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MYSTARA MESSAGE BOARD (AOL) Folder 1 - 17Th Feb 1995 to 25Th Aug 1995 MYSTARA MESSAGE BOARD (AOL) Folder 1 - 17th Feb 1995 to 25th Aug 1995 Title: CLOSED - Mystara Description: Adventures on the World of Mystara Creation Date: 95-02-17 18:43:16 EDT Last Msg Added: 95-08-25 14:38:16 EDT From: TSR Inc Date: 95-02-17 18:44:10 EDT Re: Message from Roger Moore I have a message from Roger Moore. Replies by mail can be sent to TSR Inc. Otherwise, go ahead and reply by posting. I'll be printing out messages for Roger and others, so he'll see them. Rob Repp Manager, Digital Projects Group TSR, Inc. ______________________________ FOR MYSTARA MESSAGE FORUM Title: Roger Moore says hello (part 4) Hi, there. I'm Roger Moore, the creative director in charge of the MYSTARA(TM), RED STEEL(TM), and BIRTHRIGHT(TM) game lines. I've left "hellos" in the other forums (particularly the BIRTHRIGHT game one), so I'll skip all the usual intro stuff. If anyone has any comments about the MYSTARA line, I'd love to hear from you. I'll get back into this forum next week and read over the mail. I won't be able to drop by very often, but I'll do what I can. Cheers! Roger E. Moore TSR, Inc. From: AndonJAM Date: 95-02-17 18:58:44 EDT Re: Re:Message from Roger Moore Well, one of the things I would like to see done up is the Isle of Ochalea; perhaps it could be used to revitalize the AD&D Oriental Adventures segment. The info on the Isle has been fairy scanty in the past, and as Red Steel shows, history and details can change. I think it would be advantageous for both the Mystara line as well as the Core AD&D line (Lots of opportunities for new sourcebooks, new MM's, etc.). I would also like to see the Isle of Dread done up again; the neatest way to work it would be as a box set billed for use with both Ravenloft and Mystara. Make the Kopru more of an active evil force in the Sea of Dread. Thanks for listening! Page 1 of 172 MYSTARA MESSAGE BOARD (AOL) Folder 1 - 17th Feb 1995 to 25th Aug 1995 From: CesarJL Date: 95-02-18 03:03:15 EDT Re: ShadowElves? Hi, Only four questions: Are there drow in Mystara or do the shadow elves replace drow? Will info on the shadow elves come out soon? I remember the old Gazetteers had a whole book on the subject, but I can't find a copy of one. Will there be more expansions like the old Gazetteers (small and cheap) or will the expansions all be expensive box sets like Karameikos? Is the world still hollow? Thanks, CesarJL p.s. The look of the new Mystara stuff is great! From: Sir Vesper Date: 95-02-18 17:12:10 EDT Re: Re:ShadowElves? Why is everyone crazy about Drow, they're just evil elves. Why does anyone want to play an evil character? I don't know. But, to answer your question, Shadow elves replace Drow as the evil elven influence in the world. From: Outlands Date: 95-02-19 00:48:54 EDT Re: Re:ShadowElves? Shadow elves aren't evil, are they? From: Cynwellyn Date: 95-02-19 02:59:05 EDT Re: Re:ShadowElves? I agree. Even though many people like drow such as Drizzt Do'Urden, that does not mean ALL drows are like him. So I don't know why everybody is so infatuated with drows. I have seen so many screen names taken from Drizzt and people who say their friends always play drow in a campaign. I am not saying that those things are wrong, but the drow and shadow elves are created as a formidable foes for the PCs, as least they are supposed to be, and not as the PC themselves. Anyone agree or disagree with me? Page 2 of 172 MYSTARA MESSAGE BOARD (AOL) Folder 1 - 17th Feb 1995 to 25th Aug 1995 -Harper From: JoShMaYnAr Date: 95-02-19 04:26:23 EDT Re: Re:ShadowElves? In my campaign world I went one step further. I decided to have both shadow elves and drow. While the drow have the spell like abilities, the shadow elves are highly psionic. The shadow elves are so evil that they instantly get a -8 reaction adjustment for all races except elves whom they recieve a -11. Thier culture is very oriental based. If anybody has any questions about them then drop me a line. Josh From: Cynwellyn Date: 95-02-19 16:38:16 EDT Re: Re:ShadowElves? I have not been in this RPG game for long and I am wondering which stats do you use when you