tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post3343912784417203518..comments2024-03-28T02:54:01.244-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: Hawkmoon RPG ThoughtsAkrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-71359946575385862142010-12-09T17:43:49.445-05:002010-12-09T17:43:49.445-05:00No question that Dorian is not in himself very int...No question that Dorian is not in himself very interesting; he's pretty cardboard hero. Well, except when he's suicidal in the first book, which was cool. I think even Moorcock wasn't that interested in him, which is why he surrounded him with a large cast of supporting characters, including my all-time favourite, Guillam D'Averc. I've long dreamed of a D'Averc series. Ah well.<br /><br />But, as you say, the setting is nifty. And the fact that Dorian's shadow doesn't hang over the world is a goof thing from a gaming perspective.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-75787731709738184312010-12-08T15:00:47.554-05:002010-12-08T15:00:47.554-05:00Well, I don't blame you. I did the same thing....Well, I don't blame you. I did the same thing...AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-87620682716124910512010-12-08T10:38:12.541-05:002010-12-08T10:38:12.541-05:00I concur that the Corum supplement is brilliant, N...I concur that the Corum supplement is brilliant, Newtus.<br /><br />The imminent doom of the 'Young Kingdoms' wouldn't bother me as much now, Andreas. However, two decades ago, it did make the setting unattractive to me. (I was the kind of person who always ran my MERP campaign during the 4th Age, in order to retain an 'open future' for my PCs.)Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-51122279686613154312010-12-08T09:42:38.645-05:002010-12-08T09:42:38.645-05:00I agree that the Chaosium Hawkmoon never felt that...I agree that the Chaosium Hawkmoon never felt that much like Hawkmoon. The MRQ1 I have, but haven't yet gotten around to read. Maybe I should. <br /><br />The fact that the world was going to end never bothered me with Stormbringer. I kind of saw it as a feature.AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-74639458677166011452010-12-08T01:55:02.064-05:002010-12-08T01:55:02.064-05:00"Mention the Lord of the Rings
Just once mor..."Mention the Lord of the Rings <br />Just once more<br />And I'll more than likely kill you<br />"Moorcock, Moorcock, Michael, Moorcock" you fervently moan."<br /><br />Half-Man Half Biscuit "She's got Dickie Davis Eyes"<br /><br />Sorry had to include that, hee, hee :)<br /><br />Seriously though, I really liked the MRQ1 Hawkmoon, I've got both the core book and the Granbretan sourcebook - and I'm quite dispondant that they haven't updated it (and put it in one big book that makes sense) in the same way that they did for MRQ2.<br /><br />The Corum supplement from Darcsyde Productions is pure gold and a good source of inspiration even if you don't want to use it as a setting book.<br /><br />http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=1853Newt Newporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526248931436220381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-40111109139292196782010-12-07T20:38:42.611-05:002010-12-07T20:38:42.611-05:00You raise a legitimate criticism, cardandol. I gu...You raise a legitimate criticism, cardandol. I guess that I didn't notice this feature of the RPG's treatment of the setting decades ago. I should reread the Hawkmoon stories, as I've forgotten about some of the more exotic technological devices in them.<br /><br />As for the Mongoose version of Hawkmoon, I believe that a revised edition will be produced for MRQII. As I have a high opinion of MRQII, I may check it out (assuming that it doesn't suffer from the irritating editing problems that plague so many of Mongoose's products).Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-68299693619078726762010-12-07T19:04:12.115-05:002010-12-07T19:04:12.115-05:00As someone who grew up on Hawkmoon (you're rig...As someone who grew up on Hawkmoon (you're right, Corum is better, but Hawkmoon was the first Moorcock I read), I found the original Chaosium game disappointing. It was treated in many ways as a standard post-holocaust setting - nuclear bunkers, ancient armoured personnel carriers, all the signs of a lost 20th century world - whereas the ancient tech in the books is all giant clockwork baboons and mind-control jewels that eat your brain. I found the recent Mongoose edition (now sadly out of print) much more atmospheric and in keeping with the original source material.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com