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Any cool campaigns in Moorcock's world? (Elric/Stormbringer/Multiverse etc)

Started by Trond, March 31, 2025, 04:07:29 PM

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#15
April 02, 2025, 08:50:02 PM
Quote from: Simon W on April 01, 2025, 08:27:06 AMThere was also a Corum rpg, which a lot of people don't know about. I always preferred Corum to Hawkmoon, so I kept my copy.

"Ding" that reminds me: someone was gushing about how good this one was years ago. I haven't read a single Corum story though.

Trond

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April 04, 2025, 06:13:31 PM
For those who did play; were the players all human? If you look at the original stories translated to RPG terms, some (like the story Stormbringer) is super-high level play where Elric is literally fighting gods, and others are much lower level (but still high compared to many RPGs). Did you accumulate a lot of demons bound to items etc?

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April 04, 2025, 09:01:31 PM
Quote from: Trond on April 04, 2025, 06:13:31 PMFor those who did play; were the players all human? If you look at the original stories translated to RPG terms, some (like the story Stormbringer) is super-high level play where Elric is literally fighting gods, and others are much lower level (but still high compared to many RPGs). Did you accumulate a lot of demons bound to items etc?

The only non-human players were Melniboneans or Mabden (Pan Tangans).  Most were regular humans. The sorcerers had lots of bound demons and elementals, depending on their power level, of course.  The game was wildly unbalanced as far as power levels go; a party could have beggars and sailors adventuring with high-level sorcerers.  Still, it worked and was very fun.
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April 06, 2025, 01:26:01 PM
Quote from: Trond on April 02, 2025, 08:50:02 PM
Quote from: Simon W on April 01, 2025, 08:27:06 AMThere was also a Corum rpg, which a lot of people don't know about. I always preferred Corum to Hawkmoon, so I kept my copy.

"Ding" that reminds me: someone was gushing about how good this one was years ago. I haven't read a single Corum story though.

Egads, that's blasphemy! My favorite one of Moorcock's doomed guys is Corum. :)
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Trond

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April 06, 2025, 05:39:36 PM
Quote from: Jason Coplen on April 06, 2025, 01:26:01 PM
Quote from: Trond on April 02, 2025, 08:50:02 PM
Quote from: Simon W on April 01, 2025, 08:27:06 AMThere was also a Corum rpg, which a lot of people don't know about. I always preferred Corum to Hawkmoon, so I kept my copy.

"Ding" that reminds me: someone was gushing about how good this one was years ago. I haven't read a single Corum story though.

Egads, that's blasphemy! My favorite one of Moorcock's doomed guys is Corum. :)

Interesting. Some of the titles seem to refer to tarot cards? (knight of swords, queen of swords etc)

Jason Coplen

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April 06, 2025, 07:22:38 PM
Quote from: Trond on April 06, 2025, 05:39:36 PM
Quote from: Jason Coplen on April 06, 2025, 01:26:01 PM
Quote from: Trond on April 02, 2025, 08:50:02 PM
Quote from: Simon W on April 01, 2025, 08:27:06 AMThere was also a Corum rpg, which a lot of people don't know about. I always preferred Corum to Hawkmoon, so I kept my copy.

"Ding" that reminds me: someone was gushing about how good this one was years ago. I haven't read a single Corum story though.

Egads, that's blasphemy! My favorite one of Moorcock's doomed guys is Corum. :)

Interesting. Some of the titles seem to refer to tarot cards? (knight of swords, queen of swords etc)

That might, come to think of it, be where he got some of his ideas, but no - it's different antagonists.
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Today at 08:40:31 AM
Quote from: Trond on April 06, 2025, 05:39:36 PMInteresting. Some of the titles seem to refer to tarot cards? (knight of swords, queen of swords etc)

Been literal decades, so bear with.

The Knight, Queen, and King refer to gods of Chaos.  In Elric they're all equals, in Corum they're not.  Corum I'd say starts pretty low-powered, but quickly ramps up into the high fantasy realm.  The main thing for me though is that I think Moorcock's writing in the Corum books is much more focused and easier to visualize; supposedly he wrote Elric while high, and if so he's a better writer sober I think.  Then again, I started with Corum's novels, so I may be biased?

Can't speak to the game though.
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