roll for reaction. I have searched PH and I cannot find just how do you determine a player's reaction number. Do you use Wisdom or Charisma, or something else? And do you have to roll the number greater or lesser than the number indicated? If anyone can answer my question it will be much appreciated. -Harper From: JoShMaYnAr Date: 95-02-20 21:01:49 EDT Re: Re:ShadowElves? There is a chart on page 103 in the DMG. You use the characters reaction adjustment based on the character's charisma. If there is a plus then you subtract it from the number rolled, if it is a minus then you add it to the die roll (kinda strange, huh?). One question: What about the optional rule under charisma on page 18 in the PHB. It says to look on page 20 after the races are discribed, the whole problem is on page 20 there is no mention of anything pertaining to this. HELP!!!!!!!!! From: RPGA Kevin Date: 95-02-20 22:19:22 EDT Re: PHB tables Page 3 of 172 MYSTARA MESSAGE BOARD (AOL) Folder 1 - 17th Feb 1995 to 25th Aug 1995 This problem is being corrected in this year's reprinting of the new and improved Player's Handbook. From: Gilak Date: 95-02-21 03:28:59 EDT Re: Specialty Priests? I was wondering if Mystara was going to have specialty priests, preferably of the sort in FR Adventures, or were there simply going to be rules for using the different priesthoods if the kit given in Karameikos (Philosopher Cleric?). If there are going to be true SP's then could you possibly give us a preview, and an idea when and where they will be released. The immortals list in Karameikos all look very interesting, and it would be good to be able to give my players the option of SP,s. If Karameikos addressed this and I missed it plese forgive me for wasting you time. Thanks in advance, Gilak From: CesarJL Date: 95-02-21 23:05:24 EDT Re: Shadow Elves Again The question was not about Shadowelves as PC's but rather as NPCs. As a DM, I like to know as much about the major bad guys as I know about the PCs. I need to know more about the culture of the Shadowelves to keep foes interesting. I guess I should have been more clear in the earlier posting. CesarJL From: Fyrie Date: 95-02-21 23:55:01 EDT Re: Hail the Heroes This weekend I got to play The Hail the Heroes CD module. All in all I would have to say that it was pretty fun and interesting. The first CD module I played in was The one I think comes in the Box set, but I am not sure. Anyways the first one was cool, but very limiting to to the character voices supplied by the CD. Hail the heroes, on the other hand, did not have supplied PC voices, and it was very fun. The sound FX were really good, but I would have to say that I liked the Music better on the first one. Has anyone else out there have any input? -Fyrie Page 4 of 172 MYSTARA MESSAGE BOARD (AOL) Folder 1 - 17th Feb 1995 to 25th Aug 1995 From: TSR Inc Date: 95-03-02 18:12:01 EDT Re: Message from Roger Moore! Roger asked me to post the following message. Reply here, if you like. He (and most of R&D) are seeing these messages every day or so. Rob Repp Manager, Digital Projects Group TSR, Inc. _________ I notice that there are quite a few Shadow Elf fans on this board. The basic reference that everyone seems to be looking for is the D&D(R) game Gazetteer GAZ13 <The Shadow Elves>, by Carl Sargent and Gary Thomas. It was published in 1990, so it might be hard to find now. Yearly updates on the realm of Aengmor appear in the three Poor Wizard's Almanacs. What questions do you have about Shadow Elves? I'll see if we can upload some text for you if there are some specific things you'd like to see. How many people like playing them as characters in AD&D(R) games, and why do you like them? What makes them special to you? What more would you like to see about them? Fans of the MYSTARA(R) campaign should also know that we will be releasing the GLANTRI(TM): Kingdom of Magic boxed set in April. How many of you run adventures in which most or all the characters are wizards? Would you like more material on playing all-wizard campaigns? If you've tried playing in an all-wizard campaign, how did it work out? Consider this a sort of "focus group" on these topics.
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