Vaults of Pandius updated

[stanles]

And thanks Morfie - looking forward to that

Pressure's on.. 1015 now done. Added to this post.

Cool, thanks Morfie. I'll be back from travelling soon and get to an update.

[stanles]

I was curious if PDFs were made for AC1015, 1016, 1017 or are these continually being updated?

Another tidbit I discovered while going through some fascinating articles; there's an error link here:
http://pandius.com/tome/tomevol5/main.html

MyMiCS: Mystaran Mass Combat System by Adrian Matthias

http://pandius.com/tome/disallow.html

From Issue 6
All of the links to any NWN project goes basically no where now.

hey McDeath

I ended up finding the answer to this on the old Mystara Message Boards, I had a vague recollection of what had happened - but had forgotten a lot of the details.

There came a time when Geocities went down and, for whatever reason, the creators were not in a position to recreate it elsewhere. As the Tome of Mystara had its own copyright notifications permissions were gained from all contributors to host the Tome on the Vaults of Pandius. Permissions were gained from the authors for all of the articles except two - the one you identified and this one from issue 6

The Rom Mini-Gazetteer: Another Look at "Gypsies" in the Known World , by Derek Adam

Therefore the link is not an error.

As for the links in the NWN article from Issue 6, you are correct. This is the article as originally created, and all of those links have since expired. Unfortunately, I am not in a position to maintain all such links in all of the Vaults.

[stanles]

Update 20 January 2019

I have maintained currency with things directly sent or pointed out to me: files from the Mystara, Mystara Reborn, BECMI and Hollow World Facebook groups; and the following rooms on The Piazza: Mystara 3E Conversion Project, Mystara 4E Conversion Project, Classic D&D, Thorf's Project main room, Hollow Word, Savage Coast, Geographical Mapping on Thorf's Project, and Thunder Rift. For The Piazza: main Mystara room I am current up until the end of November 2018.

The following files have been updated on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Giants of Mystara and their skills.

• Hex mapping Legend.

• Map of the Eastern Half of the Broken Lands, 1 mile per hex.

• 1 mile hex map of the Great Canolbarth (including environment) now has separate Eastern and Western halves available for download.

• Heights and Altitudes has the flawed height of Akilla's Throne fixed.

The following files have been loaded on the Vaults of Pandius:

• New creature: Glyptodon.

• Mystara Almanac AC 1017 cleaned up PDF version 2.0.

• Mystara Almanac AC 1016 cleaned up PDF version 2.0.

• Mystara Almanac AC 1015 cleaned up PDF version 2.0.

• The Judgement of Rad (AX01) an adventure for characters levels 3 to 5.

• Order of the Griffon part I an adventure for 3-5 characters of levels 1 to 3 based (loosely) on the Order of the Griffon from the old TurboGrafx 16 game of the same name.

• Ethengar Seasonal Lakes.

• Court of Golden Khan at Chagon-Nah Readjusted.

• Ethengar Blackmoor Era.

• Research Historic overlay Ethengar.

• Ethengar 1200 AC.

• Ethengar Timeline Maps.

• Ethengar in Ethengarian naming.

• Map of Oenkmar 1050 BC-1012 AC.

• Map of the Lower Broken Lands 1012 - 1020 AC.

• Map of Broken Lands Future 1100 AC.

• Alternate WoTI Meteor Options.

• Lake Ishi mapping issues.

• Modified Map of Ylaruam.

• Familiar: Lightning Cat.

• New spell: Spell Surrogacy.

• Darokin forts along the Atruaghin border.

• Map of Mystara, including brown mountain variant and greenish-grey toned variant.

• Obscure Draft or Riding animals.

• Petrides from B11 as a 5E cleric.

• Games & Sports played by characters in Mystara.

• Politics of the Fairy Courts.

[Irondrake]

WOW! Really great stuff here (as always). Pleasantly surprised to see two adventures (The Judgement of Rad and Order of the Griffin, Part 1)! Looking forward to reading those! And of course every time I view one of Robin's 1-mile maps, even if I have seen it before, my jaw drops at the wonderful level of detail put into it. Oh, and the revised Almanacs are awesome to see as well! Lots of great updates to the Vaults. Time for me to start reading!

[Robin]

Thanx Shawn for posting these
I am skimming the adventures and they seem nice...
And Irondrake
Also thanx for the compliment....I truly enjoy these, these things said spur energy in my working mind, which I need to create . So thanx again.

