and CoM space travel rules.  I think it adds uniqueness to  
> the
> sphere.

You are absolutely right. Mystara, I think, is one of the most  
overlooked of D&D campaign settings, in part because it was largely  
left out of the AD&D boom of the 80s and 90s until near the very end.

> As far as races go, if you use the Red Steel seting which is based on
> Mystara, there are plenty of new character race options, particularly
> Lupins and Rakasta, which are further detailed in a Dragon Magazine
> article that actually breaks these races down into sub races.
>
> (There's nothing quite like playing a halfling-sized Chihuaua-like  
> Lupin
> Berzerker)

Red Steel is a wonderful tool for merging AD&D and OD&D rules  
together, as it provides you with a guideline for making conversions.
In addition to Red Steel, there are also the Creature Crucible books,  
which put together exponentially expand the number of races  
available. One neat thing I've done in past Ravenloft campaigns was  
make "Night Howlers" -- a Creature Crucible product that details  
playing Lycanthrope characters -- available to players alongside the  
"Requiem" rules for playing as Undead. (as well as ad-hoc Golem PC  
rules based on the writings of Van Richten, for a perfect Ravenloft  
creatures of the night trifecta)

>
> Anyhoo, and to answer the question about elves of Mystara, you've  
> got more
> options than you can shake a wand at!  Shadow Elves and the  
> Schattenalfs
> are both native only to Mystara, as are the Ice Vale, The Gentle  
> Folk, The
> Blacklore, and the Elves of Wendar and Alfheim.  All of these are
> available as PC races.

In general there are more options in Mystara than on most other  
worlds -- especially if you include the Hollow World.

>
> I absoluely LOVE places like Mystara and Krynn.  They are out of  
> the way
> locales with PC options that can't be played anywhere else. (i.e.  
> Krynnish
> Minotaurs, Tinker Gnomes, Kender, Irda, etc.)  I think they make  
> places
> like Toril and Oerth seem boring by comparison.

Here here!