New PBeM Game - Mystara

From: ehetzel@flex.net (Eric Hetzel)

Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000

From the Karameikos' Explorer's Guide:
    "Karameikos, a very young kingdom in a very old land, lies on the
     southern continent of Brun on the the planet Mystara, in a region

its inhabitants call the Known World.  As kingdoms go, it is a
     small one.  A rider on a fast horse can travel from Karameikos's
     capital, Mirros, to its western-most settlement at Fort Doom in a
     day, to its easternmost village of Rugalov in a day in a half,
     and to King's Road Keep in the Atlan Tepes Mountains to the north
     in two days.  Yet within its boundaries any group of enthusiastic
     heroes can find enough adventure, danger, treachery, and
     excitement to satisfy them."

In this campaign, as the adventurers, you will find this passage to be
true.  I consider Karameikos to be the ideal setting for good
role-playing and that is why I have chosen it for my campaign.
Players should have working knowledge of the land; most of the
characters will be from within the country so you as a player should
be familiar with the culture, society, government and other basics.
However, you should be advised that key information within the guides
have been changed to fit into some of the adventures. A limited number
of players with no background with this setting will be accepted as
there as isolated groups within Karameikos as well as foreign
adventurers that actively campaign here.

This campaign is for role-playing, not just a slash-and-bash
collection of dungeons.  Characters, while still first level, should
have a detailed background, and players should play according to their
players background. I.e. Lawful good characters should not throw-down
and attack without any provocation.  There's a lot of mystery in this
campaign and should be very exciting, but a campaign is only as good
as its players, so good role-playing on your part will determine
wheither this campaign is successful and fun.

If this sounds like the kind of role-playing game that you are looking
to participate in, please forward a first level character with stats
and background as a reply to this e-mail.  Players with no experience
in this campaign setting should let me know and I'll send one to you.
Since I will taking a few parties through this same campaign, I would
like to know: 1) How long have you played role-playing games?  2) Have
you ever played in Karameikos before?  3) If so, to what extent are
you familiar with the "secrets" of the setting?  and finally, 4) How
often do you access the Internet and reply to your mail?  The answers
you give to these questions will determine which group you are placed
in.  I.e. a player that can only respond once every week will miss a
lot if everyone else replies every day.

This campaign should be fun for everyone involved.  I look forward to
hearing back from you.

Thanks,
Eric Hetzel.