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    Various XP systems

    in RuneQuest

    Posted

    1 hour ago, DreadDomain said:

    Personally, my favorite experience system is the "in game" system which is how RQ does it. By that I mean: 

    • If you use an ability in an important situation, you get a chance to try to improve it (experience check)
    • If you significantly fail an ability in an important situation, you get to try to improve it (experience check)
    • If you actively try to improve an ability and invest resources doing it (time/money), you get to try to improve it (training or research)
    • If you pursue your normal, everyday life in between adventures, you get to improve at your normal, every day skills (occupational skills)
    • If you deliver great roleplaying or provide great ideas, you get to have more in game opportunities may it be new contacts, reputation or social improvement, gifts in form of treasures, hides, magic or extra training, etc.

    I prefer to avoid giving out XP.

    This. Exactly.

     

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    Various XP systems

    in RuneQuest

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Kränted Powers said:

    How do you award players for good roleplaying? or good ideas?

    Box-ticking and the rest of standard RQ rules for experience/ improvement.

    Good role-play and good ideas will make player characters survive the adventure and succeed in their endeavors, which is its own reward, and could bring treasure, reputation, new passions (born out of good role-play), the favor of important people who can reward them by teaching magic, etc.

    I love not to have to bother with XPs. And I love how natural and in-world BRP experience system is, and how RQG has perfected it (seasonal play, professional skills, holy days and Sacred Time are great fun). It's a great system and, in my opinion, it does not need the addition of XPs.

     

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    HQ Sartar Companion PDF

    in QuestWorlds

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Rick Meints said:

    The Sartar book, Pavis book, and Sartar Companion book for Questworlds should be available in a few months.

    We will probably have a small stock of them at Chaosium Con in April.

    That's excellent news! 

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    RuneQuest 'Gateway'?

    in RuneQuest

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Jeff said:

    I am reluctant to brand something as "RuneQuest" unless it has:

    • Runes (or their equivalent)
    • Strike Ranks
    • Hit Locations
    • Same system of calculating hit points, characteristic modifiers, damage bonus, etc.
    • Similar magic system

    If we get away from any of those, then it is better off letting it be its own thing, built off the BRP chassis. 

    Vikings/ Mythic Iceland ticks all your boxes. I'd love to see the second edition of Mythic Iceland published as RuneQuest.

    The magic system in Mythic Iceland is not mechanically derived by RQ _at least not directly- but conceptually it's powered by the runes...

    On the other hand I doubt I would like some sort of "it's like Glorantha except it isn't" like RQ2 Questworld or  RQ3 Griifin Island or Eldarad...

     

     

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    Jackals and Opposed Rolls

    in D101 Games

    Posted

    Jackals derives from OpenQuest but it's very much its own thing.

    I can definitely see inspiration also from other d100 games, including classic BRP/RQ, but at the same time the Clash System is quite unique. Renaissance, for instance, is much closer to Vanilla OQ than Jackals.

     

    Does Apple Lane have a wyter (in 1625)?

    in RuneQuest

    Posted

    The Varmandi have the Oak of Vengeance in Oakton and the Hiording have a cloak of swan feathers worn by their Ernalda priestess. But it does not seem that the border hamlet of Apple Lane has a wyter of its own, at least not in the GM's pack.

    What could it be? Who could be the wyter's priest/ priestess?

    Maybe establishing a (new) wyter for Apple Lane could be an interesting goal for a scenario.

     

     

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    Are there regular lynxes in Glorantha?

    in Glorantha

    Posted · Edited by smiorgan

    4 hours ago, Tindalos said:

    Yeah, that mythlet was in Anaxial's Roster, as part of the bobcat's description (not surprisingly) which also had them living in Peloria.

    Anaxial's Roster! Luckily I have it here in this house. Crack! Ouch, I did not remember how easily the spine of these booklets can break...It has several Alynx breeds from the large herding Hevrening to the small mouser Mourning. All with stats!

    The bobcat (Rinkon) entry is separate from the Alynxes. It lives in Peloria and Fronela. The myth is part of the bobcat entry. And, yes, it is about Spirits vs Theism and it is nothing to write home about. There is no mention of long tail vs. bob tail.

    The range of shadowcats according to Anaxial's roster is actually most of Genertela (rare in the Wastes and Pent). So, the two ranges overlap in Peloria and Fronela. 

     

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    Are there regular lynxes in Glorantha?

    in Glorantha

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Alex said:

    Sounds very plausible.  Actually those are probably rather different niches:  Canada lynx and bobcat geographical ranges don't overlap a huge amount in the RW, and the size difference is significant.  And as shadowcats have (or had, don't have the RQG Bestiary) the alarmingly large SIZ range of 1-6, that covers Canadas, bobs, and housecats, which is quite a lot of niche-width they potentially have covered (and maybe monopolised).

    Yes, SIZ  1-6 looks like a wide range, but some widespread carnivore species can have quite big size differences, typically according to climate and prey. In Europe we don't have the Bob-Canada split and (apart from Spain, which has a separate species of lynx) it's all Eurasian Lynx, but a lynx from Italy typically won't weight the same as one from Russia. Or Grey Wolves, where the Italian sub-species is much smaller than those of Russia or, say, Canada.

      

    Are there regular lynxes in Glorantha?

    in Glorantha

    Posted · Edited by smiorgan

    21 minutes ago, Jeff said:

    Carnivorous mammals include grizzlies, the more commonly seen black bears, and the rare white bear. Sightings of badgers, coyote, foxes, otters, rubble runners, shadowcats, and wolves are common; cougars and saber-toothed cats are present but less frequently seen. Jaguars are occasionally seen in the lower elevation areas of southern Sartar. Smaller mammals include chipmunks, jackrabbits, martens, porcupines, red squirrels, ringtail cats, and skunks.

    Thanks Jeff! The whole passage is very useful for my Sartar campaign.

    So, it looks like the medium feline niche is occupied by the Shadowcat in Sartar. Full stop.  So, no bobcats it seems. Obviously, in Fronela it could be the other way round.

    White bear surprised me, but I guess they are like American Spirit Bears (i.e. white black bears) and not Polar Bears (ursus maritimus), which are marine mammals which I cannot see very well in the hills and vales of Sartar.

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    Are there regular lynxes in Glorantha?

    in Glorantha

    Posted

    A question for you Yinkin cultists out there.

    We all know and love Alynxes aka Shadowcats, which are sometimes depicted as Canadian lynxes with a long fluffy tail. But what about the "regular" members of the genus Lynx, like the Eurasian and Canadian lynxes or the bobcats? Do they roam the woodlands of Genertela? And what about their bob tails?

    Is there any myth about the way the lynx lost their precious long tails but the alynx kept it? 

     😾

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    LFP: Elric of Melnibone

    in Stormbringer

    Posted · Edited by smiorgan

    LOL. It took me a while to understand that LFP stands for Looking for Players and not for Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

    😂 I was wondering why one would want to use that instead of one of the several Stormbringer/ Elric editions...

     

     

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    RQ6 Mythras differences.

    in Mythras

    Posted

    Did anyone compile a list of changes between RQ6 and Mythras?

    Is there anything major?

    I have RQ6 and Mythras Imperative and I have just bought "Worlds United", I'm wondering whether I'll be able to run it with what I have or I absolutely need the latest version of Mythras.

    Thanks

     

     

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