Q&A's with the new BRP author version 2.0

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by PK Games

This may be better suited in another thread, but as far as game settings go, does Chaosium have some sort of submitting system for proposals or do they just hire freelancers to write what they have in mind?

Here's their submissions page (sort of buried in the midst of their site):

Chaosium Inc.

[badcat]

Hey, Jason, would the Malleus Monstrorum make a good companion book for the new BRP book? Are the stats matching, so conversion is not necessary? Are there fantasy creatures such as 'normal' dragons and manticores? I am thinking about ordering that now, since I got juju at Noble Knight. Thanks.

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by badcat

Hey, Jason, would the Malleus Monstrorum make a good companion book for the new BRP book? Are the stats matching, so conversion is not necessary? Are there fantasy creatures such as 'normal' dragons and manticores? I am thinking about ordering that now, since I got juju at Noble Knight. Thanks.

You asked me this before in the previous thread, and here's a link to the answer:

http://basicroleplaying.com/forum/1197-post63.html

MM doesn't have much in the way of "fantasy" creatures, but you could always pick up Cthulhu Dark Ages or Elric!/Stormbringer if you'd like those.

[badcat]

The answer about the fantasy creatures was what I was looking for this time, thanks.

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by badcat

The answer about the fantasy creatures was what I was looking for this time, thanks.

Your question had thrown me into a little bit of deja vu...

[badcat]

Understood, my post was poorly worded. I was looking for a finer description of what is in the MM and how well it would go with the new book, esp. since running CoC is not my intention. I'm not into half the genres in the BRP book, and I am trying to get as good a grasp on what is and isn't there (in both books) as possible to make informed choices, that's all. Sorry if it seemed I was asking the same question twice, really I was asking for 'further clarification'. Just knowing it doesn't have standard fantasy dragons tells me what I need to know, I guess. Thanks again for your patience and the new book.

[frogspawner]

Does the new system have any mechanism to reward roleplay?
(Apart from just having a good game, that is!)

[Kloster]

Hello Jason,

As the skill categories are optional, are each skill affected to a category or does the GM that decides to use them have to do the segregation by himself?

Runequestement votre,

Kloster

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by Kloster

Hello Jason,

As the skill categories are optional, are each skill affected to a category or does the GM that decides to use them have to do the segregation by himself?

Runequestement votre,

Kloster

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It's made clear which skill is tied to which category, and the sample character sheet is organized that way.

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by frogspawner

Does the new system have any mechanism to reward roleplay?
(Apart from just having a good game, that is!)

Not in the core rules (as it's never been a characteristic of BRP), but there's no reason a GM couldn't reward automatic skill checks or the like as a reward.