Mirgos Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Does anyone remember the Immortal RPG (by Precedence I think) & has anyone done any work with a conversion to HERO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG never heard of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirgos Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG It was back in '95 or so -can't remember now - there has been a new edition or so since. It had some really good ideas but seemed a bit too angsty for my tastes then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG I never got the hang of the system. I still have some of the books, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirgos Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG http://www.invisiblewar.com/main.html Just found a website giving away a 3rd edition for free - different rules system but has a lot more info on the setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Does anyone remember the Immortal RPG (by Precedence I think) & has anyone done any work with a conversion to HERO? I remember it and have a copy of the book, but I haven't opened the book in years and never put much thought into converting it to Hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG I have most of the books - I would never attempt to convert it to Hero, it's a wildy inappropriate system to try running the game in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtelson Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG I have most of the books, I'd never try to do a conversion, maybe an inspired by. The thing I remember most about the game (aside from the herculian effort it took to wade through the rule book) was that one of the modules came with a cd of sound effects - interesting but not remarkable in and of itself - but one of the tracks was a band setting up and starting to play in a bar where the players would be meeting to talk. When the band stopped playing that's when the players would be attacked. Sort of a built in "kick in the door". Untennable and pretty much unfair (What if a player had a question that took some explaining?) but also kind of a cool idea just it's reach exceded it's grasp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG I have most of the books - I would never attempt to convert it to Hero' date=' it's a wildy inappropriate system to try running the game in.[/quote'] how come? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Because Hero is too simulationist and rigidly defined for this genre. How many D6 an effect is in the game removes much of the magic of this setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirgos Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Maybe conversion was the wrong word - emulate would probably be more in line with what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG I think you could - you could certainly write up the powers and the disadvantages and things into Hero. But if you wanted the flavour, you'd need to dispense with a lot of the Hero structure, and possibly keep the numbers a secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arac-4105 Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Immortal: the Invisible War? *shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Jurassic Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Is this the Highlander-esque game? Interesting setting add gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG It has very little to do with Highlander. It is possible to have a character that has the same powers and disadvantages as a Highlander-Immortal. But it is equally possibly you could be a vampire-like Immortal or a demon-like Immortal or even an angel-like Immortal. They're all the same thing in Immortal. Gods with amnesia describes them best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Jurassic Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Nifty. I may have to check it out. I have been looking for something that no-one from my group runs, so I can start GMing, and the Deadlands (non d20) books are too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himsati Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Well, if you have any questions, feel free to ask and I'll be happy to answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Is this the Highlander-esque game? Interesting setting add gameplay.No' date=' I think you're thinking of Legacy: War of Ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admiral C Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG It's funny. I remember an old boss of mine talking about this game, about how they changed all the rpg terminology for no good reason and how you had to have a full color character sheet to play it. I actulaly bought a used copy during a recent trip. I couldn't tell you why though. Probably the same reason I bought Spacemaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himsati Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG No' date=' I think you're thinking of Legacy: War of Ages. The highlander reference was due to a line in the book about taking the head off another immortal. But that is purely based on mythology where you cut off a vampire's head and stuff it with garlic, or cut the head off a gorgon but can still wield its power, etc.. But highlander was receiving renewed popularity from the series, so the comparison was inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himsati Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG It's funny. I remember an old boss of mine talking about this game' date=' about how they changed all the rpg terminology for no good reason and how you had to have a full color character sheet to play it. I actulaly bought a used copy during a recent trip. I couldn't tell you why though. Probably the same reason I bought Spacemaster.[/quote'] You are thinking of the 1st Edition of the game from 1994 - 1997, and yes there was a huge issue with mechanics terminology. That isn't present in the 3rd Edition; they were removed after the game's original creator was able to regain his rights over the game from the publisher just before they closed their doors in 2002. The game has had a serious overhaul since the days when you played shapeshifters ... but the core rule book didn't have shapeshifting rules in it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG The recent Hancock movie made me think about the old 1st edition I have I haven't read the new edition yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG The highlander reference was due to a line in the book about taking the head off another immortal. But that is purely based on mythology where you cut off a vampire's head and stuff it with garlic, or cut the head off a gorgon but can still wield its power, etc.. But highlander was receiving renewed popularity from the series, so the comparison was inevitable. Well, actually no. Like I said, I think Kid Jurassic is thinking of Legacy: War of Ages, not Immortal: The Invisible War. They both came out around the same time (1993 for Legacy, 1994 for Immortal), but (aside from the word Immortal in the name) Immortal: The Invisible War had little or no resemblance to the Highlander mythos. However, Legacy: War of Ages was so similar to the Highlander mythos that... well... I don't know what was in the heads of the authors, so I can't in good conscience say that they knowingly copied the Highlander setting almost from beginning to end. So I'll just say that I can't imagine that anyone could read that book and not come away with the distinct impression that it was entirely intended to be almost exactly like Highlander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG I still have a copy of Immortal: The Invisible War. I liked the idea that you could play a person with another human being as his spirit animal. Never actually tried to PLAY it -- like Nephilim, I picked it up mostly for the source material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Old Immortal RPG Well, actually no. Like I said, I think Kid Jurassic is thinking of Legacy: War of Ages, not Immortal: The Invisible War. They both came out around the same time (1993 for Legacy, 1994 for Immortal), but (aside from the word Immortal in the name) Immortal: The Invisible War had little or no resemblance to the Highlander mythos. However, Legacy: War of Ages was so similar to the Highlander mythos that... well... I don't know what was in the heads of the authors, so I can't in good conscience say that they knowingly copied the Highlander setting almost from beginning to end. So I'll just say that I can't imagine that anyone could read that book and not come away with the distinct impression that it was entirely intended to be almost exactly like Highlander. Legacy: War of Ages basically was a Highlander setting without using the name. There were a few elements similar to the World of Darkness. Vampires were all called Nosferatu, and Warlocks existed as well. Instead of Werewolves, they had Chimerae, which could shapeshift, but had to absorb their mass of living beings (who they impersonated afterwards) every month. Dwimmerlaiks were supernatural horrors. Didn't bblackmoor write this one? There is a Vampire supplement called War of Ages, which has nothing to do with this game. As for Immortal: The Invisible War, it had some interesting ideas, but the system was a bit hard to understand. They created a new system when they made a new edition, and they even changed the politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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