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Thread : Newbie Guide
Started at 01-27-08 06:07 PM by stanles
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[Post 1]
Author : stanles
Date : 01-27-08 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Newbie Guide

The Newbie's Guide to Mystara (http://pandius.com/guide) has finally been released.

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[Post 2]
Author : Multizar
Date : 01-27-08 11:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

This was a joy to read. Good work everyone on the project. I am going to print it out tomorrow for my son to read.

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[Post 3]
Author : OldDawg
Date : 01-28-08 04:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Congratulations on getting this out.

-OldDawg

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[Post 4]
Author : Hugin
Date : 01-28-08 10:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Just had a quick spot reading and it looks really good. Very useful for newer players to the setting. You could even use the individual pages as handouts to players whose characters have general knowledge of the region. Well done and thank you.

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[Post 5]
Author : maddog
Date : 01-28-08 12:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Thanks guys! :) This is something I've always wanted to do myself but never had enough time.

--Ray.

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[Post 6]
Author : havard
Date : 01-28-08 04:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

This is great :)

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[Post 7]
Author : Iramus
Date : 01-31-08 07:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Excellent work by all concerned.

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[Post 8]
Author : curupira
Date : 02-01-08 11:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Hi, I'm new here. Thanks for the great work! 

I started playing D&D (actually, AD&D 2ed) using Mystara as the Campaign, particularly Karameikos. So... I'd like to ask why in the Newbie's Guide it was reverted to the status as Great Duchy instead of as Kingdom.  It seems to me that it's part of a overarching decision about Mystara's timeline...

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[Post 9]
Author : Arakor
Date : 02-01-08 11:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Since the Newbie Guide is written for 1000AC, Karameikos was a Grand Duchy. Stefan only declared himself King during the events of "Wrath of the Immortals", thereby making it a Kingdom.

The 2nd Edition boxed set "Kingdom of Karameikos" pulls a fast one with the timeline, but is actually set after said events. Having said that, certain NPC write-ups are a direct paste from the Gazetteer which causes certain conflicts in terms of ages, etc.

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[Post 10]
Author : Agathokles
Date : 02-01-08 02:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Since the Newbie Guide is written for 1000AC, Karameikos was a Grand Duchy. Stefan only declared himself King during the events of "Wrath of the Immortals", thereby making it a Kingdom.


Exactly. We wrote the guide for 1000 AC for a number of reasons -- that's when most people set their campaigns, for one, and is also the point in the timeline that is most documented and consistent; finally, post-WotI Mystara is already well documented in the Almanacs. 
OTOH, there was no intention of altering the canon timeline.

G.

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[Post 11]
Author : maddog
Date : 02-01-08 10:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Great news, guys! Give yourselves a pat on the back. You're on the front page of ENWorld!  :)

http://www.enworld.org/

:cheer:
:dancin:
:bow:

Get ready for the :invasion:

--Ray.

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[Post 12]
Author : stanles
Date : 02-02-08 07:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Great news, guys! Give yourselves a pat on the back. You're on the front page of ENWorld!  :)

http://www.enworld.org/

:cheer:
:dancin:
:bow:

Get ready for the :invasion:

--Ray.

I sent it in as a possible news story, I was quite happy to see that it actually made it there.

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[Post 13]
Author : CmdrCorsiken
Date : 02-02-08 04:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Newbie Guide

Thank you for the great work.

I raise my tankard to the team!!

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