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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5271546" data-attributes="member: 92305">Yes, Howard based the Cimmerians on the Celts. Most of the races in Howard's Hyborian Age have a real-life counterpart. Aquilonians are based on medieval French. Zingarans are medieval Spanish. People from Argos and Corinthia are based on the sea-going and inland ancient Greeks, repsectively. The Nordheimr are based on a Viking culture, etc. You might notice that, in the Age of Conan MMO, the Cimmerians speak with an Irish accent. In the new Dark Horse comics, there is a definite "Celtic feel" to the Cimmerian look.  <img src="http://www.conan.com/content/100000.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://www.conan.com/content/cary1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/features/conan1/images/conan1_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> And, it seems that the producers of the upcoming Conan movie are doing their homework as the stills that are making their way onto the net show a very "Celtic" influenced Conan. <img src="http://salondelmal.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/conan-momoa.jpg?w=595&h=396" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://salondelmal.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/conan-mamoa-1.jpg?w=595&h=398" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> You're welcome to take anything you want in my thread. That's why I'm posting it there. But, you might want to be careful, too. As I state in the OP, not all of this is my creation from idea germ to seed to description. I've taken a lot from the Conan RPG and some things from other sources. I'll take anything that makes my game a more interesting place for my players to explore. While this is fine for a GM and his gamers, if you're thinking of publishing, there might be some copyright issues with some ideas. For example, the Ras Croi is completely my invention. I made that up from start to finish--the race, the punts, the route, the obstacles...everything came up out of my own creativity. I even used a Celtic word generator to create the words "Ras Croi". But a similiar thing I mention is the Grulklim. That, I took, completely, from a Conan RPG sourcebook called Cities of Hyboria. And, the idea of Storm Peace, I found in a free D&D adventure download on the WotC site. Now, I'm sure the writers of the Conan RPG got their ideas from researching ancient Celtic and Gaelic ways--so, what's copyrightable and what's not might get messy. In saying this, I just want to make you aware that everything I've posted here has not leaped 100% from my mind only. I've used sourcebooks for what they were meant to be used for: springboards to ideas that will make my game an interesting place to explore.</blockquote>

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