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  1. Maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't incompatible just mean, that it is not possible to cast both spells at the same time? I do not see, that you cannot learn both of them ...
  2. I wouldn't call it a victory, as the players do not get the prize, which was the ultimate goal of the contest. But yes, the defeat may not as deadly as it could be (depends on the Most Game Fun objective used by the player group).
  3. I think this 'long and storied history' is one of the main reasons, why Chaosium these days is so reluctant in announcing official release dates for new products - which looking at the last releases makes a lot of sense, because now you know, if they say a release is coming, then it is really avaiable in a relatively short time frame ...
  4. Oracle

    Swords

    1) I would say the length is including blade and hilt, i.e. overall (but I may be wrong here ...) 2) that's still a Broadsword. Or why do you think there should be a different name?
  5. While we are talking about the PDF section of the Gamemaster Screen Pack: Similar to the hard copy this section contains several map PDFs, especially and My question is about the South Peloria maps. Similar to the Dragon Pass maps there seem to be two versions of the South Peloria maps with different sizes. For the Dragon Pass maps the one with the smaller size is the map drawn by Darya Makarava, the other one is the more artistically map by Olivier Sanfilippo. So my expectation was, that the same is true for the two South Peloria maps. But in fact both links provide the same map - the map drawn by Darya Makarava (albeit in different compression - which is the reason for the different sizes). So the question here is: Is this, what was planned. Or was something different planned. I have never seen a South Peloria map in the same style as the Dragon Pass map by Olivier Sanfilippo, so my expectation was wishful thinking probably, but anyway these two links providing the same map is at least at bit confusing. So inquiring mind wants to know, if something is wrong here or not. Not sure, if this question should go to @Jason Durall, @Rick Meints or @Dustin O'Chaosium ...
  6. Definitely yes. Although you could use Harn with any RPG system, Harnmaster was the system, which used Harn as its defined game world.
  7. Not sure, what you mean. For any NPC in the Gamemaster Adventures book, which has iron armor, it is explicitly stated, that the iron is enchanted. And according to the rules on p.121 of the same book, this means, the iron does not affect spells. This looks consistent for me ...
  8. I can understand your issue absolutely. Are you are aware of this thread: As far as I can say all publications listed here are available at least in PDF format (except the computer games obviously 🙂). The list gives no clear hint, if a publication is available in hard copy format too, but maybe we can convince @Trifletraxor (who maintains this page) to add this information. You can check on the Chaosium web site always, but for a start going through the publications from above page: the system-less books at the top are all available in printed as well as in PDF format the RuneQuest books are all available in printed as well as in PDF format the four Glorantha Classic books (listed under RuneQuest Classic): Griffin Mountain and Pavis & Big Rubble are out of print and therefore available in PDF format only Borderlands & Beyond and The Cult Compandium are still available in printed format as well as in PDF format RuneQuest Classics RuneQuest - 2nd Edition and The RuneQuest Old School Resource Pack are available in printed format as well as in PDF format all other publications are available in PDF format only currently, but there were plans to make them available in printed format too, but no idea, when (and if at all) this will happen ... HeroQuest Glorantha the Sartar books and the Pavis book are out of print currently and therefore available in PDF format only Wyrms Footnotes 15 is available in PDF format only, but could be order as Print On Demand via Lulu all other entries from this group are available in print as well as in PDF format HeroQuest: all listed publications are out of print and mostly not canonical anymore. Nonetheless are the PDF version available in the HeroQuest and Glorantha Vault HeroWars: all listed publications are out of print and mostly not canonical anymore. Nonetheless are the PDF version available in the HeroQuest and Glorantha Vault The Stafford Library: all publications are available only in PDF format (except for King of Sartar, which is available in printed format also). But all publications can be ordered ss Print On Demand via Lulu 13th Age Glorantha: available in print as well as in PDF format. I hope this helps (and that I've got everything right here ... 😉)
  9. No, I don't think so (at least that's how I understand the rules). But in your example Melee would be a too generic skill (at least from my perspective), so you would have Swordmanship as a skill and Rapier as a breakout.