[stanles]

WOW! Really great stuff here (as always). Pleasantly surprised to see two adventures (The Judgement of Rad and Order of the Griffin, Part 1)! Looking forward to reading those! And of course every time I view one of Robin's 1-mile maps, even if I have seen it before, my jaw drops at the wonderful level of detail put into it. Oh, and the revised Almanacs are awesome to see as well! Lots of great updates to the Vaults. Time for me to start reading!

Yes, I am always particularly happy to release things which are directly sent to me like those adventures. Likewise, highlighting stuff which I hadn't found earlier is also pleasing.

[stanles]

Thanx Shawn for posting these
I am skimming the adventures and they seem nice...
And Irondrake
Also thanx for the compliment....I truly enjoy these, these things said spur energy in my working mind, which I need to create . So thanx again.

you're welcome Robin

[McDeath]

Wow! Mega awesome.

[stanles]

Wow! Mega awesome.

thanks McDeath

[McDeath]

I’ve been going through old web link lists for webrings and geocities, and yahoo groups and it’s sad they have faded. Wish I would have had high speed net in say 1998 onward. So it’s a relief some of my favorites are still actively around producing such great content. Very much appreciated on my end.

[stanles]

Update 3 February 2019

I have maintained currency with things directly sent or pointed out to me: files from the Mystara, Mystara Reborn, BECMI and Hollow World Facebook groups; and the following rooms on The Piazza: Mystara 3E Conversion Project, Mystara 4E Conversion Project, Classic D&D, Thorf's Project main room, Hollow World, Savage Coast, Geographical Mapping on Thorf's Project, and Thunder Rift. For The Piazza: main Mystara room I am current up until the middle of January 2019.

The following files have been loaded on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Lost Magics.

• Legacy Leech theory: Qij-na the Shattered.

• Thoughts about the reason for the 8-mile hex.

• Legacy Leech theory.

• Thunder Rift the Collection.

• Everyday uses for Monsters or Why Magic-Users keep dangerous monsters in their dungeons!

• Ideas about a 5E conversion of B10.

• Periods of Magic Evolution.

• Ethengar History.

• World Mountain.

• Bargha.

• Amulet of Magic Resistance.

• Geological (cellular Tectonic movements) of Ethengar.

• Location of Lion Castle.

• County of Steenwijck, Glantri.

• Ethengar Clan and male names.

• Lathan's Gold PC's updated.

• Morale and ocean voyages.

• Conversion of Mongrelman to BECMI.

• Tieflings and Dragonborn in Mystara.

• 4E races in Mystara.

• The Dragon Attura and the Wrath of Immortals.

• Details on Mystaran Yakmen.

• 2300BC Demhyeld river.

• Ethengar Buildings.

• Regenerate spell.

The following files have been updated on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Hex mapping Legend.

[stanles]

Update 3 March 2019

I have maintained currency with things directly sent or pointed out to me: files from the Mystara, Mystara Reborn, BECMI and Hollow World Facebook groups; and the following rooms on The Piazza: Mystara 3E Conversion Project, Mystara 4E Conversion Project, Classic D&D, Thorf's Project main room, Hollow World, Savage Coast, Geographical Mapping on Thorf's Project, and Thunder Rift. For The Piazza: main Mystara room I am current up until the middle of February 2019.

The following files have been loaded on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Map of the City of Selenica.

• Isle of Dread: a comparison between the Goodman Games revisitation and the Classic modules.

• Krakatos: City Plan.

• Isle of Dread: 5E conversion - new creatures.

• Bloodsucking creatures and Reality in D&D.

• Gnomes as (Mentzerian) Player-Characters.

• Fighters: High Level Options.

• Pantheons & Named Examples of the Seven Types of Demons.

• Savage Coast Product List & Downloads.

• Peter Loofbourow, a Mystara-ised randomly-rolled multiclass 3E character.

• Antalian Wastes Campaign Ideas.

• Vala (Wise Women) class more fully developed.

• Spell of Preservation/Cultural Pride in D&D 5E.

• The Dravish Drylands a Hollow World Mini Gazetteer.

• Fighter: High Level Options - Warlord.

• The Power Runes of Odin.

The following files have been updated on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Demons (Fiends).

• Setting modules A1-4/Slave Lords in the Gulf of Hule.

• Modified Map of Ylaruam.

[stanles]

Update 6 March 2019

The following files have been loaded on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Issue 22 of Threshold Magazine is now available.

