Mythras SIZ is not linear when compared to many other stats. For example normal human is 2d6+6 on the SIZ and that is between 59-70 kg in weight. Normal Kaiju in Monster Island is SIZ 70 and that weights between 10,8 and 11,7 tons.
Here is a first attempt at making it easier at the table to describe visually the size of the creatures
First a short table
Then a longer table comparing the SIZ against human, horse, Tyrannosaurus rex, elephant, Kaiju in Monster Island and your average blue whale
Mythras system is truly a toolkit. NOMCORSS (NotesFromPavis Opinionated Mythras Campaign Optional Rule Setup Sheet) tries to gather together all the Mythras rules options from all of the Mythras supplements with sensible (perhaps opinionated) default options. Version 1.5 contains in the order of 40 new rulings. – the new supplements added are Mythic Babylon and Classic Fantasy.
Martin Helsdon’s incredible work on Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass is a worthy read for any Gloranthaphile. It is also worthy read for anyone thinking of creating a consistent, rich and detailed army structure for a fantasy campaign.
Martin has kindly given me permission to create combat styles based on his tome.
The combat styles will give a glimpse but only a partial tactical glimpse of the armies combat styles. For further study I heartily recommend diving into the Armies And Enemies of Dragon Pass to dig into the background of the army and the units involved, armor and so on. The book is also very nicely illustrated in black and white with useful pictures of weapons, shields and armor. The book will also give you rich background for equipping your own units for miniature or other tabletop games as well as it paints a tapestry of military background for your characters in RPGs if they have chosen that career path.
It will also give you a chance to build your local Lunar presence more detailed and will make the rich variety of Lunar army visible in your game.
Mythras system is truly a toolkit. NOMCORSS (NotesFromPavis Opinionated Mythras Campaign Optional Rule Setup Sheet) tries to gather together all the Mythras rules options from all of the Mythras supplements with sensible (perhaps opinionated) default options. Version 1.4 contains now more than 30 new rulings. – the new supplements added are Fioracitta, Mythic Rome and Mythic Constantinople
There are now close to 230 rules which have options that you can select – some with multiple options.
There are now very many tool selections that you can do. Excel filters will be your friend – filter by category, perhaps then by topic. Remember all the edits are done on the first (Main) sheet (do not sort there). All the sorting should be done on Display sheet.
To help you select here are a few tips and an additional feature. First – select which of the magic systems you want to use. They are the rows marked with orange ones. If you select one or couple of them (by selecting from the green column any choice that is not “No” and not starting with “Standard RAW” – all the choices for any magic system rule choices will be marked “Optional Magic System Chosen”.
Now start selecting any of these “Optional Magic System Chosen” rules. There again if you select an option that is not “No” and not starting with “Standard RAW” the column named “Was there any optional rule chosen (rules that are standard in RAW count as False)” will be automatically marked True.
On the display sheet – there is also a column “Was there any optional rule chosen (rules that are standard in RAW count as False)” Filter by using standard Excel filtering (in Excel the title of the column will contain dropdown” and select “True”. This will now show all the selected optional rules.
Rules by default
It is an excel sheet which gives the GM a worksheet to select which optional rules are in effect in his/her particular campaign.
You need to have own the various supplements it refers to if you want to use the rules mentioned here (every rule option reference points to the supplement and page).
Mythras system is truly a toolkit. NOMCORSS (NotesFromPavis Opinionated Mythras Campaign Optional Rule Setup Sheet) tries to gather together all the Mythras rules options from all of the Mythras supplements with sensible (perhaps opinionated) default options. Version 1.3 contains now almost 200 (well 194) rule selection one can do – the new supplements added are Lyonesse,Mythic Britain,Mythic Britain,Perceforest Logres,Waterlands,Perceforest.
There are now very many tool selections that you can do. Excel filters will be your friend – filter by category, perhaps then by topic. Remember all the edits are done on the first (Main) sheet (do not sort there). All the sorting should be done on Display sheet.
It is an excel sheet which gives the GM a worksheet to select which optional rules are in effect in his/her particular campaign. Excel is starting to be somewhat unwieldy and will need to be refactored.
You need to have own the various supplements it refers to if you want to use the rules mentioned here (every rule option reference points to the supplement and page).
Someone in the Discord wanted to have a stone articulated plate for a player in his campaign. Tried the Fatigue and Encumbrance Calculator on that and noticed a few flaws in the calculations that become evident at the outer edge of the world. Fixed those with 3.2 version of the calculator
Mythras Campaign Rules Setup Tool helps GMs to select and communicate rules chosen from an array of Mythras supplements. NOMCORSS is now at version 1.2 and has the options found in Shores of Korantia,Bird in the Hand,Taskan Empire,Sorandib and some of the Assabian Rites in there. There are now 120+ selectable rules with a few having more than 2 options for each.
