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You only get it for your first ten character levels, regardless of multiclassing.

But surely a horse archer culture like the Meadow Shemites with Soldier as favoured class would have Handle Animal as a class skill when taking levels in Soldier? It seems a reasonable exception to the rule that most soldiers do not. Question: Why do Zamorians have Shemite as a bonus language...

Not my adventure, but I don't see the problem running it as is, GOR references and all. I don't believe any of the players are going to be barbarians, so it shouldn't be a problem. I'm starting them off as mercenaries in a big battle (losing side), then fast-forwarding to them high-tailing it to...

Just finished the book (minus the sorcery section, which I'll look at tomorrow). Figured out some of the combat mechanics that were confusing me. NEW! I've just noticed that hit dice only go up through 10th level; after that, classes get a fixed number of measley hit points (1-2, based on...

What? But I love GOR! :D Everything I need to know about women I learned from reading GOR novels. That's why the ladies call me "The Incredible Hunk"! Here I am carrying off my latest doe-eyed conquest to prove it. ;)

Some countries did use plate armor (sparingly), such as Aquilonia/Poitan and Koth. It's in the Howard stories, even if it does seem a bit out of place. Here's a link to my Conan: First Impressions thread, which points out highlights and errors. What would a Mongoose book be without errors? :p...

There is an excellent free adventure "Slaver's Caravan" available at http://hyboria.xoth.net/adventures/index.htm It is set in Shadizar and Arenjun, is open-ended and includes some slave and trull details based on John Norman's GOR novels and the d20 book of sex. I think this is a great free...

[EDIT: March 11, 2004] IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS LONG-RUNNING THREAD, READ THIS: Iron Chef here! You've stumbled upon one spicy meatball of a thread if you love the new Conan RPG. I've altered the name of this thread from "CONAN: FIRST IMPRESSIONS" to reflect the vast amount of new ideas...

Am I now to be the target of flames for trying to steer this thread back on topic? I posted *on topic* originally in an effort to get this thread back on course, then you verbal brawlers posted more nonsense harping on each other back and forth. I merely called for order. To attack me thus...

Priceowl is pretty kewl. I forgot about Buy.com and now I know where to get Conan the cheapest ($20 off!).

All this talk of "elitist snob Harniacs" being a reason not to play a game or even check out the rules (especially when they're FREE in this day and age of the $30-65 core rulebook) seems pointless to me. Every system has its elitist snobs, from d20 to Warhammer to HarnMaster. It's only natural...

Shouldn't this thread be about the merits of HarnMaster, or such? For some reason, whenever the name "Harn" pops up here, it always causes a controversy and ends up degenerating into a "my game can beat up your game!" argument. I'm not going to waste time going into that mess again. I don't...

The Mongoose warehouse in is Texas, not London, so that's not the reason.

I'm having a tough time picking a spot for my first Conan RPG Hyborian Age campaign, and am wondering where my fellow DM's will be setting their initial adventures and why. I've read eleven Conan books in the past two weeks in preparation. Many of the books take place in different countries, so...

Conan RPG price tag now raised at Amazon.com to the full cover price of $49.95! The correct cover art is up and the shipping time is now listed as "usually ships in 1-2 weeks". My pre-order (placed weeks ago) is still at the discounted rate but hasn't shipped yet. I checked Wal-Mart.com and...

Just finished CONAN THE MERCENARY, so I'm posting my thoughts as promised. This book is a *huge* disappointment after reading Offut's excellent CONAN AND THE SORCERER and THE SWORD OF SKELOS. THE MERCENARY seems pointless (it does set up events for Howard's A WITCH SHALL BE BORN, however, but...

I'm still not done with CONAN THE MERCENARY, but only have about 40 pages to go, considering all the illustrations taking up page count. I would have to agree with you that this book kind of sucks. It seems rushed, the writing is sloppy, the characters not as interesting as the other two books...

One more bump since I started this thread over the weekend when a lot of people probably missed it. Cheap sources of gaming books always seem to be appreciated. :D

Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed hardcover had a bunch of new spell "templates" in it (acid, hallowed, lightning, etc.); these added extra effects (such as bonus electricity damage) to any spell cast with the templates applied. Thus making a "lightning mage" (frex) actually have his spells crackle...

Although I plan on using the Hyborian setting, much of the game's value comes from the ability it will give me to run Conanesque d20 in ANY setting, the same way Call of Cthulhu, Star Wars, Spycraft or d20 Modern can be adapted to other settings. However, none of them will make it so darn EASY...