Which Should I Run?

[Andrew D. Gable]

I'm thinking of starting a PbP, and decided to test the waters first as to what people would like to play. Vote away!

Personally, I'm leaning a bit more towards Conan but I'm always open to other input.

 

[Karl Green]

CONAN just cause no one else runs one!

I run a face-to-face game here in Seattle and it is great fun (except last weekend I learned... DO NOT send things after Barbarian that cause Terror if he has a good will save AND a bardiche... Red Mist, two-handed [x1.6 str mod], 2d10 base, reach... lots of dead badguys...)

 

[Karl Green]

OK I wanted to add... an 1890's game AND/OR a Dark*Matter game would also really be cool

 

[ferretguy]

Conan type game would be interesting...although I do not have books for it..

 

[johnsemlak]

Would a Conan PbP require players having the Conan RPG?

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Just as clarification, the COC 1890s campaign is somewhat of a misnomer: I'm stuck in that phase from having run similar games in college. It'll really be a horror campaign, most likely using the d20 Modern rules to make it a bit more survivable than straight COC. Using a little bit of Cthulhu gods and stuff, a lot more Cthulhu atmosphere than anything. It would also be foreshadowing the Dark*Matter game a bit.

 

[Karl Green]

Well I bet it would sure help to have the Conan book but I don't know if it is 100% required... the only proble would be picking cool feats that are not part of the normal d20 and/or if someone wanted to play a spell-casting Scolar (as the spells are totally different)

Tell us your plans Andrew

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

I was just thinking about that bit, whether the Conan book is required - I'd say no, unless you're playing a Scholar, in which case you really need to have the book. If you're just playing a warrior-type, it's not as important. I don't really want to out-of-hand limit people's class choices like that, but like Karl said, the whole thing of Conan magic is almost completely different than standard DnD's.

I'm probably going to go with a Conan game. I have my notes on the setting worked up and all that, I just need to actually start planning and plotting the adventure. It'll probably be set in Ophir, BTW (I was toying around with Nemedia/Brythunia, but changed my mind).

The order of voting fits well with what I wanted - after Conan, Dark*Matter was my second preference, followed by 1890s. Depending on how time goes, I might still run the Dark*Matter, as well.

Hopefully within the next few weeks, you'll hear more on this. Thanks for voting, everyone!

 

[Karl Green]

Kewl well keep me in mind when you finally get ready to start and are calling for characters.

In my face-to-face game the characters are in Turan right now... running from the "law" hehe

next week... pirate actioon on the high sea

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Letting everyone know, I've started recruitment for the Conan game. So anybody who voted on this thread, jump in!