"a thief, a reaver, a slayer" (Conan-RP, VAN, perhaps light BDSM)

Started by Marlow, March 26, 2009, 07:03:08 PM

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Marlow

So yea, this is my first RP idea here, and it's just a general interest check. I grew up reading REH's stories, and love Conan and his world. The world is so dark, ancient, and so rich that it's simply impossible not to appreciate the work Howard put into creating a living, breathing Hyboria.

So, anyway, on to the idea. I think it would be good to have it set shortly after the Hour of the Dragon, where Conan is King of Aquilonia and all of Howard's other stories have happened, and we've got a blank slate to work with. One of the great things about Conan stories are the stories have no major impact on the world. In the Tower of the Elephant, for example, Conan infiltrates the gleaming Tower of the Elephant, defeats its traps, and saves an ancient extra-solar being, and defeats the evil sorcerer (albeit indirectly). Yet, really, that doesn't have a major impact on the world. As such, we can do many great things without changing Hyboria greatly.

My idea is that a small group of adventurers (us) travel the lands, slaying, stealing, and generally getting in to trouble for our own gains. Sex would be a part of it, of course. You can't have a Conan story without bar wenches and lusty whores, but plot and conflict would be of equal merit.

Beyond that, it's all up in the air. That being said, I'll post some possible character ideas for your benefit:

- The brash barbarian youth still getting used to the 'civilized' world.
- The conniving sorceress who uses her charms to control and get what she desires.
- The amateur thief dreaming of glory among the City of Thieves.
- The whore with a sharp tongue and sharper blade trying to build a better life for herself.
- and so on and so forth

Any body interested?
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GrinningHound

I think I may certainly be able to get into a Conan RP.  :D

Marlow

Quote from: GrinningHound on March 26, 2009, 07:09:05 PM
I think I may certainly be able to get into a Conan RP.  :D
This is good.

I have no preference as to gender played and gender lived. That being said, I think I'm going to stick playing male here. Beyond that my character is a blank slate.
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Muse

This sounds like great fun. 

Were you going to use a system, such as that Conan d20 RPG 2nd Edition from Mongoose Publishing?  I'd enjoy that a great deal more than freeform, and it seems fairly true to howard's original. 
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Marlow

Quote from: Muse on March 28, 2009, 07:08:36 AM
Were you going to use a system, such as that Conan d20 RPG 2nd Edition from Mongoose Publishing?  I'd enjoy that a great deal more than freeform, and it seems fairly true to howard's original.
I have the Mongoose books, but I was planning on using them only for setting information and the like. I'm not too big of a fan running system games over the net, as I find it rather difficult to organize.
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Erin

*pokes the thread with an imaginary stick and not-so-imaginary curiosity*

Starfox

I am interested, but it depends on the frequency of posting - I already have a few games going.

Marlow

I can go for multiple daily posts personally, but I understand that probably isn't viable for others. I suppose that a post every one to two days would be ideal (so like... three to four posts a week would be the probable medium), but it all depends on everyone's availability.

Since it looks like there is good interest, maybe we should move on to details. What type of characters are people interested in, ect...
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Muse

Pitty about the freeformness, but I'm game either way. 

I'm more the three to four posts a week type. 

My favorite two concepts would be Cael the Cimmerian, the brash young barbarian with the big axe archetype, or an aprentice wise woman, perhaps Brythunian.  :) 
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Athem

It sounds like fun!

I like the original Conan stories, but my guilty pleasure are the ones written by Robert Jordan - trashy, sexy fun. So my preferred character type would be a Jordanesque heroine, feisty yet prone to embarrassing predicaments, often sans clothing :)

I have the Mongoose rules, but I don't think they're great for the setting - they're a bit too DnDish. For example, armor is much more important than it appears to be in the stories :)

Marlow

Quote from: Achmed the Mad on March 28, 2009, 04:59:21 PM
It sounds like fun!

I like the original Conan stories, but my guilty pleasure are the ones written by Robert Jordan - trashy, sexy fun. So my preferred character type would be a Jordanesque heroine, feisty yet prone to embarrassing predicaments, often sans clothing :)

I have the Mongoose rules, but I don't think they're great for the setting - they're a bit too DnDish. For example, armor is much more important than it appears to be in the stories :)
I'm a Howard purest, but Jordan's stories are alright. How knowledgeable are you of the Jordan stories? I'm very well versed with Howard's, so that's why I was figuring we should keep only with his stories in Conan lore, but if you know a lot of Jordan stories, then we could probably incorporate them in to it.

