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All I know is, I have a lot of players who have a great time roleplaying and make memorable characters, but there is inevitably a time when they haven't the slightest clue what to say and fall flat on their faces, whereas their silk tongued trickster, polished politician, barbarian warlord, whatever, wouldn't be having such difficulties and so I just make them roll for it and keep the game moving. And we've all encountered that situation I'm sure.

I'd love to as well. I had been running a RQ demo for Cult of Chaos, but stopped until such time as I have an actual RQ product to demo. I have to spend frugally right now, so couldn't get RQ2, I'm saving for RQ:G. Once that is out, I can start doing demos again and would do Cons too. Do I need to register separately for Cons or is being in Cult of Chaos enough?

That's what chaos creatures are for!

RQ3 was better in the attribute departments. Endurance check? Conx5. Brawn? Str vs Str. I don't like having to bother figuring out what it could possibly mean for a STR 6 person to have 100% Brawn skill. So what? It's stupid. Whole skill is stupid unless a better example of the various ways it comes into play can be used. But why? STr vs STR works fantastic. Attempt to fix something that was both elegant and unbroken.

I vaguely recall Jeff once saying that Greg once said that every species of animal in Glorantha had a sentient version somewhere. That could have been before the chalana arroy cured my brain chills however.

I like all these different ideas. Diversity is good. YGWV.

The Gloranthan Bestiary. Not sure where you can find it though. Perhaps Ebay or RPG Geek Here's Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Gloranthan-Bestiary-Creatures-Around-Runequest/dp/0911605606

So what's coming out next?

the intent was to deny use of the power crystal, not give them even MORE advantages for having 200 points of power crystals.

Power crystals should have a rune affinity with the god whose blood they belong to. Then only those with the same rune affinity can use them. This would help longer campaigns because Chaosium handed out power crystals like candy in the old days. This way, most power crystals would be for sale and good ones, usable by the party, worth their weight in gold and far rarer.

Then the problem with tick boxes IS a myth in other words?

Sorry you have such rotten players that it's a problem.

The question I wonder about is: Are the ones who return the Chaos Gods?

In Glorantha, EVERYTHING is the actual truth. You're expected to only buy into part of it.

A great deal of any lack in diversity can probably also be attributed to God Learner influence.

I was reading somewhere about the chronomancers and how they can't change time only relive it, but they tried to change the Night of Horrors to save Hon-Eel. They found themselves falling from the sky and taking part, but could change nothing. In other words, their time travelling attempts may well have caused the Night of Horrors and it was them falling from the sky that day. Could the magicians of Orathorn have drawn them into a Heroquest? Perhaps the magi of Orathorn are living time in reverse and no one had ever heard of them before because they're not from before, they're from after?

It doesn't exist because a good GM doesn't allow it. GM's, therefore, have no right to complain about it. They've only themselves to blame if they let it be a problem. Therefore, the entire argument is invalid. It's a myth. As for those who don't like tick marks, well, there's always a grinch

When someone in the party makes a World Lore, everyone in the party who failed the World Lore gets to mark it. You learn something new everyday

I've GM'd since the early 80's. Everyone loves tick boxes. There's no such thing as Tock-Chase. It's a myth propagated by GM's who don't know the simple word : NO. Better yet, the simple phrases: You can mark it. and Don't mark it.

So does anyone know if the Dragonrise Heroquest is actually given in the book?

Borderlands is absolutely designed for beginning characters! The adventures are all low level. The Duke provides free combat training and ups the characters starting Folk Magic. You start that campaign a wet behind the ears rookie and leave it a solid character that can now face the dangers of Griffin Mountain or The Rubble. Another great first adventure is The River of Cradles scenario Troubled Waters. A nice lengthy campaign for beginners.

So you aren't actually taking part in the Heroquest and disrupting the Lunar ceremony alongside Kallyr? You're on the sidelines? I sincerely hope not. The players got to take part in the Sky Ship and I'll be disappointed if Red Cow doesn't let them take part in the Dragonrise too.

The dragon's head is the 11th star. I'm betting Dragonfriend has a role to play there.

That's what I was trying to estimate, when the pdf's would become available. So the pdf's might be for sale even sooner than 2-4 months? That would be fantastic. @ Steve: No one has come out and said it's about the Dragonrise, but what else can The Eleven Lights mean? Read "The Dragonrise" pg 734 Guide to Glorantha.

So 2-4 months. Reason I'm so curious is because we just finished the Sky Ship quest in our campaign and the very next session we play is the Dragonrise. So I'd like to postpone to wait for the official release, but my players are not too keen on waiting till next summer. Now, if it were going to come out somewhere Jan to March, they might be willing to doodle around playing Stormbringer or something till it gets here, but seeing as we have at bare minimum a good 6 months of the campaign after the Dragonrise, well, taking a long break isn't ideal right now.