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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 6356921" data-attributes="member: 6688049">The world of Urt:[ATTACH]63435[/ATTACH]The D&amp;D Gazetteer could also include the D&amp;D World of Urt. This world is a variant of Mystara. These are the differences:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Urt is basically the creation of Frank Mentzer and Francois Froideval.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mystara is basically the creation of D&amp;D brand manager Bruce Heard.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The name &quot;Urt&quot; is from Mentzer's Gold Box (Immortal Rules), which, in the monster entry for &quot;megalith&quot;, mentions in passing that the world is named &quot;Urt&quot;. The name &quot;Urt&quot; never appears again in any Mystara product.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The name &quot;Mystara&quot; came much later in the publication history, through a DRAGON magazine contest; though since no satisfactory names were submitted by readers, D&amp;D Bruce Heard invented the name.</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Urt is a megalith--the largest known life-form in the Multiverse. This is stated in the Gold Box, which includes monster stats for Megaliths.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mystara is not a megalith, unless there are hollow megaliths too.</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Urt is the same size as Earth.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the later Poor Wizards Almanacs, Mystara was made to be much smaller in diameter than Earth.</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Urt is not hollow.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mystara is.</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The boundaries of the countries of Urt are exactly as depicted on the Masters Set map.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A later DRAGON magazine article said that map was a gnomish forgery. In the World of Mystara, that map is a forgery. But in the World of Urt, that map is true.</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Urt is set in the past of Earth. This is stated in the Black Box (Masters Rules), IIRC.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Wrath of the Immortals boxed set (which replaced the Gold Box rules) says that Mystara is in a different dimension from Earth--the Dimension of Myth. Mystarans know Earth as &quot;Laterre.&quot;</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Specifically, Urt is the Jurassic past of &quot;D&amp;D Earth&quot;. (The Urt world map is lifted straight from the geological map of the Jurassic period.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mystara's default date of 1000 A.C. is 1986 A.D. on Earth. In 1000 AC, the PCs visit Chicago and New York, in the adventure IM1: The Immortal Storm.</li>
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[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 6356921, member: 6688049"] The world of Urt: [ATTACH=CONFIG]63435._xfImport[/ATTACH] The D&D Gazetteer could also include the D&D World of Urt. This world is a variant of Mystara. These are the differences: [LIST] [*]Urt is basically the creation of Frank Mentzer and Francois Froideval. [*]Mystara is basically the creation of D&D brand manager Bruce Heard. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The name "Urt" is from Mentzer's Gold Box (Immortal Rules), which, in the monster entry for "megalith", mentions in passing that the world is named "Urt". The name "Urt" never appears again in any Mystara product. [*]The name "Mystara" came much later in the publication history, through a DRAGON magazine contest; though since no satisfactory names were submitted by readers, D&D Bruce Heard invented the name. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Urt is a megalith--the largest known life-form in the Multiverse. This is stated in the Gold Box, which includes monster stats for Megaliths. [*]Mystara is not a megalith, unless there are hollow megaliths too. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Urt is the same size as Earth. [*]In the later Poor Wizards Almanacs, Mystara was made to be much smaller in diameter than Earth. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Urt is not hollow. [*]Mystara is. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The boundaries of the countries of Urt are exactly as depicted on the Masters Set map. [*]A later DRAGON magazine article said that map was a gnomish forgery. In the World of Mystara, that map is a forgery. But in the World of Urt, that map is true. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Urt is set in the past of Earth. This is stated in the Black Box (Masters Rules), IIRC. [*]The [I]Wrath of the Immortals [/I]boxed set (which replaced the Gold Box rules) says that Mystara is in a different dimension from Earth--the Dimension of Myth. Mystarans know Earth as "Laterre." [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Specifically, Urt is the Jurassic past of "D&D Earth". (The Urt world map is lifted straight from the geological map of the Jurassic period.) [*]Mystara's default date of 1000 A.C. is 1986 A.D. on Earth. In 1000 AC, the PCs visit Chicago and New York, in the adventure [I]IM1: The Immortal Storm[/I]. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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