I never bought any of the Conan stuff before as I really dislike D20 stuff but I would definitely have bought a SW version and the Atlas' sound like they would have been awesome.
I think Myrddin was pretty damn cool as well (not to mention a snappy dresser!) but I prefer major NPC's (especially such powerfull ones) to remain unstated in my RPG's. Leaves it up to me to decide what powers etc they can do then and removes any players moaining "but he can't cast that...
I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that Myrddin is pronounced Merlin (or is very similar).
I'm also pretty sure that the original stories revolving Myrddin pre date King Arthur and Merlin, so Merlin is actually based on Myrddin. :D
I always thought this was one of the best celtic sourcebooks I read for RPG's;
http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/Celtic/
GURPS Vikings is also pretty darn good and could be used for Midgard campaigns.
edit; just re read your initial post and realised you have this already! Still it's a good...
Slaine is IMHO the best comic strip ever to come out of 2000ad. It is everything that you could want from a mythical celtic hero setting. It sets up a believable tribal culture, has got some of the best villians ever in the form of the Sloughs and the Fomorians and the artwork is usually of a...
So, just to be clear, the two roll system is definately not used now? This whole thing is just confusing me!
From reading the rules where it states that a parry or dodge can only be used against a succesfull attack I had surmised myself that two rolls were required.
Does it still state dodge or...
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