soltakss

Yes.

Being attacked by a horde of identical trollkin means they all attack on the same SR.

As a GM, I would probably vary their Strike Ranks slightly, to avoid such a situation. 

I will definitely get these on PDF when they come out.

Nice to see a dedicated section to Mythic Earth.

I prefer Heroic Age to Viking/Saxon/Celt/Mycenean as all the cultures were broadly similar - Privileged warrior elite, drinking halls, clan based, tribes of deities.

As to which Bronze Age, well, all of them mashed together.

Maintaining cover would just be an ability or Power, probably an Innate Power of the demon.

Would you need to do something to start the cover? 

If you did, then perhaps the very Pact itself gives you an ability.

In Revolution d100 terms, you would have a Trait of Cover under the Concentration skill. This Trait would have a number of Stunts, you could model each type of Cover as a Stunt. So, in the example above, you would have a freeform Stunt of "Married to Esmerelda" that would be used to cover your true nature. Your skill in any Opposed Contest would be Concentration [Cover] and you would use the Stunt to, perhaps, evade detection be behaving as a normal husband.

Please bear in mind that I am not familiar with Demon: The Descent or Chronicles of Darkness, so I have probably got it all wrong.

Base their Resolution Points on their WIL,as normal. However, if they go loud then they must win an Opposed Contest against an enemy's INT/Perception in order to escape detection, any Conequences gained are a function of them going loud and might help enemy agents find them. When mortals make Pacts with them, that boosts their Resolution Points, thus making it easier to pass undetected. If they transform quickly and violently, they cannot even attempt an Opposed Roll and are automatically found out. Afterwards, they can hide but based on WIL without any bonuses.

Glorantha is Bronze Age because the major metal used is Bronze. Iron and other metals are magical and used for Rune Lords or elemental cults.

Dara Happa uses something similar to New Stone Age or Bronze Age Mesopotamia, with ziggurats and God-Emperors. The Lunar Empire is based on Assyrian principles, with a Moon Goddess leading a pantheon and having similar ideas to Dara Happa, but with Moon instead of Sun.

Nothing else really is, in my opinion.

Nomads are nomads and don't really have an "Age". The real world had bronze-using nomads and iron-using nomads, with very little cultural differences between them. Similarly, Pentians and Praxians are interesting for their cultures, beliefs and mounts, rather than the metal they use.

Non-humans generally use their cultural metals, so Aldryami use copper, Uz use lead, Angels use gold,Wind Children use tin and water folk use aluminium. Mostali use iron, but they are odd anyway.

Glorantha, in my opinion is Mythic rather than Bronze Age. It has multiple pantheons of competing deities, myths you can relate to and intercat with, HeroQuesting to change the world or, at high levels, change the world of myth.

On 8/8/2017 at 1:04 PM, Dr. H. teph said:

I would hesitate to use any Mongoose product as reference as the labeled Gorakkikki as a chaos god.

They also gave Orlanthi a Common Magic spell that was associated with the Chaos Rune. I use their stuff as interesting guidelines but change what I want.

I would just cover the above in a couple of sentences each, to be honest. Players don't want to wade through pages of background for a scenario.

As to bringing out the flavour, I'd concentrate on what is different. Describe a marketplace as being full of stalls selling frgrant spices, bright cloth and jewellry, with a small square selling slaves. You show the familiar and unfamiliar together.

On 8/8/2017 at 11:15 AM, Steve said:

Good point, but I can't imagine that Harmast hadn't tried some "modern" heroquesting out before undertaking his Lightbringers' Quest. I would have thought he'd have discovered the possibilities through experimentation before going for the big one.

Arkat and Harmast probably discovered modern HeroQuesting independently, as they were HeroQuesting at the same time but in very different places.

It was only when Harmast brought Arkat back from Hell when their paths crossed. As Arkat was recognised as Arkat Humaktsson and joined with the Orlanthi, I would have expected some of the secrets to have been shared.

