Fergo113

Not sure if people are aware of this little gem. :happy:

Chaosium BRP Charakter Generator 4.10 (Freeware)

Its a very handy bit of software that's been around for a while and is easy to use and easy to modify at its back end.

I use it a lot for my rpg group and its saved me a lot of time in rolling up foes for the characters to defeat.

It's main limitation is that you are limited to standard humanoid hit locations. But other than that, its a useful tool.

Does anyone know of any other BRP related character and creature generators? I know of several for CoC, but only this one that's BRP designated.

Cheers,

Fergo113

How sturdy is it? Does the binding seem like it will hold out against common usage?

I've added some photos Simlasa in the downloads 'Other' section if anyone is interested in having a closer look.

No idea as to why it should arrive in my end of the world so quickly. Usually takes about a month to get things over here from Chaosium. Not complaining though :thumb:

Cheers,

Fergo113

Hang on. The Chaosium people say the book hasn't been printed yet, but you've received your copy! Ermmmm, did you happen to purhcase the Zero Edition proof copy? Check the cover. If it has the old Chaosium gryphon on it, you have the proof-reading copy.

Its definitely the final version (1st Edition) BRP

I have the Zero edition copy already and this is the 1st Edition as displayed on the Chaosium website. I purchased this as a pre-order from the Chaosium website not long after the pre orders began.

I am very familiar with the Zero edition having used it extensively ever since I got that edition when it first came out. Used it to write up the City of Heroes BRP Quickplay Pack in the downloads section on this web site.

The content of the book that arrived this morning is updated, typo's have been fixed and errata fixed. In addition there have been a few more pictures added to the content. Its definitely the real deal. :thumb:

The binding looks sturdy enough for general use but its soft cover so would need to be treated with TLC. If you have a copy of the Zero Edition then you'll know what to expect. Its the same type of cover and binding.

Happyhappyhappyhappyhappyhappyhappy

Cheers,

Fergo113

G'day everyone,

Just a quick one to let you know that my pre order of the hard copy of the BRP rulebook arrived today by priority mail :eek:. I am in Australia so looks like over the next few days pre orders will be arriving in the mail.

Happy days! :thumb:

Fergo113

Hi All,

Just to let you know that a revised and expanded version of the Cthulhu Rising monograph is now available from Chaosium in PDF format:

PDF of the Cthulhu Rising monograph

It features new cover art and layout and is over 30 pages longer than last time, bringing the content up to date and in line with what is available on the website.

If you prefer a hard copy, I am told the print version should be available at the end of the month.

Hey Ottomancer,

Congrats on an excellent monograph and website. You've put together a lot of great material.

Cheers,

Fergo113

I have been working on a Middle-earth BRP and playtesting it with my RPG group every Tuesday night we have free. Its coming together but still needs work. I'll be posting it chapter by chapter when the various parts are done.

Very nice, I would pay money for something like this.

With your layout skills have you thought about doing a BRP Monograph?

That's going to be the real sticker for me when I get to the layout stage of Chaos & Catacombs as I only know how to use Word.

Anyway, get that Middle Earth book done, I'm excited now.

Rod

You can thank good old Microsoft 2007 for the quality of the product :thumb:

As for Middle Earth, its undergoing a major re-write given the new BRP ruleset. Basically though I chucking out half the stuff as I no longer need to write rules on skills and creating a character etc. I'll be focusing over the new few months on the cultural backgrounds, creatures of Middle-earth and the magic of Middle-earth so I'll be adding this one chapter by chapter.

As for CoH, I still want to finish an intro adventure, write a guide to Paragon CIty and complete the City of Villains versions of the character sheets for the game. I haven't playtested it all yet, so if anyone does give it a go, please feel free to give me feedback on what works, what doesn't work, what's missing and what you would like to see added.

Thanks for the positive feedback though.

I haven't read the full thread here yet, so I am not sure if this has already been mentioned, but the Ashes to Ashes monograph is also available now at Chaosium as a PDF download :thumb:

Hi, just a short one to let you all know I have posted in the Downloads sections a copy of a play testing version of my BRP take on the City Of Heroes superheroes universe. It’s in two parts as the original file wouldn't load as a single document.

Also I have put in the downloads section a half dozen versions of character sheets that can be used for CoH. There are male and female hero versions plus ones with hit locations and ones without.

If your not familiar with CoH, its a MMO game world and a great setting for superhero game play. Do a Google search for ParagonWiki to get more info on it.

You will need a copy of the new BRP rulebook, but I take it that it will soon be a given that people will soon have this in abundance (only a few days to go now!).

I'm still working to convert my Middle-earth project over to BRP and that's proving a monster of a task but well worth while. My RPG group hasn't play tested this yet, so hope it all makes sense. It still requires a good deal of proof reading and checking for consistency. Hope you enjoy.

Ah, bring back Superworld...sigh ;-(

G'day everyone,

I am an Ozzy and I have been playing rpg's since highschool. Initially played Advanced D&D but soon converted to Runequest II when I played a campaign with the gaming club I was in at the time (and no I am not a geek!).

Since then I have played a lot of Runequest (mostly the Runequest II rules set, but have RQIII and Mongoose RQ IV), D20 Modern, Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP), Call of Cthulhu, and a bit of Traveller, Aftermath and Decipher's Lord of the Rings.

In my opinion, the BRP based games kick butt compared to the others.:thumb:

Latelly, for the last two or so years, I have been running a campaign set in Middle-earth using MERP modules run to a hybrid Runequest rule system. I am currently updating those rules to the new BRP rulebook (Zero edition) and will post it in the download section when its at a state to allow for broader playtesting.

Cheers,

Fergo113

There's a LotR ruleset for BRP already, which is a conversion of Decipher's LotR game to BRP. The designer is Colin Brett and I really like the way he's handled the conversion.

http://www.colinabrett.uklinux.net/pdfs/brp_lotr_2.0.pdf

Thanks Lawrence for this. My stuff's more of a complete BRP rules set that you can use the MERP modules with but I have been using the Decipher LoTR's rulebook as well. Hope to post some of the chapters soon so that it makes more sense what I am up to. But thanks for the link, it will come in handy. Cheers.

Consider the match under you backside lit!

I take the hint, PK . I'll see what I can post in the downloads section over the next week or two, but there is still a lot of work to be done. I'll post an update on this forum when I post.

G'day everyone,

I have only just come across this web site and joined up. I have been working on a MERP (Middle-earth Role Playing) to BRP conversion for about a year now and have been playtesting with my role-playing buddies on a near weekly basis to see how its panning out.

The arrival of the pre-release BRP rules has put a delay into the rules development however and I have been going through the pre-release BRP rules and re-working my MERP conversion. My hope is to finish this by the end of 2008 but I will try to post the draft rules when I have been able to re-align what I have developed so far with the new BRP ruleset.

My intent is to have a BRP ruleset for playing in Middle-earth and allow for the use of the MERP modules.

FYI for now but will try to start posting draft rules soon for comments and playtesting. I've been lazy in working on this project but I guess I had better get of my backside and finish it. Cheers