Response to Woas about HARP

[Acid_crash]

We accept Paypal as well, if you use that (and it works from bank accounts as well as credit cards). Just email customer service to get things rolling and Lori (my wife) will take care of you.

And money orders are not a problem. We often get orders from folks who are, shall we say, freedomly challenged. They send in their order via snail mail and we usually ship it out within 3-5 days of receiving it.

We are very flexible.

Freedomly challenged... lol that's definately me then.

All I can do is a money order, and I am sure I am not alone in this regard being freedomly challenged, so what details can you give me so I can set up a money order to get this product?

I downloaded all the info from the website I could, but I will definately want to buy the book as well.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

I apologize if I'm assuming too much here or misreading the thread, but, based on your previous posts about an FLGS, Acid_crash, I'm not sure you're as freedomly-challenged as the people Rasyr's talking about, unless you, too, are in prison. Just throwing this out there.

Nick

 

[Particle_Man]

The link for info on paying ice via paypal is not in their regular site, but through customer service, http://www.ironcrown.com/customerservice.htm

When I tried to click on paypal through the regular site, I just looped through to the same site. I used the internal search engine on "paypal" to get the info I needed. I thought I would post a link here to save time for others.

I just purchased the pdf of the value pack one of Harp, so soon I will see how well it suits my needs. I might use the spell stuff for another system, but we shall see (if both HARP and Castles and Crusades are "house rule flexible", then a hybrid should be no problem at all, right? ).

 

[Acid_crash]

I apologize if I'm assuming too much here or misreading the thread, but, based on your previous posts about an FLGS, Acid_crash, I'm not sure you're as freedomly-challenged as the people Rasyr's talking about, unless you, too, are in prison. Just throwing this out there.

Nick

In that regard, I am in the middle then. I avoid credit cards and things like that to avoid making dumb financial mistakes with them. But prison, I am not in.

I just looked through a couple downloads, this is some cool stuff in here.

 

[Rasyr]

Freedomly challenged... lol that's definately me then.

All I can do is a money order, and I am sure I am not alone in this regard being freedomly challenged, so what details can you give me so I can set up a money order to get this product?

I downloaded all the info from the website I could, but I will definately want to buy the book as well.

Simple, get a money order for the price of the book, plus shipping (Priority Mail is $4) and mail that, along with a letter telling us what you are wanting to order to

Iron Crown Enterprises
112 Goodman St.
Charlottesville, Va. 22902

Aslo, if you have any old d20 books that you no long need or want, if you include $30 worth of d20 books with the order, you can get $15 dollars off the price of the book. These can be any book that has the d20 logo on them. Perhaps something you purchased that was not as good as you thought it would be, or something that you used once and are no long planning on using again, etc..

 

[Rasyr]

Kajamba Lion - yes, you understood what I meant by freedomly challenged.

Particle Man - I don't see why a hybrid would not be possible.

Acid_crash - Thanks!

 

[Rasyr]

How well would Eberron be translated into HARP? How easy would it be to convert the new Eberron races to HARP mechanics? If it can do that, because I really like Eberron, then I think HARP would be my system of choice (but I have to go download what is available and someday buy the book).

Acid_crash, I have gone ahead and started a thread on the ICE forums for you, asking if anybody has converted anything from Eberron to HARP. You can find the thread here::--> http://www.ironcrown.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5527

Enjoy!

 

[Akrasia]

Rasyr,

Is ICE still running that "$30-of-d20-stuff-for-discount-on-HARP" program?

I have some crap I'd be happy to unload for an inexpensive copy.

And how compatible with old Rolemaster (2ed) materials -- especially campaign settings and adventures -- is HARP?

Thanks!

 

[Rasyr]

Is ICE still running that "$30-of-d20-stuff-for-discount-on-HARP" program?

Yes. You send ICe $30 worth of product that has the d20 logo on it, and get a $15 discount/refund on your purchase of the core HARP rules (soft back).

I have some crap I'd be happy to unload for an inexpensive copy.

Unload away!

And how compatible with old Rolemaster (2ed) materials -- especially campaign settings and adventures -- is HARP?

Well, I haven't actually compared RM2 stuff with HARP stats, you may have to give something like a blanket positive modifier to all RM2 stats to bring them in line with the average HARP numbers, but that would not be too difficult.

As for skills from RM2 - If you know what the skill does, just choose a resolution method and have at it. HARP uses the same skill rank progression as RM2 did, however, HARP allows more ranks overall at a given level than RM2 does (thus the suggestion for a blanket + modifier).

As for spells - you can pretty much use these beside HARP magic without alteration - the only real thing you have to decide is which of the HARP RRs it would fall under and that ought to be relatively easy (physical effects go under Stamina; mental effects under will, and anything else goes under Magic). Almost forgot, in RM2, you did not have a skill bonus for spells, so just give the character a number of ranks equal to the level to which they know the list, and use 2x their realm stat for the stat mods for the list. Treat each list as an individual skill.

As for RM2 AT - just convert that over to HARP DB according to the armor worn (requires a little judicious judgement call, but not a difficult one).

 

[Particle_Man]

Ok, I got the rules and have a few questions:

1) If a character is trying something (attacking with a weapon, casting a spell, climbing a cliff, etc.) and has enough bonuses (say great bonuses in an incredibly easy situation) that the character would succeed, but gets a natural roll in the fumble range (01, say), does that count as a success or a fumble?

2) With opposed skills, and one skill setting the RR, I get that the one setting the target number is applied through the RR chart, but is the other skill also run through that RR chart? In the example given on p. 68, a character tries to sneak past a goblin. The characters sneak roll is 127, which gets translated to 130 on the chart. The goblin got a perception roll of 96. Is this a "Bare" 96 or is it too translated on the RR chart, this time to 110?

3) a) What happens if there is a tie in RR rolls? (Between two skills, or to resist poison, etc.)?

Anyhow, just skimming through I like some parts (phantasms that don't disappear! woohoo!), although I may tone down the fumbles and/or criticals in my game. At first, it seemed that every fighter who lives long enough will, eventually, die by impaling himself on his own sword! But it looks like a fighter, at worst, will only cause himself bleeding wounds, perhaps with some stunning, since a fumble can't lead to more than 100 on a crit table. Still, it does seem nasty.

I like the GM advice section, though.