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<blockquote data-quote="Mog Elffoe" data-source="post: 1302380" data-attributes="member: 793">Whenever Conan encountered stuff that was 'Lovecraftian' it was generally all he could do to survive, both mentally and physically.&nbsp; Conan's a fight or flight kind of guy, and flight always suited him better in these situations.Yeah, but what's to compare in these cases, really?&nbsp; Both are shining examples of their relative styles.&nbsp; So now it's Pulp style vs Epic style?&nbsp; Okay...&nbsp; Comparing the two directly is apples and oranges.&nbsp; I don't see the point.&nbsp; Tonguez sums up the differences pretty nicely in his post, I think.Now if you want to compare the Tolkien's Middle-Earth setting to Howard's Hyboria setting with actual gaming in mind that's a whole different thing.&nbsp; We've had a couple of posts regarding this but that's pretty much it.&nbsp; Personally, I'm really looking forward to Mongoose's d20 Conan book.&nbsp; I picked up the GURPS Conan book ages ago, and even ran a couple of games with it set in Hyboria, but my players have all converted over to either d20 or Savage Worlds games nowadays so I think I'll have better luck getting them to play this new version.One of the big complaints about a low-magic seting has been lack of magical&nbsp; healing and someone mentioned a 'reserve point' system or sometyhing like it.&nbsp; This is new to me.&nbsp; Any details available?&nbsp; Or directions to them at any rate?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mog Elffoe, post: 1302380, member: 793"] Whenever Conan encountered stuff that was 'Lovecraftian' it was generally all he could do to survive, both mentally and physically. Conan's a fight or flight kind of guy, and flight always suited him better in these situations. Yeah, but what's to compare in these cases, really? Both are shining examples of their relative styles. So now it's Pulp style vs Epic style? Okay... Comparing the two directly is apples and oranges. I don't see the point. Tonguez sums up the differences pretty nicely in his post, I think. Now if you want to compare the Tolkien's Middle-Earth setting to Howard's Hyboria setting with actual gaming in mind that's a whole different thing. We've had a couple of posts regarding this but that's pretty much it. Personally, I'm really looking forward to Mongoose's d20 Conan book. I picked up the GURPS Conan book ages ago, and even ran a couple of games with it set in Hyboria, but my players have all converted over to either d20 or Savage Worlds games nowadays so I think I'll have better luck getting them to play this new version. One of the big complaints about a low-magic seting has been lack of magical healing and someone mentioned a 'reserve point' system or sometyhing like it. This is new to me. Any details available? Or directions to them at any rate? [/QUOTE]

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