Mongoose Conan + C&C = This

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:50 pm

I love me some Conan, but the crunch of Mongoose's d20 is to wonky for me, so I tweaked it. It's basically C&C with the following:

Rules: http://www.mediafire.com/?yztjzmjunlm

New class (Scholar): http://www.mediafire.com/?ezmnnmmnkzy

Tell me if you like it. If you don't, ess tee eff you.
_________________
kim@trolllord.com

Click here: http://tiny.cc/4rvo5

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:57 pm

Excellent. Have you tried this stuff out yet?
_________________
Lord Frost

Baron of the Pitt
Castles & Crusades Society
The Dungeoneering Dad

Post by **Breakdaddy** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:49 am

Nice!

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:57 am

Frost wrote:
Excellent. Have you tried this stuff out yet?

No, that's why I have you people!
_________________
kim@trolllord.com

Click here: http://tiny.cc/4rvo5

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:58 am

Was this inspired by the "scholar" thread(s) in the rules forum. Some of that was neat.
_________________
If it matters, leave a message at the beep.
Serl's Corner

Coleston the Cavalier · Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:41 am

Quite creative, Kim. Very cool.
_________________

John Adams

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:41 am

serleran wrote:
Was this inspired by the "scholar" thread(s) in the rules forum. Some of that was neat.

No, I haven't even read any of it.

Coleston the Cavalier wrote:
Quite creative, Kim. Very cool.

Thanks J. A.
Has anyone actually downloaded it and gave it the once over?
_________________
kim@trolllord.com

Click here: http://tiny.cc/4rvo5

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:11 pm

Yes, I downloaded this stuff. It looks fine to me, but I only have cursory knowledge of the Conan game.

Do you need special rules for clerics?
_________________
Lord Frost

Baron of the Pitt
Castles & Crusades Society
The Dungeoneering Dad

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:22 pm

Frost wrote:
Yes, I downloaded this stuff. It looks fine to me, but I only have cursory knowledge of the Conan game.

Do you need special rules for clerics?

Yes. There are none.
In Mongoose's Conan, there is one spell-casting class, the Scholar. You must pick a background on creation, one of which is a lay priest. If you pick that, you are about as close as possible to a Cleric. But in Hyboria, sorcery is inherently evil. A lay priest, and later a priest, may have a few counter spells, but that's about it. Anyone with powerful sorcery is a bad guy. Mongoose uses this sytem of spell casting called Power Points. They are based on your INT score and level. You can also gain Power Points via rituals and sacrifices. For instance, if you saacrifice a Aqulionian virgin girl to Set, you get a boost to Power Points. (see? Evil!) And there is no healing magic...
_________________
kim@trolllord.com

Click here: http://tiny.cc/4rvo5

jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:15 pm

AGNKim wrote:
And there is no healing magic...

Instead, you get this guy to put salve on your upper thigh. To keep the infection from spreading...

_________________
Jason Braun
Art Monkey for Hire
Three-Headed Troll Art Wurks

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:38 pm

jaybird216 wrote:
Instead, you get this guy to put salve on your upper thigh. To keep the infection from spreading...

That's from the second movie. It didn't exist.
_________________
kim@trolllord.com

Click here: http://tiny.cc/4rvo5

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:28 am

Yes, but if you do the whole Conanesque theme then you would be playing episodic short stories with lots of down time in between for laying up and healing.

I played 3 sessions and it went like this.

Session 1: Danger in Pictland (Wilderness Adventure)

Session 2: Thieves of the City (Urban intrigue)

Session 3: Sailing the Black Coast (Felt like colonial Africa)

All good swashbuckling fun!
_________________
'Nosce te Ipsum' -Delphic Maxim

'Follow your bliss.' -Joseph Campbell

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:56 pm

Joe wrote:
Yes, but if you do the whole Conanesque theme then you would be playing episodic short stories with lots of down time in between for laying up and healing.

I played 3 sessions and it went like this.

Session 1: Danger in Pictland (Wilderness Adventure)

Session 2: Thieves of the City (Urban intrigue)

Session 3: Sailing the Black Coast (Felt like colonial Africa)

All good swashbuckling fun!

That is true. I've heard of people playing that way. I am going to run a C&C Conan game soon, but want to make it more of a grand epic rather than episodic. But doing it that way does sound appealing.
_________________
kim@trolllord.com

Click here: http://tiny.cc/4rvo5

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:31 pm

Conan always seems to be about the episodic adventure. At one time I set out to do a standard D&D-like campaign using the Atlantean Edition. The episodic nature might make it feel more like REH. But none of that matters if CONAN is being played and all are having fun.

~O
_________________
> Omote's Advanced C&C stuff <
Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society