iamtim said:It's going to be GREAT for MRQ, and I've got more wood for Lankhmar than I do for Glorantha.
Get a copy. The stories are classics and you can see where other writers get their ideas. It's a gritty, medieval universe that is somewhat reminiscent of Conan but in which magic is much more prevalent, from lower-level, simple magics through to the stronger D&D-like magic which seems more powerful than MRQs sorcery (but it does strange things to the wielder...)Don Allen said:I have never read the Lankhmar stories. Will this make a good setting for runequest do you think?
Oh. Answered that.Don Allen said:What is that world like? What makes it distinctive?
Almost certainly. iamtim's imagery aside, it is a very rich background and one I loved for years.Don Allen said:Will you use Lankhmar?
Runequest is Perfect for Lankmar. I have run Lankmah games in AD&D, GURPS and FUDGE. They are always a hit with the players.Don Allen said:I have never read the Lankhmar stories. Will this make a good setting for runequest do you think?
I am so eager for this setting I may have to start running some Lankmar 1-shots using my existing notes for other systems.Will you use Lankhmar?
Cool, sounds like I will wait for Lankhmar then. Glorantha, from what I could tell isn't quite the style I was looking for.
The King said:The best of Lankhmar is, IMO, swords of Lankhmar which is very strange but an excellent idea in the underworld.
And it's ot everyday you have to contend with a massive (smart) rats invasion
mthomason said:I'm *really* looking forward to seeing that sourcebook.
I know nothing of Lankhmar, zero, zilch - and I find RPG sourcebooks are usually the perfect introduction in these circumstances. Once I've read a sourcebook I'll go-a-novel-hunting![]()
GbajiTheDeceiver said:At the very least, you owe it to yourself to read Swords of Lankhmar. That novel is so excellent on so many levels. It would be damning to view it as merely an adjunct to an RPG setting.
GbajiTheDeceiver said:mthomason said:I'm *really* looking forward to seeing that sourcebook.
I know nothing of Lankhmar, zero, zilch - and I find RPG sourcebooks are usually the perfect introduction in these circumstances. Once I've read a sourcebook I'll go-a-novel-hunting![]()
At the very least, you owe it to yourself to read Swords of Lankhmar. That novel is so excellent on so many levels. It would be damning to view it as merely an adjunct to an RPG setting.
Dead Blue Clown said:GbajiTheDeceiver said:mthomason said:I'm *really* looking forward to seeing that sourcebook.
I know nothing of Lankhmar, zero, zilch - and I find RPG sourcebooks are usually the perfect introduction in these circumstances. Once I've read a sourcebook I'll go-a-novel-hunting![]()
At the very least, you owe it to yourself to read Swords of Lankhmar. That novel is so excellent on so many levels. It would be damning to view it as merely an adjunct to an RPG setting.
If not reading them chronologically, there are still many stories I'd read before The Swords of Lankhmar. That one is a little mental in places with some pretty odd concepts that were never referenced before, and both Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser are in their primes - they're already legends, even. Ill Met in Lankhmar is still surely the 1st story of choice.
GbajiTheDeceiver said:Dead Blue Clown said:GbajiTheDeceiver said:At the very least, you owe it to yourself to read Swords of Lankhmar. That novel is so excellent on so many levels. It would be damning to view it as merely an adjunct to an RPG setting.
If not reading them chronologically, there are still many stories I'd read before The Swords of Lankhmar. That one is a little mental in places with some pretty odd concepts that were never referenced before, and both Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser are in their primes - they're already legends, even. Ill Met in Lankhmar is still surely the 1st story of choice.
That's also a good call, and a very fine choice too.
What was that one where the Mouser joins some weird cult? Ah yes, Lean Times in Lankhmar. I loved that one. All this talk is making me want to read them again!!! It's been years...
Dead Blue Clown said:GbajiTheDeceiver said:What was that one where the Mouser joins some weird cult? Ah yes, Lean Times in Lankhmar. I loved that one. All this talk is making me want to read them again!!! It's been years...
Such a brilliant story, and actually laugh-out-loud funny in places. Fafhrd joined the cult of Issek ("WHERE IS THE JUG?") of the Jug. The Mouser worked as an extortionist, extorting the religions along the Street of the Gods. If that's not genius, nothing is.![]()
You're wrong. You can read the whole of Lakhmar for less than £15.mthomason said:Non-RPG sourcebooks would work, but the RPG ones are easier to locate, usually better done, and I can get them cheaper![]()
The King said:You're wrong. You can read the whole of Lakhmar for less than £15.mthomason said:Non-RPG sourcebooks would work, but the RPG ones are easier to locate, usually better done, and I can get them cheaper![]()