Bill the barbarian

2 hours ago, svensson said:

JJK

svensson, not up on the terms you kids are using these days... JJK? WTF?

2 hours ago, Crel said:

Thanks for summoning me, Bill!

Are you kidding me, yer one of my favourite daimons to summon! I had thought I had it right, but memory and all, ya know? Thanks for letting me go one more day thinking the dementia has not gone too far, yet.

14 hours ago, svensson said:

Reading the character sheet very carefully, I can only see one mechanical glitch... Unless I missed something in the RQG core rules, no being in Glorantha [whether mortal or spirit] can have 100% of a Rune AND 100% in it's opposition Rune. Renharth's Allied Spirit has 100% in both Truth and Illusion, which appears to me to be an error. If I'm wrong about that, someone let me know please.

Yep, as editor, I go out of my way to check what I am given and I catch as much as I can and to get to use as much red highlighter as I can. What with, "Hey Austin, what’s up with theses stats... how, why, oh, quit messing with what little mind I have left... oh, illumination... got it.”

I get to use a bit of red marker, but damn it, Austin catches me and says well, “YGWV!"

3 hours ago, svensson said:

Reading the character sheet very carefully, I can only see one mechanical glitch... Unless I missed something in the RQG core rules, no being in Glorantha [whether mortal or spirit] can have 100% of a Rune AND 100% in it's opposition Rune. Renharth's Allied Spirit has 100% in both Truth and Illusion, which appears to me to be an error. If I'm wrong about that, someone let me know please.

Close, no mortal can usually have more than 99% in a power or form rune. There usually has to be at least 1% in the opposing rune. Hmm, I work on those as well, and I wonder if that is one I missed. I do recall bringing that or a similar case to Austin and having it explained as being either a spirit thing (different rules and limitations for spirits) or that the spirit was illuminated in which case, all bets are off. Austin, do you remember the context. I mean, I recall us discussing a form/power percentage problem. Can’t see a humakti allied spirit being illuminated, so that’s probably out.  @Crel? How’s your memory.

3 hours ago, svensson said:

A young widow shows up at the Boldhome Humakt temple clad only in her husband's ashes and grave-soil begging for Justice.

 

That was Austin all the way, he has some very good imagery.

22 minutes ago, Jeff said:

Also it should be kept in mind that it is only about 200 km from Boldhome to Pavis. That's a long way, but hardly the middle of nowhere. 

One could mention that being on the edges of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends was being on the edge of one of the greatest of continental Empires of the lozenge. One that touched on the lives of millions.

9 hours ago, Ian Thomson said:

I'm writing for MGF. and have the fortune to have had some discussions with the founder about those ideas. Not a big issue for me that he changed his mind; I'm not saying my ideas should be official, only that they are really interesting and worth presenting again. 🙂

Having had a chance to get elbow deep in the viscera of Ian’s work, I have to say it may not look like a canon, or smell like a canon, but it should go boom... just like a canon! It might even be a little bit of fun. But canon... well if you squint and turn your head just so. 

Seriously... fun! And these days, that might mean something!

4 hours ago, Jose said:

Uhm, I have Red book of magic. Ronance's spell "pathway" use the Earth rune and Good Shepherd's "Seal Soul" use Life rune. Those  are different Runes than in the cult list. 

Which browser  are you using, I can report that some versions of Safari are problematic. Acrobat seems to work.

It is set in 1619, but... the first two volumes will detail the far past of 894 S.T. 

2 hours ago, Ian Thomson said:

With one exception. The first two volumes are about 894ST, and the rest about 1619 onwards, so it would have to be an image of the same scene but in the first two volumes it would be 894 and the rest 1619

 

Just now, 10baseT said:

I was about to say the same thing. Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass did it (another glorious cover), did Sandheart? I think they added updated art. But anyways, like mentioned, some add a very nice cover (or more art) after some $ has come in making it more feasible or for other reasons.

I like to say "great minds think alike", my mom used to say "fools seldom differ"...

24 minutes ago, Ian Thomson said:

I'm pretty sure I can't afford big scene covers, unless anyone thinks some kind of gofundme would make sense. (Not something I envisioned, but a very cool pair of broader panorama cover pics as above might be practical if I get some help.)

Some on the JC have put out what they could afford for art and when money started rolling in, would issue an update for free with better art.

3 minutes ago, Nick Brooke said:

Hi, Bill - author here, I’m happy to confirm there are no spoilers in what you read. Please buy my excellent book!

Black Spear

Now that’s an ad man! Well done!

5 minutes ago, Nicochan said:

Can't find the spoilers function from mobile. But don't worry everything you've read is completely different, the adventure itself takes a very very different approach and does not even touch the characters and locations I wrote about

Cheers, in which case as promised, I do apologize. 

For those on mobile who wish to add spoilers, turn your text white.... and let folk know about it... instant spoiler. Or type in large font.. 

SPOILERS BELOW

30 minutes ago, Nicochan said:

I'm running your Black Spear adventure but I've decided to change it a lot from the Vega encounter onward.

 

Just a quick reminder for Nicochan and others who post here on BRP Central.

