[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Tancred: It's rather good. Based on D20-system. Less complex than MERP. You really needed to take university degrees in 'Middle Earth Mythology' and 'Advanced Roleplaying Mechanics' to even UNDERSTAND good ol' MERP.

I never played MERP myself, but a few members of our group did. One of them (who was even newer to RP games than myself) changed the name to B.U.R.Ps (Boring Unsurvivable Role Playing [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img] ) From what I heard of the game, that was a pretty accurate description.

My roommate and I also re-wrote the stats for several monsters in the 1st Edition Monster Manual...most specifically DRAGONS!!!! Gygax may have been a visionary, but he seriously underestimated the levels that characters would achieve.

A 20th level fighter should be able to clear out an entire den of 1st Edition dragons as written in the MM1.

I also collaborated with another member of the group to do our own write-up of the Balrog. We basically combined the powers of the Balor from MM1 with a Solar from MM2. I got rid of a LOT of my PnP material several years ago, but I think I may have kept that particular info. I will look for it later tonight and post it if I find it.

The 150HD version from 3rd Edition sounds great, but based on the rapid advancement characters achieve in the new version, I still have to wonder if it would be adequate.

Bah....everybody knows that barbarians don't like change. I'll always be a 1st Edition man myself.