And his brother shot him in the back with a heavy crossbow and killed him on the way to the first dungeon complex just to spite him. Percentiles if I remember right, multiple 100s on stats, a 99, a 97, low roll was something like 91. A friend rolled up one of those insanely good characters right in front of me, that I would never believe if he'd brought it pre-rolled. One of my most memorable gaming moments happened in EPT. I didn't keep up with collecting later material, since I liked the world but wasn't actually playing it. Barker's novels help a lot in understanding the world. Still have it in a box of old stuff somewhere, along with a couple of early add-on bits. I'd probably do better with it now, with more knowledge of the cultures it is built on to draw upon. We had some fun with it but it was a bit too far off the beaten path for me to feel very comfortable trying to build on it at the time. I ran it for awhile in high school, in between D&D runs. I've been engrossed in the setting for 38 years. It is a complete game, with history, current politics, chargen, combat, magic, bestiary, alien races, and miscellaneous magic items. It features large political empires that have existed for millennia, similar to Ancient Rome or China, numerous non-human races, horrific creatures, active gods, powerful magic, intrigue inside of intrigue, rigid social strata, and ancient advanced technology.įour systems (or three and a half, depending on how you count) have been published for it, so you can take your pick of the one you like, or apprise yourself of the numerous conversions to other systems (GURPS, TFT, BRP, d20, d6, FUDGE, etc.).įor the old school crowd, Empire of the Petal Throne, the original, is your best bet. Instead of the typical medieval fantasy setting based on European mythology, Tékumel is based on the mythologies of India, the Middle East, and Mesoamerica. Tekumel is as big as Middle Earth, tons of detail. I'm sure many of the rules in EPT could be ported into a more conventional D&D game, as they are of a common place and time in gaming history (the upper Midwest in the early 1970's).Įrik, for your unboxing, I'd love to see a comparison between the EPT rules and the LBB's. The original game has its own game system, which is very tightly integrated into the setting itself, but it can theoretically be played using any system, because it's the world and its incredibly detailed background that's the "star". There are also a number of adventure modules set in the world itself, as well as novels, spin-off games, miniatures rules, etc. It's an incredibly detailed setting, created by someone who was a professor of languages (like Tolkien), with huge amounts of detail on language, dress, customs, etc. The box is going for around $200 on eBay, so kudos if you got a deal on it.
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