The display sheet shows now also “default” Mythras RAW options in gray, Not in use in red and the rest in green.
NOMCORSS V1.1 (NotesFromPavis Opinionated Mythras Campaign Optional Rule Setup Sheet) is expanded. It now contains more than 100 rules options scoured from Mythras RAW,Mythras Companion,Ships and Seawalls,Monster Island,Firearms,M-Space,Old Bones Setting Up Tasks,Adventures in Glorantha
It is an excel sheet which gives the GM a worksheet to select which optional rules are in effect in his/her particular campaign.
You need to have own the various supplements it refers to if you want to use the rules mentioned here (every rule option reference points to the supplement and page).
Mythras can be considered as a very flexible toolkit for setting up your campaign. This gives enormous power to shape the campaign rules to fit the campaign content and mood. It also gives new GMs a question: Which options I need to setup and how do I communicate which rules are in effect. Mythras has a large array of settings and scenarios which bring in additional and optional rules and systems. YMMV – Your Mythras May Vary but what can I change and are there any consequences of the change.
To answer this question there is a new tool NOMCORSS (NotesFromPavis Opinionated Mythras Campaign Optional Rule Setup Sheet). It is an excel sheet which gives the GM a worksheet to select which optional rules are in effect in his/her particular campaign.
The first version is for before firepower age campaigns and should contain all RAW options and some popular Mythras house rules and setting rules that you can select for your campaign.
Version 1.4 contains now almost 230 rule selections one can do –
Contains optional rules to select from: Mythras RAW,Mythras Companion,Ships and Seawalls,Monster Island,Firearms,M-Space,Old Bones Setting Up Tasks,Adventures in Glorantha,Shores of Korantia,Bird in the Hand,Taskan Empire,Sorandib,Assabian Rites,Lyonesse,Mythic Britain,Mythic Britain,Perceforest Logres,Waterlands,Perceforest,Mythic Rome,Mythic Constantinople,Fioracitta
There are now very many tool selections that you can do. Excel filters will be your friend – filter by category, perhaps then by topic. Remember all the edits are done on the first (Main) sheet (do not sort there). All the sorting should be done on Display sheet.
To help you select here are a few tips and an additional feature. First – select which of the magic systems you want to use. They are the rows marked with orange ones. If you select one or couple of them (by selecting from the green column any choice that is not “No” and not starting with “Standard RAW” – all the choices for any magic system rule choices will be marked “Optional Magic System Chosen”.
Now start selecting any of these “Optional Magic System Chosen” rules. There again if you select an option that is not “No” and not starting with “Standard RAW” the column named “Was there any optional rule chosen (rules that are standard in RAW count as False)” will be automatically marked True.
On the display sheet – there is also a column “Was there any optional rule chosen (rules that are standard in RAW count as False)” Filter by using standard Excel filtering (in Excel the title of the column will contain dropdown” and select “True”. This will now show all the selected optional rules.
Rules by default
Here is an example of opinionated setup for campaign tools.
If you are starting your first campaign with Mythras – you can accept the default rules or just tweak a couple. Tweaking increases color but may increase learning curve for new players. Take a look at judgmental prework effort for GM and learning effort for players columns. You can always add more options later. Mythras is fun with the opinionated defaults as with many of them differing from the defaults.
Due to obscure but documented Excel bug – please do not sort anything on the Main tab. Do all the sorting on the Display tab.
There are now very many tool selections that you can do. Excel filters will be your friend – filter by category, perhaps then by topic. Remember all the edits are done on the first (Main) sheet (do not sort there). All the sorting should be done on Display sheet.
Just select for each of the rows in green column if you want to change the rule from the opinionated default. If there is nothing to select then write to the yellow column row. You can add your comments on the yellow row anyway.
You need to have own the various supplements it refers to if you want to use the rules mentioned here (every rule option reference points to the supplement and page).
Print out the display sheet to your players if you want to.
Mediterranea Mitico is a Spanish language setting for Mythic Mediterranean. It contains cultures and settings for nations and tribes around Mediterranean in the ancient period.
I translated the combat styles from it for the Combat Style Encyclopaedia. Combat Style is a combination of weapons that a culture or organisation trains to be effectively used together. Combat Style usually include one or much more rarely more than one Combat Style Traits. Combat Style Cards are quick reference cards which show examples of such styles together with weapon statistics and how this combination of weapons interacts with Combat Special Effects.
