Q&A with the new BRP Author

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by Enpeze

How did you solve the close relationship of the strombringer spell system to the moorcock universe if it is ought to be rather generic?

It was easy to remove the idiosyncratic spells, and it is my opinion that the sorcery system from Elric! was utterly unsupported by the source material. I'm a 1st edition Stormbringer man.

Originally Posted by Enpeze

Are the sorcery rules from Stormbringer complete? (spells system and demon/elemental summoning)

No. Just sorcery with a few spells relating to demon/elemental summoning, and two demons and four elementals in the bestiary.

Originally Posted by Enpeze

Whats with rune magic of the bronze grimoire? Did you include it?

No. I think it would make a fine source of material for a BRP magic book, though, if anyone wanted to write it.

Originally Posted by Enpeze

Did you rename spells?

Yes. Removed Moorcockian names and made them (a bit too) generic. Further renaming is encouraged.

Originally Posted by Enpeze

which base chances of normal skills and weapon skills did you choose? More along the line of CoC or any other edition of BRP? Or completely new?

Melee from SB, firearms from CoC, both adjusted as need be. New values devised where appropriate.

[tal]

Will there be rules for space ship combat?
For those of us that have the original box sets of products like super world-How compatable will the new super power rules be with the old?

[Simlasa]

Any changes to the way automatic weapons work in COC?

[badcat]

No included scenarios...384 pages of BRP rules....

Want. Want.....WANT.

[badcat]

Just for clarification...I am a 1st ed. SB man as well...the base weapon stats are based on 1e Stormbringer, you say?

And I am not quite sure from the above, are there demon generation rules, per se?

[Joseph Paul]

Jason- Thank you for you kind consideration in addressing this forum. You are a brave, brave man.

What market is BRP aimed at?

Do you expect to compete head-to-head with GURPS and HERO?

BRP seems to have always been weak on gearhead stuff like rules for making things, vehicles, new weapons, as well as breaking , burning, and breaching obstacles. Has this been addressed in the core book? If not are there plans to do so?

BRP seemed content to operate within a strictly game sense i.e. an abstracted SIZ instead of mass and volume in English or metric measures. Has the system been tied into the real world any better?

Was it planned for the powers to balance against one another so that one does not dominate?

Will the optional rules bring BRP up to the level of other multi-genre games in terms of tactical options and finesse?

What parts of it are you not content with as a designer?

Thanks
Joseph Paul

[badcat]

'up to the level of'...you really think GURPS is better. Wow.

I look at it just the reverse, but we have been over that already, I guess.

So whadya think, Jason, is BRP going to be 'brought up to the level of GURPS, err "other multi-genre games"' with the release of this book? I'd sort of like to know, myself.

Because if I thought that was the case, it would be a deal-breaker.

[Joseph Paul]

Badcat- You are right we have been over that and yes I do think that GURPS currently has a lead on the multi-genre, detailed combat, crunchy systems. If I can't get the resolution that I want for my games then BRP is no good for me. Of course I won't know that until I have purchased my copy.

What I would like to see is the GURPS attention to detail and Chaosium's elegance with rules. I am encouraged to hear that the rules have actually been extensively "revised and expanded" and not just cut and pasted.

Perhaps Jason could convince the Chaosium staff to authorize some pre-publication sneak peeks?

Joseph Paul

[Joseph Paul]

Jason- Further questions if you don't mind.

What were the goals you had in mind when revising and updating the rules?

Just to get them to work together?

Make them model certain types of play better?

Reality testing them?

Other?

Joseph Paul

BTW saw your post on RPGNet of the addition to the family. Congratulations! You will get to sleep again someday.

[Lord Twig]

Here's an easy one.

Charisma or Appearance? Or something else?

P.S. Congratulations on the new baby! At least that is what I assume it is. I have a 2-month-old baby myself.