Well, my Harn-stuff order came in today.  Gotta put everything in page protectors then a 3 ring binder.  God, I love that format:).  Then onto a good reading!

Quote from: RunningLaser;942361Well, my Harn-stuff order came in today.  Gotta put everything in page protectors then a 3 ring binder.  God, I love that format:).  Then onto a good reading!

What did you get?

Quote from: estar;942401What did you get?

I got the third edition rules box set, the third edition Harnworld binder set and the third edition Bestiary set.  Have to say, just giving things the briefest of skims, looks pretty damn impressive.

Ok, skimming a little more- this game is starting to look like a real gem.  Damn....  seriously, top notch stuff.

Quote from: RunningLaser;942521Ok, skimming a little more- this game is starting to look like a real gem.  Damn....  seriously, top notch stuff.

Yeah, while I only ran a handful of campaigns using Harn and the Harnmaster rules, I been using most of the details in my Majestic Wilderlands since the 1980s. If I didn't have time to make a keep, town or city, I recycled a Harn settlement. If I needed a list of herbs, I used Harn as a starting point. The same with the price list. Eventually I modified it to the point where it was unique to my campaign but again for the stuff I haven't done, Harn material has proven to be a time saver.

Recently I lent my friend the Harden Article because had a detailed entry about a Charcoaler and he wanted to get a understanding of how medieval charcoalers operated. The Harn Writing team really do their homework and still retain a knack to making the details terse and gamable. Something that the Ars Magica and Chivalry & Sorcery folk need to work on. Those two are overly verbose whenever they describe something. Harn is short, sweet and to the point.

The new Harnworld and Harndex are the best version of the core setting information to date.

Estar- if you didn't mind me asking, what's the Harndex?

Quote from: RunningLaser;942540Estar- if you didn't mind me asking, what's the Harndex?

An alphabetical mini-encyclopedia about locations, people, and details about harn.

RPGNow has a preview you can view.

This is Harnworld.

Thanks!  Memory kickstarted- remember seeing an older Harndex at my lfgs.  Will see about picking up the new one at some point.

Quote from: estar;941328Glad to be a service. The new bestiary makes it easier to get into the game. I recommend you look at what I said on changing how Injury levels effect shock rolls. Otherwise combat will seem too deadly.

Estar, I'm new to the site but have been into Harnworld and Harnmaster since it was first released all those years ago. I have dabbled with some small scale scenarios, but never got round to playing a full campaign. Could you please provide a link to where you discuss injury levels and shock rolls, as I too think combat tends to be a little too lethal for most players tastes.

Quote from: Penry;945191Estar, I'm new to the site but have been into Harnworld and Harnmaster since it was first released all those years ago. I have dabbled with some small scale scenarios, but never got round to playing a full campaign. Could you please provide a link to where you discuss injury levels and shock rolls, as I too think combat tends to be a little too lethal for most players tastes.

A 911 call from the Attic

Specifically this

QuoteI am not sure about this new shock roll system. I see what they were trying to fix with 1st edition. But this is like way to brutal for even my taste. I may go with a d6 roll based on whatever injury they took that round plus +1 to the roll for each prior injury. So in the first fight Scott would have been faced with a 3d6+2 shock roll instead of 5d6. 4d6+5 for the second fight's shock roll.

while not related to shock rolls this is a big time saver during character gen.

QuoteI also need to create a table of triple values so players can quickly compute the average. For example a total of 42 means the average of three values is 14 the same for 43, 44. For 45 the average becomes 15.

Thanks, I'll run some parallel test encounters at various skill levels to see how your proposal plays out. Looks like I'll be digging deeper through your blog over the weekend too.

Most ridiculous thread title ever.

Quote from: RunningLaser;941318Yes, the title is fucking terrible:) Just went in on Harnmaster- got the 3rd edition core rule box set, the HarnWorld 3rd edition folder and the new HarnWorld Bestiary.  Hopefully will get them next week.  

Special thanks to Estar- you've posted a bunch on Harn and Harnmaster.  What you've written has drawn me in, especially a write up you did on your blog about Harnmaster combat:)

Is it still in terrible binders like Aeon?

@Pundit, you know you love it in your secret heart of heart's.

Quote from: Marleycat;946118Is it still in glorious three ring binders like Aeon?

The bestiary and Harnworld sets came with three ring binders.  The third edition rules came three ring punched:)

Quote from: RunningLaser;946152The bestiary and Harnworld sets came with three ring binders.  The third edition rules came three ring punched:)

Love the three ring binder although they include them with certain product with cover pages inserted in them. Namely what was mentioned above and the main kingdom articles (Kaldor, Kanday, Orbaal, etc).

Because of this I am able to integrate everything that they ever released except for their early Harnworlds and Ivina modules. As they were released as soft bound books. I have binders with articles from the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s . The Harn line is remarkable for it consistency compared to every other RPG product out there.