Here is the list of the Mediterranean Mitico styles
Carthaginian Hoplite
Mediterranean – Carthage
Libyan Horseman
Mediterranean – Carthage
Punic Sorceress
Mediterranean – Carthage
Sidonian Marine
Mediterranean – Carthage
Celtic Berserker
Mediterranean – Celtic
Clan Warrior
Mediterranean – Celtic
Highland Hunter
Mediterranean – Celtic
Auriga
Mediterranean – Egyptian
Egyptian Infantryman
Mediterranean – Egyptian
Sais Archer
Mediterranean – Egyptian
Citizen Hoplite
Mediterranean – Greece
Cretan Archer
Mediterranean – Greece
Ionian Peltasta
Mediterranean – Greece
Macedonian Horseman
Mediterranean – Greece
Protector of the Heliopolis
Mediterranean – Greece
Balearic Slinger
Mediterranean – Iberian
Bastetano Warrior
Mediterranean – Iberian
Turdetano Archer
Mediterranean – Iberian
Desert Hunter
Mediterranean – Nubian
Kushite Archer
Mediterranean – Nubian
Napatian Warrior
Mediterranean – Nubian
Bully of the Bunch
Mediterranean – Other
Ebon Mercenary
Mediterranean – Other
Holy Man
Mediterranean – Other
Mede Horseman
Mediterranean – Persian
Persian Royal Guard
Mediterranean – Persian
Philistine Raider
Mediterranean – Persian
Sparabara
Mediterranean – Persian
Equites
Mediterranean – Roman
Roman Legionary
Mediterranean – Roman
Velites
Mediterranean – Roman
Nomad Headhunter
Mediterranean – Scythian
Scythian Raider
Mediterranean – Scythian
Scythian Spearman
Mediterranean – Scythian
There are now 619 Combat Styles and 108 Combat Style Traits from the following sources.
Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass Blood Rock – Scenario Broch Goddarth – Scenario Campaign – A Monster Island Campaign Campaign – A Mythic Britain Campaign Campaign – Fan material for Hyborean campaign from RangerDan Campaign – Gramnaster’s Sengoku campaign Campaign – Notesfrompavis Glorantha Campaign Campaign – Sofia of the Ironlands’s Campaign Design Mechanism: A Bird In the Hand Design Mechanism: Adventures in Glorantha Design Mechanism: Arakoline Tribute Design Mechanism: Book of Quests Design Mechanism: Fioracitta Design Mechanism: Hessaret’s Treasure Design Mechanism: Khakun Shrugs Design Mechanism: Logres Design Mechanism: Lyonesse Design Mechanism: Meeros Doomed Design Mechanism: Monster Island Design Mechanism: Mythic Babylon Design Mechanism: Mythic Britain Design Mechanism: Mythic Constantinople Design Mechanism: Mythic Rome Design Mechanism: Mythras Design Mechanism: Perceforest Design Mechanism: Shores of Korantia Diadochi Warlords Fioracitta GenCon Scenario From Mythras Reddit Mediterranea Mitico Mjollnir’s Medieval Renaissance RQ Vikings Savage Swords Against Necromancer – Scenario Stupor Mundi – Alephtar Games Unapproachable – Scenario Weird of Hali
Here are the combat styles for Mediterranea Mimic:
Mediterranean – Carthage
Carthaginian Hoplite
Mediterranean – Carthage
Libyan Horseman
Mediterranean – Carthage
Punic Sorceress
Mediterranean – Carthage
Sidonian Marine
Mediterranean – Celtic
Celtic Berserker
Mediterranean – Celtic
Clan Warrior
Mediterranean – Celtic
Highland Hunter
Mediterranean – Egyptian
Auriga
Mediterranean – Egyptian
Egyptian Infantryman
Mediterranean – Egyptian
Sais Archer
Mediterranean – Greece
Citizen Hoplite
Mediterranean – Greece
Cretan Archer
Mediterranean – Greece
Ionian Peltasta
Mediterranean – Greece
Macedonian Horseman
Mediterranean – Greece
Protector of the Heliopolis
Mediterranean – Iberian
Balearic Slinger
Mediterranean – Iberian
Bastetano Warrior
Mediterranean – Iberian
Turdetano Archer
Mediterranean – Nubian
Desert Hunter
Mediterranean – Nubian
Kushite Archer
Mediterranean – Nubian
Napatian Warrior
Mediterranean – Other
Bully of the Bunch
Mediterranean – Other
Ebon Mercenary
Mediterranean – Other
Holy Man
Mediterranean – Persian
Mede Horseman
Mediterranean – Persian
Persian Royal Guard
Mediterranean – Persian
Philistine Raider
Mediterranean – Persian
Sparabara
Mediterranean – Roman
Equites
Mediterranean – Roman
Roman Legionary
Mediterranean – Roman
Velites
Mediterranean – Scythian
Nomad Headhunter
Mediterranean – Scythian
Scythian Raider
Mediterranean – Scythian
Scythian Spearman
I would like to reach the authors of Mediterranean Mitico but have not found a route for that. If somebody knows how to reach them – please let them know I am trying to reach them.
Notes From Pavis 