tooley1chris

Hard to believe such a dangerous game doesn't have built in options for henchman /followers. In Chess the pawns move first! Lol!

Eh, that seems to do mostly with how well the characters deeds (or misdeeds) are known by the population of a kingdom. It doesnt relate directly to gaining henchmen or followers... I think what would attract followes is a bit of each of those. A characters name becomes well known and others, with the same ideals, flock to his or her banner, hoping to ride the coat tails to greatness.

Is there a written precedent for a character attracting followers? I did a search through the Gold Book PDF and da nada... I want to build a charisma based character who attracts a loyal following. Is this gonna be a house rule things?

Okay. Yep. Antonéus did a pretty thorough job incorporating A LOT of the more common dungeon denizens. Kudos! Someone should Definitely make a web-book for others to add to. Nothing like growing the list of possible ways to kill players! Thanks again for the info guys. And thanks to Evilschemer for reminding me how forgetful I truly am!

Thanks for info folks. I'd forgotten about Basic Beastiary. Doh! Even downloaded it last month. I'll have to check and see if I think it fills the need... Already started some illustration too darn it! LOL

Heya folks! I'm relatively new to the BRP scene and am working on a fantasy campaign for my PnP group. But I have noticed either a lack of BRP monster books or a terrible lack in my searching abilities. Most of what I have seen is: 1. I've been converting a few over here....*link* 2. Other similar systems creature stats are pretty close but.... (HOPEFULLY I'm missing something which you good people will happily point out ) Anyway I have some artistic ability, some spare time, and my wife would LOVE for me to make money on this hobby, so my question is: Is there a market for a BRP compatible Critter Catalog? Is Chaosium Mono the way to go? (I've heard mixed reviews, especially on payment...) or would I be better off making it compatible but NOT have the BRP/Chaos support. It's my understanding that numbers/rules do not fall under copy write as long as you make no reference to the original material and use your own artwork/wording. ala AD&Ds OSRIC system. I'm no lawyer so I wont pretend to know all the details and honestly haven't bothered to look it up YET. This is just a :b1:bug:b1: that flew in my ear and won't stop buzzing. Thanks in advance for your input!

But in a game of hide and seek, there is always a winner...

And Silent Bob wins! This is just what I need! Thanks for the link and the work from Reyes!

Well looks like I didn't think that through very well. Quite right. Just hate to confuse my players(more than me) But That's why I asked here. Thanks!

Yeah, just Googled it. I think I might use the UNO method instead. Whoever rolls LOWEST and under their skill wins, barring specials or crits. Suppose this method has a different name.

Oh!!!! I'm trying too hard! What the premise is, is that yes, the spotter wins, he just loses the added benefit of the "special" success...yes?

Blackjack? I guess what my problem is is this: Why is the sneak gaining a benefit from failing to beat the spotters superior roll? If the spotter rolled a regular success and the sneaker rolled special, would the sneaker be penalized as well? What if they both roll vanilla success? I've been trying to wrap my head around this or come up with a house rules version, like maybe both roll d100+ their skill score, whoever wins, well, wins. Suggestions? Was mentioned that this was a favorite topic, could someone link me to a thread? How do other GMs handle this? Does this single post give me a bonus to my ForumTroll score? Yes, I will surely have many more questions for you good patient folks.

Hey, I'm a noob to BRP but already a big fan of the system. I haven't played it yet but am planning on GMing soon as the others in my group are just players... Anyway I have a question about opposing skill rolls. In the golden book there is an example of a character using hide verses another using spot. It reads that the hiding character rolls a success and the spotter rolls a special success. That the hiders success reduces the spotters special success to a normal success even though the spotter rolled a better success rate. Is this an error? Seems to me the special success should reduce the hiders success to a fail... I would love some examples of why this is the case, if you please? I'm pulling my hair trying to figure it all out. Thanks in advance!

Hi all! I was cruising the Metacreator site asking peeps if it was compatible with a game system I was desiging. Several peoples sent me messages saying my system was pretty identical to CoC and BRP. I've played /DMd dang near everything from blue book DnD back in '78 to 4.0 . Top Secret, traveller, Gamma World, Rolemaster, Star Frontiers, Star Wars (d6 and d20), Star Trek(old school). Anyway I decided to make my own system that took the best of these ideas and put them together. Little did I know Chaos did the work for me. I dowloaded the quick start and freaked out. Some of the system was almost word for word identical to what I was attempting. I found a BRP gold book at the RPG store in town(25% off) and tore into it. I laughed. I cried. I cursed aloud... It is almost identical to my system. So here I am. A new fan of what a friend of mine calls "The greatest game no one knows about." A few house rule tweaks and it will shine. Glad to be a part of this community and would like to thank Chaosium for doing so much of my design work for me.