The Lightbringer Missionaries of the First Age were HeroQuestors, in my opinion. They visited different cultures, looked at their myths and sewed them together, to remake the world. For example, they recognised Dara Happan Yelm and the Orlanthi Evil Emperor as the same deity, which seems like the result of some HeroQuesting. As the myths were all broken, I would have expected them to re-enter the myths and to bring them together. The God Learners did similar things, but from an outside point of view.

On 8/8/2017 at 9:29 AM, Akhôrahil said:

"first nothing happened, but then dark strands grew bolder in the sky, like huge loops of rope from the western edge of the world, and hooked over it tautly. Soon a great dark net was visible, straining to pull the Sun back to its path. Strands snapped and unearthly shadows were cast upon the world."

This is the dwarves catching it and pulling it on its correct path again, correct? Although the net or web also brings Arachne Solara to mind.

"Then a great dark spot rose into the sky upon the net. This huge bloated shadow flickered with a smoky glow. The shadow crept across the face of the Sun, blotting it out and making all the world cold for a moment."

No idea. Is this Chaos? Osentalka getting his light by taking it from the sun? 

According to the Wiki, this is Artia. How do we know, and what does that signify? What's going _on_ here?

I just assumed the web was Arachne Solara's web that held Glorantha together and the bloated shadow was Arachne Solara repairing the web. 

On 8/8/2017 at 9:29 AM, Akhôrahil said:

"A snapping moment of terror pierced the world, then the dark sky-web vanished, and the edge of the Sun crept past the shadow. The shadow disappeared"

I don't get this. It sounds as though the net snapped, but the sun still moved? Is this a partial success, then? Or did something happen? What happened with the shadow?

Those who wanted the Sun not to stop succeeded as the Sun carried on moving. However, the Sun had stopped and that caused a problem.

The breaking of the web allowed Chaos into the world, which is why the Bright Empire contained chaos. 

I don't think that creating a new God is particularly against the Compromise. Many demigods have been born after Time and they haven't broken the Compromise. The only times this has happened are when Nysalor was born, when Zistor was created and when the Red Goddess became a deity. Interestingly enough, each was then succeeded by a Full Lightbringers' Quest, two of which succeeded and one failed, although Argrath subsequently succeeded twice, so the Red Goddess had three LBQ attempts to unseat her.

On 8/8/2017 at 9:29 AM, Akhôrahil said:

"and the Sun brightened, but everyone thought it looked paler than it had before.

Paler is more white white-ish, or as in less bright? 

Probably both. Unless you have photographs or paintings that show the exact colour of the Sun before and after, it is very difficult to say.

On 8/8/2017 at 9:29 AM, Akhôrahil said:

"Some said it moved differently, too."

This seems like something that could be easily checked against astronomical records in Dara Happa.

The Dara Happan astronomers might have checked. That might be why it says "Some said".

Most people don't track the sun's path on a regular basis, why should they?

On 8/8/2017 at 4:26 AM, metcalph said:

p129  Talor is Arkat's son?  Previously this was said about Gerlant.

Maybe he had two sons, it is possible, you know ...

13 hours ago, David Scott said:

The Aether

Dayzatar's level - Upper Sky

Yelm's level - Middle Sky

Orlanth - Upper Air

Orlanth - Middle Air /Red Moon

Entekos - Middle / Lower Air boundary

Other storm Gods - Lower air (Weather). 

Earth

Maybe there isn't a lower sky?

In my Glorantha, Entekos is above Orlanth and the closest Air to the Sky. She is also part of the Pelorian pantheon as the Upper Air. I think the is the Lower Sky or Upper Air. 

She is subservient to Orlanth in the Storm Pantheon and subservient to Yelm in the Sky Pantheon.

All in my opinion, of course ...

What effects should gravity have?

Allowing things to "stick" and move around - No need for gravity as such, as that is what people do.

Allowing things to fall - There is an Earth Goddess, Kadone the Grounder, who forces flying things to the ground, using the power of Earth. This implies that Earth pulls things to the ground. Things flying in the Sky still fall, as the Sky is still attracted to the Earth, as Aether Primolt tries to reconnect with Gata.

Allowing celestial objects to orbit - In Glorantha, they just move on their own paths as the bodies of deities. demigids and heroes.

So, I don't think that gravity exists in Glorantha. The effects are the same as in the real world.

