Bill the barbarian

5 hours ago, Gamesmeister said:

I mean, if you want to have a Yelmalio-worshipping shaman at your table then go for it, but to me that goes against the mythology of the god and I wouldn't allow it.

Howdy, nice to meet you GM. just to check how wold ya feel about a Yelm worshipping shaman?

2 hours ago, Rick Meints said:

I've always thought Primal Chaos was the worst cult.

Yep

3 hours ago, svensson said:

@Soccercalle, I see nothing wrong with allowing players to ret-con their spell selections when the new info comes out. At my table, I'd only hesitate if a player had made a given Rune spell a major part of their play style.... for example, summoning elementals every fight or using Flight every time they got the chance. But other than that, if they want to trade one spell for another it shouldn't be a problem.

 

At my tables, I have asked the players if they wish to play "touch move", or "take your fingers off move", or even "take back moves"... to use chess analogies. That way the players can choose the difficulty they wish to play at. It seems t cut down on arguments letting the table rule on how serious mistakes could be. Retconning spells falls a tad outside these guidelines (it falls closes to "take back moves") but, hey, they are guidelines!

23 hours ago, Syssiah said:

I'm also interested in joining some online pbem, pbp, roll20 games. Who knows.

 

Welcome, there are a few games of PbF on the go...

@jajagappa?

34 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

While an adventurer might throw a spell at an oncoming foe and then engage that foe in combat within the same round, an adventurer cannot, while engaged in combat, attack both physically and magically.

If I recall a lonnnnngggggg thread from a while back where many of the denizens hereabout tried to figure this out, the key word is engaged (emphasized above by moi). Unengaged one can do many things, like cast a spell and then wait to engage (as above) and with enough SRs left can then attack and defend (defending requires no SRs) as per normal. 

12 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

In my game I allow self-targeted spells to be cast in addition to an attack.

I seem to recall this being thing as well and if the spells happened to be aimed at a weapon the focus could be on it saving the need to change a weapon for a focus (and 5 SRs, as well).

37 minutes ago, Jeff said:

The Sartarites, during the Lunar Occupation, often resulted to dishonourable tactics in order to fight against the Lunar Army. This was a classic case of the Loyalty Sartar or Hate Lunar Empire passion being pitted against Honor. There's a reason the Humakt cult was not deeply involved in the rebellion. One gains no honour in attacking a foe from an ambush!

Killing prisoners is viewed as deeply dishonourable.

But the Liberation of Boldhome, Dangerford, Battle of the Queens, Sword Hill, and of course Battle of Heroes were not ambush battles. As we enter the Hero Wars, the Sartarites are far more likely to attack a Lunar army force with a barrage of spells and spirits, followed by a cavalry charge, than with a militia ambush.

Yeah, this is pretty cool. Nothing to add or disagree with, except to mention really liking the malus of how it would be hard to win honour in ambush!

10 hours ago, Baron Wulfraed said:

I don't use the photo printer enough to keep the nozzles from clogging).

Yep, finally give up on printers for this reason. 

On 5/3/2022 at 7:10 PM, Beoferret said:

Are we almost there yet? Are we almost there yet? Are we almost there yet?

 

More seriously, a wild conjecture: that soon after May is done, we will see a couple of hoped for RQ releases

On 5/3/2022 at 11:22 PM, Jose said:

July if we are lucky enough. I have the feeling that they are waiting to the GM book be finished. 

I predict June.The two tome Cults of Glorantha will be released gratis as Chaosium’s contribution to Free RPG Day!

— The prognosticating barbarian

2 hours ago, AndreJarosch said:

I find it hard to adapt some elements i would LOVE to gloranthaise, especially situations in which one person seem to be one thing, but is in secret totally different. 

I guess the most famous duo might be Zorro and Batman. These should be ripe for lunar occupied territories or borderlands near the glow line.

Do note all, these videos and the topic have been done at least 4 times now in the past few years. So for all these videos and more, do feel free to do a search as well as read this thread. 

Worked with them and they are wonderful even with few words in common. They do a song of knights clashing with the Golden Horde, the drumming and cello, evoke horse hoofs on the steppes, and the words rise to become bugles, trumpets and voices of battle as the armies clash. I had worked with the Tuvan Throat Singers of Mongolia a few years before and they also had a song of a horse warriors battling knights on the Caspian Steppes that had evoked similar visions of horse warriors battling foe. Patched together in my memory it was and still is eerie. 

4 hours ago, svensson said:

Just because you're 'famous' doesn't mean you're 'good famous'. They may remember your name, but is that memory a good one?

 

You are talking reality, but just not according to the rules (THEY DIVERGE? Who knew?). By mechanism, reputation is reputation. The Rules do state that you record the reason for the rep boost, but do not say why or give mechanics for this, good or bad.