And a Red Sonja-esque character, I can dig it.
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Athem

I've read all his Conan stories (oddly, I couldn't get into any of his non-Conan stuff like the Wheel of Time). His prose was entertainingly purple (lots of 'callimastian curves' :), but I don't think he really added anything to the Conan mythos - a lot of his plots read like re-hashed versions of Howard ones. His only memorable recurring character was Karela, the Red Hawk, who pursued a definite love-hate relationship with Conan :)

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Starfox

I read all or most of Howard's stories, but none of the other authors' (apart from the comics). I also own the first ed of mongoose's conan RPG and a few splatbooks. Wouldn't mind playing a thief, probably female, or a sorcereress.

Marlow

Alright, then lets just draw from Howard stories, and if you want, Achmed, you can mention things from Jordan stories. Also, for races, I'll allow any one from 'civilized' nations. IE no picts. Everything is open through Stygian to Zamorean to Aquilonian and Hyrkanian, and so on and so forth. Basically if it's in the source book, it's good. And this is an adventuring group, so it's quite easy to bring vastly different characters together, but I think a central theme should be 'self gratification'. We're all in a group because we want something, whether that be knowledge for a sorceress, wealth and renown for a thief, etc. 
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Starfox

With regards to character generation, are there any guidelines in freeform?

Marlow

Don't be uber powerful, I suppose. Be realistic. We're all young, and have only been adventuring together for say... three months. Before then we wouldn't have had much experience in the wider world.
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Marlow

That seems very likely considering the possible variety of characters. I guess it all depends on what we want. I mean, there's the possibility for racial tensions, general distrust, etc. Any ideas?
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Starfox

Well, that depends on the characters. I am mostly asking what kind of party conflict and consequences are expected/accepted. Bickering, plotting, brawling, killing etc.

Marlow

I'd say no killing, but the others yea. If you got a score to settle, it may very well get physical.
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Starfox

What about consequences that are not killing, but split the party? Like knocking the thief out in a brawl, then cashing in the reward for his capture, or selling the unconscious foe into slavery?

Marlow

Hmm... well, I dunno about that. You'd, of course, need the consent of the player playing the thief.

I'll revise. You can kill another player's character, or do what you said, with the player's consent. The player would just make a new character afterword. That being said, it'd probably be good if you didn't have it out for another player's character. :P
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Starfox

Yeah. I meant is a character that was split from the party in such a fashion out as well?

Marlow

I'd think so. The player would create a new character to join the group, and, say, if the thief escapes or whatever, and comes back for revenge, the player could again control him along with the other character, considering the thief then becomes more of a plot element.
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Starfox

Sounds good. I should have a character outline tomorrow. Probably going with a thief.

Marlow

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Marlow

Quote from: Muse on March 29, 2009, 02:16:04 AM
Do we have a gender spread of the party yet?
Looks like two women, and I'm going to be playing a male.
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Starfox

I made a wiki page for the character background, easier to refer to.

Marlow

Quote from: Starfox on March 29, 2009, 01:47:24 PM
I made a wiki page for the character background, easier to refer to.
Which is a good idea. It'd be nice if everyone did that, just posting a picture and the link in this thread.
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Marlow

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Muse

Ah, sorry, now why did I think there was something I was waiting on. 

Okay, a bit of a check list here. 

A.  This is not NC. 
B.  We have two girls and one guy.  Let me glance at the Ons and Offs right quick. 
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Muse

Marlow, would your charecter purchase a Brythunian girl at a slave market for his own?  And what would he do if he found out she was a Wise Woman?  (Sorceress with astrology, nature magic and healing?) 
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Marlow

Quote from: Muse on April 06, 2009, 10:34:04 PM
Marlow, would your charecter purchase a Brythunian girl at a slave market for his own?  And what would he do if he found out she was a Wise Woman?  (Sorceress with astrology, nature magic and healing?)
If he had reason to purchase her, then yes, he would. As for finding out she was a Wise Woman, he'd probably have her use her talents to best help him in his endeavors. He's also got a little bit of a reverence for mysticism, so he'd definitely not treat her like a slave girl. I'll post my profile ASAP.
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Schwarzepard

Is there still room in this game?  I would like to play a male character.

