Recent content by Etepete

I was brought up as a BRP player originally, and never had the patience to learn all the (superfluous) intricacies of D20, which is one of the reasons why my once great Conan Pirates campaign stalled and died. I recently stumbled on a forum where they're skimming down d20 to the bare...

Actually, I certainly don't think there's a metric or dichotomy at all. Barbarian, Savage, Civilisation, Natural instincts, degeneration: all these are themes that REH plays on, and I just think that a game designer should go out of his way to create a framework that encourages players and DMs...

Well, there are both noble barbarians and savage barbarians in both his nordheimr cultures and in the black kingdoms. I think the distinction REH makes is between cultures that seem to produce both, and cultures that produce only hostile savages. Don't know if this has any (really unwholesome)...

The Savages idea is worth considering. I would, however, consider Black Kingdom tribesmen such as the reaver of Belith in "The Queen of the Black Coast" to conform to the more martial Barbarian stereotype rather than the more hunter-gatherer style Savage/Pict stereotype.

I have to admit that I started out trying to do Conan d20 and am now increasingly doing REH:s Conan in Microlite. Anyway, I don't think the distinction is very important, I have always moded Conan d20 to fit my game and my vision of Conan anyway. On further deliberation I think you're right on...

Re: armour, what would you propose? 4 is quite powerful when damage from weapons only ranges from 1d6 to 1d6 + 3, whereas 3 might be a bit weak, even light weapons have 50% chance to get through.... Re: Picts and Barbarians: Make's a lot of sense for Picts, but it means breaking out Picts from...

I wanted to let the supplement be stand alone with just the core rules, but that argument is so strong I'll just include the Survival skill too...

HERE is my draft for Conan Microlite. I'm looking forward to hear your views on it.

We've played Conan d20 a lot, but enjoyed it despite the system. Am currently tweaking and tinkering with a homebrew (for ages now :) ) which is _still_ level based and kind of contrary to our gaming style, but I like some of my concepts (Barbarian vs. Citizen vs. Outlaw, levels through...

I can definitely see the point of pdf's, even though I'm not quite at my ease reading them yet (it obviously isnt the same thing as leafing through a book). Such luxuries aside my boxes and boxes of rpg stuff in the basement is proving an increasing inconvenience, especially when i ex- and...

In my mind gritty and down to earth are pretty much interchangable: and it can still be high adventure: it just isn't taken to mangaesque heights of garishness etc.

I'll agree that Conan OGL is a very neat take on the d20, which is why i bought it and why i run it. But a BRP version would be a different thing alltogether. To be honest, it doesnt really make sense to convert Conan OGL: making your own homebrew or sticking a classic fantasy system to the...

We have to distinguish between A) Whether certain in-game cultures, PC:s and NPC:s are xenophobic or racist. B) Whether the stories themselves are xenophobic or racist. C) Whether the Hyborian Age is xenophobic or racist in itself. I believe all three statements to be true. The two last...

From the synopsis, the whole underground thing doesnt seem to crucial. Having said that im sure it can be done right: instead of an "Order of the Sands" there might just be a common understanding among the veteran gladiators to keep an eye on the piece of infested warrens (and we have already...

BTW: Instead of using the persian immortals, it would be cool to make a slight variant. Maybe they are connected to the cult of the Living Tarim (See: living - immortal), and consist of the most warlike sons of the chief noble clans. An aristocratic force to balance the royal sipahis. It would...