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Re: Spells of Pleasure and Pain Most sword and sorcery RPGs are another source of inspiration e.g. Conan and Elric.

Re: Animal Sacrifice One option could be to use the life force from the animal to fuel the magical ability. The bigger the animal, the more energy available. You could use the HP to mana conversion rate as a mechanism for rarity. For example, the blood of a virgin queen is worth three times as much as the blood of a pig etc. There are some useful guidelines for different categories of sacrifice and their mana in GURPS Thaumatology.

Re: HERO System Equipment Guide Same here. It arrived in UK stores a couple of weeks ago.

Re: The Ultimate Skill Is the HSS basically Ultimate Skill? Or to put it another way, if I already own TUS what is new in HSS other than updated referencing. Thanks, Ian

Re: What value to limit additional Strength only for lifting and determining Encumbra Thanks for the feedback. I'm converting stuff over from a D20 campaign setting for a Fantasy Hero game. The racial description states "Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armour or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures whose speed is reduced in such situations)." More generally the problem is one of the cart horse that can carry heavy loads but not necessarily pack such a kick in combat. I'll go with -1.

If you wanted to allow additional Strength but only for lifting and determining whether a character is encumbered, what value limitation would you allow? I'm thinking -2. This would make it consistent with GURPS where normal ST is 10 points and Lift ST is 3 points. Any thoughts? Ian

Re: Kill the Dude with the Thing Seeing as this thread started before economies started falling over like a house of cards. Dare I ask the question - what would happen to the Dude with the Thing if no one wanted it? The safer and cheaper route would be to wait until the early adopters have paid a premium for the Thing and then pick it up cheap on ebay.

Wow! The PDF looks simply amazing - I can't wait for the hardcopy of the book to come out. I'm really looking forward to reading this one. There is a lot of new stuff that I think will go a long way to helping people like me converting from D&D or converting stuff from D&D. Well done Steve!

Hi folks Just wondered when we might expect to see the print version of the Bestiary in the UK? I think the book has been available in the on-line store for around a month and I've spotted it on the web sites of a few US retailers. However, my main FLGSs in Burton, Birmingham, and London don't think it is out yet. Is this another communication problem with these guys: http://www.esdeviumgames.com/index.php? Ian

Re: FANTASY HERO Sneak Peek #1: The Cover! Wow. Great picture. FH me wants it precious.

Re: ETA for Fantasy Hero PDF? Thanks mayapuppies.

I noted that Steve hoped FH would be available at Gen Con. Does that mean we can expect the PDF in the Hero Store real soon? As a transatlantic cousin, I'm not expecting the dead tree edition to reach the UK before end of August. Ian

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Re: [Compilation] "to Fantasy HERO Conversions & Adaptations" Hi there Please could you add my Hyborian HERO website, which is a conversion of the Conan RPG. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/idmartin/Hyborian%20Hero/hero_conan_main.htm Thanks Ian

Re: What if spells were like weapons? I have also used a spell skill system for my conversion of the Conan RPG from Mongoose. My guidelines for sorcery can be found here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/idmartin/Hyborian%20Hero/Characters/hero_conan_sorcery.htm New spells can still be invented but usually by sorcerers way beyond the skill level of the PCs. Most PC level sorcery is learned from the fragments of knowledge that survived the great cataclysm.

Re: Hyborian Hero Hi all Just a quick update to say I have revamped my Hyborian HERO website that provides conversion guidelines for using the Conan RPG with HERO 5ER. The revised link is: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/idmartin/Hyborian%20Hero/hero_conan_main.htm I hope to be adding to it over the coming months. Ian

Re: EGO Rolls and PRE Attacks (2) Thanks again Steve! It would be useful to expand the discussion to ask other GMs what they use EGO characteristic rolls for? I'm thinking the best thing to do would be to purchase +5 EGO with an appropriate limitation that would allow it to be used for EGO rolls and to resist presence attacks only (say -1).

Hi Steve Thanks for the short and sweet answer to my question. I probably shouldn't have posed it that way - sorry! My follow on question is that in order to cover both types of intimidation, would it be better to buy bonuses to both EGO and to resist Presence attacke like fear? If one is likely to be more common, which is the most important to have? Also would it be reasonable as a GM to give a bonus to resist Presence attacks for have a stronger EGO characteristic roll and if so - what would be reasonable to do? Thanks Ian

Hi Steve I have a player character that has a strong will with a +2 Skill Level on EGO rolls. As noted in FRED, EGO rolls are intended to resist temptations, intimidations etc. However, the character keeps getting presence attacked, which because they do not rely on EGO rolls means that the PC gains no additional benefit from the EGO roll bonus even when these attacks are obviously forms of intimidation. Is there a discrepancy in the rules here?

Re: Limitation on Aid Hi Mark Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought about using a Side Effect. Ian

Hi folks I'm writing up a spell from the Conan RPG, where the master sorcerer gains power points to use in other sorcery from a ceremony conducted with his acolytes. Each instance of the spell cast by the acolytes effectively transfers power points from their own END reserve to the master. I have interpreted this as an Aid from the acolytes to the master and not a Transfer, since every acolyte must cast the spell separately. What value would you assign to the limitation "Only Where Power Points Are Available in Endurance Reserve". I was thinking about 1/2 since in a few cases this would actually cap the level of the Aid? Thoughts appreciated, Ian

Re: Official Release Great thanks! Looks like I'll be collecting these too! Ian

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Re: Warhammer Convertion Full conversion here: http://www.killershrike.com/FantasyHERO/SystemConversion.aspx Killer Shrike is amazing.