Hollow world campaign setting basic wizards of the coast. Best of all, due to its alien nature and absolute forgotten nature, the hollow world set integrates cleanly in any campaign be it mystara, forgotten realms, greyhawk, or one of your own devising. Feel free to use, repost, and modify, as long as you give credit. This world is lit by an eternal red sun at the center of mystara, and serves as a cultural museum, preserving the societies that have become extinct in the outer world. Hollow world is a subsetting for mystara located on the inner surface contained within the world of mystara, similar to the real world legends of the hollow earth. The third almanac has been expanding to areas like the southern continent of davania and the hollow world, but joshuans almanac instead pulls back to focus on the traditional area of the known world.
Weird red metals, dominions, immortals, hollow planets, invisible moons, and a lot of glorified magic zeppelins. Hollow world is a campaign setting boxed set describing a vast new territory, the hollow inside of the known world, mapped on four large sheets. Mystara has managed to survive through three disasters of cataclysmic proportions. They are described as ancestors of the humanoid races on the surface, such as orcs, goblins, gnolls, etc. The engloutis archipelago by havard, from the mystara mailing list posted 17 march 2007. This site contains a synopsis of the games rules, including personal modifications and my own house rules. Hollow world maps by havard, from the mystara message board posted 17 november 2005. The grand duchy of karameikos by aaron allston, the dwarves of rockhome by aaron allston, dawn of the emperors. Mystara boxed set champions of mystara heroes of the princess ark.
They can be found in every corner of brun, differing in culture and society. Dinosaurs and civilizations that have long disappeared from the surface thrive in the hollow world, and magic doesnt always work as. Dec 17, 2014 the setting itself was expanded even more when the dark blue expert set hit stores later that same year, though at that time mystara was simply referred to as the known world. Going back to 1990 with the release of the hollow world boxed set for basic dungeons and dragons. The setting itself was expanded even more when the dark blue expert set hit stores later that same year, though at that time mystara was simply referred to as the known world. The hollow worlld of mystara can be entered from various caverns found throughout mystara.
The hollow world, as its name implies, is a result of mystara embracing a more pulp fantasy approach than the neomedieval approach of greyhawk. Still, it was unique and in hollow world you could find many different. Magic and mystery the nithians have long been the stuff of legend on the outer world. Regarding the ocean in the west i think its called far end ocean if i remember correctly, it again has to be very large if you want to accept all the officially mapped areas because of the amount of. Within the sphere of the known world is another world, the hollow world. The 128page dungeon masters sourcebook described how in the hollow world, prehistoric animals abound, as do strange races, such as native tribes, strange elves, and the remnants of the ancient nithians. Cultural bias for hollow world cultures by herzog from the mystara message board posted 10 september 2005. Mar 31, 2018 last, but not least, mystara is hollow. Blacklore elves, living in a magical valley and served by automatonsdevices that take care of everything, from serving their food to trimming their grass. However there are two large openings at the northern and southern poles. Cultural bias for hollow world cultures by herzog from the mystara message board posted 10. Despite that, there were indeed less repeats, but thats largely due to the new in. Meanwhile, the scope of mystara shrank in this fourth almanac. The hollow world was a setting within mystara, which took place inside the mystara planet, building on real world legends of the hollow earth, and published in 1990.
The explorers manual details the area west of daroking in a gazetteer style format. One of the core settings of mystara is the hollow world, a sort of magical preserve where dying cultures are kept in a state of. Mystara outer world ac, 72 miles per hex by francesco defferrari from the piazza posted 8 july 2015. Reprojected maps of the hollow world by thorfinn tait, from the hollow world facebook group posted 9 july 2015. Byrd in the mysterious land beyond the poles the true origin of the flying saucers dedicated to the future explorers of the new world that exists beyond north and south poles in the hollow interior of the earth. The known world as defined here extends from the atruaghin. The oceans and seas of mystara and the hollow world are connected, thus many underwater creatures and civilization will be familiar. Mystara known world product listing rpgnet rpg game index. The body of mystaran lore has been divided into two primary sections. Hollow world planetary map by havard, from the piazza posted 7 june 2008. The hollow world is also the preservation area for the immortals of the setting.
