GianniVacca

There are shark men in The Celestial Empire. I don't know when it will be available though

I've googled MapTool. I've found a lot of forum threads, all stating that it doesn't run on iPad. Does it?

hi all My wife bought me an iPad for Christmas. Any good suggestions for rpg-related apps or, more generally, for using the iPad in a role-playing session? cheers

Cool idea.

Keyword?

Ooops. This is what happens when you're trying to follow a thread without having read the initial document in the first place "Gift" seems fitting then, as in "this character has a gift for this or that".

I suggest: character ability character speciality character talent character specialisation professional ability professional speciality professional talent professional specialisation Unless I'm mistaken, this will function in a similar way to MRQII's heroic abilities, so character/professional ability is probably my preferred choice.

Hi, I have visited the Cinquantenaire Museum this morning. There is an absolutely fantastic scale model of the city of Rome inside. Very much recommended!

I don't have the Elric material, but I'm a big fan of the books. What is "dream magic"? Is it canonical?

They could also find some alien time travelling machine (à la Brian Lumley).

I see everything as moving on two parallel paths: New system with lavishly coloured book for new/young players Pavis/Griffin Mtn PDFs and Glyphmaster to revive the interest of grognards and gamers involved in the old skool renaissance

Er... actually I prefer skill percentiles that are multiples of 5, and I prefer the RQ2 battle magic system. Spirits were expanded upon in supplements. Cults of Prax is _vastly_ superior to _anything_ Gloranthan written in later editions. Well, it's still *my* favourite set of rules. Right... And everybody knows about the BRP Quickstart rules

I fully agree that BRP Quickstart is an excellent introductory version of the BRP. The problem is that 99.9% of gamers have never heard about it, whereas most gamers have heard of RQ2!

Paolo I slightly disagree with you. The BGB is full of optional rules (some of which are mutually exclusive). RQ2, even w/o Glorantha, is a self-contained, easy-to-access set of rules. Actually RQ2 spawned the BRP booklet, which itself spawned the BGB, so we've come round circle

OK, I haven't read the novel, but I've received the parcel this morning. Unfortunately I've only been able to skim through the setting book, but it looks promising... I maintain it's pretty "generic" fantasy with brooding elves and warlike dwarves, but there is a dark and gloomy overtone to the setting which makes it quite interesting. More "Warhammer" than "Forgotten realms"

I certainly enjoyed this play transcript: http://firedrake.org/panurge/Moonlight.pdf Actually I enjoyed it so much that it spurred my interest on writing an Imperial Chinese rolegame.

Yes, you have a scan here of the clan questionnaire we did at a convention: http://www.glorantha.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/20091106162321738.pdf

I think it depends a lot on the game/on the campaign/on the setting. If the game/campaign/setting is centred on a group of adventurers that have gathered for other reasons than "let's kill monsters together" and/or if the game emphasises social interactions, a detailed background will be a necessary part of character generation. HQ2, as you have pointed out, is a good example, eg, the Startar book. I have something similar (alas not on such a scale) for my upcoming Chinese role-game with suggestions: a judge and his constables, a merchant and his bodyguards, a member of the gentry and his retainers,... rather than having it as part of chargen. But if you're playing classic fantasy just for fun, you don't need a detailed background, do you?

They have neither France nor Belgium nor Germany amongst the list of countries they ship to

BTW Paolo could you recommend any reliable internet site where I could buy these books? IBS doesn't carry them

No, unfortunately I haven't read it (I live abroad, so it's quite difficult for me to buy Italian products). I guess it's "generic"/Tolkienesque fantasy, with elves, orcs, etc. Paolo definitely does know a lot about it.

...in case anyone spoke Italian and should be interested: http://www.gdrshop.it/runequest/91-la-ruota-del-fato.html

I'm mostly a player these days, so little to share... unless you're interested in my T&T/HQ mash-up

I'll be there with son.

drool...