r/harn

Give us a one-paragraph adventure hook set anywhere in Hârn.

This refers to HMK combat system. Should have put that in the title.

I haven't tested it with a group yet, so there's that. When I read through them, and did some testing, I found that the final shock roll result felt a bit... skewed. 1-6 is nothing, and then stun, unconscious, incapacitated, dead. It seems to me that it escalates quickly and feels a bit .. blunt? In comparison with the detail of everything else in the system.

So I wonder how others feel about it, and how it has worked in your campaigns?

Maybe I'm inventing an issue where there is none? Or have you felt a desire to tweak it a bit, and if so, how did you do that?

Hello,

So I got my hands on a Hârnworld pdf a while ago and I really like the idea of a TTRPG in a setting that's more medieval than fantasy. I think I would like to play in it, probably as a GM.

The only thing is : my table's style of game is more focused on roleplay, story-driven, with simple systems that allow for quick resolution of actions and conflicts. Meanwhile I feel like most of Hârn players like the realism, the logistics and the extreme attention to detail (let me know if I'm wrong).

Would it make sense for me to adapt a simple system to Hârn to play it as I would play, say, Dungeons and Dragons or another fantasy TTRPG ? Or do you think this would go against the very principle of Hârn ?

I was thinking of different systems, probably the Basic Roleplaying System (which I've heard is not far from Hârnmaster), the system used for Warhammer Fantasy (with a similar system for careers and combat casualties) or, if I want to keep it really simple, the system used for Barbarians of Lemuria (but that's a stretch maybe). Let me know if you ahve an opinion about what system I should use, but keep in mind that I aim for simplicity.

Thanks for your help !