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I would say 1E Tribe 8, but that's my default response to any "gritty fantasy" setting where magic is supposed to be mysterious and potentially dangerous.

If you really want people to play, and not just say they'll play an bail after a session or 2, then I suggest d20 Conan Atlantean edition.

Only one class gets sorcery, and that's optional, and they have to do some shit to get it, hit points stop after level 10, and you get vitality/HP, armor provides DR, and it has all the ethnic groups, weapons, poisons, etc you expect from Conan.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 11:12:31 No.43349514 Report Delete

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>>43348186
riddle of steel

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 12:31:39 No.43350501 Report Delete

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>>43349514
Looking this up, apparently there is a spiritual successor to this called Blade of the Iron Throne. Is this better, worse, or different enough from the original?

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 12:37:35 No.43350580 Report Delete

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Man. I really love GURPS, and use it for almost all of my games at this point.

But there are a couple of games that are better for Sword and Sorcery type games. I'm partial to Rollmaster myself.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 12:53:47 No.43350825 Report Delete

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>>43350501
Blade of the Iron Throne has sections that are literally plagiarized from Riddle of Steel. So I guess it's good because Riddle of Steel was good. There's also Song of Swords, which you'll find in a thread on /tg/, which is a more comprehensive rewrite. They're still working on it, so there's some bugs in the system and no magic system yet, but I personally prefer it. Blade has the advantage of being published with a magic system.

If you prefer percentile systems, there's also RuneQuest which is basically purpose built for a Sword and Sorcery game. That has both a great combat system and a good magic system, with lots of options for different kinds of magic.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 13:02:24 No.43350967 Report Delete

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>>43349326

Seconding this REALLY HARD.

Conan d20 is truly great at what it does. It's my favorite d20 system, give it a try OP.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 13:04:23 No.43350991 Report Delete

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>>43348186
Runequest 6/BRP if you want a more gritty adventures. Barbarians of Lemuria is good too.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 13:54:33 No.43351826 Report Delete

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>>43348186
I don't know about best system. It totally depends on how rules-heavy you like things, how you go for narrative vs. game, etc. D20 Conan is good, so is Savage Worlds, so is GURPS, depending on your taste.

What I will say is that the best book I ever read for running a sword and sorcery game is Sorcerer and Sword. It really helped me grasp the genre.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 14:07:31 No.43352026 Report Delete

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>>43348186
I use World of Dungeons, which hacks DW into something resembling an ultralight, slightly storygamey OD&D.

I'm more running a dungeoncrawl in a S&S style world,than emulating the sort of stuff found in the Conan stories though. So other stuff may be better for modeling Conan's exploits.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 15:46:08 No.43353843 Report Delete

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>>43350967
Where would I find this?

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 16:08:38 No.43354247 Report Delete

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>>43348186
Low-tech GURPS.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 16:23:12 No.43354555 Report Delete

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http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/conan/

Literally GURPS

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 17:09:35 No.43355576 Report Delete

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I don't know, it's not hard to find a pdf of it.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 17:32:27 No.43356057 Report Delete

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For a Conan setting, I'd recommend Savage World. It has been created exactly with this kind of setting in mind. If you want something gritty and brutal, Runequest or Elric are excellent options. Though keep in mind that they are games with low character survability.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 17:37:47 No.43356183 Report Delete

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D&D 3.5 in the missionary position for the express purpose of procreation.

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This

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>>43348186
Dungeon Crawl Classics

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pjqpekwyetx8wo7/AACbOXXb8rlJLCrmQHaV9dBAa?dl=0

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 01:55:37 No.43364736 Report Delete

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No, man. No. Conan's big thing is just purging the fuck out of waves of enemies. DCC can threaten the players with a couple of wolfs.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 01:59:31 No.43364786 Report Delete

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If a solo game (one GM and one player) is your thing, Scarlet Heroes does remarkably well at modelling the sort of combat you'll see in the Conan stories.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 02:49:03 No.43365527 Report Delete

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>>43348186
To make a game that actually feels like you're playing as the protagonists of a pre-GRRM fantasy novel, or better-yet, pulp-fantasy-novel, then 4e is your best bet. Honestly, it's the first edition that OOTB, played games that actually felt like the noble heroes engaging in epic quests to fight evil. Granted, that didn't stop us from modding the ever living FUCK out of older games to make it do that, but when these sorts of questions are asked, one can assume that you mean OOTB play.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 02:50:42 No.43365546 Report Delete

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>>43348281
>simulationist shit
Abstract mechanics are superior.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 02:51:43 No.43365562 Report Delete

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>>43362271
You must be joking. It's incredibly easy to die in that game. There are no Conans.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 02:55:02 No.43365609 Report Delete

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>>43365527

4e + Inherent Bonuses is fantastic for that.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:10:59 No.43365765 Report Delete

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Yup, there are a lot of things that 4e simply doesn't do well, but larger than life fantasy novel protagonists being heroic (in the greek sense) is what it does better than any other system I've ever run.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 05:14:25 No.43367088 Report Delete

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http://dnd.rushland.eu/conan.htm
Personally I prefer the Second Edition of d20 Conan, but find and use what works for you.

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