[Let’s Study: Conan] Part 7: GM Chapters and Review

Today we’re tackling the last parts of the Conan book, with a quick glance at the remaining chapters! The Hyborean World This is the dense setting chapter that talks about the world that Conan inhabits. Remember when I said way back at the start of this series that the RPG book is probably the most […]

[Let’s Study: Conan] Part 6: Encounters

After taking a peek at Sorcery, we’ll be going over the various threats and monsters that players can expect to run into in the Conan RPG. Creature Categories The RPG has five different categories for the encounters that the GM can throw at his players: Minions – The most frequently encountered opponents, Minions fight with […]

[Let’s Study: Conan] Part 5 Sorcery

Happy Valentines Day! Not quite the most cheerful image to pop up today, but we’ll be doing a quick look at Sorcery in the world of Conan. Most of you might know that Conan is a setting where magic is rare and dangerous, and where Sorcerers are inevitably all utterly insane. While most of this […]

[Let’s Study: Conan] Part 4a Combat Example: Sadiya vs Cultists

Welcome back! We’ve spent quite a bit of time poring over the rules for Combat, so it’s time for us to start putting it into a bit of practice. For the purpose of this example, we’ll be using Sadiya, our sample character from part 2 as she confronts a mob of Cultists in a forest […]

[Let’s Study: Conan] Part 4 Combat

I don’t think it’s possible for us to run a Conan RPG without having at least a little combat in it. Okay, a lot of combat. But you get what I mean, right? Anyway, now that we’re familiar with the rules, and we have a sample character let’s jump in with both feet on the combat […]