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Hey Quigs, Haven't seen the boxed set, but I think one pace is equivalent to 2.5 feet... Hope this helps. Cheers

Thanks for the effort.

Don't worry, I'm sure that everybody else has been dumbstruck & unable to type their thankyous... Keep up the good work - I know I'm not the only one who appreciates this topic & your hard work.

Dude - impressive... I've been cutting & pasting to my hearts content. :) Thanks

Gurps months were:- Month of the Griffon Month of Fire The Golden Month Month of the Maiden Month of the Scorpion Month of the Bear Month of the Snow Ape Month of the Fish Month of the Rat Month of the Sparrow Month of the Hawk Month of the Ram Month of the Dragon (*) this month only occurs in...

Errrmm - me too? mindbodysoul@actrix.co.nz Cheers

You could also try Wikipedia - they have qute a lot of info on Conan's world...

:D Sorry Bregales, by NPC's I was specifically referring to ones adventuring with the PC's. All other NPC's I treat the same as you have described. I should have been more specific... :D

Hey Padre, Shame the map doesn't work for you...but each to their own. As for Hyperborea - yep it exists. Known as a tall, cruel people, they number amongst them the Witchmen of the White Hand, & have the Skull Gate as a 'geographical' feature.

Heya - I bought it for exactly that...FLAVOUR! After reading it through I was a little disappointed that I couldn't fit more of it into my Shem campaign, but it has lots of little bits & pieces that you can use for flavour...words, clothing styles, weaponry etc. As for Iranistan, well, in my...

Maximo - thanks for the nice words! Ummm, I'm good with PC's (or NPC's for that matter) picking up more than just 'a few spoken words' if they hang around in any one area long enough, & would tend to 'create' this via ongoing description of various events during gameplay. If, however...

I'm all for having PC's be able to learn to speak a new language as per the rules, however, if they want to read/write it, then skill points must be spent. If a PC has not learnt to read a language they may make an Int check to see if they can decipher something, & appropriate DC's are set...

Try 20000-names.com Names for Africa - or so the saying goes... :D

I've always been able to justify characters living, or dying, with the roll of a die with the same word many people use disparagingly when confronted by a conversation like this... ...LUCK People in the real world have good & bad luck...eg players who for one evening roll so many crits...

Yep - I've read a couple. I would have to say that most of 'em are missing however, either that or (& this is very possible) I'm a moron & couldn't find more than a few...