Tag: Fantasy

Warlords of Atlantis: Character sheets for the Barbaric! setting

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Barbaric! There's an interesting low fantasy RPG, based on the Cepheus Engine system, called Barbaric! from Stellagama Publishing. It's a much lighter, quicker version of the whole 2d6/Cepheus/Traveller style of game. There isn't any career lifepath system and the stats have been completely replaced with a common set of seven skills. It's somewhat closer to … Continue reading Warlords of Atlantis: Character sheets for the Barbaric! setting

The Lumberlands – Sasquatches – Black Hack conversion Part II

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I'm continuing my conversion of the OSR zine Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) to the Black Hack ruleset. Original post here. This is a write-up of the Sasquatches, one of the main monster factions in the fantasy forest setting. These are just the mechanics - for the descriptions, you'll need to get a copy of the … Continue reading The Lumberlands – Sasquatches – Black Hack conversion Part II

Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part X – Earth Spells for Elemental Clerics

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I'm slowly continuing work on my conversion of the AD&D Dark Sun setting to the Sword of Cepheus system. I'm currently continuing to add to the Elemental Cleric class. I’m now putting together a list of spells for each type of Elemental Cleric – Fire, Air, Earth, and Water. Here’s my list of Sword of … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part X – Earth Spells for Elemental Clerics

Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part IX – Fire Spells for Elemental Clerics

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I'm continuing work on my conversion of the AD&D Dark Sun setting to the Sword of Cepheus system. My last post was the Elemental Cleric class. I'm now putting together a list of spells for each type of Elemental Cleric - Fire, Air, Earth, and Water. Here's my list of Sword of Cepheus spells for … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part IX – Fire Spells for Elemental Clerics

Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part VIII – Elemental Clerics

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Here’s the next career for my Dark Sun conversion to Sword of Cepheus – the Elemental Cleric. The AD&D cleric and the Sword of Cepheus cleric are considerably different. I've combined some information from the Dark Sun book Earth, Air, Fire and Water (DSS2), the sorcery system from the Sword of Cepheus rule book, and … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part VIII – Elemental Clerics

Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part VII – Weapons of Athas

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The following are some custom weapons for the Dark Sun setting, converted to Sword of Cepheus. The weapons mostly come from The Complete Gladiator's Handbook. This is part of my ongoing series converting the AD&D Dark Sun setting to the Sword of Cepheus RPG. A lot of the ideas for the rules come from Zozer … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part VII – Weapons of Athas

Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part VI – Merchants of Athas – Trade Rules

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As part of my conversion of the AD&D Dark Sun setting to the Sword of Cepheus rules, I recently made a merchant career. It sort of inspired me to take the Cepheus Engine trading rules and modify them to be used in the Dark Sun setting. The idea being that the players could make money … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part VI – Merchants of Athas – Trade Rules

Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part V – Merchants of Athas

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Here’s the next part of my Dark Sun conversion to Sword of Cepheus – the Merchant career. I've also included rules for trading. I was originally just going to create a quick merchant class, but I got to thinking as I read about the dynastic merchant houses in the Wanderer's Journal. For Tyr to trade … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part V – Merchants of Athas