My wife and I have a long running Hyborian Age BoL campaign called "The Hammer of Æs", it started as a Mongoose d20 Conan campaign and was converted to BoL a few years later.

This is the story of two companions.  The first, a large, blond haired barbarian warrior; he hailed from the frozen lands of Asgard.  The second, a dark haired, athletic female; originally from a tribe of desert nomads in Shem, fleeing her homeland; she arrived in a strange decadent city called Shadizar, where she learned the talents and skills of a thief.
 
The two would meet in that strange city, a city full of thieves, murderers, pimps, rogues, and renegades of the world over.  After joining together to defeat a common enemy, the two realized that they worked well together.  From there, the many adventures and journeys that the two shared would fill several volumes of books to re-count.

Sigulf of Asgard (Status = Epic Hero)
Strength: 3                   Agility: 2                      Mind: 1                        Appeal: 1
Init: 1                           Melee: 3                       Ranged: -1                  Defense: 2
Barbarian: 2                 Mercenary: 1               Thief:  1                       Pirate:  2                                             
 
Armor:  Light Mail Shirt/stops 1 & Thick Skin/stops 1
Weapons: “The Hammer of Æs” (Akbitanan War Maul) d6H+3 (2h) or d6+3 (1h)
Lifeblood: 15               Movement:  7              Hero Points: 6              Advancement Points:  0
Languages:  Nordheimer, Aquilonian, Zamoran, Argossean, Shemitish
 
Boons:   Trademark Weapon: “The Hammer of Æs”, (Akbitanan war maul, can be used 1h or 2h) wielder
                                                 gains a bonus die on all attack rolls.  
             Thick Skin:  +1 to Protection
              Hard to Kill:  +2 to Lifeblood
              Marked by the Gods:  The Gods favor you. You have an extra Hero Point.
             
Flaws:  Distrust of Sorcery:  When dealing with Wizards and Alchemists, you take a penalty die.


Nissa Al-Nazari of Shem (Status = Epic Hero)
Strength: 2                   Agility: 3                      Mind: 1                        Appeal: 1
Init: 1                           Melee: 2                       Ranged: 1                   Defense: 2
Nomad: 2                     Thief:  2                       Mercenary: 1               Assassin: 1                                          
 
Armor:  Leather Jerkin (Light Armor)/stops 1
Weapons:  Akbitanan Scimitar (1h/Rh) d6+2, Dagger (1h/Lh) d6+2, Bow d6+1 (75’ range)
Lifeblood: 12               Movement:  8              Hero Points: 5              Advancement Points:  0
Languages:  Shemitish, Aquilonian, Zamoran, Stygian
 
Boons:  Born-in-the-Saddle: When dealing with riding beasts or carrying out physical activities
                                              (other than fighting) while mounted, you may roll a bonus die.
              Sword & Dagger:  Adept at fighting with a sword & dagger combo.  You are more deadly with the
                                           main-gauche or left-handed dagger (you roll a d6 instead of d6L for damage). 
                                           You also get a +1 bonus against being disarmed.
             Two-Weapon Fighter:  Reduce the combat option penalty for two-weapon use by 1 (regularly -2).    
             Alert: You are quick to spot danger and react. You receive a bonus die to your Priority Rolls.
 
Flaws:  Landlubber: You take a penalty die on activities whilst at sea.

Last edited by Sigulf (9/06/2024 11:27 am)

Gundarr_the_Great wrote:

 I can see the characters are beyond the beginning level.

Yes, the campaign was converted to BoL back in 2014, so the two characters have been adventuring for a while now.


 

I GM the campaign and run my GM/PC character.   Her character gets to make the decisions, but sometimes I will give a clue or make a decision that would be appropriate for my PC to make.  

This works for us really well, we try to game once a week.  But there are times when we don't game for a month or two.  We have been gaming like this since the 90s.  We have only played with other people a half dozen times or so, they were usually short campaigns (4-6 sessions only.).  Just too difficult to get schedules together with other people on a regular basis.

After starting down the BoL journey, my wife really does not want to play any other system - she loves the system.  She will give in sometimes and play The Fantasy Trip, that is the game that I started my gaming with back in the late 70s, to make me happy though.

We have several different campaigns ongoing using the BoL rules.   One is a Beasts & Barbarians -  Jalizar campaign, another is a Witcher campaign, and we also have a Warhammer campaign, all three are sitting around waiting for their turn in the bucket.  I also have a modern era (1980s time frame) setting for use with the BoL Dogs of W.A.R. rules, but have not gotten around to playing it.

I've also been working on a BoL "Hellfrost" (Savage Worlds setting) campaign and a World of Xoth campaign (I've used about 3 or 4 of the Xoth adventures already in our Hyborian Age campaign, and really like them.)

Just not enough time for everything....

I, also, have only run, and therefore don't have any player characters to share, but before I ran, I created a number of sample characters, both to learn the system and to give my players a sense of what they could do.

This was my first - I figured it made sense for my first BoL character to be a Conan knock-off. I went with the Axos Mountains as a background, because Valgard is too metal for anything other than a Frazetta Conan.