Notes From Pavis

Mystic Calculator 1.0 for Mythras

Sorcery in Mythras has for a long time enjoyed tooling support in the form of Sorcery Calculator.

It has come to my attention (after starting my first Mystic character) that Mystic may need tool support as well for for both slightly mathematically challenged and for those mastering the game for others – therefore often busy.

Here is a first version of the Mystic Calculator. It knows all the calculations involved in creating a Mystic Path for a character and it may also help GMs to design their Mystics properly or even run them properly.

The calculus takes into account all rules in RAW involving Mystic Talents and has a list of all the talents to pick from.

There have been many who have exceled with ease using this secret calculus – it is of course desired by the crowds and despised by the masters of mystic mathematics.

Any feedback is welcome – as gremlins might have installed bugs in the system.

Here are some mystics made with this either from RAW or from a campaign I play in.

You can find the Mystic Calculator here Other useful charts for Mythras can be found here

Mythras Imperative SRD Updates for MeG

Mythras Imperative has been released under ORC rules.

The indomitable Raleel has created SRD version of the newly released Mythras Imperative. Raleel’s version of the SRD has links to MeG and Raleel asked me to create or update few entries in MeG to match the creatures mentioned there.

Here are the updated or new ones:

You will find more about Mythras Encounter Generator here

Seasons of the Dead Arrive to MeG

Seasons of the Dead – that Apocalypse supplement for Mythras has a load of exciting encounters to meet sure to wreak havoc with your exploring party. All of them can be used readily also in fantasy roleplaying game context.

Here are a few:

You better think about the consequences before you unleash the virus ridden or wrath inflicted encounters at the explorers.

Wrath inflicted can easily destroy a party or even an island….

These aliens can make life very difficult if you let them spread.

Where is Ripley when you need her.

You will find more info about MeG – Mythras Encounter Generator here and Charts and Tables for Mythras here

Visual Offensive and Defensive Special Effects 2.0 – Hyperlinked to Special Effects Explanations

Here is a hyper linked version of Visual Offensive and Defensive Special Effects. Click on the special effect name and you get to a page where you will see a single page explains the special effect. Examples below. Both the defensive and offensive special effects are now on the same file. This file is meant for online use.

There exists separately Combat Offensive and Defensive Special effects in condensed form to print out. See Mythras Charts and Tables page. One handy way of using is to print out the mind map forms on paper and then separately the condensed format and keep it near.

Other way is to use this file here for pure online use – they contain the same information.

The main topic for this is here and you will find other useful Mythras Charts here

Special Effects And Tactics for Fighting With Stronger or Weaker Opponents

Sometimes the opponent is significantly weaker or stronger than you. Then the raw strength and size starts to matter in some of the special effects where brawn is involved as this could be considered contest of strength.

Here are the updated visual tactics

Defensive

Offensive

Fighting against a gorilla or the strongest and biggest man of the town with this ruling could now become a quite iffy position but also a new lever in tactics. The big one might rely on his strength and start to use predictable special effects that rely on their superior strength and size – the weaker and smaller one can then start using Prepare Counter in devastating ways.

Prepare Counter has these rulings from Pete and Loz:

Prepare Counter allows the user to choose ANY special effect they want. The roll doesn’t matter, but the context does. Thus it doesn’t make sense to choose Maximise Damage if you were parrying at the time. The intent behind the rule was to make the payoff for investing a SE worthwhile and potentially decisive.’
By Pete https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/designmechanism/viewtopic.php?p=21714#p21714

‘You can actually choose attacker AND defender effects. The rule specifically allows for Offensive and Defensive effects to be chosen. So yes, you could use it with Bash, but it would need the right conditions for it to be truly effective.’
Loz at Design Mechanism forums

Found several interesting articles that one can reflect for special effects

on Consideration of Grappling & Wrestling in Renaissance Fencing.
on tripping your opponent in a sword fight
on many techniques, including tripping with polearms – very cool video
Careful reading and watching these resembles things we can do in Mythras – for example via special effects.

New Version of Visual Tactics of Choosing Special Effects available

Tactics of choosing visual effects is a one pager helping to choose the effects originally published here

Choosing offensive special effects is here and defensive special effects here.

The new version is updated with the feedback of users. There is now a blue asterisk on all the special effects that will be opposed immediately by the opponent

Wild Hunt, Spriggan and other Faerie Creatures Crash into Mythras Encounter Generator

Last set of faerie creatures from the Bestiaire Faerique. It is a fantastic tome of monsters and encounters in the lands of Faerie made by folks at http://d100.fr/jeux/mythras/

Here are the missing ones:

You will find all the Faerie creatures from the Bestiare Faerique with tag: Faerie The creatures in original bestiaire have fixed character stats, I have modified them here to be more varied, so you will get a bit different creature at each generation

You will find more about Mythras Encounter Generator here

MeG Explores Fairyland Creatures

Few more faerie creatures from the Bestiaire Faerique .It is a fantastic tome of monsters and encounters in the lands of Faerie made by folks at http://d100.fr/jeux/mythras/

Duergar – The Evil Dwarf

Fachan – Fairy

Filborg – Island Giant

Filborg – Island Giant Noble

Fir darrig – The Faerie Trickster

Fomoire – Nether Demon

Gwragedd Annwn (Lake Fairy)

Jack-In-Irons – Giant

Fuath – Water Fairy

Leanan-sidhe – The Fairy Muse

The creatures in original bestiaire have fixed character stats, I have modified them here to be more varied, so you will get a bit different creature at each generation

You will find more about Mythras Encounter Generator here

Mythras Encounter Generator Fares Deeper into the Lands of Faerie

Continuing to delve into the Bestiaire Faerique .It is a fantastic tome of monsters and encounters in the lands of Faerie made by folks at http://d100.fr/jeux/mythras/

Here are ten more of the creatures of the Faerie. You can find all of them with tag Faerie. The tome contains several variations of each.

Beithir – Lightning Lizard

Black Annis – Hag with Iron Claws

Capelthwaite, the Black Dog

Black Dog

Boggart – Evil Household and Swamp Spirit

Brollachan (Faerie)

Brownie (Faerie)

Buggane – Ogre of the Isles

Cailleach Bheur – The Blue Hag

Daoine sidhe – Faerie Noble

The creatures in original bestiaire have fixed character stats, I have modified them here to be varied, so you will get a bit different creature at each generation

You will find more about Mythras Encounter Generator here

Mythras Encounter Generator Makes a Trip Into Lands of Faerie

Bestiaire Faerique is a fantastic tome of monsters and encounters in the lands of Faerie made by folks at http://d100.fr/jeux/mythras/ It contains about 30 creatures from folklore, rules for faerie magic and several new creature abilities.

Here are the first few creatures from the bestiary added to Mythras Encounter Generator

Athach – the strong faerie

Aughiskey – the terrible watery horse

Banshee – the harbinger of doom

Baobhan Sith – a variation of a vampire

Barrow-Wight

The creatures in original bestiaire have fixed character stats, I have modified them here to be varied, so you will get a bit different creature at each generation

You will find more about Mythras Encounter Generator here