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It amazes me that people keep saying that Conan the RPG promotes multiclassing. I just don't see it. Maybe it's acceptable in very rare cases, but it is rare. There are even feat bonuses if you stick with your racially prefered class! If you add to that the fact tha the barbarian is clearly...

I have seen a few people say that but I from what I (and my players) can tell the system greatly encourages them to stay with whatever class they choose. (The exception is 1-2 levels of Noble. Other than that changing classes would cost you bonus feats and prevent you from reaching the high...

I have a player who wants to be like oldschool Conan so he runs around with a loincloth and a helmet. I allowed him to have the minimal DR that a helmet provides without having to wear other armor. How does everyone else handle this? I figured it's not a big deal either way but I was wondering...

That came from the layering armor part of the equipment chapter. I wish I could give you the quote I am thinking of but I do all my posting from work. Like I said though, King Conan doesn't seem to have his natural DR cut in half so I am guessing that you don't cut it. This whole discussion...

So....back to Barbarian Class Damage Reduction... I see in the King Conan writeup in RoK that it is added into his armor DR. It doesn't appear to be reduced at all when it is added to the armor (In that writeup). I am going to assume that it can be reduced by an attackers AP though.

What the heck is Primal armor? Even in the Bestiary section it says that monster and animal DR is handled like regular armor. I don't remember seeing Primal armor anywhere, do you have a page number?

Do Barbarians get to add their class damage resistance to the DR from armor they wear? Is it halved if paired with armor? Can armor Piercing reduce the Barbarian class DR?

Khitai?

It is my understanding that while grappled a character (PC or NPC) can use natural weapons (Claw, Bite, Punch, etc.) using it's regular attack value, Light weapons (Daggers, Weapon Pommels, etc.) using regular attack values OR try to do damage through grappling (Equal to normal unarmed Melee...

Grudge monsters will not solve the problem you have. It's good storytelling to have the merchant seek revenge, but that kind of group is not going to be motivated to be cohesive by just giving them more combat. Try talking to them straight up about what you expect the campaign to be like. I...

Anyone who has played 3.5 extensively knows that two handed weapons outshine everything else by a large margin. A starting character with an 18-20 strength and a Bardiche will make everyone else in a Conan game look like pinatas. Nevermind the fact that at 1st level throwing around 2d10+9 damage...

Pretty much the same things I was thinking. Was just curious what other people have been doing. Thanks. :)

This is a question for those of you that run Conan games. How do you handle the noble's wealth? I read a rule somewhere (don't have my books on me because I am always at work) that for every week of inactivity the PC's blow through half their money. (I LOVE that rule.) Do you include the noble's...

Heh, yes and yes. Until now I had thought we all were laughing because of the absurdity of it, but I am starting to wonder if my players weren't taking it all a little more seriously than I was. I do have one guy that seems to have been Bob's spiritual twin though. (The Barbarian in Question)

I had considered this, but I don't really want to bog my campaign down in a web of revenge that the PC's will interpret as "Grudge Monsters". I guess we'll just keep hammering out each player's personal version of the honor code and see where it goes. I would rather the honor code enhance the...