Conan rpg survival

[Spectator]

Seriously us players ought to just scan sections and spells that others don't have and email with an agreement not to violate any copyrights and we'd be better off for it.

On the hand, if you as a GM can't create your Sea Witchery spells, well I urge you to consider it.

 

[tneva82]

true i can still use the books i have but its hard enough to find players here let alone persuade them to play a dead and unsupported game which they an no longer buy. you may be able to buy them cheap over there but as soon as a game is out of print here the prices tend to go up, or they just vanish off the shelves completly.

Out of curiosity why you think Conan RPG is dead? Because WOTC released 4th ed of D&D? Why should that affect Conan? They can still keep releasing material for their current rules.

Can't understand your posts regarding traveller. Conan isn't going to switch to traveller and good thing too. Wouldn't really fit into Conan anyway. Improving characters fits to Conan while traveller has characters generated to start with and then after generation improving character is very, very, VERY slow progress. No growing from boy to hero there. By the time you start game you are about same age as Conan was when he was king...

 

[p1fx]

yeah i could make up some sea magic but as its already been done why should i have to? all smacks of profiteering to me and without which there would probably be a bigger loyal fanbase which would buy the books out of choice not through being pushed.
did fancy checking out runequest but am concerned about whether those books will suffer the same problem, not that i can get hold of the deluxe version anywhere and at 15 quid for 120 pages the standard rule book is far from value for money in my eyes. i have tried to be loyal to mongoose with them being british n all and spent a lot on many of their products but am now feeling quite ripped off.
anyway i have bought out just about every castles and crusades product in the west of scotland inc 2 players handbooks, monsters n treasure, engineering dungeons and 5 adventures so i will deff be producing material for that very soon.

 

[p1fx]

try reading my posts, i asked if 4th edition would affect conan and wether it perhaps may switched to say runequest as suggested. i did not say conan was dead, other games yes but i didnt say conan was. go back and read it again. and neither did i say conan was moving to traveler, i di say about judge dredd moving to it though.

 

[tneva82]

try reading my posts, i asked if 4th edition would affect conan and wether it perhaps may switched to say runequest as suggested.

Okay let's see: 4th ed: No! Runequest: No! Conan will stay Conan.

 

[Der Rote Baron]

try reading my posts, i asked if 4th edition would affect conan and wether it perhaps may switched to say runequest as suggested.

Okay let's see: 4th ed: No! Runequest: No! Conan will stay Conan.

At least till we all figured out the RIDDLE OF STEEL!

BY C R O M !

By the way: Riddle of Steel would be a nice feat for Barbarians, Soldier and Nomads - with loads of Prequisite Feats (all combat related), a high BAB (15+) and Characteristic Minima (STR 16, DEX 18, INT 12, WIS 14), giving the De-Riddler a +2 attack bonus, +2 parry and +4 to damage with any sword.
Maybe something "mystical" combat realted else, too. Any cool ideas?

 

[p1fx]

eh?

 

[Diabolus]

p1fx -

It's a reasonable question because as I understand it any publisher who wishes to publish any material under the Game System License (GSL) that is supposedly getting released this week will have to agree to not publish any material under the OGL.

I know Mongoose did well with 3E with the Quintessential line, this would cause them have to decide between publishing anything in support of 4E or continuing to publish 3E OGL content.

I don't know the answer

 

[p1fx]

thats what i was wondering, whether there would be a whole new game licence and how it would effect the old one. isnt runequest also produced under some sort of variant of the ogl aswell? probably not similar enough to be affected but still. im just presuming that mongoose will be wanting to make stuff for 4th edition d+d.

 

[tneva82]

I know Mongoose did well with 3E with the Quintessential line, this would cause them have to decide between publishing anything in support of 4E or continuing to publish 3E OGL content.

I don't know the answer

And mongoose has probably figured this out almost a year ago. What with them releasing Conan RPG 2nd edition. You think they would do that if their work would be scrapped by 4th ed less than a year later?-)

 

[p1fx]

well they could do, use a year or two to rush through and push as many 2nd edition conan books as possible for profits while using time to prepare range of 4th edition based products to release. they are a business after all. sure this would annoy a few fans who bought into the system but that hasnt bothered too many companys in the past.

 

[DigitalMage]

We haven't seen the GSL yet, but from what has been said by WOTC reps on forums the exclusion to use OGL and GSL is for the same product line. So Mongoose could not do a 4th ed compatible Conan book whilst still producing the current Conan game using the rules released under the OGL, however it seems they could produce a completely new line of books to support D&D 4th ed whilst still producing Conan.

The OGL cannot be revoked as long as you continue to abide by its terms to the current Conan system can be used indefinately (ditto for the RuneQuest system released under the OGL).

 

[tneva82]

well they could do, use a year or two to rush through and push as many 2nd edition conan books as possible for profits while using time to prepare range of 4th edition based products to release.

That of course would beg the question: Who would buy those 4th ed books after fans would say "screw it" ;-)

 

[Style]

Has the goose made a official statement on the subject?

 

[Diabolus]

We haven't seen the GSL yet, but from what has been said by WOTC reps on forums the exclusion to use OGL and GSL is for the same product line.

Ahh, is that newer information? On ENworld the WotC person confirmed that the exclusion would not be by "product line" but by "publisher". This was a month or so agao, so it's very possible/likely to have changed. No sense to be concerned until the details are out (which per WotC should be "early this week").

 

[DigitalMage]

We haven't seen the GSL yet, but from what has been said by WOTC reps on forums the exclusion to use OGL and GSL is for the same product line.

Ahh, is that newer information? On ENworld the WotC person confirmed that the exclusion would not be by "product line" but by "publisher". This was a month or so agao, so it's very possible/likely to have changed. No sense to be concerned until the details are out (which per WotC should be "early this week").

Oh gods knows then, there seems to have been ambiguous statements by WOTC reps and so I think we really need to see the GSL. Personally if it is by company that would make WOTC look pretty bad (IMHO).

 

[tneva82]

Has the goose made a official statement on the subject?

Regarding Conan and 4th ed there was something on blog around the time conan 2nd ed was coming or had just come. You could try to look for that.

 

[p1fx]

by the way where is this bottled thunder spell? is it also in the pirate isles book, as i cant find that book in any of the shops here so im buggered for the sea magic etc just because it couldnt have been reprinted in skelos book.

 

[Hervé]

The Conan license is quite strong these times, so I can't find any reason for Mongoose to cancel their line. As it seems they can stick to OGL, we shouldn't worry too much. 8)
Bad thing for me, as I find the D20 system really sucks.
Maybe I'll live to see Darlage RQ version someday...

 

[Ranzadule]

Dead miniatures game = "Dead"
Dead RPG = "No risk of supps coming out that mess up our stuff"

If Conan died right now, you would still have plenty to play forever if you like the setting. No worries.

I love Aberrant and I am delighted that it is dead. Extra copies of books for my players are dirt cheap and no revisions are forthcoming = WIN!