Reading some material for next weeks #BECMI #DnD game with the kids and stumbled on this gem in GAZ1 - #Karameikos

"The timelines and histories of these sourcebooks are scrupulously checked against one another"

I haven't laughed so hard since I was a little girl. I love #Mystara, but there isn't a fan who doesn't know its history is multiple choice. GAZ10 is a bad joke, and GAZ14 was so rushed they forgot to make it problematic enough to get the attention of clickbait drama 5E sloptubers.

Ok, so I've been tinkering with different material for my glorious return to #ADnD2e and I think I've settled on some things.

Thing the 1: I'm going to use the core rules CD as much as I can, its still dynamite after all these years.

Thing the 2: We playing in #Greyhawk! Am I super familiar with Greyhawk? NO, but there is lots of accessible AD&D material for it. And we can #Spelljammer if we want!

Thing the 3: I'll probably play #BECMI #Mystara with my kids!

#ADnD2e #Mystara but the only lasting effects of Wrath of the Immortals is the succession of Karameikos and the obliteration and cratering of the shires (and the sudden appearance of the remaining Hin in the hollow world)...

I think I've decided to run "First Quest" its setup as an intro to #ADnD 2e for new players so it'll be an easy way to ease myself back in (I havent been able to run AD&D for 15+ years and I havent run anything for like 5 years).

Also, I didn't realize it was set on #Mystara (as much as simplified starter adventures are set anywhere), and the third one introduces #Spelljammer! This may just end up a one-shot, but I'm hoping for a regular game.

Also we can use CORE RULES!

The Alasiyan Desert is Arrakis and the Cynidiceans are the Fremen. #ttrpg #Mystara

lil man's wrist broke while he was in storage so today we're doin surgery in anticipation of my friday crew returning to our #mystara #OSE campaign. this is the goblin druid, Kudi Grababír, who got psychic powers from eating extraterrestrial fungus and is now on a mission to prove the heliocentric model of the universe. he is also a loving father to a protoceratops pup named Lemmy. gotta paint him one of these days.

#ttrpg #tabeltopRPG #miniatures #heroForge

I was thinking about giving my homebrew setting more of a Bronze Age spin, and it had me thinking about God-Kings and Demigods who are favored and supported by the divine forces of the cosmos.

My idea was that Sun, Moon, Earth, Sea, Wind, and Darkness are impersonal and distant, but can give divine power to immortal heroes for their own unknowable reasons.

And I think I now finally understand what the Spheres and Immortals of #Mystara are supposed to be like. 😲

#dnd #ttrpg

This glorious horde of (mostly complete) chaos doggos was going to come howling out of #Mystara Broken Lands. One box of #frostgrave gnolls, one #dnd3e Chainmail demonic gnoll adept, and two huge wolf dudes in … late 90s BDSM leather??? Well, I guess that’s… nah. I got nothing. They’ll get more hit dice. The little guys started out with hyena and dingo colourations but I got bored and just started doing dog and wolf colours.
Nanli Ironboot seeks hearts and blades to carry battle vengeful against evil and chaos in the Orclands of #Mystara for day 29 of #CharacterCreationChallenge 2025. https://parttimegrue.blogspot.com/2025/01/nanli-ironboot-fighter-of-rockhome-35e.html
Nanli Ironboot, Fighter of Rockhome (3.5e D&D, Mystara)

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