Thread 96325956

WHAT is the best (setting neutral) sword&sorcery system?

>>96325956 (OP)
Take mechanics you like, that most suit playing in a sword and sorcery world, and mix in whatever you want.
You don't need to buy books.
You don't need to stick with one rule set.

>>96325956 (OP)
Barbarians of Lemuria - either Legendary or Mythic edition. They come with a setting baked in that you need not use.

Everywhen - a fork/elaboration on BoL. It's even more genericized than BoL.

Sword & Sorcery Codex - not a stand alone system, but a content expander for both of the above systems, worth getting if you like either of those systems.

Savage Worlds - Decent system for pulpy s&s adventures. Not really built for dungeon crawls, per se.

D&D B/X is also just fine for running generic swords & sorcery.

>>96325956 (OP)
B/X. D&D was always based on Swords and Sorcery and not Tolkienesque or Arthrurian fantasy or whatever other type of fantasy.

>>96326949
whats the dif between legendary and mythic?

>>96325956 (OP)
Conan 2d20 for me

>>96325956 (OP)
Original dnd with chainmail.

Ironsworn, you won't get the right sword and sworcery feel if your system is too crunchy.

>>96327721
Some changes in the core stats (brawl is out, initiative is in), some numbers rejiggered, enemy roster expanded, new rurus for mass combat and creating demons. The latest version of Mythic also comes with more free adventures and with new art.

>>96326949
>>96327721
>>96332850
Barbarians of Lemuria and its offshoots (such as Honor + Intrigue) are some of the best games ever made. I wholeheartedly recommend them.

>>96325956 (OP)

On Mighty Thews.

>>96328846
It's a good system, but it's pretty strongly tied to the Hyborean Age.

>>96325956 (OP)
90% of the big fantasy rpgs are perfect for sword and sorcery. You can just pick your favourite and use that. You can unironically just use 5e if you want, and it'll work great.

>>96338256
5e is terrible for s&s.

>>96338272
I know this board has a hateboner for 5e, but you're gonna have to explain your reasoning for this one. Have you read any conan comics/short stories? Most of them would make excellent 5e adventures. You could turn Red Nails into a 5e adventure in 10 minutes.