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Threshold Magazine Issue 26 #26 Download for Free from www.pandius.com The Mystara Magazine HEROES, VILLAINS and ORGANIZATIONS The twenty-sixth issue of Mystara’s premier magazine leads you to meet interesting and dangerous characters, new allies or new enemies ! A free download from thepiazza.org.uk pandius.com Previous Issues FREE Downloads of Previous Issues Previous issues of THRESHOLD - the Mystara Also available at the same location are higher Magazine, are available for download from the resolution versions of the maps that were Vaults of Pandius website. included in the issue’s PDF, allowing greater detail to be viewed. #1 - “Karameikos” #2 - “Vaults of Pandius” #3 - “The Sea of Dread” #4 - “Return to Dread” #5 - “Exploring Davania” #6 - “The Northlands” #7 - “Exploring Norwold” #8 - “Warlordsof Norwold” #9 - “Hollow World” #10 - “Elven Realms” #11 - “Thyatis & Alphatia” #12 - “Ages Past” #13 - “A Crucible of Creatures” #14 - “the Shadowdeep” #15 - “Mystaraspace” #16 - “Dwarves, Gnomes & Hin” #17 - “Western Brun” #18 - “Savage Coast” #19 - “Planes and Immortals” #20 - “Skothar” #21 - “Specularum” #22 - “Adventures & Campaigns” #23 - “Adventures & Campaigns 2” #24 - “Adventures & Campaigns 3” #25 - “Strongholds” : The Mystara Magazine Issue #26 Contents Contents Issue #26 Editorial.......................................................................................3 This Issue’s Contributors.............................................................4 Call for Contributors....................................................................7 A Mystara Glossary.......................................................................8 Organizations and Societies of Karameikos................................9 Mystara Story Generator - part 1...............................................26 The Actor Troupes of Darokin...................................................64 Ra-Hotep the Accursed..............................................................72 The Factions & Foes of Returned Blackmoor............................76 Savage Tide AP Characters for Mystara...................................146 Deadly Deceivers.....................................................................162 Specularum’s Stronghold District part 2.................................174 Artwork Sources and Credits...................................................188 Next Issue................................................................................194 Submission Guidelines.............................................................195 First Published: December 2020 Threshold: The Mystara Magazine is a non-commercial, fan-produced magazine. There is no intention to infringe on anyone’s rights, and in particular not on those of Wizards of the Coast, which holds all rights to the original material on which the magazine is based. All issues of Threshold are available for FREE download from the Vaults of Pandius website 1 : The Mystara Magazine Issue #26 Editorial Credits Editorial Credits Threshold Editorial Team: Editors Issue #26: Francesco Defferrari (Sturm) Allan Palmer (AllanP) Allan Palmer (AllanP) Giampaolo Agosta (Agathokles) Francesco Defferrari (Sturm) Layout: Allan Palmer (AllanP) Editors Emeriti Art: Andrew Theisen (Cthulhudrew) Dario Odillo Giampaolo Agosta Ashtagon Hasandgo Isabella Calvin Angel Tarragon (The Angelic Dragon) Jeffrey Kosh Justin Pfeil Geoff Gander (Seer of Y'hog) Kevin Simonich Linus Andersson Håvard Luigi Castellani Toni Roads Jesper Andersen (Spellweaver) V Shane William McAusland John Calvin (Chimpman) Will Pleydon Joseph Setorius (Julius Cleaver) Leland (Argentmantle) LoZompatore Cartography: Micky Allan Palmer Robert Nuttman (RobJN) DaveL Robin Sturm Simone Neri (Zendrolion) Thorfinn Tait (Thorf) Additional Reviewers & Proofreaders: Troy Terrell (CmdrCorsiken) Allan Palmer (AllanP) Rob Koper Robin Shawn Stanley Thomas Rosleff Bækmark Sturm THRESHOLD logo designed by Thorf Thanks To: The Mystara Community, for your support, hard work, and dedication to Mystara. The aims of Threshold magazine: ▪ to provide a venue for community members to present material ▪ to promote the Vaults of Pandius and the material there ▪ to increase the exposure of existing and new articles 2 : The Mystara Magazine Issue #26 Editorial Sadly the Covid-19 crisis has not yet ended who provided wonderful original illustra- and these are hard times for everyone, but tions for this issue, and the other illustra- THRESHOLD Magazine goes on, hopefully tors in the art credits who have contributed providing a bit of needed escapism to its to another fantastic issue of THRESHOLD! readers. And this issue, as all the previous ones, has great authors and illustrators! The next issue of THRESHOLD Magazine, to be published in 2021, will focus on a Now to the