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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7440663" data-attributes="member: 92305">SCROLLSWhen converting a standard D&D adventure, or an adventure from most other fantasy games, for use in a Conan game, the GM will most likely dispense with most of the "drops" that are common in such things.  Things like +1 daggers, rings of invisibility, cloaks of protection, and what not are either dropped from the adventure completely or converted to their mundane counterparts.One idea that a GM can use for magical scrolls is to change them to herbal recipes.  There are lots of concoctions to be found in the various Conan RPG supplements that show items that can be created with the Craft (Herbalism) or Craft (Alchemy) skills. Plus, there are other, non-Conan supplements that feature lots of usable herbalism ideas.So, when converting a D&D adventure for use with a Conan game, a GM comes across a scroll of magic missile, he might want to consider either dropping the item all together, or making it a mundane item (like blank parchment--which is rare and can be sold...or making the scroll a note that is a clue or "pull" to another adventure), or substituting the magic missile scroll for something like a recipe for the herbal drug, Grey Desert Lotus*.*Grey Desert Lotus is something I found in the adventure anthology called The Spider-God's Bride and Other Tales of Swords and Sorcery, published by Xoth.net Publishing.Isn't that a much more interesting item to put into your game rather than a plain old Magic Missile spell?  If the players are interested, herbalism could become a major focus in your campaign.Note, though, that herbalistic items are rarely found for sale in many parts of the Known World.  Civilized and uncivilized communities, alike, view herbalism as a finger of sorcery!  Thus, one who dabbles in the effects of plants may find himself outcast or even hunted by society at large.  Jealous priests look upon such things as either Holy--something reserved for the most Holy of their religion--or as Evil--something that needs to be smited from the face of the Earth!</blockquote>

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