Jun, 2019 atlas of mystara by thorfinn tait is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 4. Mystara is a hollow planet, with a habitable surface on its interior called the hollow world. Check out the first ever compiled, georeferenced map of the hollow world. One must keep in mind that the original creators of the mystara. The setting was written by aaron allston and used many elements from the known world. Hollow world campaign setting basic the known world. Both poles are covered by an area of thick heavy fog. Hollow world is set in the campaign world of mystara, or rather, below it. Youve done more, a aklanda a aklanda to spark my interest in mystara s hollow world than years of marketing for tsr the visualation makes a solid case for wanting to adventure. Rules resources adventures stories faq search links atlas maps updated mystaraspace and planes mystara a collection of miscellaneous regionspanning material. Mar 25, 2018 the longest video yet, thanks in part to the technical issues requiring numerous restarts. Unlike other settings, the known world had ascended immortal beings instead of gods. Its a pulpfiction tomb raiderstyle setting, lit by a red sun floating in the sky at mystara s core.
Not every idea created by the powers that be are a good one. Hollow world campaign set pdf version rpg item version. Mystara collectors guide mystara vaults of pandius. A campaign setting that evolved from the b and x series modules. The hollow earth the greatest geographical discovery in history made by admiral richard e. However, doubling the hollow world area was a very close second that wasnt picked solely because of the difficulties in rescaling the maps. I wish they had made more products for mystara modelled after this boxed set. Updated this area covers the initial extents of what was to become to world of mystara from the expert set and the module the isle of dread. In the mystara setting, the hollow world acts as a living cultural museum for the planet, forever preserving cultures and races that are near. This video is a compilation of observations by mystara players on how the wrath of the immortals week without magic would have played out in the hollow world. As above, so below the cataclysmic events of the wrath of the immortals echo throughout the hollow world setting. It was the default setting for the basic version of the game throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The hollow world is the inner surface contained within the world of mystara similar to the real world legends of the hollow earth.
The art used for my mystara maps is also available to use under a creative commons license. The hollow world refers to the inner surface contained within the world of mystara, similar to the real world. Ixion, korotiku, hel, thanatos, valerias, grammaton source. Traladarans, who dominated the southern coastal regions of the world. In mystara, the hollow world acts as a living cultural museum for the planet, forever preserving cultures and races that are near extinction on the surface world. Almost all humans in the known world come from one of four basic historical stocks. The first such disaster, the great rain of fire, came about some four millennia ago. History of mystara outer world dawn of time immortals. Dang it, i need to start hunting for a copy of the box set now. The beastmen, also called brutemen, were originally reincarnations of evil beings, but that was 4500 years ago and before they moved to hollow world which gave them their own existence untainted by that. Within the sphere of the know world is another world, the hollow world. Over two hundred pages of fluff and crunch, this threebook boxed set contains far more story and rules. Sprawling across the boundaries of the known world, like a great, serpentine dragon, lies the bustling, everstartling world of mystara, a land where the only constant is change. In the mystara setting, the hollow world acts as a living cultural museum for the planet, forever preserving cultures and races that are near extinction on the surface world.
The planet of mystara isnt a rocky solid ball floating in space, but rather a hollow sphere with an interior lit by a small sun. Hollow world campaign setting basic wizards of the. Within the sphere of the know world is another world, the hollow. There your characters will meet ancient nithians, long disappeared from the surface world and thought extinct. Atlas of mystara by thorfinn tait is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 4. It was an extraordinarily detailed world for the period. Welch that provides conversion information for using the mystara. Blacklore elves, living in a magical valley and served by automatons devices that take care of everything, from serving their food to trimming their grass. Humans are the primary race throughout the known world. The designers manual details information on skyship design, world creation, and the like. It is lit by a small, eternal red sun at the center of mystara. The hollow world details the inner surface contained within the world of mystara, similar to the real world legends of the hollow earth. Somewhat ironically, despite the extensive line of becmi products with which it is closely associated, the setting did not have an official name until the late 80s.
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