Supplement Four
Mongoose
I noticed on Thoth's site that he's given countries a "tech level". Maybe he got that from GURPS Conan, or from some other source, I dunno. When I saw it, though, I marveled at how useful that type of info would be--especially if you weren't super familiar with all the lands comprising the Hyboian Age.
It's not really just the type of weapons and armor and equipment avialable, but also it conveys a "flavor" for the region.
If I see "Medieval", that confers a much different flavor than "Roman".
To my knowledge (and I may be wrong), the Conan rpg doesn't have a system to convey the tech of different regions, does it? The equiment guide (both Tito's and that in the core rule book) is so-so generic. But, I would expect, the types of swords available in Turan would be much different from those available in Aquilonia, and both of those different in form and style from swords available in Zingara. Then, there are places like Darfar. A sword down there surely looks like none of the above.
If it's not already available somewhere (and I missed it), wouldn't it be helpful if the game had some sort of statistic or code that would indicate what to expect in the way of equipment and goods in different parts of the world?
It's not really just the type of weapons and armor and equipment avialable, but also it conveys a "flavor" for the region.
If I see "Medieval", that confers a much different flavor than "Roman".
To my knowledge (and I may be wrong), the Conan rpg doesn't have a system to convey the tech of different regions, does it? The equiment guide (both Tito's and that in the core rule book) is so-so generic. But, I would expect, the types of swords available in Turan would be much different from those available in Aquilonia, and both of those different in form and style from swords available in Zingara. Then, there are places like Darfar. A sword down there surely looks like none of the above.
If it's not already available somewhere (and I missed it), wouldn't it be helpful if the game had some sort of statistic or code that would indicate what to expect in the way of equipment and goods in different parts of the world?