• Call for contributions for Threshold magazine Issue 23: Campaigns and Adventures.

[McDeath]

I did a quick flip-through and I am astounded. I mean all the Threshold Zines are awesome but the paths and the possibilities for the Iron Ring and Black Eagle. WOW. Only hiccup I see is the picture of the color Threshold from probably the poster map. Its a bit grainy hard to make out the words. I wonder what art program/mapper they used as cities in that vein of drawing are an interest of mine. Can't say I can draw myself though I tried some time ago for some land around Threshhold. I should find my old maps and post them on the sites (wherever in storage they are. They aren't much tbh and mostly just adds a little bit of farming areas and some swamp. Trivial stuff.

Anyways, thanks to all involve in this issue. Its grabbed me and I will read it in more detail.

Cheers.

[AllanP]

...Only hiccup I see is the picture of the color Threshold from probably the poster map. Its a bit grainy hard to make out the words. I wonder what art program/mapper they used as cities in that vein of drawing are an interest of mine.

I guess you;re referring to the map on page 87 of issue #22 (Which I've just noticed has an incorrect caption "...Threwshold..." )
It's a result of shrinking the original (available here on the Vaults) down to fit the page size of the zine. There'soften illustrations suggested for articles which aren't designed for the A4 portrait page size, so they have to be shrunk to fit accordingly, and this can affect how it appears in the zine. We try our best, but it's not always possible to adjust.
If you like city maps, what did you think of those for Specularum in issue #21?

regards,

[Gecko]

Update 3 March 2019

• Pantheons & Named Examples of the Seven Types of Demons.

I think there's a bad url here.

[McDeath]

Issue 21 is astounding. I will definitely print the maps when I get a laser color printer. Atm just bought b/w on the cheap so no hurry. There’s so much content and I really enjoyed seeing the city developement through the ages. These are top quality and only now am I actually going through them here and there instead of just collecting.

I really must congratulate everyone on their hard work.

[stanles]

Update 3 March 2019

• Pantheons & Named Examples of the Seven Types of Demons.

I think there's a bad url here.

oops, thanks Greg

oddly it wasn't a bad URL - for some reason the file wasn't uploaded. It's there now.

cheers
shawn

[stanles]

Update 31 March 2019

I have maintained currency with things directly sent or pointed out to me: files from the Mystara, Mystara Reborn, BECMI and Hollow World Facebook groups; and the following rooms on The Piazza: Mystara 3E Conversion Project, Mystara 4E Conversion Project, Classic D&D, Thorf's Project main room, Hollow World, Savage Coast, Geographical Mapping on Thorf's Project, and Thunder Rift. For The Piazza: main Mystara room I am current up until the middle of March 2019.

I have reinstated the form for email notifications when the Vaults are updated - it's on the main page at the bottom of the page.

The following files have been loaded on the Vaults of Pandius:

• High quality versions of maps from the twenty-second issue of Threshold are available:
  
  • Threshold Black Market - Map of Threshold by Sean Robert Meaney
  • Threshold Black Market - Map of the Dark Alley Tavern made by Irving Galvez and The Calamus
  • Threshold Black Market - Map of Threshold Black Market made by Irving Galvez and The Calamus
  • Adapting Classic AD&D Modules to a Mystara Campaign - Map 1: Map of the Northern Reaches, with recommended locations for the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, the Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, and the Hall of the Fire Giant King. Map by Thorfinn Tait, based on GAZ7, TM1, TM2, X1 and Wrath of the Immortals, used by permission.
  • Adapting Classic AD&D Modules to a Mystara Campaign - Map 2: Continental Map from Dungeon 6 "Tortles of the Purple Sage - Part 1" with recommended locations for G1-3, I1, A1-4, and C1. Based on replica map by Thorfinn Tait, April 2018, used by permission.
  • Adapting Classic AD&D Modules to a Mystara Campaign - Map 3: Map of the Serpent Peninsula, from X6 (left) indicating the location of Onyo Maata, recommended site of the Forbidden City, and from Champions of Mystara in 1000 AC (right). Replica maps by Thorfinn Tait, April 2018, used by permission.
  • Adapting Classic AD&D Modules to a Mystara Campaign - Map 4: Map of Hule from X5 (left) with recommended location for Highport in A1, and the Gulf of Hule in 1000 AC (right) based on multiple sources. Maps by Thorfinn Tait, 2018, used by permission.
  • Escape from Hule - Replica map of the Great Waste, with location of Graakhalia added. Map of Great Waste by Thorfinn Tait, location of Graakhalia from La Grande Desolazione by Omnibius.