SPOILERS

They tend to ruin things and really offer no reward. I may wish to play this one day or buy it and run it for others but you seem to have given away a lot of plot points here. Not having read it critically, I might be wrong and if so I do apologize. But if I am correct, I had thought I had been reading a topic devoted to illumination in general and an individual I had not heard of before in specific. Alas, now I could be walking away with far more details then I want about a module an author has spent much time crafting (making it surprising and fresh, crafting surprises to keep me and others on pins and needles ) that I am thinking of purchasing with my limited and hard earned cash. Had I read your post I might not want to buy it.  I might say, what is the point. I will buy one that is without spoilers. Hmm. Does you no harm, but assuming the module is good...It would harm me, and would seriously harm the author if I did not buy it for reasons he had nothing to do with. 

I respectfully ask Nicochan and others to be respectful and use the eye above.. and shown once again, below... using the fifth icon from the left, to hide your comments.

Cheers

2 minutes ago, soltakss said:

Sorry, I don't follow basketball ...

Oh, c’mon now soltakss, they are obviously talking hockey!

11 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

One way to handle this could be to say that while he’s from the Lunar Empire, he’s not a practitioner of the hated Lunar religion, and he’s also somewhat disgraced, I think? Also, a pretty solid guy.

 

He isn’t He worships a Carmenian form of Daka Fal

11 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

Also, a pretty solid guy.

Also true

3 hours ago, Dragon said:

More interested in Passion augments, as Rune will get increase checks for casting Rune magic still. Do Passion and Skill augments get a check for a potential increase?

 

All abilities and POW do. Abilities are a new category that consist of Skills, Runes and Passion. All abilities operate fundamentally the same as skills always have. 

11 minutes ago, Kargzant said:

Most characters from Sartar of Prax are going to be going to react negatively towards Lunars. It would be interesting for the characters to work for a Lunar Duke, but I need a good reason for him to be given a corner of Prax to settle.

 

Realistically he would not be there, he is run off or killed long before the canon games runs. Run it as though you were working for an Orlanthi chieftain, bandit rebel turned farmer or come up with something else... might be a great deal of fun. 

11 minutes ago, Kargzant said:

Will I need to update the statistics for enemies? I figure that it won't matter too much at first since the starting mission has little combat and my PCs aren't particularly bloodthirsty. Still, I expect that the encounters might be too easy as written without some tweaking to more powerful RQG PCs.

 

Nope, add runes and passions. Do not roll to augment unless for story effect, give initiates 1 to 4 Rune Spells and that many RPs. Make your life easy at all times. 

11 minutes ago, Kargzant said:

Will I need to update the statistics for enemies? I figure that it won't matter too much at first since the starting mission has little combat and my PCs aren't particularly bloodthirsty. Still, I expect that the encounters might be too easy as written without some tweaking to more powerful RQG PCs.

 

You will need to tweak (seasoning for a soup) constantly. It is the bane and job of the GM

11 minutes ago, Kargzant said:

Are there any RQ3 books that I could buy to flesh out this corner of Prax? Does Shadows on the Borderlands have any connections with the Borderlands material? It has a significant price tag, so if there's a connection I want to make sure what my group plans at the end before I pick up a secondhand copy.

I would say yes, but the price is prohibitive. Don't bother. Any grognards know if the HQ Pavis GTA is still available? Is it worth a buy?

11 minutes ago, Kargzant said:

I would appreciate any advice that people have on running Borderlands in the new system. I know a lot of people here have been playing and running RQ for years and have experience that I lack.

Don’t sweat it, hand wave lots, do not worry about the stats not being right, what is the dif twixt 45% and 50 % anyway?

If it is fun you got it right!

This barbarian says no to BIAS in gaming!

3 hours ago, jajagappa said:

I've opened mine plenty of times - these are well-made hard-cover books and the spines do not crack (unlike for instance Griffin Mountain).  I do not read them at the dining table, though. 🙂

My G2G are in great shape, whereas my original 80s copy of GM is in a three hole binder!

1 hour ago, Qizilbashwoman said:

never order barbells, the shipping costs are stupid

Nope, order the two volume set of G2G instead, they are smart!

1 hour ago, Ian Absentia said:

I'll confess to having abandoned the generational course corrections to Gloranthan lore.  It's like a tide that ebbs and flows and ebbs again, but the beach is still here.  If something hasn't already been defined, do we really want it to be?

 

THANK THE GODS AND GODDESSES!

I have been saying that here for 5 years! ;)

I herd o’ that!

1 hour ago, PhilHibbs said:

This "theatre of the mind" sounds awesome. Got a link to it? Is it a free service? 🤪

Yes indeed, and your avatar is in the correct position to insert the 1/4 inch jack to enable it as well!

... and how are your arms? Pumped?

9 minutes ago, Agentorange said:

......and bought the 2 volume slipcase edition of The Guide to Glorantha.

My wallet won't thank me, but I suspect my inner geek will.

And think of the money you will save on barbells!

Sorry svensson, that title goes to my neighbour city's fine Chivalry and Sorcery; crafted for your enjoyment in Alberta! Hey, did you ever play the Harn RPG?

Anyone remember Irilian? This is the one that got away. Would have love to play this bad boy! A city module delivered over 5 or 6 issues or WD for A DnD.