Marcus Bone

I hate these sorts of threads, but given the announcement at Gencon - and the comments that the BRP system is only 10% of Chaosium's revenue - I'm wondering what the future might hold for the Magic World system? I'm sure that we will learn more over time (especially once the Call of Cthulhu Kickstarters are fulfilled), but I'd be happy to hear something official. Marcus

I'd love to be involved - but as I'm based on the other side of the world

Ditto - Fantastic service, something has really improved over at Chaosium!

It should go without saying that I'll happy host any Elric!, Stormbringer or even Elric of Melinbone material that anyone might produce over at stormbringerrpg.com. Marcus

Late to the party, but please let my add my congratulations. You've pretty much got my dream job Marcus

Purchased and on its way too me as I write this

Sorry to bring this thread back to life, but last night my age old concern with the purpose and function of the Allegiance rules reared its ugly head again. In my mind the rules as written make no sense, and don't reflect the background. In the Elric stories, the main protagonists are always looking for Tanelorn - the City open to those who follow Balance. However, this is a difficult path, and the balance is a fine line between Chaos and Law. It is hard to attain, and even harder for one to maintain. To reflect this, I think that devotion to Chaos and Law tend to be two ends of a spectrum, and followers of the Balance look to attain a true equilibrium. Mechanically the rules could go like this: There are only two Allegiances - Law & Chaos. All Characters start with 40% in one trait and 60% in the other (depending on background, race, etc). The two totals are counter matched, so as one goes up the other goes down. To achieve the Balance a character must get both to 50%. If either Law or Chaos reaches 100%, then the character becomes an Agent of that Power. At various times, based on events or actions, a player could be asked to roll against an Allegiance to see if they succumb to it's influence. Any thoughts? Marcus

I do know that there is a SB 5th edition conversion for Slaves of Fate - I've uploaded a copy here - http://www.stormbringerrpg.com/?p=1416 Marcus

They are mentioned often in the RoH rulebook, but little is said about their motives or goals, or even who they are. At a guess they are Loki's (the 8th AI) attempt to combat its brothers (i.e. the Machine Civilisations). Any thoughts? I am hoping they will be detailed further in the RoH companion out soonish... Marcus

Well it took me almost a year (which thinking about it is pretty quick for me ) but I've uploaded the first version of my 'Adventures in the Southern Reaches' scenario seeds (). As you'll see, I have at least two more ideas in draft format, plus a couple more floating around on scraps of paper... If there is interest, I'll do more! Marcus

Oh, I like that rule... especially as I've had players running highly skilled characters break their combat round into multiple attacks (i.e. split their weapon skill). This results in a 'death by overwhelming' against even the most competent adversaries.

Good to know! I guess that for whatever reasons I've always used -30. Interestingly, I think I would have picked that up from my first SB GM who, as far as I can recall, used -30. Thanks for setting me straight Marcus

Not Not to call you out or anything Nick, but isn't the negative -30 per Parry. Or am I wrong? I don't have my books on me at the moment. Marcus

When the announcement that Mongoose had surrendered the licence back to Michael Moorcock, and the PDFs were no longer available, came out, I did a bit of asking around. I got in contact with Howard Morhaim, Mr Moorcock's agent in the US. Howard was nice enough to answer my questions about the licence and stated that they had been approached by another well known company aboutit (this was 9 months or so ago). I was unable to secure any rights myself (as I was unable to offer any money ), but he did say that their goal was to make sure the older material stayed available as far as possible. I know that doesn't quite answer the question you asked, but I thought you'd find it interesting... Marcus (who wishes he had a few thousand dollars free to get the EC licence!)

Hi All! Just a note to say that - after way too long - I've not only completed the update to the stormbringerrpg.com site (well mostly), but also uploaded some new content; an interview with Malcolm Wolter of the 'Herald of Doom; fanzine fame, and an EoM adventure by Dean Paolillo (yes I know Hell must be freezing over ) In regards to the future of the site, I'm looking at extending its support to Mongoose's Eternal Champion editions* in addition to the older Chaosium ones (although these remain my favourite). As you all likely know, Mongoose no longer holds the EC license, and while I'm not able to reproduce any of the out-of-print material from any of the publishers (I asked Mr Moorcock's agent about this directly), I'll continue to hunt out new content when and where I can with your help! Cheers! Marcus * - BTW, I'm happy to host Magic World content as well, if there's an interest.

Sounds great! I look forward to what comes out. Once they are available I'll make sure I post an update over on stormbringerrpg.com (maybe an interview with the author(s) etc., we have to keep the SB vibe alive you know, especially after the death of EOM over at Mongoose) As for using existing Elric! material, I find that all the stuff I really like is a little dark for an 8 year old (Great for adult players however!)

Good to hear, I'm looking at getting my eldest son to game with me (he's only 8 but pretty on to it) and think the Southern Reaches is definitely a setting he'll enjoy. As I said, I'm looking a writing up a couple of scenario ideas but family time and live always limits my efforts, hence my interest in seeing pre-written material! Sorry to hear. But I know what that's like. Since taking a Interim role here at work (so much for 'only a month or two') my free time has been reduced to near zilch (not to mention a recent accident that saw me in hospital for a week :{). Marcus

... are there any? I'd be keen to see a scenario book (much like the old 'Perils of the Young Kingdom') for the setting. I've also started on a few adventure seeds myself, that I'll post here if there is any interest. Marcus

Any news on this? The curious want to know (i.e. how far away is OQ2?) Thanks, Marcus

I really like this and might use it in my next SB game - if you don't mind Marcus

Congrats Ben! Purchased, downloaded and under review as I think I've mentioned previously, I've been working on a fantasy setting myself for a while and Magic World will definitely be the mechanics I set it to. I hope to pop it up somewhere on the net one day but not any time soon Marcus

Hey Nick, That passage in Elric! re: Shields has confused me for years Today, I just let the characters use shields to parry and riposte, but I'm not sure that's what Richard meant with that paragraph... Marcus

Hi Ben! I have Richard's contact details and spoken to Mark once in the past. I'd be more than happy if you'd put in a good word for me (or PM me and tell me if there's an issue ) Marcus

Hey, I've started to convert various old 4th edition adventures to SB for my site. It is a bit of hard work (the Elric! edition has a conversion doc in the back of the book BTW), and things still seem a bit over powered. I hope to get my various conversions up some time (with this new site layout I've promised to do!) Marcus