Recent content by LWM

Finally, a good use for Fast Forward products...

Imagine the possibilities. First we introduce dwarves as a bunch of short guys from Asgard. Next it's elves. Maybe they live in the forests of Corinthia. After that it's just a small step to gnomes and hobbits, oops, I mean halflings. Then it's a bunch of little thin guys with dark skin and...

It's a bit of a dilemma. I vastly prefer Rolemaster (or the Game System of the Gods, as it's often called), but it's extremely difficult to get anyone to play it these days. I may try to run a RM Conan game next year.

The first Conan stoty that I ever read was "The Thing in the Crypt," the first story in the Ace paperback Conan. I was more than a bit surprised when I recently reread the Ace Conan stories to learn that "The Thing in the Crypt" wasn't written by Howard after all, but rather by Carter and de...

I actually use dice from collectable dice games for any miniatures-like representation that needs to be done: dice from Dragon Dice, Chaos Progenitus and Dicemaster. This probably makes me a bit of a heretic, but at least my "figures" are less susceptible to damage than yours are. It's the...

I recall some story, although I have no idea who wrote it, in which Conan fights side by side with another Cimmerian. I want to say that the name is Rolf, but I haven't read the books in over a decade, so my memory is probably very inaccurate. I seem to recall the second Cimmerian being very...

Here's my streamlined version of character creation. Use what's in the books as guidelines, but go ahead and make whatever character that you want to play. After all, once you add in the zillions of third-party d20 books out there, that's pretty much what you have. On the other hand, I'm...

I'm a big beliver in this also. The programmed approach to awarding XP and treasure from encounters that have the exact CR to only deplete a small fraction of a group's resources that was pushed on unsuspecting DMs starting in the 3E books may not actually be evil, but it's definitely bad. And...

Here's what I do (seriously): I let players pick whatever stats they want. That way they're guaranteed to get a character they want to play. Has this opportunity ever been abused? No. Most people actually don't feel comfortable doing it and fall back on one of the systems described in the PHB or...

So what you're saying is that they didn't try very hard to get the spelling right, but they really otter?

What a lame review! I have to admit that I was also a bit skeptical, having been dragged kicking and screaming quite unwillingly into the world of OGL/d20 from the older versions of the game, but even I will admit that this product kicks a**. It looks like a great game in every way and I can't...