Bill the barbarian

Bad Darius, bad! Now go to your dungeon young monster and think about what you have done! If I may Atgxtg, that's rather clever! I do own the first and a goodly selection of adventures or splat packs, but wow, if it is that good... I may have to take a look.

I feel Ali's pain, and I hope you are correct in your defence... well, you have given me a reason to read this bad boy for the 2nd time this millenium (been a couple of decades) but with an eye to the racism noted bu folk and the defence you offer. A good reason for a fresh look at what I recall to be a rollicking read. I suppose I will have to put J.R.R. in his time as well and be thankful he was not influence by HPL. Now you have me interested enough to do my own research in what you have said about racism, but I will have to disagree here... The Istari (or the wise/wizards) only number 5, Not sure how many others would be crafting enchantments in the third age but my guess is there are not a ton of folk who craft enchantments in those latter days. The elder and very powerful elves... Who else? How many have survived from previous ages and not been gathered up by the powerful, well, this is unknown. Can not say I am convinced, but... Your Middle Earth May Vary too! Cheers

A call to the moderators... perhaps@David Scottor @Trifletraxor might help to solve this problem... oh welcome to BRP Jex! Good luck in your writing.

I am a fan boy of the early RQers and I wonder if he would appreciate that. Sometimes folk hate that kind of stuff. The first time I chatted with MOB I was apologizing for being excited so much he knew I was Canadian before I said I was.

Yes sir!

May we quote you on that? Oops, too late... already clicked the quote button, afore asking... My bad!

May I offer another possible (and sadder) interpretation. He may be referring to Steve Perrin and Ray Turney...

Necromancy again... https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/home/catalogue/websites/old-glorantha-com-news/ouranekki-board-pdf-available/

The 11th hour approaches, the cannons roar will soon echo in the valley where I live, just down the road from our legislature. 21 times they will fire and I will begin to cry as their echoes make me recall... Too many died in too many senseless battles for too few yards of French or Belgian dirt... too young! One of our young boys died as the last to fall in that horrible war "To End All Wars" just 2 minutes before 11:00 o' clock! Despite their best efforts, war continued... a mere 21 years later they would be singing sad songs all over again...

I have been trying to find a bit more reference to musical giants and did find this in Ian Cooper's masterpiece... "The Coming Storm".... and I will tease y'all with a taste of a tale of Lant Ulfars... just a tease though, there is more in "The Coming Storm"... Lant Ulfar the giant lived in the Quivin Mountains during the Gods Age. He was content just to live his life and beat his drum, but one god annoyed him: Larnste, the God of Motion. Larnste could not stop, no matter the need, but was always constantly in motion. His footsteps would interrupt Lant Ulfar’s drumming, so the giant decided one day to stop Larnste. Makes me think of that great song... "I don't want to work I just want to bang on my drum all day!"

I was perfectly happy for this social experiment to die on the good note we had achieved... and still am. With luck it can now go away and the conversation, as you say, can go on where it belongs—in public agora across your nation... and hell, for that matter my nation! So, nachos, eh?

It is, truly! That is why I thought to have a hippy dippy peaceable type of topic. It would be easy to not talk to "those people" or "them" or (fill in descriptor of choice) but talking is better than the alternatives, I suppose. Eff predicted a good and peaceful outcome to me and as usual she was correct. Being a neighbour, I am pleased.

Oh, those poor nachos! Oh, the Humanity!

That does not sound too gentle, svensson. Can any further posts please be kind and gentle. Please don't.

Again I recommend the solo online game who's main purpose is to teach the RQ rules. It will save you the need for inspiration for your 1st game and will help you over any rough spots. For your convenience I repeat the URL below. All you will need are dice, but the free rules of the quick start may come in handy (see below). https://www.chaosium.com/rq-soloquest-the-battle-of-dangerford/ https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-quickstart-1/

A new day dawns and war has not broken out... the armed polling stations did not occur (to the best of my knowledge). Votes were cast and though some egos were bruised democracy ticks ever forward. Valind's Glacier being a neighbour, I can breath a sigh of relief and thank the gods and goddesses that good ol' fashion decency came out as a winner. I am positive that all was not perfect, and I think this thread is coming to a close, but as it is not closed... I will again ask that any further posts be kind and gentle. Cheers

Agreed as I said above, I am really beginning to dig RQ dwarves... A LOT! Greg got me to hating them back in the 80s (?) with his "Why I hate Dwarves" Different Worlds article but some great posts here... some nice canon from Jeff, et voila!

Can you imagine playing with an individual who absolutely refuses to acknowledge the GMs right to err! It was horror beyond imagining, I bet y'all can imagine horror in this forum

Exhibit one: May I present for your amusement: Bundalini and His All-Skeleton Band No bones about it they are the best! If you have access to Sartar Companion for HeroQuest (alas no longer available, but may make a comeback with QuestWorld) you can read about this fellow and he does make surprise appearances in the King of Dragon Pass video game.

Thanks for the assistance when asked. We still have to get some gaming you and I.

Having taken Arcadiagt5's advice before, I suggest heeding him on this. He has helped me out quite nicely before.

Not easy or intuitive, but there indeed. Thanks Jason!

Beoferret, I believe you are shooting into the dark here. I have done a little digging because I had no idea what she was referring to, and this is what I have found. Now I could be mistaken but it seems that what huntsfromshadow (let me know if I get this right, hfs) is referring to is a soloquest system called Oracle and it has been ported to several systems... except RQ. It has a series of tables that aid in creating random encounters and quests on the fly... the quote below describes tables for DnD. Now, in a way g33k is close in his rumour table idea, and two sources have tables for events (the old Glorantha Box set for RQ3, but this is no good for a newcomer (out of print, very expensive and not very deep), and the megalithic two tomes of the Guide to Glorantha... great books but not very practical for what hfs is asking for although their are brief events tables in them. Sorry for being a little pedantic with this explanation, hfs but if I did not, you would have had everyone jumping in blindly to offer assistance as I am guessing many here (myself included) have/had no idea what Oracle is... You may wish to chime in and give a thumbnail describing what it is and what it does (and correct any errors I have made for that matter).

Nice FDW, and JRE. Since Jeffs expose on the new Mostali I have been getting quite enthusiastic about them. And I think you both have some excellent points to ponder. Feeling incredibly ill today so I will leave the heaving thinking for tomorrow. But thanks for some interesting stuff to look forward to. Cheers

Just a quick question, have you tried the free solo scenario "The Battle of Dangerford"? It seems to be impossible to find on the chaosium.com site so I have included a link below... Folk say it is a great way to learn RQ. And it is free! https://www.chaosium.com/rq-soloquest-the-battle-of-dangerford/