Recent content by Outlaw

If I were to use the Conan book for its non-mechanics, I would absolutely use Savage Worlds as the base mechanics. It allows for more cinematic actions than d20 mechanics do but is still stable. I'd probably keep the class abilities (or at least some of them) and turn some feats into edges.

Well, there are a few reasons to answer both your questions. I bought the book unseen (the first book I had done so in over two years). Out of all my gaming groups, I am the only person to already own the Conan book. So if I begin gaming, that encourages others to buy the product, something I no...

Actually, they always said mass combat would be part of Signs and Portents or as a free download. But the wealth of amateurish mistakes and the sacrificing of page space for the borders (how many charts are split onto two pages leaving the bottom of the page empty) has made me shelve the game...

Count me among the group that's prestige classed out. If I wanted to play a Bosonian Archer (to continue with the example), I'd play a Bosonian Archer. How many PrCs does conan have if we go with the examples above?

I'm idggin' the map, but I have to agree with Rhianni. Acquilonia is HUGE! Yes, it was bigger than Nemedia, but maybe because the Bosonian Marches aren't kind of cordoned off it makes it look bigger. I was just taken aback when I first saw it.

Just one? Or multiple Conans? What a daunting task to do!

I find it highly unrealistic that two people with diametrically opposed views would adventure together willingly. If they did, there would have to be some serious extenuating circumstances. In those cases, I would talk to the two players together and individually and tell them that their...

Ok. But it's not. Some of the best role playing I've seen comes from the friction between players, the lack of trust and the forging of that trust through life-and-death circumstances. I'm not going to steal all those role playing opportunities from the players just to contrive reasons why they...

It's not my job to get a diverse group of people to work together. Sometimes it's unrealistic to assume that any combination of races/classes will fit together. I would restrict characters playing Stygians, but other than that, it's open game. However, after that, if the PCs can't work together...

OH!!! Okay, I gotchya. I thought you were talking about the cover art from a novel made into the cover of an RPG. But you were talking about making the book look like a book. Now I'm on track. ...yeah, that has been done an awful lot.

This assumes three things: every PC drinks; every PC is willing to use lotus leaf/powder/juice; every PC is willing to accept these things from a stranger. Although it's likely that you'll get at least half the group to accept this in a Conan setting (as drinking and debauchery is expected...

Really? I didn't realize ayone had ever put a book cover as the cover of an RPG supplement. Could you give an example?

Not too much text? How does that make a good book? The text is the essential part.

Although I know I could never do better, the artwork you've posted I'm not a fan of. Conan, to me, is always enhanced by darkness, lots of ink and shadow (something I'm not typically a fan of). I particularly enjoy B&W images of the Cimmerian. In this most recent image, for example, the frame...

The thing I like about Kalamar is that a fold out, color map came glued in the campaign setting. :)