• Magical Weapon Mastery.

• Weapon Mastery and Similar Weapons.

• BECMI Healing Spells Revamped.

• Weapon Mastery - New Weapons.

• La Scorta ovvero Pestilenza alla Rocca sulle Terre di Confine (MA5) an adventure for 4 to 5 sixth to eighth level characters, 5E (in Italian). An adventure set in the legendary Castellan Keep and surroundings. A treacherous death demon is spreading a mortal disease in the Keep and beyond. The PCs are assigned a risky mission to end the menace: travel to St Yakov Monastery, in the middle of the Altan Tepes, where a holy relic, a book written by Queen Petra herself, is said to be guarded. In the pages of this book is the key to cure the pox ...

• La Ricerca della Legio Manticorae volume II (MA4) an adventure for 3 to 5 fourth to sixth level characters, 5E (in Italian). After discovering the fate of Cordio, the PCs have to embark on a perilous journey across the Sea of Dread, aboard Helena, the ship owned by Adonai Stephanos, Merchant Prince of Kastelios. Upon reaching Raven Scarp, the heroes are hired by Leilah Ben Nadir to discover the fate of the Legio Manticorae, mysteriously lost in the depths of Davanian Jungle.

• Map of Hule and Kavkaz 24 miles per hex.

• Map of the Hulean Empire 8 miles per hex.

• Map of the subjugated city-states Gonica and Boyarski 8 miles per hex.

• Map of Kavkaz 8 miles per hex.

• Map of the Adri Varma Plateau 8 miles per hex.

• Map of the Barony of Gulluvia 8 miles per hex.

• Replica map of The Emerlas, 3 miles per hex from O2 Blade of Vengeance.

• Revised version of the BECMI Thief class.

• Replica map of the Dominion of Vyolstagrad, 2 miles per hex from CM4 Earthshaker.

• Replica map of the Sea of Alphatia, 150 miles per hex from M1 Into the Maelstrom.

• Replica map of Brun from X9 The Savage Coast.

• Replica map of the Savage Coast from X9 The Savage Coast.

• Errata questions and proposed solutions about Merchant-Prince Spellcasting.

• Errata questions and proposed solutions about Foresters.

• Q&A with Clyde Caldwell.

• Thoughts about Planes.

• Eastern Glantri.

• Gladiators.

• Thoughts about the crew of The Pioneer from Lathan's Gold.

• Thoughts about the pets of The Pioneer from Lathan's Gold.

• Michel Druschel, shifter fey-disciple.

• Norwold Demographic Map.

• Rules for mounts in 5E and The Horse Breeds of Mystara, 5E conversion.

• Halfling Adventurer kit.

• Domain Economics - an expansion.

• Thoughts about Bywater.

• Prakash, lupin mystic and ascetic.

• Fighter: Gaucho 5E conversion.

• Druid: Circle of Webs 5E conversion.

• Lizard-kin 5E conversion.

• Two new spells: Take That, You Fiend! and Force Barrier.

• New creature: Dreaded Branch.

• New spell: Pigeon.

The following files have been updated on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Fighter: High Level Options - Warlord.

• An ECL 20 progression for the NPC Peter Loofbourow, draconic human guide.

[Irondrake]

Hi Stanles,
Could you tell me where you found the articles on Magical Weapon Mastery, Weapon Mastery - New Weapons; both by Colin Davidson? Were they from a Facebook group? He's got some great ideas!

[stanles]

Hi Stanles,
Could you tell me where you found the articles on Magical Weapon Mastery, Weapon Mastery - New Weapons; both by Colin Davidson? Were they from a Facebook group? He's got some great ideas!

hey Irondrake

The author pointed them to me directly. They're on his blog https://thoughtfulnerd.blogspot.com/

They appear to be the only thing on his blog and since then he has been active on the various BECMI/Mystara Facebook groups. I don't know if he is active here.

cheers
shawn

[Irondrake]

Thanks Stanles! I was wondering if he had a blog.

[stanles]

Update 14 April 2019

I have maintained currency with things directly sent or pointed out to me: files from the Mystara, Mystara Reborn, BECMI and Hollow World Facebook groups; and the following subforums on The Piazza: Mystara 3E Conversion Project, Mystara 4E Conversion Project, Classic D&D, Thorf's Project main room, Hollow World, Savage Coast, Geographical Mapping on Thorf's Project, and Thunder Rift. As can be seen I've also started to cherry-pick articles from the D&D 5th Edition subforum. For The Piazza: main Mystara room I am current up until the end of March 2019.

