Recent content by Violetsaber

Wow, thanks for pointing that out - I just checked it out, and that is a cool set of rules! I really like how the new rules are general enough to be applied to almost any four-legged companion. Unfortunitely they didn't provide rules for a true wolf, so I suppose that means I'll have to do...

That certainly one way to do it, but what I really liked about the CODA system was how flexible it was in allowing characters to level as they desired. Clovenhoof had an excellant idea in capping skill levels at 3+level, I would recommend that. Another possiblity that can add some humor to the...

LOL! That reminds me so much of the Khitian martial diciple in my party - who apparently is in it entirely to gain more power and martial arts techniques. He jumped at the opprotunity to sleep with a millenia-old half-scorpion half-princess abomination when she told him thier (hundreds) of...

Have I played the CODA system? :D I ran a Star Trek RPG using the Decipher CODA system for somewhere around five years - it was the first serious RPG system I ever used. Afterward we decided to switch to the Lord of the Rings RPG for a chance of pace, but that kinda puttered out. I would say...

Be that as it may, I don't believe the 2E rules are quite that all-encompassing. Even if they were, I would use my GM'ing Hand of the Narrorator to say: "Screw that." Why? Because corruption is a force so evil it can physically alter your appearance and drive a character completely bonkers...

One of the other advantages of the Profession: Sailor skill is the ability to outmaneuver other ships during sea battle. I believe the Pirate Isles book has a variety of rules pertaining to battle between two ships, and many (if not all) of them are directly powered by the Captain's Profession...

The way I see it, corruption is a very special form of penalty given for a very specific set of actions - namely, having anything to do with the bevy of extradimensional evil so rife in Hyboria. Corruption doesn't even mean that a character is an evil person, or has done something inherantly...

Thanks...I'm sure I would have found that when I got to my books, but now I don't have to wonder for the rest of the day. :D These are all good points, and I will agree that there are many instances where making players earn thier HP back is good, especially to promote the Conan feel. I'm...

Excellant points, as always. I just had a question and wanted to point one thing out: First, I thought Power Attack increased damage by X where X = a penalty to the attack roll? I don't recall any double damage rules besides the normal critical hit rate. I realize I'm probably wrong (and...

Welcome! The others are quite correct - magic in Conan is quite different tasting than in any other fantasy game I've ever played. If you have not read a few the original books by Robert E. Howard, I would recommend it. They are well written, entertaining, and will give you the feel of how to...

Thank you very much, I'll have to invest. In response to the OP, I would PERSONALLY (and I'm not a very forgiving Game Master) make the unfortunate player learn to fight blind. There are several reasons for this, mostly that scholars are rare enough in Hyboria as it is. Finding one who knows...

Waitaminute.... forgive my ignorance, but the Player's Guide has spells that the main Narrorator's Guide and Secrets of Skelos do not? If someone could be so kind, I'd like to know just how many spells, feats, and the like made it into this book that cannot be found anywhere else. Would it be...

Speaking as someone without the Free Companies book, I base my demographics off the quote from (I believe) the core book, stating that there are extremely few level 12 characters in Hyboria. Then, looking at the NPC's created for use in the many other books, it's fairly easy to notice that even...

Speaking as a Star Trek RPG game master who ran his players through a seven-year story arc, being "dark and gritty" becomes many times easier for the same group of players simply because the change is so massive. Not all of these suggestions are explicitly “Dark” or “Gritty”, but they do all...

I agree, I had a large question mark appear over my head at the "kill an animal and use every part of it for something" bit, too. That's a very Native American motto, and the Cimmerians are not based off the Native Americans. For many intents and purposes, the Picts are. Honestly, the number...