CLASSIC FANTASY - A Return to the Dawn of Roleplaying

[Skunkape]

Thanks for including the Pirate write up. I've wanted to purchase this book for a while now and seeing how you've built a character to use the BRP system but give the flavor of AD&D to the character's class/profession, really makes me want to purchase the book! Soon as I get my tax return, I know where $30.00 is going!

[Vile]

Damn you, threedeesix*, you're really making it hard for me to go through with my project of building a pure Moldvay/Cook B/X book for BRP! I may as well throw in the towel now and just get yours!

*in the nicest possible way, of course

[threedeesix]

Damn you, threedeesix*, you're really making it hard for me to go through with my project of building a pure Moldvay/Cook B/X book for BRP! I may as well throw in the towel now and just get yours!

*in the nicest possible way, of course

This project got it's start as a conversion of the Basic/Expert set way back during the playtest of BRP. It was one of several settings I used to test the system and just happened to be the one I chose to run with when Jason Durall suggested I make a proposal to Chaosium.

I made almost a 100 page conversion document for the playtest but the text is not my own so I would not feel right uploading here. Plus it's loaded with Elmore art. I do love looking through it however, for there are parts that are the direct predecessor to Classic Fantasy.

Thanks for your interest.

Rod

[Vile]

Hah, that's almost exactly what I started doing (although I'm more of an Otus fan now)! Great minds clearly think alike!

[threedeesix]

I don't want to go getting my hopes up, and I don't want to steal anyone elses thunder if this is actually about their book, but this is from Chaosiums website noting some of the upcoming projects...

Project 8: The first draft of this book was completed late last year. It's currently being tweaked and expanded. Art direction will begin once project five is finished.

I havn't heard one way or another, but it sure does fit the current state of Classic Fantasy. Boy, I hope so.

Rod

[Bygoneyrs]

I have this book myself and it does do a pretty good job making me think of using BRP to revamp my D&D ver 3.5 d20 campaign but use BRP Fantasy instead.

Penn

[threedeesix]

I have this book myself and it does do a pretty good job making me think of using BRP to revamp my D&D ver 3.5 d20 campaign but use BRP Fantasy instead.

Penn

Thanks Penn, it took a long time to write and I hope it was worth it. Vol II is proving as time consuming.

Rod

[Bygoneyrs]

For me that love for D&D , AD&D, and ver 2.5 D&D will "always" be there. Oh I finally converted my D&D over to ver 3.5 d20 a few years back, BUT when D&D announced ver 4 D&D I said NO MORE. I refuse to revamp my system again. For a while before Pathfinder came out with their ver 3.5.1 d20 revised rules set, I was thinking about using Hero Systems Fantasy Hero v5 Revised rules set, BUT they to decided to upgrade to version 6 HS. I shook my head and said no thank you to that. Then stated looking around at different systems, and returned back to BRP d100. I have for years based many of my own House Rules off of elements taken from BRP. I started to buy everything BRP and reread the system again. I can see now for me, just redoing my game system using BRP with my own magic system would be best. It will help return me back to my roots and feelings of the past where the real goal was actually Roleplaying, not Min-Max rule bashing. Keep it simple and fun, and focus on the roleplaying...that is what I like. There is no greater feeling than to sit at the head of the table durring a game and sit back and watch ones players analize a situation and with such zeal and excitement that you can see that everyone is have a awesome time...including myself. Sitting there with my friends that have played with me for 13-15 yrs now, and watching them all talk at once. Each with their own pile of books, dice bags, figures, toy props, and there all men (5 to 7) my own rough age (late 40s to mid 50s). Now that is what gaming is all about, true table top RPGing at it's best.

I look forward to your 2nd book Rod!

Penn

[Skunkape]

Finally bought this the other day, now I impatiently wait for it's arrival!

[threedeesix]

Finally bought this the other day, now I impatiently wait for it's arrival!

Awesome and thanks. Drop me a PM when you get it and I'll see about getting you the updated PDF.

Rod