Recent content by Majestic7

Long time ago, in a distant world, we played D&D 3.5. We used "Wound Points" in addition to regular Hit Points. In essence, WP = Con. I think monsies got extra WPs for size, but not sure. Anyway, Hit Points are just stamina and luck and so forth. Wound Points were the real wounds. A confirmed...

If you have negative HP from lethal damage, you are unconscious and dying. If you have negative HP from nonlethal damage, you just stay unconscious longer. So if a character has 1 point of non-lethal, but is in -3 hp total, yes, he is bleeding and dying. So yeah, technically you could beat...

Just make his immortality as the result of having the magical altar whose name I have forgotten. It costs a zillion anyway - it bestowing longevity upon the owner would make little difference. It could further limit the owner to stay nearby the altar at all times or the longevity effect ceases...

If you want more bang to prestidigation, add a feat "telekinesis mastery" or something that allows using greater telekinesis like D&D telekinesis: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/telekinesis.htm Or make that a spell of its own.

How about a ritual or feat that allows the sorcerer to spend PP to stop aging? So , in effect, the sorcerer has some of his power points tied into not aging, reducing the number available to him. The required number increases the older the character gets. Thus eventually it surpassess maximum...

I thought it was horribly bad and only had the name of the character in common with Robert E. Howard. I don't know if Solomon Kane of the comics is more akind ot that movie, but blah. I mean, even the common enemies in the movie were not humans but possessed orcs. Cheap CGI replaces plot and...

You could even have a guy with a 20 foot pike, a guy with 10 foot longspear and a guy with a shield and a sword or something... So the shield and the sword guy only defends, the guys standing behind him attack over his shoulders. However, yes, -4 to attack / +4 to defence to the target for...

If I started running Conan today, I'd use Savage Worlds. I'd lift some things from Mongoose Conan, mainly racial bonuses and use some sourcebooks for places etc. Though of course I'd ignore all the pastiche crap. I'd totally lose the magic system used in SW. Instead, I'd make it so different...

Return has more stuff on Black Kingdoms. I don't remember how big of a book the original Road is - gut feeling tells that Return has ~50ish more pages. Return has no game mechanics whatsoever too. RttRK would work fine as the setting book for playing Hyborian campaign wih any system. If you...

Nope. People of the Black Circle takes partially place in Vendhya. Many characters mention having studied sorcery in Khitai. In Hour of the Dragon there are Khitan people involved in the story. Howard just never described Khitai in detail, it is all hear-say from other characters - Conan never...

In our game, a failed MD save inflicts a critical hit upon the character at the receiving end of the weapon. We use Paizos critical hit deck so critical are a little bit more interesting than the vanilla variety. Since a critical hit can, for example, blind one eye, break ribs or cut off an ear...

It is filled with broken mechanics and silly equipment. There are some alternative rules for combat, but I'd advise against spending your money on it. At least without browsing it through and seeing yourself.

I didn't buy any supplements after the Hyborian Bestiary. The bestiary was already filled with weak mechanics and total waste of pages. For example, there are several monsters that have exactly the same function game-wise. Like multiple hound/wolf/whatevers, not to mention wasting space for all...

In my game, crossbow and arbalest are simple weapons. Their AP and damage are 6 / 2d8 and 10 / 2d10. This makes them somewhat more dangerous and the weapon of choice for an untrained peasant. I wouldn't allow strength rating for crossbows, it doesn't make much sense. However, there is a feat...

I agree. I guess you could work within existing framwork - apprentices and cult sorcerers should be constantly pestered by their masters, while the demonic sorcerers have obvious problems. I think the main problem are independent scholars. After a while, the Knowledge (Arcana) checks succeed...