The following files have been loaded on the Vaults of Pandius:

• HTML versions of articles from the twenty-second issue of Threshold are available:
  
  • Editorial.
  • Icons for Mystara.
  • "So, You All Meet in a Tavern....".
  • Campaigning in Karameikos
  • Thoughts About the Karameikos Civil War.
  • Threshold Black Market.
  • Adapting Classic AD&D Modules to a Mystara Campaign.
  • Escape from Hule.
  • The Egg Be Dammed!
  • Deep Cover.

• System for Converting Rules Cyclopedia Monsters to 5E.

• 5E conversions: Actaeon (Elk Centaur), Adaptor, Aerial Servant (Haoou), Ant, Giant, Ape, Snow, Ape, White, Athach, Baboon, Rock, Bear, Cave, Beetle, Giant Oil, Beetle, Giant Tiger, Caecilia, Cat, Great: Mountain Lion, Crocodile, Large, Dolphin, Drake, Drolem, Elephant, Prehistoric (Mastodon), Faerie, Faerie Elder, Faerie Leader, Ferret, Giant, Fish: Giant Bass, Fish: Giant Rockfish, Fish: Giant Sturgeon, Gargantua, Carrion Crawler, Gargoyle, Giant, Mountain, Giant, Sea, Golem, Amber, Golem, Bone, Golem, Bronze, Golem, Mud, Golem, Obsidian, Golem, Wood, Gremlin, Helion, Horde, Hsiao (Guardian Owl), Hsiao Curate (Guardian Owl), Hsiao Elder (Guardian Owl), Hydrax, Kryst, Lava Ooze, Leech, Giant, Lizard: Giant Draco, Lizard: Giant Gecko, Lizard: Giant Horned Chameleon, Lizard: Giant Tuatara, Locust, Giant, Lycanthrope: Devil Swine, Lycanthrope: Werebat, Lycanthrope: Werefox, Lycanthrope: Wereseal, Lycanthrope: Wereshark, Malfera, Manscorpion Cleric, Manscorpion Warrior, Manta Ray, Manta Ray, Giant, Mek, Mujina, Neanderthal (Caveman), Nekrozon (Catoblepas), Nightshade: Nightcrawler, Nightshade: Nightwalker, Nightshade: Nightwing, Nixie, Nuckalavee, Phantom: Apparition, Phantom: Shade, Phantom: Vision, Phoenix, Plasm, Greater, Plasm, Lesser, Pterosaur, Revener, Rhagodessa, Robber Fly, Roc, Salamander, Flame, Salamander, Frost, Shadow, Shark, Shrew, Giant and Slug, Giant.

• La mappa del vecchio ylari (MA1) an adventure for first level characters, 5E (in Italian). The adventure is a prequel of B4 and B10 BECMI modules. A rich dwarf merchant of Rockhome is searching for a map leading to the mythical city of Cynidicea. The old Ylari who holds the precious item was murdered and the map is now in the hands of a local "starosta" of the Veiled Society. Will you be able to recover the precious document from the clutches of the ruthless thieves that hide in the Fogor Isle Lair?

• Converting Rules Cyclopedia Monsters to 5E.

• Some thoughts about Mystaran races and classes in 5E.

• The Afterwrath Mystara Campaign Handbook.

• Languages of the Known World.

• Hakomon.

• Thoughts about Converting a Karameikos Campaign to 5E.

• Thoughts about Diabolus 5E conversion.

• Diabolus 5E conversion.

• Aranea 5E conversion.

• Expanding on the idea of multiple locations for the Palace of the Silver Princess.

• New creature for the first of April: Dromedaroo.

• Replica map of the Grand Duchy of Karameikos, 6 miles per hex from X10.

• Excerpts from The Nahmeh.

• Design of the Haunted House in Glantri City (numbered 11 in GAZ3).

• Watering Down the Red Curse.

The following files have been updated on the Vaults of Pandius:

• Known Mystara Skyships (and other flying vessels).

• Replica map of the Savage Coast, 24 miles per hex from X9.

[Robin]

Nice work Shawn. Thanx again

[Hugin]

Wow, that looks like a lot of work. Thanks Shawn!