Green Ronin's Eternal Rome

[tetsujin28]

This one has nonhumans? Why? Both Testament and Trojan War did just fine without them.

 

[Pramas]

This one has nonhumans? Why? Both Testament and Trojan War did just fine without them.

The default is human PCs, as with previous books. There's just a short discussion on how you could use some of the other core races with the material if you wanted to.

 

[Ranger REG]

Pramas, you thief! You keep robbing a huge portion of my income everytime you release a hot product.



I can't wait for the print version to hit my store soon.

 

[johnsemlak]

It's not something that is coming soon, but we will be doing a Legends of Rome at some point that will follow the similar format of our other legends books: all new core classes (and some prc classes) and alternate magic system.

This one looks pretty well done. No doubt I will look to reuse some OGC. GR products rarely disappoints.

Do you have an estimated release date for this? Also, what other 'Legends of...' have you done?

 

[ptolemy18]

The default is human PCs, as with previous books. There's just a short discussion on how you could use some of the other core races with the material if you wanted to.

I'm already running a Roman-era campaign (with limited demihuman races) and I cannot WAIT to get this book!!!

I loved TESTAMENT, TESTAMENT: THE HITTITES, and EGYPTIAN ADVENTURES (even if my review on rpg.net seemed like I didn't totally like it -- sorry, Green Ronin), as well as TROJAN WAR to a slightly lesser extent, and I can't wait to get ETERNAL ROME. It sounds like a good balance of fantasy and real history.

I'm waiting for the print version, however. I hope it comes out soon.

Jason

 

[johnsemlak]

So is it more D&D set in Rome than something like OGL Ancients, which was all new classes and magic system? (Both can work, I liked the 2nd edition AD&D supplement for Rome, which this sounds like)

I just looked at your review of OGL Ancients. Would this book be usable for a Roman setting..it is meant to cover an earlier time period, but it seems like it could be used for a Roman campaign, with a few additions.

 

[trancejeremy]

I just looked at your review of OGL Ancients. Would this book be usable for a Roman setting..it is meant to cover an earlier time period, but it seems like it could be used for a Roman campaign, with a few additions.

Well, I think it would handle the Romans themselves pretty well, since in many ways, they were the successors to the Greeks, and OGL Ancients focuses on the Greeks & Egyptians (and a lesser extent the Persians).

But you'd have to do some (probably a lot of) work filling in the rest of the world. Barbarians from the West & East (you could probably borrow some of Slaine for the Celts, anyway), Carthaginians, both in terms of apropriate classes and equipment.

I've been hoping that the same author would eventually put out an OGL Rome from Mongoose, but Mongoose seems to have killed off the OGL Line, since I don't think they sold well.

 

[Pramas]

I'm waiting for the print version, however. I hope it comes out soon.

The print version should be out in just a few weeks.

Chris Pramas
Green Ronin

 

[ptolemy18]

I just looked at your review of OGL Ancients. Would this book be usable for a Roman setting..it is meant to cover an earlier time period, but it seems like it could be used for a Roman campaign, with a few additions.

I wouldn't recommend OGL Ancients. It's just a smidgen of historical material padded out with tons of regurgitated OGL content (surprise!). Also I hate the whole "Attack Roll, Defense Roll, Armor Roll" thing which Mongoose uses (three times as many rolls to resolve a single attack?!? Is somebody nuts?!) Check out my review on rpg.net.

Jason Thompson

 

[Crothian]

I'm so looking forward to this book. As long as Green Ronin keeps doing this sort of history books, I'm buying.

OGL ancients is not good, but there is some really useful things in there if you can find it cheap.