Mystara campaign setting pdf

This campaign setting is no longer officially supported. Todays post is an expansion of my rules on mystara races which expand my setting design using the five spheres as part of. Savage baronies 2e wizards of the coast mystara ad. Ive just uploaded a couple of pdf documents one low res and one high res detailing the mystara 2300 bc campaign setting. The explorers guide, containing background information for the setting. The campaign uses the concept of episodes to represent.

Bruce heards version of the known world was dead, though as already noted the mystara campaign setting would follow it. Humans are the primary race throughout the known world. This accessory for the red steel campaign holds a 64page sourcebook that covers each of the nine savage baronies in detail, including the rulers of the lands, the attitudes of their people, and the effects of the red curse on those people. In future versions ill try to support arbitrary calendars, but for now its just mystara. Unlike other settings, mystara had ascended immortal beings instead of gods. A campaign setting that evolved from the b and x series modules. The maidens blackmoor, first draft of the companion for the last fantasy campaign pdf. It was the default setting for the basic version of the game throughout the 1980s and 1990s. It is a post cataclysmic world, where the golden age of yesteryear and the advancements of blackmoor can still be remembered, first hand in some cases. The actual original settings were the lands around castle.

Mystara is the only other thing that compares, and only because it is just as homebrew in nature. This box set presents the campaign setting of the kingdom of karameikos, itself a part of the larger mystara campaign setting. The party is crew on a privateer ship, out of dmitrov in the grand duchy of karmeikos. Mystara is one of those settings that have always intrigued me and i have read a lot about it, but never quite got to gm there because all the info for the setting is scattered in a myriad of books and theres no easy one place to go to start unlike with planescape, ravenloft, etc. The first mate welcomes the crew aboard, and welcomes the new members of the crew. Until a proper campaign setting is published, theres only the old campaign setting guides to really go from, plus the bits and pieces of updates scattered across various 5e products. This is for use in my wrath of the immortals campaign, set in the known world of mystara. Monstrous compendium mystara appendix 2e wizards of.

I start with dragonlance and go on from there to different worlds, settings, and stuff. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. Ironically, the fanmaintained wiki is the most uptodate source for the realms after. Vault of catharandamus map,from the tome of magic, this map and its related scenario has direct links to b3 and haven, as catharandamus is the high priest of arik from that module. This post is about the nithians who are a cursed people usable as npcs in my setting. Less serious most other settings, it focused on fun and creativity. I hadnt heard of calidar, and looking at the kickstarter i wish i would have known about it in time to get in on it. This 175 page book gives you everything you need to create an eberron story or character, exploring the core themes of the setting and the rules to implement them. It all kicked off in august 1994 with two releases karameikos campaign setting and mystara monstrous compendium appendix. Red steel campaign themes 1996 repackaged the audio cds from red steel and savage baronies, marking them as the most successful audio cds in tsrs series of audio products. Compendio storico sociale del mondo conosciuto, di simone neri pdf il primo volume di una poderosa enciclopedia storica e sociale di mystara. Its probably worth noting that the beastmen are in the consult your dm section of the players guide with just barely enough information to make a character.

This is the last of the humans i am covering until i have done the rest of the main starting races. Mystara, a really interesting fantasy setting, had already begun to drop off the map during the tsr era. Earthshaking news about the mystara campaign setting. Removing it from there devalues that setting to an extent by taking away one of the campaign s richest sources of adventure. Let me know what you think, the board game geek page is good at explaining some of the game. The goal of the mystara 3e conversion is to provide a d20system compatible open game based on the mystara campaign settings. Most notably, it has no gods, but beings called immortals. Questions pop up when you request to join this group. Age guide to mystara, mystara with the dragon age rpg, by siroh. I missed that the comment about buying the pdf was in reply to a post about calidar. This campaign allows you to create a pc and play in role playing gamings oldest campaign setting. The old blackmoor setting was also retconned to have existed in mystara s past, though perhaps many true mystara fans dont see that as canon. Check especially pages 8 and onwards for blackmoor specific creatures.

