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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snoweel" data-source="post: 1395584" data-attributes="member: 4453">So I recently purchased the Conan RPG, and was impressed with the changes made to the d20 ruleset. I think they did well taking item-dependence out of the game, and the magic system is simply brilliant.That said, I prefer more of a streamlined, cinematic combat than the high 'realism', grim 'n gritty style supported by the Conan rules.Anyway, my gripe is really with Hyboria.I've never read any of the Conan novels, so didn't know much about Hyboria, but after hearing so much about it, and seeing the dedication of the huge fanbase, I was pretty excited to have a look at it.I was quite disappointed to say the least.It's not so much that the Hyborian age is simply absurd as an even fictional postulation of Earth's prehistory* (though it surprises me that a construction worker like myself can have a better grasp of history than an academic like Howard) but rather that Hyboria's history (and thus culture development) is only slightly more internally consistent than a world like Greyhawk, which was built around the early, unconnected modules, and the many and varied locations described therein.So what I'm asking is, why the hype? Is it just the flavourful characters and locations of Howard's Hyboria (which I admit are very good) or do you, the lovers of the Conan stories, truly believe the setting is any better than Greyhawk, the Realms, et al.?Note, I'm not rubbishing Hyboria. Neither am I rubbishing Greyhawk or the Realms. All are settings with countless inspirational elements, and I've ripped them all off in my own homebrew.But I've seen other settings, both published and homebrewed, that are far superior to any of these big-name settings.So why the hype?Why do you love Robert Howard's Hyborian Age over all others?*N.B. Yes, I'm aware that Howard didn't claim Hyboria to be the actual prehistory of Earth.</blockquote>

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