  10. Nope. Breakouts are generally based on and relative to the base skill. Let's say you have a skill Warrior at 18, and you add a breakout Shortsword, then this Breakout skill starts with +1, e.g. Shortsword +1 (i.e. Shortsword 19). If you raise your base skill, then this raise includes the Breakout skill, e.g. Warrior becomes Warrior 19, and Shortsword +1 then means Shortsword 20. But you can also train your Breakout skill independently from the base skill, e.g. you still have Warrior 18, but you raise Shortsword to Shortsword +2 (i.e. Shortsword 20). As you may guess raising a Breakout skill is cheaper then raising a base skill.
  11. That's correct. It's on p.179. Also Dwarf Lore and Elf Lore is covered by Elder Race Lore in RQG (again p. 179) Aldryami Lore = Elf Lore Mostali Lore = Dwarf Lore
  12. And as far as I know @Ian Cooper is still the line editor for HeroQuest as well as very dedicated to that line. He may not have the man power to concur with the RuneQuest products, but did he have before? If you look at how long it took to get the Red Cow books published, you can see, that the manpower available was always small. But what a great product did they publish at the end! So, yes Chaosium is concentrating on RuneQuest (which is a smart move on different levels), but HeroQuest gets still its support (I think at least). And you have to keep in mind, that HeroQuest Glorantha was a child of Moon Design Publications, whereas RuneQuest is one of Chaosium's main products. Yes, same people, but different strategic objectives. And yes, as long as it is Glorantha, it is fine for me ...
  13. That's my view too. Threads in this forum have a strong tendency to get sidetracked by a special point with regard to the original question. And these sidetracks dive down into a level of details, which is absolutely confusing for a RQG/Glorantha newcomer - and sometimes use up more room in the thread that the original topic. I have often the impression, that moving this kind of discussions into a new thread would more helpful. That would make it more visible, you could easier find it later, and it would not disturb the discussion in the original thread. So from my point of view, Ellie's request is not about avoiding certain topics or a certain level of detail but about staying focussed to the original question and becoming more structured in the way related topics or detailed sub-discussions are handled.
  14. Agreed. This makes the point clearer.
  15. The Battle of Dangerford episode, p.168, right column, bottom: But the sidebar at p.169 says: And on p.162, right column, second last paragraph: So it seems the usage of Fire Season on p.168 is wrong.
  16. Agreed, Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes as well as the Sartar Companion are really good resources regarding Orlanthi/Sartarite culture and adventures based in that area. But you have to take them with a grain of salt especially regarding the cultural template used for illustrations, which has experienced a major change between these books and more recent Glorantha publications. This has been discussed in another thread already: Regarding this the Glorantha Sourcebook is the better choice, but otherwise the Sartar books are just great.
  17. I wish I could, but the books were packaged so securely, that every try going into that direction would have been an obvious lie ...
  18. @PhilHibbs: I've sent you a forum PM with my translation proposals.
  19. Absolutely. While I have no issue to use a changed view now for cities like Clearwine, Swenstown or Boldhome I'm a bit lost with respect to smaller settlement like Old Man Village. Although the new Apple Lane map gives some hints, it's still not clear to me (mainly because my Bronze Age knowledge is near to not existing 🙂). I do not expect a new Sartar book, but my hope is that illustrations in upcoming scenario books will give some more insight.
  20. Sartar:Kingdom of Heroes and the Sartar Companion use a lot of AngloSaxon/Northern Europe/Celtic influenced illustrations. Since 2012 (when these books were published) the cultural template the Orlanthi in Sartar has changed to a more mediterranean setting. This leads to these obvious changes. So with respect to the illustration Sartar:Kingdom of Heroes and the Sartar Companion are not correct anymore. But the text in these books is still canon! At least that's my current understanding.
  21. Colouring in the second printing is different, but for me it's hard to describe, what's the difference. And if it's better readable or not depends probably on your eyes ... But what helps a lot is, that the full Dragon Pass map from pp.134/135 is part of the Gamemaster Screen Pack in a much bigger size. In this version all names are clearly readable.
  22. Exactly. So the question is how and when. It's with the description in the Bestiary.
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