Chaos & Catacombs

[Trifletraxor]

ETA for the project?

SGL.

[GianniVacca]

Funny.. I did something similar (in French) a few years ago: BaSIC Donjons et Dragons

[threedeesix]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

ETA for the project?

SGL.

I can’t even guess at an actual release date because as a monograph I'm responsible for the layout and art as well. What I can tell you is what I have done at this time.

Chapter 1: Introduction; 3 pages briefly describing C&C

Chapter 2: Characters; 21 pages consisting of character creation, new and changed professions to correspond to some “other games” character classes, new and changed races etc.

Chapter 3: Skills; 10 pages of new and changed skills

Chapter 4: Powers; 12 pages of new “Magic” spells. A system modifying the magic system for cleric spells, several cleric spells, and an equivalent to the “magic” staff for clerics called a sanctified relic.

Chapter 6: Combat; A 22 page miniatures combat system. Not a whole new system, just a new way of looking at the normal BRP combat rules. DEX ranks replaced with Actions. What took 5 DEX ranks now takes 1 action. Includes diagrams for illustrating everything from facing and zones of control, to reach and line of sight. Even rules for where your arrow went after it missed that orc.

Chapter 11: Creatures; 34 pages of classic creatures like different colored dragons, sub-types of giants, and everything from the lowly kobold to the fearsome lich.

All of the above are first drafts and 12 point type, single column so will be less when laid out, it includes many notes of things to add or change as I came across problems after writing later chapters. Once these problems are corrected and the additions added I will choose some playtesters for the new combat and magic system as well as character creation before I move on to the final 6 chapters.

I suffered a setback after planning on writing all weekend when my computer got some “vondu” virus thing that I could not get rid of, so I spent the weekend backing everything up and reformatting my hard drive.

Finally, I figured I would release as a bonus, the background for humans. I wasn’t sure how to handle them as being a spoof, and essentially taking all the stereotypes and blowing them all out of proportion, I realized humans didn’t really have one particular stereotype in fantasy gaming, then I remembered all the “half” races.

Human
Humans are the dominant race of the World of Fantasyland™. They can be found inhabiting just about every piece of real estate on the planet. This has brought them into conflict with everyone at one point or another and compared to the other races they breed like rabbits on prom night. Each race has a different view of humanity. The dwarves think humans are nothing more than children who can’t take care of themselves, construct items of shoddy workmanship and sometimes just need a good beating. The half-lings view humans as easy marks, and have weaseled there way into human society, slowly plotting. Finally the elves think humans are clumsy, wasteful, destructive backwater hicks that will mate with anything. This has already resulted in the half-elf, half-orc and more than likely the half-ling, although no trace of the original ling race survives to this day. It’s an unpleasant and embarrassing fact that just about every half human - half animal species on the planet, from the gnoll to the rakshasa, can trace its origins back to the human race, and probably one lone ranger.

Rodney Leary

[threedeesix]

Originally Posted by GianniVacca

Funny.. I did something similar (in French) a few years ago: BaSIC Donjons et Dragons

I downloaded it years ago when I was looking for a D&D type conversion of BRP for my home game. As I don't speak French I didn't get much out of it though.

I do love your website though. Lots of great stuff.

Rod

[NickMiddleton]

Originally Posted by threedeesix

... This has already resulted in the half-elf, half-orc and more than likely the half-ling, although no trace of the original ling race survives to this day...

Isn't Ling a type of fish?





Nick Middleton

[GianniVacca]

Originally Posted by threedeesix

It’s an unpleasant and embarrassing fact that just about every half human - half animal species on the planet, from the gnoll to the rakshasa, can trace its origins back to the human race, and probably one lone ranger.

ROTFL
(and I haven't used 'ROTFL' in a forum for a very long time!)

[Chaot]

By the way, 3d6, check your PMs.

[threedeesix]

Originally Posted by Chaot

By the way, 3d6, check your PMs.

Done Chalot. Sorry I always forget to check that.

Rod

[sladethesniper]

It’s an unpleasant and embarrassing fact that just about every half human - half animal species on the planet, from the gnoll to the rakshasa, can trace its origins back to the human race, and probably one lone ranger.

Very nicely done, sir. Very nice indeed. Sounds a lot like GI's.

-STS

[frogspawner]

Nit-pick alert! Saying "hybrid" would work better there than "half human - half animal". Still funny though!
And to think, all these years it's the poor old Orcs that have been reviled for fecund miscegnation...