tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306015663830354773.post9059934185482048852..comments2024-03-26T14:06:27.135-07:00Comments on Havards Blackmoor Blog: Wizards CabalHavard:http://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306015663830354773.post-66852192967618569792011-03-04T09:30:40.298-08:002011-03-04T09:30:40.298-08:00@Aldarron: Thanks for the comment! I have responde...@Aldarron: Thanks for the comment! I have responded in detail to this over <a href="http://blackmoor.mystara.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=770" rel="nofollow">here.</a>Havard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306015663830354773.post-73837327198539975932011-03-04T09:29:23.748-08:002011-03-04T09:29:23.748-08:00@Timeshadows: That is an interesting idea! I do li...@Timeshadows: That is an interesting idea! I do like the idea of there being a connection between the two. There are definately some unsavory elements within the Cabal.Havard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306015663830354773.post-32800276168489714902011-03-01T10:42:12.531-08:002011-03-01T10:42:12.531-08:00;) Actually, I'm inclined to believe Arneson ...;) Actually, I'm inclined to believe Arneson had an order of magnitude more influence over the d20 stuff than the TSR material. I'm quite convinced Ritchie et al. could and did do anything they liked with whatever notes and info Arneson gave them, and created a good deal of that material on thier own. The TSR line is a fair source for character info but is highly suspect in my eyes for almost anything else.<br /><br />As such, anytime the d20 line contradicts the TSR line, I'd consider d20 to be the corrected version. FFC trumps it all of course.... ;)<br /><br />But not to digress too far off topic, I see the cabal in my Age of Id SWA campaign as being smaller, less powerful, and with a less colorful history, but otherwise mostly as presented in the Wizards Cabal book. They don't hunt down "sorcerors" (that strangely schizophrenic 3e concept makes no sense in Dragons at Dawn), but they are very actively interested in understanding and guarding the unusually strong magics associated with Blackmoor, and are thus closely allied with the elves. That they might have detractors and defectors - the Eldritch Underground (led by Pissaic perhaps?)- makes perfect sense.DHBoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170439175265397893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306015663830354773.post-73980628450098964852011-03-01T08:08:07.908-08:002011-03-01T08:08:07.908-08:00There should be no reason why the two aren't, ...There should be no reason why the two aren't, in fact, one in the same. A sect within the official school that intends to kidnap Uther.<br /><br />:)Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.com