Moorcockian 3e?

[S'mon]

Just read Turanil's review of Beyond Countless Doorways where he complains it doesn't capture the Moorcockian feel he wanted in a plane-hopping book. I too would greatly like to get a book that does Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon, Bastable et al style interplanar adventures for the 3e/d20/D&D system. Does anyone know of a likely candidate? I quite like the Gygaxian feel so I might get Hall of Many Panes, but I'd really prefer the real thing.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Chaosium did a Dragonlords of Melnibone, which was Elric. At the time, I thought it was a good thing, but as time went on and I used it more, I realized that it was indeed crap. Some good background information from it, but you can get that from any edition of the Strombringer game, or even that Elric game they did (that was essentially Stormbringer but with Elric's name as the title.)

Another company did do a Corum book and was licensed to do a Hawkmoon book but apparently not enough interest or some licensing issues.

As far as I know, Chaosium is basically sitting on the Elric RPG rights hoping that the movie will generate some interest in 'em. I wish that Moorcock would just see them and put them out of the public mind and allow those licenses new life.

 

[Turanil]

Right now you could begin with the Netbook of 101 Demi-planes (see webpage which link is in my sig). It has the great advantage of being free!

However, I fear this will have to be done by yourself.

In fact, I am wondering if I won't begin something going into that direction myself. At least, I need 5 planes for my next "Moorcockian Warhammer setting"... I will probably begin with this netbook of demi-planes.

I am still trying to decide if I sell Beyond Countless Doorways; it's not so much a question of money, than of being upset and disappointed...

 

[Turanil]

Chaosium is basically sitting on the Elric RPG rights hoping that the movie will generate some interest in 'em.

Movie?? What movie?! When?!

 

[JoeGKushner]

They've been working out deals on an Elric movie for a while now. I don't have the details but check out Moorcock's offical site. He's got forums and everything. Heck, he even asnwers a lot of questions and stuff there. Very nice place.

 

[hexgrid]

Sorry to hi-jack the thread, but when people talk about "Moorcockian" inter-planar adventure, what specific novels are they referring to?

I tried reading "The Jewel In The Skull" but wasn't able to get into it and gave up about halfway through. There was no mention of other planes, and neither the characters or the plot could maintain my interest.

Does this mean I wouldn't like his other works, are are they different? What should I have read instead?

 

[JoeGKushner]

For his Eternal Champion stuff, I'd recommend starting with the Elric series. I believe that the Jewel in the Skull is from his Hawkmoon series and that's a little bit different, more of a shattered future with some tech, then true fantasy.

If you like Elric, move onto Corum and them his Eternal Champion series.

 

[S'mon]

Chaosium did a Dragonlords of Melnibone, which was Elric. At the time, I thought it was a good thing, but as time went on and I used it more, I realized that it was indeed crap. Some good background information from it, but you can get that from any edition of the Strombringer game, or even that Elric game they did (that was essentially Stormbringer but with Elric's name as the title.

I have a hardback Games Workshop-published copy of Stormbringer from the '80s, but I was more looking for the Moorcockian flavour of planar travel, rather than his fully-detailed worlds like the Young Kingdoms.

 

[S'mon]

Sorry to hi-jack the thread, but when people talk about "Moorcockian" inter-planar adventure, what specific novels are they referring to?

I'm thinking the novels and series where interplanar travel is a fundamental part of the premise, especially those series where there are strongly defined alternate worlds that each make some sense - eg the first Corum series, the Erekose series, the Oswald Bastable series and the second Hawkmoon series. Actually not so much Elric, 1st Hakmoon or 2nd Corum, as these are more one-worlders, or Cornelius (too trippy).

 

[S'mon]

Right now you could begin with the Netbook of 101 Demi-planes (see webpage which link is in my sig). It has the great advantage of being free!

Thanks - at first glance it's not what I'm looking for. Alternate worlds broad-brushed with at least a few pages of detail would be great - eg the worlds in "Queen of the Demonweb Pits" or Averoigne in "Castle Amber".