Recent content by Evil_Trevor

The Conan stories don't really intend to be man-booker material, nor did Howard write them as we read them. Written for pulp-magazine style publication and aimed at a young male audience there is no reason for Howard to plumb the emotional and psychological depths of the character. It wouldn't...

Except for in my early GM'ing days, I have rarely run anything 'as written' for the most part I either run entirely my own plots (As with Legends of Zamora) or use modules as a base. Modules can provide a great springboard, add in more of the encounters of the type the players want (be it...

Ohhhhh, I thought when it said Warriors companion, it would be a book about Thieves and Temptresses, who are always hanging around warriors.

Hi, I'm a bit surprised that you haven't had any answers to these questions, so A candle, or two, ain't very bright, the light is flickery and unreliable, especially when hand-held and not resting on a secure platform. Bodies of the p.C.s block the light and cast long large shadows. In a...

Hi Matt, How about integrating an on-line roleplaying system to run some games ? it can be done.... (except for runequest) And loads of good graphical stuff for our favourite game Macho Women with Guns ! And loads of nice pdf downloads, like maps, short adventures, optional rules and the...

Me again, hey I'll have to change my sig to "Guess who remembered his password today" . Anyroad, The d20 dice system sucks, because you roll that clunky die and get a result from 1 to 20 the distribution is even, which is just not how things work in what I like to refer to as "the real...

The sorcery / magic style [in Conan] is designed to fit the genre, I would not want to transplant a style from other games into it. There are still carry-overs from earlier games in such concepts as fixed lists of spells and spells grouped by type or school. There is definitely a need to move...

Really ? Now I would say that there are places where magicans are more common (Stygia, Khitai, Zamora) than 'average' and I would also suggest there are places where they are rare to nearly non-existent (cimmeria for example) this would explain a lot of Conan. As for your assertion that...

Hi, I do agee that the damage/ap figures for crossbows are too small, but I would just increase them, a standard crossbow is not affected by the strength of it's user you can't just pull it harder or anything.

Thanks, Yes here is another version of the GM screeen It really is quite difficult to see the monitor sometimes.....

I tend to have some rather cheaty ways when running a tapletop, having a few blocks of stats (init, attack, damage, hp, ap/dr and a few skills as previously suggested) and just using variations of the same stats with different descriptions or for a quick encounter just change a stat or two...

Hi, Here are some of the die rolls I use for city based chase scenes Knowledge Local - Avoid dead ends and find short cuts, Both chased and chaser can use a knowledge local roll. Hide and spot rolls opposed to keep sight of a fleeing quarry Reflex saves to avoid obstacles other than people...

Hi, I don't always like having a price list for everything, correction, I don't like the players having a price list. Prices can go up or down at the whim of the G.M. regardless of what it says in the book and it can be fun to make the players haggle.... Trev

I look forward to spending more cash on Conan goodies, In the meantime I like to include stuff from the D20 Cthulhu game as it fits well with the conan stuff (better than any other games). I also pop in stuff from Macho Women with Guns, but that's just me.....

That depends on the experience of the G.M. and players, An experienced G.M. with experienced players has a much easier job than if some or all are inexperienced, it takes more effort to support a new or inexperienced player (setting up a character, rules advice etc..) When I first ran a game...