17 hours ago, RosenMcStern said:

Or, more simply, just Good Ol' Feinting

Oh, yeah, now you mention it ...

15 hours ago, Zit said:

So if you have a skill of 65, the target loses UP TO 6 SR (actually = the tens die you just rolled, which could be 0 to 6 in this example). Or am I wrong ?

That would work as well. It gives a random number, rather than the fixed amount from using the tens part of the skill, but saves rolling another die to find the Strike ranks lost.

Another reason why Revolution d100 is flexible, one simple rule has three ways of working, depending on the context and how the GM and Players want it to work.

14 hours ago, Mankcam said:

(sorry, I derailed a thread again)

And brought some sanity back to it ...

Personally, I think that each Regiment has its own distinct look and feel, with different armour and weapons.

Dara Happan Regiments follow different regimental deities and would dress differently. Lunar Heartland Regiments often follow Yanafal Tarnils and might have similar armour and uniforms, but would vary in colour and style to signify which regiment they belonged to. Lunar Provincial Regiments follow a wide variety of deities and would have distinct armour and uniforms.

What this means is that places like Pavis would have the same Lunar uniforms and armour, as Pavis has a handful of regiments, as well as some mercenary forces. Prax would have more variety, as the Sable Riders act as auxilliaries and the Antelope Lancers have their own uniforms and armour, other Regiments might be stationed in the various forts of Prax. Sartar might have even more variety, reflecting the different types of Regiments stationed there. 

7 hours ago, hkokko said:

Wow, soltakks, it has been a long ride, there are still many grognards here, 36.5 years for me. Do you still have players from your original group - I have three of them and a fourth who joined a bit later.

Having some players from your original group still playing is impressive.

Unfortunately, no, my first group was at University and we lost track when we graduated. My second group was Uni-related and lasted for about ten years, until we all moved away. My current group is Birmingham based and I joined after finding out about them in the original Mongoose RQ playtest, I joined them 13 years ago, so they must have been going for 16 years.

one of the reasons I like Glorantha is the tribe we have formed over the years.

Yes, that is a good point. Who would have thought I'd be friends with people from all over Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand through playing in Glorantha.

14 hours ago, Ian Cooper said:

@soltakss If there are parts we can help with the understanding of, feel free to ask.

Thanks Ian, I have asked before and have had lovely, very helpful detailed answers. Maybe I'll have to play HQ2e with someone who really understands it, so I can get some of the bits.

Lingering Consequences and The Pass/Fail Cycle simply passed me by. I probably use them in my RQ and HQ games without even thinking about what they are. 

13 hours ago, MOB said:

I would like to say Wyrms Footnotes #20, but that wouldn't be helpful...

We used to quote Wyrms Footnotes #15 for any unascribed rules or references, but then they brought it out, so Wyrms Footnotes #20 would do, until that comes out, of course.

9 hours ago, Mankcam said:

Next you'll be telling us that the Brits have a woman lined up to play the role of Dr Who !!!

But, does she play RQ, 13th Age in Glorantha or D&D?

No problem, I can do that as well. 

Marvin the Martian, that's the chappie!

This relates to Page 114 in the Revolution d100 rules, I think.

"When an Effect mentions a number "proportional to your Skill", you can either use
the tens die or roll an appropriate die (1d2 for Skills 1-20, 1d4 for 21-40, 1d6 for 41-
60, 1d8 for 61-80, 1d10 for 81-100, 1d12 for more than 100), depending on whether
you want to be able to predict the exact number when choosing the Effect."

So, if you have a Skill of 65, the target loses 6 Strike Ranks, or you can roll 1d8 to see how many Strike ranks the target loses.

As to the narrative, I would guess that you have done something that is a bit surprising and have gained a slight advantage from the target readjusting strategy.

2 hours ago, Richard S. said:

From reading your HQLite rules (which I assume you are referring to) they seem not to different from the current HQ rules.

Great minds think alike, Fools seldom differ ...

On 7/30/2017 at 6:55 PM, Yelm's Light said:

Enough, soltakss.  We both know my comment was sarcastic.

So was I!