Vondy Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 I have posted the first seventeen turns of my Counter-Harn campaign "Caer Nurel" on Curufea's site. I have also posted a page with brief character sketches (written, not drawn) of all of the characters who have appeared in the game to date. I will post future turns as they are completed, as well as resources which will include: Articles on the game's divergent history, religion, theurgy based magic, etc. Full character builds and write-ups for character's who merit them. The House Rules I use for PBEM. Anything else that tickles my fancy. It can be found here: http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:counterharn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Looks good! And I'm not just saying that because I've ripped off large amounts of Harn material for my Western Shores campaign, either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn At the beginning of each turn I put "game-master comments." The player decided to go through and add his comments. Update: player comments through turn sixteen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eosin Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Much impressed. You captured a great flavor. I am through chapter 7 where it starts hopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn We completed and I added Turn 18 today. Its fief maintenance. Not exciting, but it builds the characters and village. Update: Added Turn 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Much impressed. You captured a great flavor. I am through chapter 7 where it starts hopping. Thanks! The action runs in ebbs and flows. We just came down from an action series and are now into a character series again. I'm trying to get us more firmly into the main plot now. The medium is slow going, but we're on a slow burn to a major bursting point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Update: the kaldor (kingdom) timeline for counter-harn is now up. Hopefully the general timeline will be up in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eosin Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn I want write-ups!!! Give me write-ups or give me death! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn I want write-ups!!! Give me write-ups or give me death! They're coming! Our house rules for the PBEM format need to get polished and go up as well or they won't make a lot of sense. Because of the PBEM format we dropped speed and CVs and decided to go with DEX order and "combat skill rolls" for combats between major characters. The combat rolls are opposed (sword versus sword, sword versus shield, sword versus dodge, etc), and the greater margin wins. It means everyone has to have that information available, but it speeds things up greatly. For combats with goons and minions, however, we just write them out alternating a "few phases" at a time without rolls. As a result, I need to figure out what format I want to present them in and include some notes on how I would build them if I were running a table top game (with normal rules). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Update: Baron Reinhardt Maddox's Character Write Up is on the Wiki. http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=characters:baron_reinhardt_maddox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Update: added Faranir of Tonot's write up. http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=characters:faranir_of_tonot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Maybe I'm just being dense, but I don't understand why you're calling it Counter-Harn. Did I miss something? Anyway, have you seen this link? It has some good stuff: http://www.regia.org/main.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn The counter-earth shtick is a common pulp sci-fi trope in which the events happen on a planet sharing earth's orbit, but on the opposite side of the sun where no one can see it (which was all well and good before the advent of the space probe). My harn is very different than canonical harn, so I decided it was counter-harn. I could have just as easily called it counter-earth and used harnic place names, but it has other harnic elements as well, so its "counter-harn." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Got it. Thanks for clearing it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Got it. Thanks for clearing it up. Counter-Earth in Fiction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eosin Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Good reading. Keep us appraised of any updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutant for Hire Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn *manfully trying to avoid making any Gor jokes here* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Which is good since I loathed the Gor novels with an abiding passion. The idea of a counter-earth comes from the pythagoreans, and has appeared in several science fiction stories (not just "its good to murder a man so you can rape his woman because she wants you to John Norman"). Did you read any of the logs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn And here I thought Gor was about pot plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutant for Hire Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Which is good since I loathed the Gor novels with an abiding passion. The idea of a counter-earth comes from the pythagoreans, and has appeared in several science fiction stories (not just "its good to murder a man so you can rape his woman because she wants you to John Norman"). Did you read any of the logs? Yes, I read the logs. This is called "humor" which occasionally surfaces on the boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Yes' date=' I read the logs. This is called "humor" which occasionally surfaces on the boards.[/quote'] I understood the joke. And since you read them, any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Update: Character Posted: Kamran Inthin http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=characters:kamran_inthin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Update: Character Posted: Countess Thilisa Maleken. SPOILER WARNING: She hasn't appeared in the game yet and there is at least one potential secret on her sheet - so if you are reading the logs and don't want secrets revealed before their time then don't read her sheet. On the other hand, if you like thrillers more than mysteries... be my guest. Note: I'm working on her spells, which I will post when finished. It'll be a few days. http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=characters:countess_thilisa_maleken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutant for Hire Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn I understood the joke. And since you read them, any thoughts? Not my style of fantasy gaming, to be honest. I prefer my fantasty worlds a little more fantastic. I'm not really the medieval gaming type. The closest I get is Ars Magica. But it looks solid otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Re: The Chronicles of Counter Harn Not my style of fantasy gaming' date=' to be honest. I prefer my fantasty worlds a little more fantastic. I'm not really the medieval gaming type. The closest I get is Ars Magica. But it looks solid otherwise.[/quote'] Fair enough. I do have some fantastic elements coming up, but I have a few more plot points I want to drop into place first. Part of my "simulationist" schtick is to make those elements really stand out when they appear, but this player has always been into more politics and social intrigue (no matter what the genre) than other aspects of the game. And the truth is, I'm more into mundane fantasy than the fantastic. I liked the idea behind ars magica, but truth be told, I couldn't get into the system, and some of its base assumptions struck me as odd. I guess I'm influenced by a weird blend of Howard and midieval fanboyism. On the other hand, when I do run high fantasy, you will feel the thunderbolts of the gods, and in this case, a few may be lobbed around here, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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