To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. Also included is a 32page adventure, set in the savage baronies and the surrounding lands. The official mystara homepage has exclusive rights to distribute new fan material for the mystara campaign setting on the world wide web. The mystara campaign setting is a derivative work based on the. Pages in category mystara the following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. The red book, or the world of mystara campaign setting. If this setting is being used in the world of mystara. The body of mystaran lore has been divided into two primary. Character creation rules for the blackmoor mmrpg 4e. When the history of mystara was codified, it was established that arnesons blackmoor had. These three settings are known as the known world, red steelsavage coast. Mystara dungeon master survival kit 2e wizards of the. Mystara cartographic society public group facebook. However, beastmen are now basically a good not good or lawful, the text ive seen doesnt get into that culture with members who can be of any alignment.

Two moons govern mysaras night sky, matera and patera. I remember finding this book in a random library as a. They can be found in every corner of brun, differing in culture and society. Sep 29, 2017 early 90s tsr published the hollow world, which was a campaign setting set in the known world. Partially inspired greyhawk, it paints a broad picture of the lands around castle greyhawk and was designed by david cook and tom moldvay. Although ive never played the game and so didnt recognize the name, mystara proved to be the basic setting for the very popular roleplaying game dungeons and dragons back in the 80s and 90s, though its no longer used in the more recent versions. All of the various mystaran sub settings would be presented as a unified world of mystara campaign setting. Unlike other settings, the known world had ascended immortal beings instead of gods. X1 was the first publication to start detailing mystara with its descriptions of the key nations of the known world and so is the very birthplace of the setting. This pdf file contains a summary of information that was provided for players who wished to develop characters for the rpga living city campaign when it. New archetypes, races, feats, spells, fluff, magic items, tools and domains to get you started in. The mystara dungeon master survival kit 1995 was released simultaneously with the mystara players survival kit 1995.

All trademarked material and proper nouns is designated as product identity belonging to wizards of the coast, inc. Mar 30, 2009 an additional boxed set, still not legally available as a pdf, concerned a war of the gods on mystara. The mystara 2300 bc campaign setting is a dark and foreboding world, full of despotic oppressive rulers trying to hold on to their increasingly tenuous rule with increasingly brutal methods. The mmrpg is designed to allow you play in episodes at a number of conventions, gamedays, retail outlets or home games. These three settings are known as the known world, red steelsavage coast, and the hollow world.

Mystara campaign grubb, jeff, allston, aaron, reid, thomas m. Lupin of the mystara setting article by bruce heard dragon. A discussion of blackmoor monsters on mystara, over at the mystara message boards. It was obviously a bit unexpected, since bruce heard, the product manager for the mystara line, had already graphed out the next three years worth of products in some detail. One of the three original campaign settings, and the first one to be officially published and supported. Basically, however, immortals are not very different from gods of other settings. I may be able to make something like this for mystara. Immortals are mortals who, through their deeds, have reached a higher status granting them more power than mere mortals. This is the first hopefully of many products that i hope will see the light of day.

This wrath of the immortals set had rules for playing immortal characters, somewhat revised from mentzers immortal set, and a massive, worldshaking campaign, which changed the map of mystara by its conclusion. The body of mystaran lore has been divided into two primary sections. Hey guys, ive been working a long time, slowly and steadily on this project. All rpgamers are welcome but who play 5th edition will find it more useful. This site contains a synopsis of the games rules, including personal modifications and my own house rules. Then, tsr published a novel set in the red steel setting. The old blackmoor setting was also retconned to have existed in mystaras past, though perhaps many true mystara fans dont see that as canon. Only one small product followed champions of mystara. Traladarans, who dominated the southern coastal regions of the world. Mystara s calendar is pretty simple as every month has 28 days. All of the various mystaran subsettings would be presented as a unified world of mystara campaign setting.

Todays post is an expansion of my rules on mystara races which expand my setting design using the five spheres as part of the racial options. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. Mystara known world product listing rpgnet rpg game index. I threw together a little script for tracking the date in a mystara campaign, and displaying the date and calendar in the chat window. Nov 19, 2019 there was a noticeable quality improvement in some of the material as it moved from class is race to races can have classes too. Almost all humans in the known world come from one of four basic historical stocks. Eberron was born in 2002 when wizards of the coast launched a worldwide search for a new campaign setting. Early 90s tsr published the hollow world, which was a campaign setting set in the known world.