Recent content by LucaCherstich

Oh, here they are. I guess one need more time to properly convert stuff and mine old Conan d20 books but it's a start. I wish real life would give more time for doing proper conversion document... And I also wished Mophidius did not choose that system, but it happened. D&D5 really sounds like a...

Did you manage to do that conversion? And by the way, hello everybody, I've been out of these forums for too much time...

I do not think that to make Akbitanan steel you need just ore and fuel. I suppose "Akbitanan Steel" ispired by real-world Damascene Steel (which Europeans believed to be crafted in Damascus... while it was mostly crafted in India and Iran). If this is the case, Damascene steel does not need just...

Actual rules favour Mounted fighters only if they charge with Heavy Lances and trigger Massive Damage with the attack, before the footed enemy replies. In this sense one needs to have the right feats to maximize damage with lances. I agree something more should be done for knights vs footmen...

An issue to consider is which technological level you want your Cimmerians to be. REH never mentioned anything about the quality of Cimmerian swords, that's John Milius' film creation. Considering what we know of the Hyborian Age only by REH writings is fairly probable that Cimmerian...

I never thought about it, but a steel cap alone (DR 1) is useless but for protecting vs punches! Right about AP vs DR 1...but wrong thread! I'm here just because I hoped somebody resurrected the Magician of Yag style...

Bad to say it but Mongoose (forced or not by all the cases) completely forgot Conan. And the license is long gone now. I do not know wether giving a Conan rpg piece for free should mean breaking a copyright.... SUGGESTION: what if using the Search/Substitute tool in Word do they substitute...

I'm not so sure Incinretaing Gaze is the right spell. "Evil Eye" range is limited to 30 ft and 12 rounds are (relatively) a lot of time. And "Evil Eye" means also "eye contact. I imagine that if Askia was 30 ft from Sakumbe, and staring directly into Sakumbe eyes, Conan should have had the time...

I've been recently focusing on De Camp's elongated version of "Drums of Tombalku". I'm especially interested in the scene where the Witchman Askia kills King Sakumbe with an invisible flame, apparently from some distance. My question is: does anybody knows if such has spell has ever been...

At this point we have playtested enough our system. After yesterday's game I've decided to get ridd of hit locations. It's not something about it being un-balanced or not working. It is all very balanced and realistic. And I like the way it give more granularity in armours (e.g. a Mail...

I feel that ad-hoc background reasons are the best for Vanir raids going deep into Cimmeria. And the most epic and tragic it is, the better!! Maybe the Vanir chieftain when was a young man has been a slave of a Cimmerian chieftain now living deep inside Cimmeria, so the Vanir is looking for...

In "People of Black Circle" REH makes Conan an Afghuli chieftain using a 1-yard long knife called "Zhaibar Knife" In "The Flame Knife" by De Camp there's an "Ilbars Knife" which is exactly like the Zhaibar knife by REH. But what is the inspiration source of such Ghulistani knives? I feel it is...

I'm sure the Howardian-Cimmerian purists among you will label me a heretic saying blasphemy.... ...but I think that Vanir raids can go quite deep into Cimmeria hinterlands if they have: - reason for doing it - logistical support (food & water) or ways/skills to get it Why do I say so? Well...

Well, it's a matter of rule granularity and perception. Differences in Weapon types ALWAYS can matter, if combined with the right armour and tacticts in the right situations. If your "Aquilonian shortswords" means a thick unit of heavy infantry like Roman Legionari with gladii, pila and large...

I feel every mass combat system should be used for anything from 20 vs 20 to 100.000 vs 100.000, otherwise they are useless. I like the Free Companies Narrative mass combat system, even if it has its faults: - simplistic - no real sense of differences of weapons - no real sense of differences...