Recent content by Gorden the Pict

I can see alot of effort has gone into these sheets. But...why has the thief NPC at 3rd level got 'mobility' listed. Isn't this a class ability for nomads and pirates? I don't see it on the feats list. and why does his parry go up from 13 to 15. table 3.13 on p 66 lists no extra base level...

Read the description carefully in the Howard text and you'll notice something strange about the flight of the hook and rope when thrown by Taurus. From elsewhere in the story we see that unlike Conan Taurus has spent quite some time planning this job (he has lotus powder etc to take care of the...

Agh the good old days when I was a young pict hacking my way along without a care in the world...where did it all go so wrong...I have an idea but you may disagree... :D alot of those in the RPG business and many leading gamers are those hard core 70s and 80s boys that fell in love with the...

You can't necessarily go by the write up. The core book was at one time described as having lists of major NPCs including Conan stats for stages of his career. Mass combat was dropped late on...remember the mongoose proof reader (100% proof...hic) has yet to get his/her paws on the text of these...

Are you guys still out there watching from a distance. 8) Do you have any news about the mass combat pdf, updates or errata time scale. How's scolls of skellos coming along...we need your wisdom on some of these issues re game logic errors. My black pen is hovering to correct the odd error in...

I like those ideas. It does seem to me that d20 is overly complex at times. To such an extent that even the game designers are confusing themselves. I really don't care about carry loads and stuff. I'd just as rather guesstimate it - cf riddle of steel - or the old 80's class Dragon Warriors...

P4 Introduction – meadowland city states are in the west not in the east as listed. The desert is in east not the west as listed. P9 The abilities – strength has no reference to parry value (DV) P10 – Dexterity bonus refers to Defense value instead of dodge value (DV) P10 – intelligence –...

All in all this is a fantastic game book that exceded all my expectations. Well done and thanks for all the hard work you've put in (and are continuing to put in with the pdf downloads and input on these boards). My complaints regarding typos are perhaps overstated. Due to the excellent quality...

check it out ... what you wanted is at the end of the path ... http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=35c122f10931a716623a229d0790b8cf&threadid=97330&highlight=conan+combat+example 8)

Actually scrap all I said above. A rereading of the combat section in conjunction with the pirate, barbarian, and thief uncanny dodge and sneak atttack descriptions, and the said info under feat chapter has made me change my mind. When flatfooted you lose all modifiers except size. looks like...

Hour of the Dragon chapter 10 - quote "When the magic of the Mitran priests failed against the magic of Xaltotun's acolyte, they remembered the ancient legend of the heart..." Mitran priests use magic according to Howard - although its not called 'sorcery'. Epimitreus is a Mitran priest p290...

The freeport adventures would translate nicely. with a little tweeking.

That may cause you some problems considering examples like the sorcery spell conjuring that requires 4 ranks in sleight of hand. Hard for a scholar to achieve without using the bonus int system. Future suppliments may have similar prerequisites - we just don't know. Up to you but i wouldn't be...

Goodluck with the house buying and horse trading. I hear the Zamoran house market is on the up at the moment. I think its a question of we all approach the game somewhat differently and its a fair point that you want accurate details on these issues of microeconomics. After all the book...

Poniard does 1d6. Its a better weapon than a stiletto as Conan in the 'hour of the dragon' was glad that the weapon he received from Zenobia was a poniard not a stiletto. Unless he meant the shoe..? LOL The ponaird is a warriors weapon and is referenced a few times as doing 1d6. Most of the...