D100 is here at last!

[bobquasit]

It arrived in the mail on Saturday: the playtester's copy of Basic RolePlaying, The Chaosium Roleplaying System. I'm very excited and pleased. A few quick first impressions:

1. It's huge. 399 pages! I hope the size doesn't scare newcomers off.

2. The cover is cool; I like it a lot. But again, I have to wonder how it will look to newcomers:



3. They spelled my name right. Whew!

4. I'd been worried about the magic system. No more worries - the magic system is very much in the tradition of RQ and classic BRP. There are some slightly different names for spells, but classics such as Bladesharp are effectively unchanged (it's now called "Sharpen").

It's going to take me a LONG time to read and properly analyze this behemoth! I have GOT to find a group to play it with!

Comments

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

I spent most of the last several days going through it with a fine-tooth comb... They've done a pretty good job at keeping everything that is BRP together in one place. And when in doubt they created an optional rule :-)

[wingedbard.livejournal.com]

Wow. I love that cover.. I haven't played rq in about 15 years, but I'd seriously buy this based on the cover and flipping it open and finding rq-like rules.

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

Actually the rules are definitely closer to RuneQuest than the Mongoose RQ rules are!

I hope Chaosium puts out a hardcover edition, because I'd definitely buy a copy.

Gaming Group

[jagwirex.livejournal.com]

Too bad you are on the other side of the country :-)

Re: Gaming Group

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

You're killing me! :(