For those of you not in the states it is the beginning of Memorial Weekend. A bit time for people to be out, about, and generally not anywhere near a computer.

I expect that posting all the way till Tuesday to be rather slow.

That being said, take your own time to remember those who have fallen in the past wars. They gave everything they had to offer so that we can live as we do today.

I am unsure what the "Engage" roll is?

The engage roll is if you are attempting to "bypass" someone or to engage a specific opponent.

For example, 2 henchman and a boss guy. The 2 henchmen advance, no need to roll to engage them they are intending to be in your way. You want to get to the bossman, you roll an Engage check (dodge check essentially) to get by the henchmen in front of you.

It is something that was implemented in Elric! and in further editions of Stormbringer (5th)

Ah, ok so since my intent is to stay behind Viktor and fight the guards that get by him I do not need to roll one then?

Nope, no need to roll, technically since Viktor is charging down the hall like a mad bull he did not need to roll either. In some of the other fights, it is been needed, Habit and all.

In reply to The Grey Lords (msg # 247):

I will admit I just copied the example for combat...lol...I think the other guys might be getting a diversion soon.

Uh-oh, looks like you two are about the be the meat in a guard sandwich!

Nah, we've got that squad of guards surrounded now !  ;>

In reply to Berta (msg # 250):

Don't worry I think all the guards will be chasing me soon.  Some of them might have their heads falling off soon.  I hate when guards heads fall off.


If we kill em all...I know where some gold is :)
This message was last edited by the player at 23:09, Mon 25 May 2015.

You smooth talker, you !  ;>

In reply to Berta (msg # 252):

Is gold a way to a woman's heart? lol

I left mine in my other jacket.  *pointed look*

No, through her ribcage is the way to a woman's heart :)

In reply to Rael Gol (msg # 255):

Nice Rael...Nice...lol

This game is going pretty awesome right now.

So Rael, what you are saying is that Viktor is the Don Juan of the game... Going on 2 in like 2 minuets.

oh wait, one was an arm

We already this about Vik, he has this endearing laughter when he slaughter people and laughs like a sadistic maniac and he has this thing about cutting people arms...

Yes he is definitely the charmer in the group and his idea for a quick banter is the flat side of his axe in someone face :)

What women, men or demon could refuse such a charming endearing man?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:28, Thu 28 May 2015.

Everyone wants my giant sexy axe...Girls always like the bad man....lol

For those of you who are familiar with Futurama:

Yara Want Snu-snu from axe man!

I've been reading BRB 4th as I am considering running a game with it here on Rpol and I cam into conclusion that the system is darn lethal.

If you use hit location, an average human has 4-5 hp in his head, it mean that most weapon hits would turn your day into a very bad one :)

oh yes, BRP is extremely lethal. It is meant more for the "thinking player" rather than the old fashioned "I'm going to wade through this village of Kobolds and take no damage".

The original form of this game was Call of Cthulhu. In that game there are things that you simply cannot kill, to attempt to do so means near instant death. Combat is fast, fierce, and deadly. Think about it in this term, How many thousands of people can a dragon simply kill in Tolkien before you can possibly take it down? (Other than through a damn lucky shot, OR getting the one item that the dragon knows can kill it)

I fell in love with this system back in 1990 and I've used it ever since thanks to it's basic flexibility. I'm actually putting together a Mass Effect game (slowly) using the BRP rules as most of it is already there in a standard form.

I've been playing Stormbringer since 3rd, and it has used a very similar system. It finally unified around Stormbringer 4th ed. I'm using the DaVinci BRP book combined with the Stormbringer 5th for this.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:06, Thu 28 May 2015.

I have one edition of Elric and its pretty cool, dark grim and gritty like the books.

I got BRB 4th ed because of this game as I saw how nice the system is in actual play.

It has some new things I like (alternative use of Power points as Fate points), the resistance table, something I am not fond of (you can lose skill ranks if you train, not clear difference between different magical systems, sanity points) but all in all it is flexible enough to allow much alteration and seem ideal to a game in the spirit of Joe Abercrombie First Law trilogy.

As you will eventually notice, I tend to play things a bit loose, no need for EVERY TINY skill mod. The system is completely modular take this, leave that, don't bother with Sanity  ect...

Sheesh, you guys talk sooo much..

BRP is one of my favs too exactly because it is deadly. Discourages the charge in willy nilly feel of D&D for  grittier feel to me. Like the magic systems as well.

Reading and posting now.

What exactly does BRP stand for?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:27, Thu 28 May 2015.

Basic Role Playing

The core system is like GURPS (Generic Universal Role Playing System) in that it can accommodate any genera "easily"

Yeah, I know how sucky it is to read a ton of posts. Sadly in a sit-down environment, many of the "posts" are handled in a few seconds, here yeah it ends up being a lot.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:29, Thu 28 May 2015.