Barbarian Conqueror King (Dinosaurs & Sorcery ACKS)

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Here is a list of the Chaotic/Chthonic Gods with all their names across cultures:

http://spacecockroach.blogspot.co.il/2013/07/gods-of-chaos.html

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This campaign sounding sounds really great! We obviously drew from many of the same inspirations, although I think Auran Empire is set about 1,000 years after your own favored time frame.

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Many thanks!

I think that growing up in what used to be Canaan (3,000 or so years ago) and studying the Old Testament (in its original Hebrew*) at school had a profound impact on my Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age preferences…

  • Parts of the Old Testament, especially the Book of Judges and Samuel I and II, has a certain sword & sorcery feel to them… As do other pieces of Ancient Near East myth, such as Gilgamesh.
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Unpointed Hebrew makes my eyes cross.

(As a theology major, I took both Greek and Hebrew, but can’t read either of them fluently now)

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While me and my ex-fiancée have separated and gone each in his or her own way (in a friendly manner; things didn’t work out for us as a couple BUT we still see each other as good friends; she is now in London starting a Master’s Degree in Genetics in a few weeks), I am still interested in this setting.

Furthermore, people in my regular (D&D 3.5E) gaming group have expressed interest in playing ACKS once we finish our current campaign (in a few months), and in this setting. So I have to work on it more seriously now.

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Here is a blog-post about time and the calendar in this world:

http://spacecockroach.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/calendar-and-time-in-barbarian.html

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Slightly updated map:

http://spacecockroach.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/slightly-updated-barbarian-conqueror.html

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Game Region:

http://spacecockroach.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/barbarian-conqueror-king-game-region.html

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Here is the Lizardman Gladiator class for this campaign - a modified version of the Thrassian Gladiator using my latest Lizardman racial template:

http://spacecockroach.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/acks-lizardman-gladiator.html

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Here is my Lizardman Hunter class:

http://spacecockroach.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/updated-lizardman-hunter.html

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Autarch has agreed to publish the Barbarian Conqueror King setting and rules (as well as the Sword & Sorcery Monsters) as a supplement to the Adventurer Conqueror King System (ACKS). We signed the agreement yesterday!

Time to start writing!

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Sold

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Congratulations to you!

I’ve been following your writings and I’m looking forward to seeing the final product(s).

And great to see Autarch appreciating it’s fan base and supporting a good effort when they spot it.

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Bad. Ass. I am totally jealous.

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That is brilliant! Congratulations golan2072, and way to go Autarch! I am green with envy.

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As said on your blog; congrats! I’m looking forward to seeing it.

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Thanks to you all! Time to get to work! :slight_smile:

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Holy Toledo! Congrats! Looking forward to the final product.

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Hello everyone! I’m very excited to have golan2072 working on Barbarian Conqueror King.

The inspiration for his work arose out of the thread on “Upcoming Products”, in which we saw a passion among our community for the Heroic Fantasy supplement and the Auran Empire campaign supplement. Therefore we knew that this type of product would be well-received.

Both BCK and the Heroic Fantasy supplement will follow a similar format - new rules for the genre; new character classes, races, magic, monsters; and a gazetteer with light-weight campaign setting. (I may call the Heroic Fantasy supplement “Hero Conqueror King”…or we might call BCK something like ACKS: Swords and Sorcery Companion.

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Perhaps it would be possible to stick to the “low middle high” naming theme, with the names changing to fit the milieu? For golan2072’s work, something like “Barbarian, Marauder, Chieftain” or “Barbarian, Champion, Warlord” might fit the theme.