Recent content by Caz

I seem to recall a laser weapon in Red Nails.

I think that's a damn fine idea for an adventure. I went and bought that adventure. I like the Conan idea, but I think I'm going to alter it a bit and have the ship in the wild mountains of Wales in the 13th century. Quite a bit like that movie "sphere," but since the ship was on land, they...

Interesting. The Fudge "stances" sound almost identical to the RoS stances. The SW quickstart? Wow. That's pretty short. I guess you would hate GURPS too hehe. It's all about the feel you want though. SW, for example, will use the same mechanic for a hundred combat and skill based...

It's certainly not for everybody. It's just what I was looking for, and simpler than what I was used to. I'd say it's simpler than d20 personally.

Unfortunately, the Riddle of Steel is about as indie as it gets, and the company has all but given up the ghost. On the upside, there's a fan site at this link which has all of the books available as relatively inexpensive PDF...

I use the Riddle of Steel rules, and I can never go back. Most people seem to be very vocal about shooting down this system without really knowing it or giving it a go. Maybe it fits a certain taste, but I really can't find anything I like more. It's certainly not a Gamist system. It defines...

Holy crap, I wouldn't complain. Last time I broke a rib it took me a month to recover all my hit points.

Yeah, renaissance sport, not weapons or techniques for the battlefield. What a joke. And live flesh is so much harder to cut. You guys could take 'em out. Tell these guys how it is.

I found these surfing youtube. Man, these guys don't mess around. Not quite on topic, but I thought it might be interesting as it applies to playing in the violent sword swinging world of Conan. And it looks like you really can cut a guy in half. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bZWuNd-tqY...

I have to disagree. Sorry, I can't leave it alone. That's just not the experience of the vast majority. Even if it were, the wounds are designed for GM embellishment, and damage and toughness are too easily tweaked to your tastes. You do need to change the way you play if a player has been...

I have the SW rule book, but I've never tried it. I didn't know there was a Solomon Kane setting out. I'll have to check that out. You're definitely being over critical of tRoS. I haven't tried the lite version, but those problems don't exist in the regular. Multiple opponents are common...

Well, I don't think it gets better than TRoS for Conan, but of course, I've had to work out the magic system a bit to work well in it. The default magic system in TRoS isn't artificially limited for the most part, but it's balanced by an aging mechanic (the character must resist aging when...

Well, it certainly sounds dangerous to players, and that's the impression anyone would get from a read, but it has been both my and other's experience that in actual play PCs rarely die. In fact, the violence always tends to be a focus of my games. But it is realistic enough that the...

It sounds like you'd like the one I'm using, but unfortunately it looks like the publisher is floundering and it might be hard to get a hold of the books. But anyway, it's very visceral, there are no hit-points, but vivid wound level descriptions, hit locations, blood loss, shock and pain...

Do you include classical armour, such as the bronze cuirasses and greaves of the greeks?