cjbowser

What's the approximate word count for Fractured Hopes?

Stupid question time. Is Aces High the Supernatural Western mentioned on the index page of this site, or are there really two Western supplements in the works/available for BRP?

:party: prrty!!!

(Just a side question, is holding of announcing it your decision or Chaosium's wish? :confused: I only ask because they are rumoured to have another non-monograph setting for BRP that they do not wish to be announced yet. Ah... those tasty rumours!)

SGL.

It's my decision. Chaosium hasn't said one way or another, but I'm holding back just because that's the kind of guy I am. :innocent:

But, let me ask you this. You haven't been following me on Twitter? There's been some hints about the project dropped there.

First, you have to guess my twitter name. However, that's not too hard... My username selection skill is at 01%.

I think having NPC witches would be pretty important.

Another thing I would find useful, and I'm not sure of the scope of your work, but different witch organizations for different settings. For example, a high fantasy, a pseudo-historical ancient, a Victorian revitilization coven, and one useful for modern day horror/thriller/action.

I don't think I'm ever gonna use BRP to run horror ever again, ironically.

:confused: What about Call of Cthulhu? One of <i>the</i> horror games out there?

I'm biased, but I think BRP handles horror very well. From intellectual, academic CoC to splatterpunk.

I just got a nice e-mail from Dustin apologizing for the continued delay and suggesting that the Adventure Contest monograph is still coming soon (hopefully in March)!

Just FYI

I received the same email. I'm not sure if that went out to all participants or only those who were chosen, mainly because I don't know which scenarios were chosen yet.

Maybe they'll have enough scenarios to put out a couple monographs, or a really big one.

Thanks, gents. That opens up possibililties... (Agreed about reading on computers).

Worst case, email Dustin for Chaosium's official take on the matter.

I'm very new to Chaosium's BRP and only just getting back into RPGing in general after decades.

Welcome back. Good choice on a system.

I was disappointed to realize that there doesn't seem to be any fantasy oriented BRP supplementals, in particular a bestiary or spells book, or an expanded weapons/armor module. The idea of playtesting my own creations is daunting (although I'm sure with its own reward), and I wonder what others here might have used as a workaround?

There's Ashes to Ashes, available for purchase on Chaosium's site. There's all the old Runequest material at Noble Knight Games and ebay. Binder has an excellent Stormbringer Resource. There's also all the free downloads on this site, included a Middle Earth bestiary, in the downloads section. There's Fire & Sword, free material put out by Raymond Turney. Have you checked out these yet? And MurfinMS's posts throughout the forums as well. Once you get rolling with your own creations, you can add to the collection.

Are the Runequest Bestiary (Bestiaries?) by Mongoose fully BRP compatible, and are they worth the expense, for example?

I'm not sure, but one %100 system should be easy enough to convert to another %100. People familiar with both systems on here should be able to answer any questions that might arise.

Again, I'm very re-new to RPGs, and have been wondering if another system like Pathfinder might be more worth exploring, esp. due to the Open Game License it utilizes. Maybe that's a dangerous question to post here, but have at... Any feedback is appreciated, thanks.

Like Nick pointed out, the OGL is no seal of quality. Anybody and their brother could toss stuff out there, some was good. Most was middling. Some was bad. However, you need to pick a system that'll let you run the type of game you want to run. If that's BRP, great. If it's 3.5, great. The key is, you and your group should have fun.

Cool. What kind of setting? Monograph or actual Book (or whatever they call non-monographs)? Are you allowed to discuss it?

Thalaba

Non-monograph. A book that'll hit the actual distribution chain at some point. As for the setting, I'm going to hold off on announcing it for a bit. I want to get all my BRP options outlined, then post the setting and intended options here for everyone to comment and suggest on.

Well, back on to the original topic. I received a contract yesterday to produce a setting for BRP.

It's due in September. I should have it done before then.

My friend's character was attacked by a wolf in the woods (yes, just one). After a couple of wild swings and the wolf snarling a lot, he fumbled with the sword and it flew from his hand. The wolf launched itself at him, knocked him down and landed on his chest. The fight went on with the wolf trying to bite his throat and our hero, having snatched out a dagger, trying to stab it while the two of them rolled around in the mud. :eek:

After combat like that, how can you not be hooked? Thinking about, my most memorable moment from my first BRP game (CoC) in this case, was also my first combat.

Facing off against a puissant sorcerer, my PI dives toward him to remove the sacrificial knife from his wizened grasp. At the exact same moment (dex rank), the neighborhood dilettante opens fire with her derringer. Needless to say, her bullet did enough damage to my head that it was lights out. It was dynamism like that in combat that hooked me...

...well, that and the fact that the player whose character shot at my character was my girlfriend...

Ive noticed they publish way too much Cthulhu short stories

I can't fault them for that. Fiction is easy money, particularly if the already own the rights. It allows them to pull from a much wider customer base than any RPG material and even gain entry to stores that wouldn't look twice at an RPG book.

