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    I'm not saying that you have to like the D20 system, or sell it to you - just that much of the setting stuff included is pretty much usable in any system (as are most games, on one level or another). What I am saying is that it isn't that difficult to convert D20 material into BRP normal operations - A Class merely becomes a Profession of sort, and so on. The complete Mongoose 'Deluxe' RuneQuest rules are downloadable on this site for free, btw, if you are interested in checking them out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TrippyHippy View Post
    I'm not saying that you have to like the D20 system, or sell it to you - just that much of the setting stuff included is pretty much usable in any system (as are most games, on one level or another). What I am saying is that it isn't that difficult to convert D20 material into BRP normal operations - A Class merely becomes a Profession of sort, and so on. The complete Mongoose 'Deluxe' RuneQuest rules are downloadable on this site for free, btw, if you are interested in checking them out.
    I'm Using the comics, books for the setting material. I buy quite a lot of rpg books already, so I'm not going to invest that way.
    The question was only related to the small tweaks already in the BRP system.

    Going to check RQ out tomorrow then.
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    Imagine the possibilities of mixing the pulp worlds of Howard and Lovecraft together...

    yeah that'll be nice.
    But honesty Howard's magic, dark gods and creatures are already "Lovecraftian"

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    Quote Originally Posted by cjvs View Post
    But honesty Howard's magic, dark gods and creatures are already "Lovecraftian"
    Yep, Howard wrote his Conan stories as his contribution to Lovecraft's
    Cthulhu mythos, and one could therefore even consider them as a "ca-
    nonical" part of the mythos.
    "Mind like parachute, function only when open."
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    When I've been tempted in that direction the old GURPS Conan book was useful for reference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KjetilKverndokken View Post
    I'm Using the comics, books for the setting material. I buy quite a lot of rpg books already, so I'm not going to invest that way.
    The question was only related to the small tweaks already in the BRP system.
    The comics and books are great stuff. Now to get back to the CoC / Hyboria linkage in BRP. You could look into cthulhu dark ages book.

    A few good things about CoC and Howard's works - the bad guys are bad and one can justly dishin' out death to magi and cultists and the magic and powers (that be) are evil, their use; dangerous and reality breaking for the participants(SAN).

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    I would use SB 1 - 4 as the core, add in Allegiance from Elric!/SB5 but use it
    more like a corruption mechanic (Chaos only, with maybe specific Allegiances
    to particular Dark Gods). I would also judiciously use much of the Sorcery and
    Fetish stuff from Corum, and Traits and Passions as well.

    Ian

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    Thanks for all the suggestion -I went for and are using MG Runequest - as it had very good expansion on a fantasy ruleset.
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    I was going to play Conan using Stormbringer rules a few years ago. I bought the Conan D20 book as a reference to Hyboria, but then found that pretty much all the information was available in one form or another on the web.

    I didn't think I needed to tweak the Stormbringer rules a lot, but getting the background into the rules was the biggest effort: setting up professions by nation, creature stats, NPC stats, deities.... .

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    Fortunately the work has been done for you.....

    GREYCROWN's Gaming Stuff

    Riders:
    I didn't do any of this work and can take no credit.
    Mr Posey certainly used to haunt BRP forums but his site has been down for a while. (Hence the link above goes via wayback machine)
    If Stephen or the original authors object to me posting this then I will obviously remove the link.



    Al
    Any factual errors or spelling mistakes in the above are deliberate and put there purely to annoy YOU

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