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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 8699074" data-attributes="member: 6688049">As for distinguishing Mystara from Forgotten Realms, I’d lean into these themes:1) Full-blown BECMI "red box" retro graphic design. Like how the 4E Starter Set did it, but with the BECMI fonts throughout. Elmore "Ancient Red" cover for the win!2) D&D-meets-1980s-Cartoon-Action-Hour setting: He-Man and She-Ra meet Warduke meets Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or rather Tortles!)3) D&D-meets-Marvel mutant-superheroes setting. The Red Curse has expanded throughout the world...and expanded into seven rainbow colors! (Blue Curse, Orange Curse, etc.). Seven different Inheritor (mutant) classes, modeled on existing OGL superhero archetypes. (BTW, I strongly suspect the AD&D "red letter" MYSTARA logo was partly inspired by the MARVEL logo.)5) D&D-meet-furries setting: Tortles, Rakastas, and Lupins are core Mystaran races. They're present throughout the world, in nearly every city and village and culture. People don't even blink an eye. They're like the "animal people" you see in the background crowd scenes of Earth in Dragonball Z, like: "Oh, the police officer is a dog-man? I never noticed." Could add other animal-folk as well: Chameleon Folk, etc.6) Rewind to 1000 AC. But somewhat reboot the continuity, just as WotC has done for all 5E worlds.7) Bargle and Aleena as narrators: the "Mordenkainen", "Fizban" and "Tasha" of Mystara.8) Fill out the whole world map, Hollow World map, and Invisible Moon map from the start. Why not? Let's get on with it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />9) 5E stats for all the Mystaran / BECMI monsters which haven't been covered in 5E yet.10) Blackmoor relics (i.e. modern tech) can found as treasure throughout the setting.11) Include "cosmic" level rules for Immortal play.12) Hire writers and artists from the same Real World cultures to depict the Real World-based cultures of Mystara. Where there's an equivalent culture in the Radiant Citadel, tie their lore together, saying that they're connected via a portal. Of course, some "classic" depictions (e.g. GAZ10) will need to be heavily reconceived. But it can be done.I posted a bunch of other thoughts on 5E Mystara here (back in 2018!): <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/mike-mearls-tweet-is-the-known-world-of-mystara-coming-to-5e-whats-cool-about-mystara.629727/" target="_blank">Mike Mearls tweet: Is the Known World of Mystara coming to 5e? (What's Cool About Mystara?)</a></blockquote>

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