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Dragons Warriors RPG

Posted by Billiam Babble on Oct 23, 2010; 7:51pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Dragons-Warriors-RPG-tp5666253.html

Very quick post about a bargain download I've recently acquired as part of the Flood Appeal Bundle on RPGNow (see thread: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.664610.n2.nabble.com/Closing-date-25th-Oct-2010-Pakistan-Flood-Relief-Bundle-td5666195.html  )


Dragon Warriors RPG

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=60924

This is a nostalgia purchase for me.  I used to have some of the Dragon Warrior paperback books in the 80's but lent them out.  The art is different, but there's still something very classy about Dragon warriors.
(Original books description on RPG.net : http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=262 )

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warriors
(includes covers of the original books)

After downloading it, I realised that it would take forever to print so I took it to a photocopy place who (after an argument about US letter format) printed (double sided) and spiral bound the 258 pages for an extortionate which compels me to tell people to pay the full price for the hard back of this - if there is one.

Character sheet:

Dragon Warriors Character Sheet


Dragon Warriors may be a bit simplistic for some folks, but it's got a solid feel to it.   Also a quick skim through reveals another curiosity - I could be wrong about this - but you only play humans.  
another thing I had forgotten about Dragon Warriors was that authors Morris and Johnson used to be notorious for using corners of the same world in most of the solo game books they wrote, regardless of publisher, making them a sort of franchise in their own right.  Mortis may be able to help me out here with some references. ;)

(I should really post a picture of the campaign map ... I've been trying to find a graphic already on the web)

The illustrations, weapons, classes and general descriptions all point to a world (the "Land of Legend") set in the dark ages to early middle ages, where teutonic knights and gothic barbarians co-exist.  I like these sorts of settings, but then I favour the slam of the broadsword when compared to the baroque hand-gunnes and ornate weapons of some RPGs.
Comprehensive spell lists, a selection of monsters and a scenario are included.  There's quite a bit of emphasis on back story for characters.  I don't ever remember playing Dragon Warriors but still looks like one of the easier to play games on the market.   Also this book is the complete article - i.e. one "core" rulebook - there are expansions but from I can tell they are not essential.