Recent content by red_herring

I just purchased Chaosium's Chuthulhu Invictus, a Call of Cthulhu setting for Ancient Rome. Both adventures and a lot of the material (with minimal editing) are perfect for Conan. I've always thought that the CoC game does a great job of capturing the man versus the cold, uncaring universe...

Just taking a light-hearted poke at Mongoose editing to get a chuckle and spark conversation... sorry if my comment offended Vincent or anyone else. -RH

Now I understand why there were so few typos in that section.

I think the Black Kingdoms book is easily your best bet. It contains three complete scenarios that have a great Conan feel. The two pdf adventures were just okay, but I thought the module in the back of Thunder River was solid. Alternatively, I personally didn't care much for the Shadizar...

I'll be there all Wednesday through Sunday morning and would love to get into a Conan game. Unfortunately, the Mongoose slots filled to way too quickly. Just let me know where and when. Thanks -RH

I'm glad to see that the number of adventures is on the rise, and even happier that they're both listed at $9.95. Ideally, I'd like to at least two or three published adventures directly supporting every sourcebook. Heretics fits the bill for Aquilonia, and I certainly look forward to...

There are a couple of nice write ups for Heretics and Tower on the site... Heretics of Taranita Not all battles take place in the open. Not all hatreds are settled by the sword. In Tarantia, the princely capital of Aquilonia, dark plots and insidious schemes are afoot. King Conan is gone...

I'll make sure to post any of the modules (or at least links to them) to the forum. The original TSR Conan has some very good stuff. The two D&D Conan mods (Against Darkness and Unchained) detail King Conan's struggle against Thoth Amon and a mercenary Conan's fight against a wizard on the...

another vote for Conan...

I've started converting a few AD&D modules to the Conan setting. It's no easy task to keep the REH feel, but my first sizable project is the Scourge of the Slave Lords. I thought I'd try to set it in Vendhya and tie things into the People of the Black Circle. The biggest challenge has been...

I've seen the "Fearless" feat (or some variant thereof) in several d20 publications, including the Black Company and Kalamar. In one rendition, it allows characters to roll two d20 on fear checks, taking the higher result. The other is a bit more powerful, reducing the level of any failed fear...

No need to drag this out (much) further, but I've been disappointed with the amount of reprinted material included in the supplements overall (especially the questionable parts). Prostitution is covered in Across the Thunder River, the Free Companies, Shadizar, Messantia, and Aquilonia. Isn't...

The Foundry is another great site for minis. In fact, you can find historial minis to represent virtually everything in Conan--from Pict to Hyrkanian. I think the late Roman empire is a cool look for the Hyborean nations, American Indians for Picts--working on an Aquilonian campaign as we speak...

I have to agree with Raven... there are better ways to use the pages of Conan supplements than describing prostitution and contraception. I certainly don't role play those scenes in my gaming sessions, so the source material has been a waste of paper for my group. While the Temptress has a role...

My guess is that the new class is the Temptress... the name of the third class book is "Pirates, Thieves, and Temptresses." http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/detail.php?qsID=882&qsSeries=7 -RH