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Well what does this mean to me wanting to run B2 Keep on The Borderlands? Absolutely nothing at all because I can easily modify it to fit AS&SH with little effort. There are several reasons why B2 can easily fit into the mold of Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea :
- Isolated & backwater location easily adapted into a nice base from which to venture into the wilds of my version of Hyperborea. The monsters of B2 all have analogs in AS&SH making the fit easy to accomplish.
- An enclosed OSR system with tons of PC classes means that straight out of the box I can keep this game going for years with no real dent on my wallet. I've already run this beast countless times and B2 lends itself to dangerous lands of AS&SH.
- The Caves of Chaos is the perfect place for AS&SH adventurers to cut their teeth & perhaps sneak reference or two of the Temple of Elemental Evil in the background.
- Sword & sorcery with an OSR twist! More of an excuse for me too go back to module adaption commentary of TSR classics on this blog and perhaps slip in a back door plot hook or so.
- Orcs! I love AS&SH's version of orcs and other humanoids! So easily adaptable to a wide variety of pulpy weird little twists!
- So many opportunities to bring home that old school flavor & twist it around with one of my all time favorites.
So how did I convince my DMing partner to want to run this game system with me? Two words Woolly Mammoths! As soon as he saw these guys in the AS&SH player's guide well he had his concept for a PC!
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So Robert & I are on the phone going over the Player's Book and he's looking over the options and so I'm. And this means that I actually get to finally play again! That's right I get to sit down and finally chuck some dice! For me AS&SH is sort of like coming home, the world is familiar, the game system solidly designed and features classes that I know and love.
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I've been keeping my options open and while it might be a while before this game starts there are a few things that make me really happy this evening. This blog is reaching folks locally & they're contacting me, there are others in my area with an OSR strain that are interested in playing, & I can move forward with this event. More as it develops!
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