Recent content by Arcadayn

Personally, I could care less what system Conan is presented in. I will use whatever rule system strikes my fancy at the moment. I never used D20 for Conan, though I will say its implemetation of a crap system was the best one out there. I've had great success with Hyborian Rolemaster and...

I buy everything Mongoose has put out for Conan (except for the splat books) and I have never used the D20 mechanic. I use Rolemaster Standard System and may give BRP a try sometime. Converting stats, races, classes, spells, and the flavor mechanics (reputation, corruption, fate points, etc.)...

It's been said before in earlier posts, but Javier Bardem would make an outstanding Conan. He'd just need a little bulking up.

The whole feat thing is one of the main reasons I completely dislike D20. It's just a bloated and illogical system to deliniate between classes. Class restrictions are what drove me away from AD&D back in the '80s!

Demetrio - Thank you for that great explanation! I have only played BRP a handful of times with Cthulhu over the past decade or so. I very much appreciate your knowledgable perspective. I can't remember if you've stated this elsewhere, but have you used the new 4th edition BRP? It has many...

How does that make it not work for Conan?

Personally, I think Harn and the old MERP maps are the best. The cool thing about the MERP maps is that Pete Fenlon drew all of them by hand.

Although I don't use D20, the core book is still the most useful and well done book. Shadizar was hit and miss, but the main book kept me going for over a year. Both the Road of Kings books are great. The only negatives for the entire sereies I can come up with are related to editing (Shem...

I ran a Hyborian campaign with Rolemaster for several years. It worked out really well. The large number of skills in Rolemaster gave players a lot of different areas to focus on without having "magic" as an option. I did a heavy modification of the magic system using the Mongoose rules as my...

Yayy! After two years I finally have my map!

I've never used D20 for Conan. I'm pretty sure Mongoose is never going to switch to Conan, so I'll keep buying the books no matter the system.

I didn't read through the whole post to see if it's been mentioned, but I just watched Apocalypto this weekend. Highly reccomeded! Tons of inspiration for everything from Picts, to ancient cities, slave blocks, ritual sacrifice, etc. Plus, it's just a really good movie.[/i]

I've used Rolemaster for Hyboria since the mid '90s. I use all of the Mongoose stuff other than the splat books (Hyboria's Fiercest, etc.).

YAY! Detailed maps of Argos and Zingara!!! You rock Vincent! Keep up the good work!

Very well done! I particularly enjoyed the artwork. I wish the 2nd edition could have artwork more in this vein. I look forward to the City of the Spider God!