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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Glen" data-source="post: 8265671" data-attributes="member: 6800327">As somebody trying to get rid of a large number of the continuity errors in Mystara, a ton of rewrites.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Atruaghin Clans got an entire new book where stuff actually happens and the clans themselves get actual descriptions of their NPCs, cities, and everything else that got left out of that rush job.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mystara was cut off from the Dawn War by the Great Barrier, an invisible energy field that keeps out gods, archfiends, Inevitables, etc but allows for Immortals and Archfey to rule instead.  Also explains why Mystara doesn't have the extraplanar creatures common in other settings.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Upgraded Oberon and his court to Archfey, on par with Immortals but generating their power from myth and legend rather than worship.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Completely rewrote the events of 1010 so the war doesn't destroy Alfheim and Alphatia, keeping the cold war vibe that drove the setting originally.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had the shadow elves take over the Broken Lands instead of Alfheim, having two rival elven kingdoms within miles of each other with a neutral nation separating them for another diplomatic standoff.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Presented the gods as greedy and selfish, as they want the worship of the souls of those inside the barrier, as is their right.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Created the Knights of Ebony, a religious organization devoted to keeping extraplanar from influencing Mystara.  They hunt down anyone trying to spread the worship of gods, and hunting down races like the gith, illithid and similar dangerous creatures.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Revised the half-elves as their own race rather than a hybrid, created by the Red Curse which warped anyone who had elf and human ancestry into a new race.  Ended up with a Brazilian feel for some reason.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Revised the Thyatian and Alphatian militaries to even the mix.  Alphatia has lots of wizards, but incompetent leadership.  Thyatis gained far more competent generals, even without the magical powers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Guns are far more available from the Red Coast, though not widespread.  Biggest problem is the embargo on smokepowder makes getting ammunition ridiculously expensive and difficult.  Might have all the gold you want, still only 10 shots available for sale.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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