The game mechanics thing is true but only to an extent.  I suggest giving a listen to Roll of Law that I linked to above.  He has extensive videos on this subject and he is a lifelong gamer.  There are some potentially unsafe practices that could get you swatted, even with game mechanics.  One way is if you use terms that are used in WotC products such as AC, Difficulty Class, Saving Throw, etc.  That can most definitely get you swatted.  Also, anything that touches upon their specific lore, such as a Beholder in your game or a mention of a Chromatic Dragon, etc.

Not asking to change the main system per sé, I was thinking it would be cool to have the option of the alt system as an option.  Barbarians of Lemuria is the best sword & sorcery ruleset in existence.

Still no idea what Hyperborea's plans are? I am nervous about all this.

It is pretty clear now all through the hobby that WotC is planning to also tank the previous OGL 1.0 and with it, possibly all the OGL products currently available.  Do we think this will have an impact on Hyperborea and if so, does that possibly mean Jeffrey will consider a translation/version of Hyperborea in my favorite sword & sorcery system of all time, Barbarians of Lemuria? 

Do you receive a confirmation email when your order ships? I haven't received anything yet that I can see and just want to make sure I didn't miss it in my junk folder or something.

I am looking very forward to playing this.

Congrats! I just ordered my bundle yesterday and am looking forward to receiving it.

Thanks for the follow-up!

Backed at the All-In level!

Blackadder23 wrote:

There is no particular relationship between the setting and the Hyborian Age, and in fact I would say Howard's overall influence on the setting is the weakest of any of the three Weird Tales authors*. It resembles Smith's Hyperborea (with some elements from Smith's Zothique) much more, but only in a very vague and general way. It's a pastiche, but - as Mr. Savage aptly notes - that just means it belongs to YOU now.
* - I would eyeball the author influences at about 40% Smith, 30% Lovecraft, 15% Howard (at most), and 15% other (Vance, etc.). The people who refer to it as "Conan the RPG" are pretty far off-base, in my opinion, and setting up a burden for the setting it was never intended to meet. For example, in my experience people have an exaggerated view of how rare and weak magic was in the Hyborian Age. But even to the extent that it was rare and weak in Howard's stories, the Hyperborea setting was clearly inspired more by the much more magical Smith settings. So complaining that the magic in AS&SH doesn't work like it does in the Conan stories (even assuming the critic does in fact have much knowledge of the Hyborian Age, which is not necessarily the case in my observation) is rather missing the point.

ETA: These are just my observations as a fan of the game and all three authors. I have no special knowledge of Jeff's intentions with the setting, other than what he's stated publically.

The boldened part is the part that has disturbed me.  I am first and foremost a Howard fan when it comes to sword & sorcery and expected this game to ooze that Howardian feeling but in the few sessions I have ran yet the setting just is not feeling like it to me.  It seems much more weird fantasy than Howardian sword & sorcery.  I am conflicted as to if I should keep pushing on with AS&SH or go back to Barbarians of Lemuria Mythic Edition or Beasts & Barbarians Steel Editio

Thank you all! You are all awesome!

The game seems to imply in the section on actions in combat that an ally can bind wounds if he has bandages but I cannot seem to find a rule for how this works anywhere, not even in the section on death and dying. 

How does this work and can it stabilize a dying character?