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

[Trifletraxor]

Time for another thread. I'll watch this thread more closely and weed out any off-topic arguments, putting them into new threads.

So the rules for this thread: Only questions/comments for Jason, other topics/responses must be taken to new threads or elsewhere.

My question: I hear you have seen the finished pdf of the book. Is that true??? Christmas release???

SGL.

[Shaira]

Hi Jason,

I have a question regarding the sorcery rules, which you said were taken from SB5. Do they include Demon Summoning also, with all the various Demon Abilities (like Vomit Acid, all that good stuff), or is it just the spell lists from the Sorcery section?

Really looking forwards to seeing the rules!

Sarah

[NickMiddleton]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

My question: I hear you have seen the finished pdf of the book. Is that true??? Christmas release???

Follow up question - has anything major that the playtest group saw had to be cut for reasons of space? I'm obvioulsy hoping not...

Cheers,

Nick Middleton

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

I hear you have seen the finished pdf of the book. Is that true???

Yes, it is true. I think it's in the state of "final edits" now, with Charlie checking page references, etc. I'm reviewing it, and a few external proofers are doing the same.

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

Christmas release???

I really don't know.

It would be cutting it extremely close, if it were, given the length of time usually required for printing and distribution.

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by Shaira

I have a question regarding the sorcery rules, which you said were taken from SB5. Do they include Demon Summoning also, with all the various Demon Abilities (like Vomit Acid, all that good stuff), or is it just the spell lists from the Sorcery section?

It's the spell list, primarily, with a few cuts due to being non-applicable outside of the Stormbringer IP.

There's a simple "summon demon" kind of spell, and a reference to two example demons from the bestiary chapter.

A full-fledged demon summoning system would be out of place in a basic book, but it would be a natural for an expansion magic book.

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by NickMiddleton

Follow up question - has anything major that the playtest group saw had to be cut for reasons of space? I'm obvioulsy hoping not...

Are you kidding? At 384 pages, nothing got cut (though in retrospect, I probably should have cut some stuff).

There's even more stuff in there that the playtest didn't see, and the past eight months have been a flurry of me sending Chaosium little "Oh, if you can fit this in" sections and pieces.

[GerallKahla]

Originally Posted by Jason Durall

There's even more stuff in there that the playtest didn't see, and the past eight months have been a flurry of me sending Chaosium little "Oh, if you can fit this in" sections and pieces.

Delicious!

Thanks for the feedback, Jason. You rock and stuff.

[Atgxtg]

Jason,

Just wondering, since BRP is based on WoW and older stuff, does it use a full percentile range, or does it break skills up in 5% increments like original BRP and RQ2?

[Nightshade]

One I forgot to ask on the last one: was the super powers set derived from the full blown one from the standalone Superworld, or the somewhat more primitive version in WoW?

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

Just wondering, since BRP is based on WoW and older stuff, does it use a full percentile range, or does it break skills up in 5% increments like original BRP and RQ2?

Full range of numbers (not just 5% increments) is the default, but there's an optional note that GMs may wish to utilize 5% increments to make things simple.