- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Chaosium Inc; illustrated edition edition (Dec 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0933635982
- ISBN-13: 978-0933635982
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,674,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent RPG < better than Stormbringer >,
By sho.fukamashi@lineone.net (London , England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Elric!: Dark Fantasy Roleplaying in the Young Kingdoms (Paperback)
This is one of the best RPGs of Dark fantasy, reading the rules and playtesting the games with a few friends we has hours of fun < 16 to be exact > with the generated Adventures in the back Recommended !
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sanitised version of an excellent game,
By Weisenwolf (Thame, Oxfordshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Elric!: Dark Fantasy Roleplaying in the Young Kingdoms (Paperback)
I have no idea what the brief was for this version of the Stormbringer RPG but it is simply awful.
Stormbringer had some flaws which needed to be addressed: a combination of characterful racial die modifiers, a character class system and an all or nothing magic system tended to create winner of losers. Elric! Certainly addresses these issues, now characteristics are almost irrelevant, all nationalities are exactly the same and everyone Soldier or Farmer can start with 100% weapon skills and the ability to cast magic (resembling the battle magic or Runequest) from the start. So there are no winners or losers, everyone is the same. What a stroke of genius, atmosphere gone completely, but it's all nice and fair. The combat system is marginally better but it is otherwsie Awful!
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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For a taste of the truly unique Elric! is unsurpassed.,
By Miskatonic Alumnus "cthulhu r'lyeh wgah'nagl ... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Elric!: Dark Fantasy Roleplaying in the Young Kingdoms (Paperback)
This RPG has proved brilliant and entertaining for both novice role-player and experienced, for both those familiar with Moorecock's work and those who are not. I'll be the first to admit that the release of 3rd edition D&D has distracted me from this ingenious work of dark fantasy but before 3rd edition came out this system was the only one out of the many I have played in my 12 years of gaming to hold my attention (there are plenty of new rules that cropped up in 3rd edition that look familiar to ones in this book). The system of incresing abilities and skills is much better than the much acclaimed 3rd edition D&D. This game is also a much more "realistic" RPG than anything that TSR or Palladium ever put out. The fact that characters do not gain levels but instead increase their various skill and ablities by practicing them is a BIG step towards working realism in RPGs. There are none of the class restrictions found in other RPGs in this game. You can do what you learn how to do. And for those of us tired of explaining why our worlds are not controlled by the blatantly more powerful elven and dwarven races, this games' human-only content is quite refreshing. There is of course the non-human race known as the Melniboneans but they are little more (functionally speaking) than an eldritch and sorcerous race of decadent humans. My only complaints are that the book is paperback and that more people don't realize it's brilliance. Combat is extremely well laid out with an unsurpassed balance of realism, utility, and entertainment. Even if you do not plan to run the campaign this book is FULL of great ideas applicable to any RPG from personal character quirk lists to a great and novel system of allegiance to the forces of law and chaos. Just beware of those brutal critical hit tables! oof! Feel free to e-mail for general correspondence concerning elric!.
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