GianniVacca Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I've seen this on Mongoose's web-site. Is it good? Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I bought the d20 version a while ago and simply loved it. It is a whole series of adventures that are really gritty sword and sorcery stuff. It captures the feel of Clark Ashton Smith and Howard better than any series of adventures for role-playing I have ever read. I of course have not seen the D100 version yet so I do not know how well it may translate, but I am certainly going to re-buy it. The original was pretty beefy at about 200 pages and had 10 very nice adventures in it. It is not a high fantasy book with elves, dwarfs, and orcs. Much closer to the Savage Sword of Conan tales. The author has a website where you can get the feel of the stuff he likes to write. http://xoth.net/publishing/xp1/#preview Quote 294/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Peterson Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chorpa Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Never heard about this module until now. Seems like a campaign module just along my tastes. Might pick it up and use it as a basis for a future Sword & Sorcery campaign using BRP or GURPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Thanks... So is this generic enough that it could be adapted to an existing campaign world? Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Thanks... So is this generic enough that it could be adapted to an existing campaign world? I do not think that there should be much of a problem... Of course it depends on the world. It geared for a more hyborian or Mesopotamian type world than a western European style setting. Quote 294/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 I do not think that there should be much of a problem... Of course it depends on the world. It geared for a more hyborian or Mesopotamian type world than a western European style setting. Actually I was thinking Second Age Glorantha Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Glorantha may be a bit of a problem. There are a number of almost Lovecraftian cults and gods involved. Glorantha is so specific in many areas that other gods, cults and locations are difficult to port in at times. (At least in my experience). It could still work though with some nips and tucks. Quote 294/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Oh, this is not a problem. My Glorantha varies *a lot* Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Glorantha may be a bit of a problem. There are a number of almost Lovecraftian cults and gods involved. Glorantha is so specific in many areas that other gods, cults and locations are difficult to port in at times. (At least in my experience). It could still work though with some nips and tucks. I really don't see this as an issue for 2nd Age Glorantha. You have the God Learners mucking around with myth all the time and its quite reasonable for some truly atrocious Lovecraftian type cults to spring-up, all because the God Learners have been screwing around with some poor, previously innocent cult's myths. Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 You could easily reskin it with Gloranthan Chaos Cults I reckon, just a bit of tweaking here and there. I sounds like a great scenario to run, heaps of flavour,,, Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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