4 hours ago, svensson said:

There are people who go to see band reunion tours just to watch the train wreck, after all.

The 'press' axiom only accounts for money, not respect or credibility.

You are either an optimist or have much more faith than I do in our culture and society. This gets into murky non-gaming topics such as politics so I will tread lightly and just say in my 6 plus decades I see no reason to give people the benefit of the doubt here. What I consider to be bad rep is often spun into gold and vice versa.

4 hours ago, French Desperate WindChild said:

yep but in all cases you will remember the one who helps and not the one who does nothing

Agreed, but that is not part of the raw Rep score but is part of the handwavium explanation that you should record rep gains. 

Reputation, If I recall the rules correctly, can be good or bad and are treated equally, no? Kinda like today’s axiom: There’s no such thing as bad press.

6 hours ago, Bill the barbarian said:

Hmm, thought I was subscribed but did not relieve this trumpeted newsletter (with the anticipated news) but when prompted, I was able to subscribe again. Still do not have a copy of this news... Any ideas?

Can someone point out how I can get this newsletter please?
 

Hmm, thought I was subscribed but did not relieve this trumpeted newsletter (with the anticipated news) but when prompted, I was able to subscribe again. Still do not have a copy of this news... Any ideas?

On 4/12/2022 at 7:35 PM, HreshtIronBorne said:

There are specific shaman abilities in the RQG core book that allow a shaman to Specialize in the sense that he will be more likely to encounter more powerful examples of his specialized spirit and has a bonus to interacting with them. 

 

Combine that w with creating a Spirit Cult et voila.

26 minutes ago, AndreJarosch said:

Make a list with all the spells the individual PCs know. That will help them as well as yourself. 

Been doing this for a couple of years now (since playing online). It works quite well.
Of course, cut and paste into an online doc helps a lot!

Well, if Dustin does not send you a coupon for half off, you should be able to notice MOB’s call out. I have yet to miss it (or the email coupon, for that matter). If you do not get a coupon from Chaosium, just follow up with a quick missive to Dustin at customer services and that should get you a missing coupon when the time comes. 

1 hour ago, svensson said:

Has 'Weapons and Equipment' hit the street in hardback yet?

I admit it, I'm an old guy and it's just more efficient for me to have a book at the table instead of a pdf.

No, but if you bought a PDF from chaosium.com Dustin should be sending you a coupon for half the price of the book when it is available (what you paid for a perfectly searchable PDF and all its other uses as well! i.e. it’s free!).  Assuming you did not buy it as a PDF, or they lose your name at the shipping desk (very unlikely) there should be a lot of notice here from MOB shouting its birth when it does come out. But seeing as the PDF is eventually free and I assume you have a wee bit of good thrifty Scot’s blood, why not?

24 minutes ago, styopa said:

Just wondering if anyone has the link to the Universal Price List put out by j.m.davidson@ic.ac.uk?

 

Just checked the Wayback machine, but no luck... Perhaps you have more data points and want to try it...(with the right data points and luck, almost anything is findable).

https://archive.org

47 minutes ago, g33k said:

I stand by what I wrote previously:

1 hour ago, g33k said:

... In the 1920's, I don't see any reason to limit portrayal of PCs or NPCs by gender ...

 

May I join you and add my hero and Albert’s as well!

Emmy Noether

32 minutes ago, Qizilbashwoman said:

side question, this is clearly a troll raid, why are the moderators not locking this

Yes, I am thinking the same. I have put in my 3 cents, ate some popcorn and will now depart the thread.

Cheers

20 hours ago, soltakss said:

Multispell

For the win!

Huh... where’s the popcorn? Think I will sit rightchere....

10 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

Even the humble Javelin + Atlatl + Multimissile makes for a devastating attack on most creatures (not counting Dorastor baddies).

Not so humble, I have said this many times but this combo rules the ranged Gloranthan battlefield. Big time! I am glad that Javelins are so expensive!

16 minutes ago, EpicureanDM said:

I will reply to you as well, @soltakss, but I want to do it properly in consideration of your generosity and patience in replying to me as you did.

You making a great choice in seeking out these two for their opinions (Nick and Simon) based on what you want to know.

1. They differ in opinion (this is great for making decisions)!
2. They both excel in Glorantha and RQ knowledge and lore (and have for decades).

I have my preferences but, you seem smart, so take a look twixt these two and make your own choices for the win and for your table's best experience!

1 hour ago, soltakss said:

Apologies for the long post and for quoting everyone.

23 hours ago, EpicureanDM said:

And this is why I love that guy (actually volunteered to do the editing for his early JC work for free as a payback for what he has given the Gloranthan community for decades, and started to do it, when pressures of a failed podcast...well, never mind)!