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RUNNING GAMES IN ARGOS VII TRADE The citizens of Argos refer to their kingdom as the trading capital of the world, and the kingdom may very well be that. Everything is traded somewhere in the kingdom. Wide rivers and caravan routes lead to the Hyborian nations. And the many seaports on the...

CONAN THE NEWSPAPER STRIPS I started reading this, and I am quite surprised! Quite pleasantly surprised! I'm just into the first story, but it's good! I'm really enjoying it. Of course, this first story is written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by John Buscema. Later, I see that Ernie...

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SHIPS OF ARGOS - COASTER A coaster is a generic term used for ships, like the aforementioned Cog, that are designed to sail within sight of the coastline. There are several types of vessels used during the Hyborian Age, and some are unique vessels built by a Kushite tribe, a city-state in...

DECIPHER SCRIPT and LITERACY Decipher Script is the skill used for reading (and writing). Thus, give every PC 2 bonus skill points to be used on Decipher Script (only) if the player wishes his character to be literate. NPCs do not get the extra points, though they can improve the skill...

ARGOSSEAN SCHOLARS Argosseans revile sorcery, so any sorcerers in Argos will hide their talents. Slaves often take the Scholar class to be tutors for the Nobles and Merchant Houses. Free men tutors are Scholars, selling their services to any who can afford them. All sorts of merchants...

DIPLOMACY for HAGGLE What is the root of haggling? Negotiating, right? And, what skill is used for negotiating in the game? Diplomacy. Although other skills can be substituted, when you want to dice the bargaining between NPC and player (instead of roleplaying it out), use Diplomacy...

A NOTE ON THE SCHOLAR CLASS If you come from a long background in D&D, then you may think of a Scholar character as a Sage--as an old, wizened man with a long white beard that knows arcane languages and has at his command knowledge that has not been spoken of in centuries. Well, you can...

SHIPS OF ARGOS - COG This is a Cog. It's a vessel type that is seen off the shores of Argos and up and down the continent. It is a very common merchant vessel. Single mast. Square rigged sail. Slaves are sometimes used for the oars. Cogs range in length from 50-80 feet. The beam is...

RUNNING GAMES IN ARGOS VI THE PEOPLE TOIL Argosseans have a strong work ethic. The people are apprenticed at age 8. Characters have full time jobs at age 14-15. If starting a new character, consider this (age 14 or 15) to be the youngest starting age for a Level 1 character. The...

RUNNING GAMES IN ARGOS V THE GM CRUTCH When thinking of Argos, think of the Hyborian Age with a strong dose of Coastal Ancient Greece. You can see that influence in the ethnic type of the people, in their technology and architecture, in their style of dress. It's not an exact copy of...

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SLAINE Mongoose produced a Slaine RPG. It is d20 3.0 based, and there is a campaign that goes through four adventures: The Invulnerable King Teeth Of the Moon Sow The Ragnarok Book Way of The Horned God I own these, and looking through them, they'd make for a good conversion to a...

RUINS OF HYBORIA Despite the name of this book*, it is truly an excellent sourcebook for your Conan game. Consider it a tool for the GM. It will help you create your own dungeon-type locations, and the book is very useful in converting 3.0/3.5 D&D and/or Pathfinder adventures for use in...

FANTASY TO CONAN - CONVERSION NOTES LOW LEVEL ADVENTURE When I'm Conan-izing an adventure that was written for D&D or some other game universe, I look for low level adventures first, and I prefer adventures written for d20 3.0/3.5 or Pathfinder. I like low level stuff because those tend to...

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