Marlow

Quote from: HeretiKat on April 08, 2009, 08:52:52 PM
Is there still room in this game?  I would like to play a male character.
There is plenty of room. Another male character is very welcome. I'll post my rough character in a few minutes.
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Marlow

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Muse

Apologies for the dealy, Marlow, and not qutie sure how to get this on Eliuquiy. 


Jenna the Brythunian

Hieght      5'
Weight      111 lbs
Cup Size   C
Hair:      Golden blond like bearded barely falling to the backs of her knees. 
Eyes:      Blue as indigo silk. 
Skin:      Despite the healthy glow of a farmer's daughter, Jenna's skin has a silken smooth texture many less active noblewomen would envy. 
Build:      Petite and curvy with a tiny, trim waist and pert, generous chest.  Childbearing hips given extra perfection by a healthy layer of muscle that allows the tiny maiden to dance with the best of them, while still being no substitute for the true power of a man. 

History:   Fifth daughter of the Brythunian sheapard-serf Merik who had only one son, Jenna was as a girl with two possible futures of slavery, the invisible yoke of the serf or the honest collar of the brythunian pleasure slave stolen by horible savage foriegners in the night and dragged away to distant and exotic locales. 

The wise woman from the mountains offered her an alternate destiny at age 8, to become her aprentice, learn such magics as reading, writing, mathematics, astrology, herbalisim, medecine, and the ways of the natural world. 

Jenna learned many lessons well before the day that she and Grandmother read in the stars together that, if she lived long beyond her aged grandmother's death, an enamored lord would force himself upon her and ruin her, but she had a chance to achieve greatness if she let bandits take her in the night, but preserved her virginity for her true master.  The love in her heart would tell her he was her master as much as the obvious fact tha he was an honest man. 

She did as the stars counciled, carried away by the bandits, but protecting her virtinity with a viper that took to sleeping in her blankets, 'til the day an honest man, that her heart told her was her true master, bought her at auction. 

Outfit, (if it pleases my master): 
   Silver (the metal) bikini, miniskirt, collar, and decorations, including gaters to hold a dagger at my right hip.  A blue ribon in my hair to conceal the sling.   A heavy white sheapard's crook sung from the heart of a white ash tree.  A heavy white leather satchel to carry healing herbs and tools, supplis with which to cook for my master, and treats for Amira the white leopard I will summon. 

Outstanding Skills: 
   Alchemy
   Animal Handling
   Cooking
   Gardening
   Healing
   Herbalisim
   History
   Mathematics
   Performance of Songs, Dances, and Rituals. 
   Reading and Writing

weapons of Choice: 
   Sling/Hair Ribbon Sling
   Knife
   Staff/Sheapard's Crook

Magical Abilities:
   Expend all her energy in a defensive blast that surounds her out to a short distance to devistating effect. 
   Divination through Astrology
   Natural Magic such as empathic comunication with animals, summoning animals for aid, and establishing a special bond with an animal companion.  Also with plants, encouraging the growth of normal and magical plants, and enhancing the medicinal and recreational properties of herbs. 
   Lesser Wards and Counterspells. 
   Enter into a war of souls with a rival sorcerer. 
   
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Marlow

Alright, so the setting is pretty simple. The lowdown is that there is an ongoing civil war in Zingara, with two powers vying for dominance: the Royal Loyalists who support the King in Kordova, supported by Aquilonia; and the Militia, composed of the common people supported by rich merchant families who want to create a Republic. The party sees the opportunity to make some serious gains, and pledges their service to whomever faction they want.
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Starfox

Sounds good. Shelin will just follow the leader of the party with regards to what side one picks.

Muse

too bad this never got started.  or did i miss something? 
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Muse

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i could run instead/as well, folks.  Though my game is system. 

Would people be more intrested in a game where we're freelances in Zamoria taking jobs for coin, or advance agents for aquelonia's invasion of zingara? 
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Starfox

Ah, many differences to 1st Edition? I only got that edition.

Muse

If you mean the Atlantian Edition, not many at all. 

Of the charecter classes, for example, the one most changed was the Temptress.  it is in the core book now, very nicely streamlined and cleaned up.  At third level and further levels, they get a Secret art, and may use it to choose to advance in Polotics (as a noble) sneak attack, or Sorcery (as a Scholar)
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Muse

Starting at four and playing through to high, Starfox, see the other advertisment for Heralds of Aquelonia, I'd love to have you. 
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