NEWWELSHORDER said:
Hi
I recall reading on this forum that the Elric Companion would contain regional backgrounds (bonuses skills based on whee you come from) similar to those in the Hawkmoon rulebook. Have these been bumped to another product or are they due to be added to a signs and portents???
Steve
I sat and pondered the regional background idea for quite a while. I had them in the main rules, pulled them, then thought about it again, and thought it might make a reasonable addition to the Elric Companion, but, once more, something stopped me adding them.
Personally, I think the char gen rules don't significantly gain anything through the regional background rules, as far as the YK is concerned. The cultures and professions available do a decent enough job, and what really makes a character come alive is a sense of the place and the background to the country. The nation summaries are designed to do that and the cults help too. I don't think regional background modifiers really do much to enhance the character. You might disagree, but that's the way I feel about it.
There are certain exceptions: Melnibone and Myyrrhn, for example, but characters from these lands aren't human and have racial benefits worked into their basic char gen anyway.
So I don't have any specific plans to include them in any of the Elric books on my production schedule (working on cults rght now), but its something that might make a good optional rules addition for S&P. I shall ponder some more...
