Medieval Player's Manual
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High Medieval
For those d20/OGL fans interested in a "realistic" medieval fanatsy games... stay tuned for the upcoming release from Morrigan Press of High Medieval.
High Medieval is a unique and exciting new campaign setting designed for the D20 System. Unlike other settings, High Medieval attempts to be historically accurate while still maintaining the fantasy elements that most role-players know and love. Essentially, the world of High Medieval is an alternate version of our own history where the folklore and legends of medieval cultures are real rather than imagined. Fairies and goblins really do live in the remote areas of the forest and dwarves do mine mineral riches deep in the mountains of the north. Most importantly, magic really exist and is seen as a constant threat by the dominant force in medieval Europe, the Church of Rome.
For those d20/OGL fans interested in a "realistic" medieval fanatsy games... stay tuned for the upcoming release from Morrigan Press of High Medieval.
High Medieval is a unique and exciting new campaign setting designed for the D20 System. Unlike other settings, High Medieval attempts to be historically accurate while still maintaining the fantasy elements that most role-players know and love. Essentially, the world of High Medieval is an alternate version of our own history where the folklore and legends of medieval cultures are real rather than imagined. Fairies and goblins really do live in the remote areas of the forest and dwarves do mine mineral riches deep in the mountains of the north. Most importantly, magic really exist and is seen as a constant threat by the dominant force in medieval Europe, the Church of Rome.
HalWhitewyrm
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When will there be more information about this new game/setting? I'm always interested in a historical roleplaying product. 
Joël of the FoS
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Indeed, as this Dark Ages manual. I'll try to find reviews of this Medieval Player's Manual.
Joël
Joël
morrigan
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High Medieval
We will be updating our website with more information on High Medieval in the next week or two. Along with the core book, there are currently 3 regional sourcebooks in development (Charlemagne's Legacy: High Medieval France, The Celtic Lands: High Medeival Scotland, Ireland & Wales and Cross and Crescent: The Holy Lands.
The game will be OGL based. I.E. largely d20 but will have chargen rules so we can't use the d20 logo. Magic is different from core d20 for sure. Non-human races exist but are few and far between. The core book will not have non-human characters. These will be added in an optional supplement. Character classes will combine features of D&D and d20 Modern in that they use talent trees at the core class level. Advanced classes are more like PrCs. As would be expected from a medieval game, social class will play a big role in character types.
If you have specific questions about the game, feel free to post them here and I'll do my best to answer them.
HalWhitewyrm said:When will there be more information about this new game/setting? I'm always interested in a historical roleplaying product.
We will be updating our website with more information on High Medieval in the next week or two. Along with the core book, there are currently 3 regional sourcebooks in development (Charlemagne's Legacy: High Medieval France, The Celtic Lands: High Medeival Scotland, Ireland & Wales and Cross and Crescent: The Holy Lands.
The game will be OGL based. I.E. largely d20 but will have chargen rules so we can't use the d20 logo. Magic is different from core d20 for sure. Non-human races exist but are few and far between. The core book will not have non-human characters. These will be added in an optional supplement. Character classes will combine features of D&D and d20 Modern in that they use talent trees at the core class level. Advanced classes are more like PrCs. As would be expected from a medieval game, social class will play a big role in character types.
If you have specific questions about the game, feel free to post them here and I'll do my best to answer them.
arnon
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Aaron said:
There are many devisions of the Middle Ages (please, please, please stop calling them Dark Ages, they are not). This is one of them (the date are NOT absolute):
Early Middle Ages: 5th to 9th century
High Middle Ages: 9th to 12th century
Late Middle Ages: 12th to late 14th century
Charlemagne and the Crusdes fall into the High Middle ages
arnon
morrigan
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Aaron2 said:
Not according to the vast majority of references we have seen. The High Medieval Period is generally accepted to range from AD1200-1350. Late medieval runs from 1350 to 1492. The 1500's was heading firmly into the Rennaissance period.
Our game uses the year 1250 as a baseline although it could be used at any point in the middle ages with some tweaking. Charlemagne's Legacy covers exactly that, the growing power of the French King and his nobles circa 1250. It does not cover Charlemagne himself. Same for the Celtic lands. it is not a sourcebook on the Celts but rather a regional guide covering the regions once dominated by the Celts like Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The Holy Lands book covers exactly that, the Levant and other parts of the middle east like the Fatimid Caliphate. The glory days of the crusades has all but past in 1250 and this book deals with that fact and the state of the region in 1250. It will also deal with things like the fighting orders, etc.
Cheers,
Scott Agnew
Morrigan Press Inc.
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