[HARP] Back to the Dungeon [Full]

Anyone interested in giving HARP a test drive? I've had the books for a while (have even read the main book), but haven't played. I'd like to, so...

I'm thinking a quick, one-off back-to-the-dungeon type of thing (probably using an old 1e dungeon to test it out). Four players, one character each, main book only, I'll roll stats using Invisible Castle, and we'll just run from there. I'm thinking that we'll pick it up right at the start of the action (just at the dungeon door). It's not to say that there won't be RPing, but that I want to start in with action.

Stat Rolling:
Because of the high baseline that I set when I rolled Vargo's scores, I've been rerolling everyone's stats twice and dropping the lower of the two rerolls. Players can then use the original stats or the higher of the rerolls. Just FYI.

Teflon Billy's been quoted as saying that HARP's more D&D than D&D (or something like that). I want to find out if he's right.

First four to post are in.

Nick

pardon my ignorance but... What is HARP?

High Adventure Role-Playing, a stripped down variant of Rolemaster (which isn't quite the best way to describe it, as it was built from the ground up, not the top down, but it does have some similarities to RM), from Iron Crown Enterprises.

Nick

Booga. I'm in.

Good deal. If you'd like to get a head start on character generation, here're the stats I rolled at Invisible Castle: 97, 47, 74, 99, 56, 78, 52, 87. You can arrange those any way you like.

Nick

There's no place like HARP, there's no place like HARP.

I'll give it a shot

Nice. Welcome aboard. Your stats: 85, 46, 85, 67, 86, 49, 60, 52.

Note: Vargo's stats set a high baseline, and I want everyone to be fairly evenly-matched, so I did reroll yours twice. This is the second reroll. I'll do this for everyone who joins if they like. If anyone's super-hardcore and wants to take their original roll, I'll link to that, too.

adamantineangel's original roll

Nick

I should have something by tonight or tomorrow. Any guidelines or suggestions?

Hey, Kajamba, can I get in if I just download the free Lite rules? I can't see investing in another game system that I'll never play tabletop, but I'd love to be in a game you run.

adamantineangel: Nothing past what I've said above (core book only), and I'll be running a dungeon from an old 1e mod, so...that might help you get at a feel for the game I'm looking to run.

JimAde: Should be able to, AFAIK they're enough to play with. You can try out these stats: 68, 72, 99, 40, 98, 71, 55, 98 (original roll). Speaking of high baselines...

Nick