Stormbringer

[Ron]

That's what I'm looking for!


I searched and didn't find it.

Try here

PS: What's Nephilim about?

Nephilim is about modern occultism. I haven't played it or even read it fully, but it appears that players take role of Nephilim, which are some sort of supernatural entities. They also published a pretty interesting supplement describing a lot of real world occult organizations.

Perhaps someone with actual knowledge of the game may explain it better.

 

[Klaatu B. Nikto]

The early Elric books were dark fantasy, the later ones are more high fantasy. The latest one has Elric battling Nazis.

Was that from a book of Elric short stories named (I think) 'Tales of the White Wolf'? There was another story where Elric teamed up with someone very much like Jimi Hendrix with a sword similar to Stormbringer but named Cloudhurler.

 

[wighair]

Nephilim is about modern occultism. I haven't played it or even read it fully, but it appears that players take role of Nephilim, which are some sort of supernatural entities. They also published a pretty interesting supplement describing a lot of real world occult organizations.

Perhaps someone with actual knowledge of the game may explain it better.

This was originally a French game that Chaosium published in English.

You choose some sort of elemental focus for your character (fire/water etc.) and get special powers based on it.
In the game you create your character based on a seris of past lives. You might have been an egyptian priest/dark age knight/elizabethan beggar. This allows you develop a background very nicely. At the end of each era you return to a sort of stasis.

You "start the game proper" by awakening again in the modern day (generally) and proceed to battle the forces of darkness.

There's a very rich feel to the occult stuff in this game and some of the background/alternate history is very interesting. (Though personally I don't go in for the dinosaurs bit)

However, its one of those games you read and think is brilliant BUT, end up wondering how do i run the game? I've had it and some supplements sitting on my shelf since it came out, but I still aint figured out how to run it yet!

It seems to have died a death of late - but perhaps its just gone into statis! ;-)

Check it out if your really into Occult roleplaying with a "psuedo realistic" feel.

 

[grodog]

Is it just me, or is that a ridiculous concept? I haven't read that particular book (despite the fact that I'm a huge Elric fan), but somehow the idea of Elric fighting in WWII makes me cringe.

Actually, Moorcock interweaves Elric with another Von Bek descendant, who's busy with the Nazi's.

_The Skrayling Tree_ is a definitely good read.