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Seems like Peter Corless does. I had thought that it was a licensed product, but I guess he owns it.

Edit: So that would be Green Knight for those keeping score.

Two things jump out to me as pretty iconic; the attack parry matrix and the Resistance Table. Other things would be the way the Stats and Skills are split and the use of D00. Another thing that jumps at me are the names Chaosium and Avalon Hill (also Perrin and Stafford). But do these things define BRP?

I'll put Pendragon with BRP. I'll put RuneQuest with BRP even though it's more like the system on which BRP was based. I'll put MRQ with BRP. I'd probably put GORE with BRP (I haven't had a chance to read it yet).

I wouldn't put RoleMaster with BRP despite it's similarities.

Thoughts?

I think it is, and that might be a great place to steal hermetic magic from. Thing about Nephilim, I only own the GM's Companion and Liber Ka. I've only made half hearted attempts at reading it. For the life of me I couldn't describe the game from what I've read. If pressed, I'd have to say it kind of reminded me of alchemical scientology.

However, other people have read more of and get the game. They may even be on this thread...

Two other magic system. Rune Magic from the Bronze Grimoire. It's a fun system that could be thrown into a BRP Magic book. Druidic magic from Pendragon (which, despite it's differences, I think it's closely related enough to count).

Islandia looks fun!

As far as licenced settings, I wouldn't mind seeing Earthsea or Dune.

I would think it will be present in some form, as the book is supposed to include all previously printed BRP rules options.

I think the concept was to include all the rules variants and tie them together as a unified whole except for magic. In fact, first version of the playtest rules had used an expanded superpowers mechanic to cover all genres and didn't have other magic rules.

The upside of this is, if BRP is successful, I would imagine Chaosium would be interested in putting out a BRP Magic Companion. It could contain RQ magic, the stuff from Stormbringer (Summoning, that Unknown East magic varient, Virtues and stuff from the Gods of Law monograph) and expand on the stuff in the main book. I wonder if they'd be able to get the rights to put Contrivances, Meld Magic, Fetish and such from the Corum book?

What other official BRP magic systems are out there?

Cheers,

Nick Middleton

Very glad to see you here Nick.

Well, some would say that wikipedia is just as good a source on information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.

http://www.news.com/Study+Wikipedia+as+accurate+as+Britannica/2100-1038_3-5997332.html

Regardless, it's a well known jumping off point for a large amount of people who want information.

And the article in question seems to be fairly accurate. I wonder what the monkey who reported it was thinking.

My first thought was that whoever flagged it knows nothing about roleplaying other than D&D. My second thought was that both Steve Perrin and Shannon Applecline should be contacted about this. Both seem to be likely to respond. They would both have solid information about the history and prominence of BRP. Two other people who may have an abundance of citable sources for BRP are Peter Maranci and Nick Middleton. They both have high levels in their BRP Lore Skill. Actually, a lot of people on this board have a high BRP skill level (a certain Hibbs character comes to mind), so maybe someone else can weigh in on this.

I don’t really have a working knowledge of the wikipedia editing process, but I can share an excel file that someone posted listing all of the BRP articles published in Legend, White Dwarf, and Different Worlds.

Unfortunately, I don’t know how much attention Chaosium will pay to this.

The image is taken from the Chaosium monograph 'Gods of Chaos.' I've also heard that Chaosium is This makes makes me think that Durall is right and that it is a place holder. I've also heard that Chaosium is commissioning new artwork, so rehashing an old cover doesn't seem to fit.

...but apparently if you toggle some of the optional rules it gets awfully close to RQ...

There are a lot of optional rules to tweak to your taste. Unfortunately, I've only read RQII and RQIII so I may not be the best authority on the subject.

We need Jason Durall on these boards to answer all the questions.

Edit: By the way, PhilHibbs, I have to thank you. I believe I discovered Sandy's Sorcery from a link on a website of yours.

I'm running a B.P.R.D.-like game set in modern NYC with the playtest rules. Works like a dream.

I'm also running a Gods of Law game set just after the fall of Melnibone. It's largely based on Stormbringer5 and the GoL monograph, but I've incorporated a few things from the playtest rules as well.

I'd like to run a short campaign based on FFG's Grimm setting at some point. At some point, I'd like to try and run a superheros game with it as well.