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I'm Using the comics, books for the setting material. I buy quite a lot of rpg books already, so I'm not going to invest that way.

The question was only related to the small tweaks already in the BRP system.

The comics and books are great stuff. Now to get back to the CoC / Hyboria linkage in BRP. You could look into cthulhu dark ages book.

A few good things about CoC and Howard's works - the bad guys are bad and one can justly dishin' out death to magi and cultists and the magic and powers (that be) are evil, their use; dangerous and reality breaking for the participants(SAN).

Imagine the possibilities of mixing the pulp worlds of Howard and Lovecraft together...

yeah that'll be nice.

But honesty Howard's magic, dark gods and creatures are already "Lovecraftian"

how did the house rules work out for you Carlos?

oh no, not "Red Wave" that sounds like some sort of personal hygiene product

Open Sails,

Sails upon the Horizon,

High Seas – High Treason! Etc are much better

looks like a choose your own adventure for RPG fans. - not that thats a bad thing!

...the concept behind attacks in BRP is that they are a flurry of attacks, not a single swing and the DEX/SR is a timing sequence not a speed chart.

Indeed, and to tie that into another thread – that is why a combat round can be 6 to 12 seconds in duration. I however go with the “a round in an abstract portion of time, lasting as long as it takes’ theory.

…just say that a riposte/counter-attack is an attack using a defensive reaction. A riposte thus subtracts 30% from your next defense (just like any parry or dodge) and the attack can be any sort of attack.

I like this and it is a version of what I run. Honesty anything to streamline the flow of the combat helps. Not everyone (ie my players) are grandiose bookkeepers.

...SPQR uses "levels of success" with one of the options being riposte. Such that a really good parry leaves the opponent open for a counter action. Maybe a "special" result for a parry could allow the chance to riposte, but then a skilled practitioner aims for all blocks to follow-through, which means that it should occur more often than "special" when a counter-action is intended.

I need to look into Steve’s SPQR. I like set levels of success, which could tie into a good amount of other areas. I will likely use the idea and make my own charts. I think we all do that as GMs, give a little here and there if the percentile roll is good.

thanks

I boned up my profile bio bit

RPG:

started playing in the Army in 1998, DnD. the 2nd ed, the 3rd (which now I refrain from d20 systems), attempted 4th but alas it is a table top hack slash WoW and there for not my cup of tea.

I have a campaign setting I DM. I hope to have some BRP stuff about it posted someday soon.

Hello to everyone

I look forward to chatting and learning more.