content of this issue: first great milestone for the Mystara community: Agathokles describes the Organization and the 25th anniversary of the Vaults of Societies of Karameikos; then there is my Pandius website! To join this very special own Mystara Generator, an article describ- issue as authors or illustrators please send ing the many tables for character creation your proposal to the THRESHOLD mail in Mystara modules and also including a (check Submission guidelines and mail on random adventure generator. New author the last page of the issue) or write in the Lost Woodrake details the Actor Troupes of proposals thread of The Piazza forum: Darokin, while Demos Sachlas introduces http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic. to us the fearsome leader of the Magian php?f=3&t=22287. Fire Worshippers of Ylaruam, Rahotep the Accursed! Even though we usually have no shortage of articles, we always need help for proof- Then Brian Rubinfeld takes us back to the reading and editing the submissions. We ominous lands of Returned Blackmoor, currently have two active editors, therefore which appeared previously in issue #20 the issues schedule has been scaled back to and #22. David Keyser also returns to his two issues a year. So anyone willing to conversion of the Savage Tide Adventure help the THRESHOLD Editorial Team Path for Mystara, now focusing on the char- please come forward and let us know acters after the conversion published in through the mail or in the above thread at issues #4 and #19. The Piazza. Helping THRESHOLD Maga- zine will need some time commitment, but New contributor Michael Sutherland is creative and rewarding work! presents his Deadly Deceivers, dangerous encounters for your campaign. Last but not The THRESHOLD Editorial Team and the least, editors Allan Palmer and Agathokles authors hope you will enjoy this new issue continue the description of the Stronghold as much as we enjoyed putting it together, District of Specularum expanding on mate- and stay tuned for the next issue! rial in issues #21 and #25. Special mention and thanks also go to the illustrators, with the debut of Jeffrey Kosh Francesco Defferrari (Sturm) and returning Dario Odillo and Justin Pfeil, Editor, THRESHOLD Magazine Issue #26 3 : The Mystara Magazine Issue #26 This Issue’s Contributors This Issue’s Contributors Giampaolo Agosta (a.k.a. Agathokles) Dario Odillo, class of 73, has always loved agrees with Schiller that “man is only com- the Mystara setting, and considers it the pletely a man when he plays”. Therefore, most original and with the purest D&D he makes a point of taking gaming seri- spirit. After artistic studies and a past as ously, and real life casually. Besides Mys- advertising designer, he has always tara, his gaming interests include (among admired the illustrations of Elmore, Brom others) Dark Sun, Planescape, Ravenloft, and above all Easley, feeding day after day Birthright, Call of Cthulhu, Star Wars and his passion for artistic drawing. In the past Witchcraft RPG. he collaborated with his drawings helping an Italian community of a well-known skir- Allan Palmer (a.k.a. AllanP) was first intro- mish game. At home, in addition to being duced to D&D a long time ago (but not quite invaded by a myriad of miniatures and man- in a galaxy far away) by a work colleague uals, he alternates his free time between who set up a gaming group using the last painting, drawing and the conquest of version of the “blue book” rules. While dab- Alphatia. bling with RuneQuest and Traveller along the way, he developed a liking for what David Keyser has run four long-term cam- would become the world of Mystara as the paigns set in Mystara since the 1980s, using BECMI box sets were released. He has published adventure and support materials always been fascinated by maps. He is an IT as much as possible. He denies having any professional and when not indulging in creative talent himself. It’s just that if you hobbies of panelology, retro tv watching and put him with a group of friends who are family history research,uses his various PC willing to work with him to provide an skills to consolidate the writings of others evening of entertainment, ther’'s a momen- into the issues of THRESHOLD Magazine. tary spark like the scratch of flint on steel… and then something magical happens. Brian Rubinfeld: despite never being as intense of a fan as much of the fandom, Demos Sachlas has run several campaigns Brian has had a fondness for Mystara in Mystara, and hopes to start a new one stretching back as many eons as the stars! using a virtual tabletop, at some point in the Whether coming up with zany ideas or near future. He is active on many of the diving into the earthiness of the setting's online forums and social media groups dedi- lore, he always
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