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Lets see, I'm somewhat familiar with Swords & Wizardry, Savage Worlds: Hellfrost and Pendragon 5.1. I also have the following games, and would love an excu...err, I mean, a reason to learn/re-read them: OSRIC
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What does the Fantasy Companion have to offer on the base Savage worlds magic system? I found the Companion to be quite useful, especially with the chapter on treasure. As for Hellfrost, I like it a lot. To me, it has just the right blend of high fantasy and grimdark elements.
I got MRQ II, Barbarians of Lemuria, and the Legends of Steel setting for BoL on PDF sometime ago. Speaking of Legends of Steel, I just puchased the ZeFRS version of the setting. Sigh...now, I just have to get around to getting the stuff printed. I've have yet to try PBP, but I'd be willing to give it a shot for either Savage World's Hellfrost or Pendragon 5.1., and sometime later this year, Chivalry & Sorcery: the Rebirth, Artesia: Adventures in the Known World or even Dragon Warriors.
Just wanted to let you know, Yellow, that since reading your thread I haven't been able to look at a newspaper without coming up with at least one idea. Just wanted to say thanks because I've already got a dozen hooks for my players now thanks to your ideas and the ones I came up with via your inspursing me. Ditto!
I would like to run the original (1e) Ravenloft adventure using Castles & Crusades... w, I can't believe that I missed out on this thread. Anyhow, I still have some of my 2e Ravenloft stuff still around somewhere, and I'm wondering how it would gel with Castles & Crusades as opposed to their Tainted Lands setting.
Very well said!
Another possibility is the "1987" version of Mazes & Minotaurs, which purports to model 1st Edition D&D along ancient Greek mythology lines rather than Lord of the Rings.
In the War of 1812 Great Britan won every military engagement, but lost the war. Actually, the British didn't win every military engagement. The U.S. won at York (1813), the Thames River (1813), Chippawa (1814)("Regulars, by god!"), Cook's Mills (1814), Lake Erie/Plattsburgh (1814) as well as the British failing in their siege of Baltimore (1814), the defeat of the British-allied Creek Indians, at Horseshoe Bend (1814), and the various naval victories involving ships like the USS Constitution and USS United States. Of course, there was also the clash at New Orleans, but as we all know, that happened after the Treaty of Ghent.
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I think Unorthodox Witches from Le Games might also fit the OP's criteria.
Gabra (one of the PCs) is a Godi. I leapt on that when I found it and it was one of the inspirations for the game.Cool, I was thinking of going Norse with it, so that would work.Interesting choice. BTW, there is a link for a Viking themed cleric, the Northern Godi, that can also employ rune magic (though gaining runic powers comes at some personal cost) at The S&W Companion: Resources. An excellent choice.
That is some great stuff.
Cool, I was thinking of going Norse with it, so that would work. Interesting choice. BTW, there is a link for a Viking themed cleric, the Northern Godi, that can also employ rune magic (though gaining runic powers comes at some personal cost) at The S&W Companion: Resources.
Thanks. I just got the printed rulebook, a beginning module and Kncokspell Magazine #2 today. Plus, I downloaded several issues of 0D&Dities magazine from the Dragonsfoot site, and acquired some additional material from the S&W Companion site (the Supplemetal Lore stuff is great, and the Godi (Viking cleric) class is fascinating, and I certainly appreciate the "side-trek" encounters). All in all, I think I have enough stuff to give it a good try. With that said, I still want to give the other retro-clone stuff a look-see. Of course, if there is anyone out there who lives in my neck of the woods (i.e. near Boston, MA) who would like to partake of some "old-school" D&D goodness, then that be cool.
^ Perhaps obtaining a few individual back issues intead of a year-long subscription might be a better option. Is there a particular military history topic (or topics) that you like? Moreover, consider the fact that Decision Games also publishes another magazine with a wargame, World at War, which focuses on WWII.
Sorry for the temporary threadjack--the Taldor Companion is awesome, and I enjoyed it completely. I started writing a novel based in Taldor, just because I liked this sourcebook so much! It (my novel) will probably never see print, but at least I can read and enjoy it. ^ Sounds good to me. Heck, I wouldn't mind reading it.
I just ordered a copy of of S&W, Knockspell Magazine #2 and the Tomb of the Iron God module.
OSRIC is 1E with errata, clarifications and a facelift. Aftre reading these posts, I think I'll be checking out OSRIC 2.0, and possibly S&W in the immediate future. Ah yes, I can hardly wait to use those old Dragon Magazines again.
Blasphemous mockeries of life, yes. And once my Undead Work-Force initiative passes, they will become PRODUCTIVE mockeries of life, all the jobs that have been deemed to dangerous for the living will be performed by your undead minions, think of underwater demolitions, Haz-Mat disposal, and numerous other hazardous professions as their niche. The revenue raised by them will be used by Lord Secretary War-Bucks to help fund Supreme First Lady Solnes' Free Healing Domain Care Plan, I see this as a win-win. Hmmm...given your campaign against the poodles, would a unit of undead poodles be a possibility, perhaps for special ops purposes?
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