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Ever since it started, BRP Central has been a very friendly site, good-natured with humour throughout and a very, very light touch for Moderation. This is probably because it started off as a reaction to a certain someone being banned from another site for raising issues, so the new site didn't have that kind of heavy-handed moderation. As Chaosium have started using this as their official web presence, we have had a lot more members, which is a good thing. However, it has also brought bad behaviour that we have seen on other sites, which, by and large, we didn't used to have on BRP Central. I am not sure if it is because this is an official Chaosium site or because it has more members/traffic. What do people think? Is it worth exploring whether BRP central should be more like this site or that site in nature? What about not being like certain sites in nature? Or, should be explore what we think BRP Central should be about? Apart from being an excellent site for the discussion of BRP and BRP-like games, of course.

What kind of site do we want at BRP Central? Personally, I don't want it morphing into another The RPG Site, which is what seems to be happening. I would prefer a friendly site where everyone can feel free to post and nobody is so intimidated by the nature or style of posting that they feel they cannot post. If I wanted a site like that, I would go to The RPG Site, which I often do.

I haven't heard about that, but it should be straightforward unless Tekumel has some weird rules that don't translate. When converting other systems to HeroQuest, I just take the Spells/Abilities and use their names as Breakouts for Keywords and that's about it.

That's the trouble with HeroQuesting, you make yourself a target. Also, it's much easier stealing a Trollkin's Sandals of Darkness that those of a Priestess of Kyger Litor.

We had a few literate PCs in our RQ2 game, mainly because being a Rune Priest had a literacy component, so they had to learn. However, even though most of the party were not literate, it didn't matter, as we had a Lhankor Mhy Sword Sage and he would read everything we found. You only need one or two literate party members, after all.

I've used XP for years, it avoids the Tick-Chase and allows PCs to specialise.

Trolls have a Hell in the Sky, where bad trolls are burned for eternity, but I can't remember the reference. Joerg has detailed the Hells quite nicely, especially the fact that Hell is just the part of the Underworld where the Dead go. The Sazdorf Clan has a door that leads into Hell. The Six Stones is a place in Sartar that has a corresponding place in Hell and you can perform a ritual that takes you from one to the other. I think that Cragspider's Castle has its basement in Hell and it's Spire in the Sky, so you can travel to both places from there, if you ask her very, very nicely. In my Glorantha, Orathorn Castle is partially in Hell, so you can go to hell through there, although it is not advisable. Volcanoes are a portal into the Underworld, but you have to jump into a pool of lava to get there, probably not advisable.

Stephen Marsh put together some rules on using RuneQuest on HeroQuests, as did Steve Maurer. Unfortunately, I don't have links to either. I used to link to Steve Maurer's site, but that seems to have been down for 20 years. I've got some faded printouts from some digests, somewhere, that I used as a base for HeroQuesting. That was one thing that a lot of people do. On the Hero Plane, divide skills by 5, on the God Plane divide them by 10 or 20. It means that higher-skilled PCs are more manageable and allows GMs to have higher-skilled denizens without them appearing over the top. Other things were there, for example no Divine Intervention, Magic Points don't regenerate, so you had to drink from Magic Point Pools to regain them, Runespells could not be reprayed, wounds would not heal naturally and so on, mostly due to the absence of Time. Also, Death may or may not have been found, so in some cases you die but don't die. They generally had a concept of Will, or Will Power, that allows you to mould the Hero Plane as you want it, mainly to get powers on HeroQuests, I don't use Will/Will Power in my heroQuests, as I don;t see the need for it. If you manage to track it down, then please post a link. Thank you! I have used HeroQuesting in Glorantha for probably 30 years and have developed my framework over that time. It won't be to everyone's tastes, but has worked for various groups. I've also got some HeroQuests and odds and ends at http://www.soltakss.com/indexheroquesting.html.

1001 posts - Is that one per Night?

It might be worth starting a conversation about what kind of site we want at BRP Central. Personally, I don't want it morphing into another The RPG Site, which is what seems to be happening. I would prefer a friendly site where everyone can feel free to post and nobody is so intimidated by the nature or style of posting that they feel they cannot post. If I wanted a site like that, I would go to The RPG Site, which I often do.

No, not about you, in particular. However, your posting style can be very abrasive, which can be very off-putting for some people. It can also be aggressive, again this can be very off-putting. I don't think it is about any one person, however, when several people with similar styles engage in battles, that can put people off. Also, when several people pile onto a post in an aggressive manner, that can be very daunting.

@Jeff - This thread is why we need a Malkioni book PDQ!

I saw Masks of Pavis in my Follow my Favorites email from Drive Thru RPG recently, so though "Oh good, I can get this as a PDF at last". However, when I clicked on the link, it said this was no longer available. Does anyone have any idea why?

Most of the people on the site will be supportive of this. And, for me, that is a really big problem. Some people will argue that people are snowflakes, shouldn't read certain threads or whatever, but if people want to post things and feel they cannot because they will be attacked, then there is a problem there. That is the impression I get, too. Sure, we had arguments about the tiniest bit of Gloranthan trivia, or how rules were interpreted, but they were gaming arguments, by and large. This new trend of verbally attacking people, dragging baggage from other forums and so on is unpleasant and toxic, in my opinion. If it scares people off from posting on the site, then, for me, that is a big problem.

Or ask @Mike M, using the power of the internet.

Which has never been the case until recently. It is bad when people won't come to a Forum that Chaosium use as their official Forums because some people think it is toxic.

Next Year was a standing joke for decades. It's still funny when the new products are coming out Next Year.

If I don't read the thread, how would I know about all the bitching, bad language and nastiness? Nah, watching Arnie is fun ...

There's us us and them us.

I had a table for APP, showing what it meant in the real world, but it was quickly deleted by the Admins. You could use APP as a modifier to the Reaction Roll, if the Reaction roll is still a thing, so anything below 10 makes things worse and anything above 10 makes it better. This uses the assumption that people react better to attractive people than ugly people.

Right, I see what you mean. It would be useful for Chaosium to have a list of Mythos Creatures that can be used, then, rather than a vague warning not to use some creatures. Why don't you ask Mike Mason?

Really useful, thanks, even though I had to go through what seemed like hundreds of new posts! Do you have a Zip File with everything in one file? That would be really useful.

Because of all the bitching, bad language and nastiness in several threads recently. Never had that back in my day. Damn kids. Get off my lawn ...

At a guess? Because Chaosium have done work on all the Mythos beings, so assume they are partially owned by Chaosium, or rather that it is difficult to decide what was originally Lovecraft and what has been enhanced by Chaosium.

Lunars also tolerate Storm Bullers near Dorastor and at the Footprint. Even the most devout Lunar doesn't want a horde of feral broos kicking down his door in the middle of the night. In my Glorantha, every generation or so, some Storm Buller calls for a Stampede across chaos and a host of Storm Bulls charge into Dorastor, The Footprint or the Devil's Marsh, never to be seen again. The Lunars know this and know they just need to wait until the next Storm Bull hero comes along.