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<blockquote data-quote="Estlor" data-source="post: 4827689" data-attributes="member: 7261">What Cam Banks said x 1000.Mystara is the original PoL setting, before PoL was hip and trendy.What was Mystara's metaplot?&nbsp; Law vs. Chaos, natch.&nbsp; It was about ragtag, outnumbered forces for civilization and order fighting against a wild frontier full of goblins, werewolves, and the restless dead.&nbsp; And even in lands where it seems civilization thrived - Glantri, Thyatis, and Alphatia - chaos, decadence, and decay was always at the fringes, tearing away at the cloth of civilization.&nbsp; Basically, Mystara is what the PoL setting looks like at 11:59 PM, 4E core is what the PoL setting looks like at 12:01 AM.&nbsp; The main difference is where in 4E core you're fighting to survive after the fall, in Mystara you're trying desparately to prevent the fall you know is imminent.Beyond that, the hook of the setting is anything goes.&nbsp; If it's in literature or history, it's in Mystara.&nbsp; It's a very &quot;'70s&quot; feeling fantasy.&nbsp; Not vanilla high fantasy like Forgotten Realms, but pulpy, sword &amp; sorcery goodness that only looks like high fantasy at a glance.&nbsp; But you're not saving the world (unless you're in the Master Rules), you're saving the Empire from itself.4E is the new BD&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Estlor, post: 4827689, member: 7261"] What Cam Banks said x 1000. Mystara is the original PoL setting, before PoL was hip and trendy. What was Mystara's metaplot? Law vs. Chaos, natch. It was about ragtag, outnumbered forces for civilization and order fighting against a wild frontier full of goblins, werewolves, and the restless dead. And even in lands where it seems civilization thrived - Glantri, Thyatis, and Alphatia - chaos, decadence, and decay was always at the fringes, tearing away at the cloth of civilization. Basically, Mystara is what the PoL setting looks like at 11:59 PM, 4E core is what the PoL setting looks like at 12:01 AM. The main difference is where in 4E core you're fighting to survive after the fall, in Mystara you're trying desparately to prevent the fall you know is imminent. Beyond that, the hook of the setting is anything goes. If it's in literature or history, it's in Mystara. It's a very "'70s" feeling fantasy. Not vanilla high fantasy like Forgotten Realms, but pulpy, sword & sorcery goodness that only [I]looks[/I] like high fantasy at a glance. But you're not saving the world (unless you're in the Master Rules), you're saving the Empire from itself. 4E is the new BD&D. [/QUOTE]

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