Recent content by therion666

I've got to ask this one really, I like the Atlantean Edition of Conan and with a few personal tweaks it works excellently. However I have been contemplating buying the new second edition, trouble is I'm getting a little tired of buying a whole new set of books for the varying games. Is the...

The description for D&D armor does describe it well but in practice a man wearing chain armor who is little skilled in combat would get hurt a great deal quicker than a skilled warrior. Example-two people one 1st level commoner a second a 15th level fighter, using the 3rd edition AC system...

I agree, I enjoyed AD&D and 1st edition but 3rd edition has got a lot to offer just fell down on a few points. Conan address a number of those points especially the AC thing. I like the Parrying and Dodging, after all if a 30 foot long Dragon weighing about the same amount as a tank hits you...

Get over it! As you are finding the statement offensive I have removed it. I am not a racist and to even bring that kind of BS up on this forum is ridiculous.

I'd say you don't smooth over the and make it easy. Make sure the players understand that female's are generally considered chattel by most men in the world and that they will probably have a difficult time. During the campaign it would be unsurprising to find the female character having rape...

The worlds largest Dungeon could easily take PC's from 1st to 40th or more levels. It is stated in the initial system that PC's don't gain more experience for every Orc they kill to stop that happening. Basically the Dungeon has got stories and a whole ecology built in but for long term appeal...

The basics are these will become the Celts of the later age when they combine with the Cimmerians. They follow Danu who is the goddess of the Tuatha De Dananns( I think it means peoples of the earth goddess Danu) in Irish and Welsh myth and a variation of Nuadha of the Silver Arm( again Irish...

Well sort if, the Sharp series in , Portugal,Spain, france and yes I think there was a further book set in India. An excellent series to base this style of campaign on. It gives a lot of adventure idea's. Taking forts, dealing with backward bloodthirsty cults. Dubious political activities of...

Game of thrones has approached this in another angle, Characters with 1D6 HD get a flat 1 hp gain on a new level plus Con bonus, PC's with 1D8 get 2 plus Con, 1D10 get 3 plus con. All get maximum HP at 1st level ( as in 6hp plus con, 8hp plus con, 10hp plus con) but after that as listed above...

Don't completely agree with the idea that you can't use hit locations D20. Just need to adjust them a little. A character wearing a Breastplate for example I think has a DR of 6, the same character finds a chain Haubauk will have a DR of 9 because of the two items. Think sensibly however the...

There are a couple of options:- You could make the unit in a SHARP style as in the Books and the series. Making the backgrounds with the players to give a reason for them signing up. The unit could be under a wealthy lord. One could be the lords Noble son Another a second cousin and wastral who...

Rogue was an exellent background for a campaign. Of course it would need a slight adjustment as in having a few GI's surviving the initial attack. Foundery do some Rogue trooper figures and the GI's look pretty identical. I was thinking of a treaked version of Judge Dredd with a few modified...

I still recon the combination of the conan style of characters along with the slightly adjusted( and improved) rules ( Armour giving damage reduction, Armour penetration etc) could be used to improve the system and with a slight adjustment on GMing style you would have the Roleplay that most...

I have been running a campaign in the Dawnforge world but using a more abstract style of game, no alignment( I use the Pendragon attribute system instead), knightly levels Barons over knights over squires over surfs. Pushed the combats toward being more intelligent method, making certain...

Many thanks for that, it would be appreciated. I am still reading through the Conan books and have yet come across Argosian characters to populate , my setting with. To be honest the Conan setting, character classes, combat system blows the D&D system out of the water in my mind with a style...