The arrival of Stormbringer 4th edition heralded a change towards the game mechanics seen in later editions; adhering more closely to the Basic Role Playing (BRP) system. Most of the material released for this edition is compatible with the later versions of the game, although some conversion is necessary in regards to skills and the characteristic range of some characters.
The final Basic RolePlaying (BRP) derived edition of the Stormbringer ruleset. Refined from the earlier ELRIC! edition and now back to using the Stormbringer title, it expanded on the background and rules to create a definitive edition. Although not well supported (with only a few Monographs produced), it remains the most comprehensive and well loved version of this great game.
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The early 2000's saw the arrival of Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition. As many companies began the scramble to produce D&D 3rd edition compatible products, Chaosium belated joined the masses with their Dragonlords of Melniboné version of Stormbringer. Although not overly successful, the two releases in this line do build the Young Kingdoms setting and background.
Personally I dislike combining attack and parry, (Elric! and SB5), which feels wrong to me and turned me off to those editions. The BGB defines it as a simplification and I agree. I really enjoyed that if a character never parried in game with his short sword that he did not gain skill doing so. If this guy lost his ever present shield, it hurt. That and I really hated being yelled at (Elric!!!!). The name sucked mainly because of the exclamation. That said E! and SB5, (nearly identical), really is a nice game in itself but I still like the raw, unfettered format of 1st Ed.
Yes, every edition is standalone and comes with all the rules you need to play. That said the earlier editions are very very different from 4th Edition, and even more removed from the ELRIC! and 5th Edition versions. My suggestion is that you pop over to the BRP Central forum (see the link on the site) and ask any questions you might have. Lots of long time players there and they are always friendly!
The updated Old Hrolmar monograph is awesome.Regarding Stormbringer 5th edition, the only comment I have is that I feel the individual human cultures like Vilmir. Jhakor etc need to be fleshed out a bit to provide some variety . I will have a go at this I think and see how it develops.Love this site. Keep up the excellent work
My personal favourite editions, having got into Stormbringer back in 1980s through the 3rd released by GW, is a toss up between the 4th (fun) and Elric of Melnibone for Mongoose RQ2. Would love to see Mournblade in English, when they get round to announcing the KS
I liked both 3rd and 4th editions of stormbringer, the former because it introduced me to the worlds of Elric, the latter because after reading the novels the supplements enriched the background. That and the 4th felt tidied, even though the demon categories disappeared.
With every edition and version of Stormbringer and the other Eternal Champion roleplaying games, a new character sheet has appeared to assist players and game masters alike to keep track of their heroes. Some of these are collected here.
Stormbringer is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game published under license by Chaosium. Based on the Elric of Melniboné books by Michael Moorcock, the game takes its name from Elric's sword, Stormbringer (though one edition was published as Elric!). The rules are based on Chaosium's percentile-dice-based Basic Role-Playing system.[1]
The game uses a variant of Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying, with its own rules for magic and other setting-specific elements. The first three editions are functionally similar, while the fourth edition changed the magic system extensively. Elric! was a substantial reworking of the game, and Stormbringer fifth edition consists of the Elric! rules with additional material from several older, out-of-print supplements incorporated.
In the August 1987 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #92), Jim Bambra called the percentile-based skill resolution system "quick and simple to play." He also liked the experience system, calling it "simple and easy to use with no unwieldy book-keeping required between game sessions." He concluded with a strong recommendation, saying, "Come and enter the world of Elric, you won't be disappointed."[7]
In addition to the searchable database below, the list can be download either as a formatted spreadsheet (MSExcel, XX KB), in its raw format (CSV, XXKB) or as a formatted PDF (PDF , XX MB), for quick reference.
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