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Getting back to the OP's question (tho The Auld Grump's campaign sounds great! :D ), the game I'm currently working up is based on the Doc Sidhe books by Aaron Allston. The tech is a little more advanced that in the OGL Steampunk book - circa 1930's Worlds Fair stuff - but the magic system...

Bear in mind that Malak, whatever his ethnic origin, grew up in Shadizar and has extensive family there. Culturally, he is Zamoran, thru and thru. (we *are* talking about the annoying little guy with the two knives and the penchant for swallowing jewels, are we not?). Bombatta I would place...

Eh. To each their own, I suppose. For my money, the villain whose only motivation is wringing his hands together going "Bwu-haha! Aren't I *nasty*!" is boring.

In my opinion, all of the most interesting villians have one thing in common: they do not see themselves as villains. They do what they do for a reason (rather than evil for evil's sake) and they believe themselves to be in the right. Some (non-Conan) examples: Lionel Luther from Smallville...

Ouch. To be honest, the Whispering Shadow looks like it was designed for a Total Party Kill - if they see it they freeze in place, if it touches you you die, and it has 4 attacks... and, oh yeah, it can't be hurt. The last part is doubly serious seeing as how fleeing slaves probably won't have...

Not necessarily. Historically, castration was used to preserve a boy's singing voice, preventing it from deepening during puberty. If the child couldn't sing already, castration isn't going to help matters. And if it happens post-puberty, it will have no effect on the voice.

I have looked at this product briefly, but that was before I got my hands on Conan. A few questions: How does it handle Dodge and Parry bonuses (as opposed to just AC)? Also, can it handle Power Points? Or armor DR?

Ummm.... Yah. What he said. ( I think...)

Believe me, I understand - I'm a 40-yr-old working father of two. I was simply casting my preference for an Open RPG game vs a PbP.

The Desert of Desolation series ( I3 - I5 ) was excellent. The most suitable for conversion to Conan would be I3: Pharoah - a really good Egyptian/Stygian feel to it (Altho, I would suggest dropping or changing the mind-altering maze - it didn't go over too well when I played it). Also, I1...

Let me provide a differing view point. Board-base RP never really excited me, except as an augment to a table-top game. I find that the rapid feedback I get from face-to-face or real-time chat RP really helps me define and develope a character, and makes the story move in a much more exciting...

The downloadable map on the main Mongoose site shows Akbitana in the correct location.

I'm definately interested. How/where do we submit characrters?

Here's my first take at this house rule: If a weapon hits but does not penetrate DR and the armor's DR is twice the weapon's hardness, that weapon will break. Alternately, the damage is applied to the weapon - it becomes damaged and may or may not break, depending on the strength of the blow...

UncleBear: looks really good. The only problem I see is your archery example - the value used for DR is incorrect. Your example has his DR multiplied by 6, not 10. The text should read: