Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Interesting! I've never really looked at games like "Pendragon", so this is fascinating.

It's basically THE game for King Arthur stories. The Glorious General would fit right in!

And we did, too. Phil realy enjoyed the questions, and it was amazing to watch him be creative on the spot.

Oh yes, it is lots of fun for everyone. It's also my preferred way to run games, because then you actually do less preparation.

Originally Posted by Bren

Well, except for Pendragon using stats on (more or less) 3d6 and rolls using D20 instead of a D100.

Yes, Bren, so? That's not a systemic difference, it's a difference in presentation, and nothing that can't be rectified by multiplying by 5 or dividing by the same number.

Originally Posted by AsenRG

Yes, Bren, so?

So Runequest/CoC/BRP with their use of D100 rolls would be a closer comparison to the die rolling used in the Swords and Glory version of EPT that Chirine mentioned than is Pendragon. I like Pendragon, but once you are using a D20 you are more or less back to the original EPT type of die rolling or to any roll under your stat version of D&D.

IIR, the most recent version of Call of Cthulhu actually switched from 3d6 ish stats to percentile based stats, which would be just about the same mechanic as Swords and Glory. Which is similar to the mechanic in FASA Star Trek.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I think you're right about this. It does seem that we're doing an older, more trans-Atlantic style of gaming, doesn't it?

I seem to remember that when the hobby was much smaller folks ranged further afield. I remember the Little Tin had at least a couple of British wargame magazines on a regular basis. When Gary knew everybody at Gen Con (for instance), gaming was rather more homogeneous.

Originally Posted by Big Andy

How did you guys first find your way into the Underworld? I know there are entrances all over the place in Jakalla but where did you guys first go in? Did you go in on your own or were you sent in?

We were hired out of the Foreigners' Quarter to do some tomb robbing. Our contact provided us with the entrance location.

Originally Posted by Big Andy

What was the Glorious General's weapon of choice?

Sword. Once I became a Molkar I hired a swordmaster as a tutor and learned the Arruche (two sword) style and became quite proficient at it. However, I also kept up with the shield so I could join the troops when, as Johnny Cash said, "we were kickin' and gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer."

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Interesting! I've never really looked at games like "Pendragon", so this is fascinating.

"Pendragon" is Greg Stafford's love letter to Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur." For those of us who are enthusiastic about the source material it is breathtaking.

As the years passed it started to lose its way, and by 4th Edition it was on the verge of becoming a "generic fantasy role playing game." But Greg decided in 5th edition to refocus on his core concept, eliminating over 100 pages of rules in the process.

His essay on his editing process in Pendragon 5th Edition should be required reading for anybody who wants to design a tightly focused RPG. And it's fascinating in its own right.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

The Glorious General is a swordsman, and a noted one at that.

Why, thank you. That's very kind.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I started out with a mace; a I recall, there's a rule in EPT that 'Priests' - the EPT version of the D&D 'Cleric' - are required to use maces for doctrinal reasons. (Me, I think it was because Gary asked him to do it that way, so that EPT was more compatible with and for D&D.)

I'd give that about a 85% probability.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

And how do I know how much it all weighs? Because I own it.

"It ain't braggin' if you can really do it."

Originally Posted by Big Andy

I remembered you guys mentioning that but was curious if he had one sword that he carried all over the globe like you did with your mace.

Nope. I started out as a barbarian with a Chlenhide dagger, then as a legion trooper, then as a Kasi and I finally got a steel weapon.

Much like Fafhrd, I got and lost swords all over the globe. Before the desert campaign we did a lot more oddball missions and I wound up fighting with everything from a mace to a trident to a chidok (similar to the Shen axe-sword) to a log from the fire to a sharp pointy stick.

I think I bashed somebody over the head with a rock once, too.

Chirine,

Most Tsolyani lineages begin with the prefix hi. There are exceptions, like your last name. I was wondering if you could tell us of any other lineages that do not use the hi prefix.
Also, does the Ito lineage use the hi?

Shemek.