Help--what's this game or game setting?

[canucksaram]

I read a game setting the other day and can't find it again. It was a dark fantasy setting, Iron Age technology, with two forms of magic that are opposed and mutate their wielders. The magic wasn't good vs. evil, but more order vs. chaos. I don't know if it used RQ6 or some other rules set. There was a one page black and white cheatsheet that set up the game for players. The PCs are warriors serving a noble house, or something similar.

Does anyone know this game and have a link to its page?

Thanks!

 

[pming]

Hiya!

Totally wild guess here... Elric? It was put out originally by Chaosium, IIRC, and used the 'original' RQ rules. I think is has a more Law v Chaos vibe, and I think the magic can change the users.

One more wild guess... Lankhmar? It too uses the RQ rules set. It definitely has that Law v Chaos vibe going on. I'm not sure about the mutating of casters, but I can see it simply because of Sheelba and Ningaboul (have no idea how to spell those names). Very swords and sorcery. Which brings me to my last one...

Maybe it was... Conan? Pretty much everyone is a warrior type, with sorcerers being extremely rare and, basically, doomed to end up insane and twisted in both morals and body. Not sure about the Law v Chaos thing though...

^_^

Paul L. Ming

 

[aramis erak]

I read a game setting the other day and can't find it again. It was a dark fantasy setting, Iron Age technology, with two forms of magic that are opposed and mutate their wielders. The magic wasn't good vs. evil, but more order vs. chaos. I don't know if it used RQ6 or some other rules set. There was a one page black and white cheatsheet that set up the game for players. The PCs are warriors serving a noble house, or something similar.

Does anyone know this game and have a link to its page?

Thanks!

Did it use percentile rolls, or 1d20 rolls?

Did it have attributes, or skills or both? If so, what ranges?

 

[Hand of Evil]

Could be Warhammer.

 

[aramis erak]

Hiya!

Totally wild guess here... Elric? It was put out originally by Chaosium, IIRC, and used the 'original' RQ rules. I think is has a more Law v Chaos vibe, and I think the magic can change the users.

One more wild guess... Lankhmar? It too uses the RQ rules set. It definitely has that Law v Chaos vibe going on. I'm not sure about the mutating of casters, but I can see it simply because of Sheelba and Ningaboul (have no idea how to spell those names). Very swords and sorcery. Which brings me to my last one...

Maybe it was... Conan? Pretty much everyone is a warrior type, with sorcerers being extremely rare and, basically, doomed to end up insane and twisted in both morals and body. Not sure about the Law v Chaos thing though...

^_^

Paul L. Ming

1. Elric! was the 5th edition; Stormbringer was the 1E to 4E title. Both are more akin to RQ3 mechanically in the editions I've seen (not that that is a lot different.) 1E lacks mutation.
2. None of the Conan games I've seen have physical mutation. Not TSR's, not Mongoose's, not the two OldSchool D&D hacks.
3. Mongoose's Lankhmar does have physical deformations from casting. All are negative in nature.

 

[pming]

Hiya!

1. Elric! was the 5th edition; Stormbringer was the 1E to 4E title. Both are more akin to RQ3 mechanically in the editions I've seen (not that that is a lot different.) 1E lacks mutation.
2. None of the Conan games I've seen have physical mutation. Not TSR's, not Mongoose's, not the two OldSchool D&D hacks.
3. Mongoose's Lankhmar does have physical deformations from casting. All are negative in nature.

Oh well...it was at least worth a guess.

Hmmm...What about 1e Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay? Definitly not RQ-esque (other than it uses d100), but it is very much Law vs Chaos, and evil wizards (necromancers and demonologists) do get corrupted by magic. I believe the Realms of Chaos books have rules for extra things you could use, including Law "mutations" (IIRC; both books are sitting on my shelves, but I haven't looked at them in years...guess it's time to dust 'em off!).

^_^

Paul L. Ming

 

[canucksaram]

Thank you all for the suggestions and for trying to help. Sadly, I do not believe that it is any of the games mentioned so far. The game I'm inquiring about is an indie game, I think, or it is perhaps based on the BRP system; it is not a core rules set.

I'm still looking. I've combed through my machine to find my browsing history but so far no luck.