I just hope they're using that income to diversify their line.

Really. Re-read all of his posts in this thread and find one that actually offers a suggestion other than wait and everything will turn out in the end. Seriously nearly all of his posts apologize for Chaosium or belittle others criticisms and ideas.

I'm not going to argue your points about Chaosium needing to step up, because they do. Probably not with an errata, but with support materials. Errata can be slipped onto a website or a wiki and announced to the public, but it's really not going to sell more copies of BRP. Excellent new content is what's going to sell more copies of BRP...

And, to speak to the need for content, you're content to bemoan the state of affairs on the forum while RM is actually publishing a book in support of BRP. So, I don't really see the to launch into personal attacks of RM without knowing him personally.

Also, don't belittle the work of the people who put out Ashes to Ashes, Berlin 61, or Outpost 19 by saying there's only one BRP book out there. All three of those books are published by Chaosium and have the Chaosium logo on the covers. Looks pretty damn official to me. As to being in retail stores, that a different argument.

You can talk until you're blue in the face on an anonymous internet forum about ways Chaosium needs to change, but have you submitted a work to them, offered to assist with editorial duties, or even simply told them formally, via email, snail mail, or a phone call that you're dissatisfied and would like to see more?

I'm not entirely sure that three people constitute a crowd... however I am really happy to know that people like my alchemy rules and look forward to other stuff I write. Having written a good chunk of it already I can tell you that BRP : Witchcraft will have several new witchy-flavoured spells as well as information on how to incorporate infernal, pagan or neutral witchcraft into a setting. Oh, and I have also come up with a way that magical oral traditions can do without grimoires...

I worked up some oral tradition rules for CDA Dark Ages. I'm curious to see what you came up with.

"Long out of print, though someone's licensed it for True20 implementation, unless I remember incorrectly."

That's Shadows of Cthulhu, coming from Mongoose Publishing under their Flaming Cobra imprint.

It has no ties to the d20 Cthulhu put out by WOTC a few years ago.

It's published by Reality Deviant, and here's a review on Flamesrising.com

So as a hopeful writer I would rather keep things very simple and keep the book at a decent page count, but as a gamer and consumer I am very much in favor of including Hit location charts and would gladly pay a good deal extra for them.

I am still very much uncertain about this stuff and what I should include, but it is good to hear from the experienced writers and how you are dealing with the issue.

As a consumer, I'd prefer the lower page count (and thereby lower price) with the optional hit location charts available as a download. If I want to use them, I can access them.

As a writer, I can understand the desire to fit in as much material you can, so the book can be everything to everyone (it never will be, but it doesn't stop me from hoping). However, I also realize that if I put too much material in the book, I run the risk of turning off the casual purchaser either through information overload or high price.

I realize I'm not adding anything new to the discussion, but I want to echo all the comments that say this sounds like a cool setting. I'll definitely be looking for it to come out.

Happy Belated Holidays everyone!

I wanted to add that the setting looks real intriguing and I'd be happy to lend a hand with playtesting if you need it.

Hey, Nick, congratulations! :party:

I'll have to pick it up when it goes dead tree.

It's one more BRP supplement to add to the published list!

I prefer a group of 4-6 players for BRP. The lowest I've had is 2 players plus a GM, and while it worked, I had to be very cognizant of the challenges I was throwing at them. One small misstep and everybody was gone...

As for the largest group, I have a 12 player con game I run. The game scales well from 2-12, but is at its best when there are 12 players, each playing a different member of a SWAT team sent to investigate a mysterious office complex.

Gee, Triff, you don't even sell your own review section?

TLS, there's a review here. This review is of the PDF version. Like Triff said, there's been neither hide nor hair of a printed version. Maybe one day...

Out of curiosity, where is the information on how one submits a monograph and what rights the author retains, royalties, etc.?

You can find most of the information you need on Chaosium's site.

I've been involved in several monographs... as lead author, co-author, and even in an Alan Smithee capacity.

The ratio of work to reward is not one that would stand up to a cost benefit analysis. It has to be something that you're doing because you absolutely love it, and I probably won't do another.

I concur with Frogspawner. I thought it was a cool setting for a scenario or two, but had nothing substantive to add in terms of rules choices, so I stayed quiet.

I think you should go for the feel you're looking for. If fireballs are too over-the-top for what you're wanting to do, don't do it.

There's been a lot of good advice, and as people have been saying, it would be really helpful to know what type of 'horror' you want to do.

If you like more of a catch-all type horror infused with B-Movie fun where the monster hunters have big guns and get their clues from the tabloids, you might want to take a look at Dark Conspiracy. It's been out of print for a while, but cheap copies can usually be found on ebay. I know Marcus Bone, Lee Williams, and others were looking at resurrecting this one, but I don't know if that's still the plan.

I've been toying with creating a setting for 1950s style BRP horror, but haven't fully decided yet.