Bill the barbarian

4 hours ago, Qizilbashwoman said:

For the uninitiated, Jainism is like... nonviolent extremist Buddhism?

Militant Buddhism?

That Jain temple is sweet, evocative! I can see adventure in that pic.

17 minutes ago, mfbrandi said:

I am sure you didn’t mean it that way, but this does make it sound like they are a bunch of weirdos.

I think Q is quite up on all that... I think they were using an elevator pitch description which will always fail under scrutiny. Me, I just don't know where to not joke but I will always try to make a joke that is nice (I am of the Red Skelton school of niceness in comedy) enough that all may laugh at it (or not if it sucks). I think my militant buddhist jape might do that it  being so incongruent.

On 3/20/2015 at 2:55 PM, clarence said:

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"In dystopian films,

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Read the rest of it here : )

 

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/19/dystopian-films-blade-runner-insurgent-future-grim

going with Jim here
The future's uncertain and the end is always near

58 minutes ago, Agentorange said:

Also there's not a great deal of cinematic tension to be derived from a well run, happy society where nothing adverse ever happens.......at least not in the field of Sci Fi and fantasy.

In other genres of course there's much more optimism. Every rom com ever shown has love overcoming all for a happy ending........

Sci Fi, the perfect antidote for Rom Com overdose!

14 minutes ago, Qizilbashwoman said:

i mean, as an american most of my friends are concerned more with the immediate reality of survival. 60% of americans live month-to-month!

It's enough to make one cry!

On 3/21/2023 at 3:57 PM, jajagappa said:

For those who have been anxiously awaiting news of a Print Version - it is here, and it is available NOW on DrivethruRPG: Edge of Empire
AND... also pleased that it has brand new COVER ART!  Plus bonus content added to both electronic and print versions - now 224 pages!

If you've already acquired the pdf - the new updated version is listed as:  RuneSmithPub-EdgeEmpire-v1.1.e.pdf 

 

Congrats!

32 minutes ago, soltakss said:

I read that as Mork and Mingus, a sitcom about an alien living with a jazz pianist?

Yes, yer point??

Some nice stuff to go exploring in!

May I make a personal note. It is nice to see folk choosing a couple of items to share rather than (info) dumping down 4,325,875.54378 items and looking quite proud of one's self while doing it. This allows all a share of sharing... sounds nice, eh?

23 hours ago, soltakss said:

I have DTRPG Credit due to Jonstown Compendium sales, so I use that for purchases on DTRPG, making them effectively free for me.

Yep

23 hours ago, soltakss said:

I have DTRPG Credit due to Jonstown Compendium sales, so I use that for purchases on DTRPG, making them effectively free for me.

Considering the amount of free work you have done, it does seem fair.

6 hours ago, g33k said:

At least they kept it down to just the one ORC!

and the other 29 over the hill?

On 3/23/2023 at 10:21 AM, PhilHibbs said:

Oh, Buzzcocks/Banshees connections. That makes sense.

Ah, bliss, the memories of youth... several apologies Phil for being so OT that I brought Eubie Blake to an Amp Fight!

29 minutes ago, mfbrandi said:

Monk & Mingus for everyone, no?

Math for everyone?

Who gives a shit, a double order of al gebra here, and a little Eubie Blake for ambience if ya please!

11 minutes ago, mfbrandi said:

(I’d have hoped jazzy mathematicians would be more at the Elvin Jones/Tony Oxley end of things. But I probably took one blow too many to the head as a child

Jazz like many wonderful things is a many splendored thing... For high schoolers, Dixie Land. For theoretical mathematicians may I suggest Thelonious Monk, and for calculating Calculus tutors one might imagine Charles Mingus... I am at a loss of what to suggest for Spyro Gyra or Weather Report. A stoned or recovering 60's prof teaching Godel?

3 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

I vaguely recognized the first, but not the second. Never heard of Magazine. I looked it up, and it's got a really good early Stranglers/Damned vibe. I'll have to check out more of their stuff.

 

Love the stranglers (no more heroes is just great for RQ).

2 hours ago, mfbrandi said:

As a measure of how unhip I am, I owe my knowledge of their existence to my high-school maths teacher.

 

My best high school math teacher was a dixieland jazz band drummer.

2 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

In my experience maths teachers often have great musical taste.

Yep, and trolls say they taste good too!

4 hours ago, Qizilbashwoman said:

 I'd like to make a list of good real-world inspirations we can use for Glorantha. Here's an article called Drums, Hearts, Bulls, and Dead Gods: The Theology of the Ancient Mesopotamian Kettledrum. I'd like to recommend this for Storm Bull worship!

https://www.academia.edu/37304751/Drums_Hearts_Bulls_and_Dead_Gods_The_Theology_of_the_Ancient_Mesopotamian_Kettledrum?email_work_card=title

Here are two for you...
1/ https://orbis.stanford.edu
this is ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated with a wide range of different types of travel in antiquity. 

though iron age and Roman this has been invaluable over the years for me!

2/ https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/ancient-mesopotamia-life-in-the-cradle-of-civilization

this is so great, but the fact the professor giving the lectures played bass with the bangles before they called themselves the bangles also rocks!

ETA
and if you have Kanopy the score or so videos (as are all the Great Courses) are free! If you do not have Kanopy, ask your library to consider getting it (making it also free).

Now this sale ends 20 hours (and a bit) from the time of this posting!

Griffin Mountain on DrivethruRPG

To teh comment that 

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Given that much of Humakt's reason for existence [and an awful lot of his magic] deals with his Truth Rune, 'honesty' and 'honor' are closely intertwined in a Humakti context.

 

In  one's own game perhaps. Not necessarily so in my game.

1 hour ago, soltakss said:

Excellent, and it's on DrivethruRPG, which means it's effectively free for me!

 

Yep, me too!

oh awesome sauce is a thing over here... awesome sausome... i hope never becomes one!

12 hours ago, DreadDomain said:

I am both excited and terrified! I've said before, the content of BGB is awesome. I hope it won't be (too) watered down. Hopefully, it will be awesomer!

And I have learned a new word to use when I talk about Chaosium!

awesomer!

. And I will try to coin one new  phrase... Great new tested BRP rules for your RQ G tables for those who dig!

6 minutes ago, Jason Farrell said:

Nice job getting to the finish line on it, Austin!  I'm sure it's well worth the wait.

It most definitely is!

5 minutes ago, Stephen L said:

Lots of stat blocks to look forward to 🙂 Happy to help if required...

And having a quick flick through, it looks amazing!  Getting something that's pure gold for such humble offerings, that's quite a deal!

Thanks muchly Mr Thomson!

It is just slightly above fantastic, isn't it?

5 hours ago, Ian A. Thomson said:

Drivethru links for contributor copies have been sent out. 🙂

Merci beaucoup, M. Thomson! 

4 hours ago, Erol of Backford said:

Another tid-bit from Masters of Luck & Death - Five Rune Ring - anyone know where Dvision Hills is in Sartar:

 

If that is not a typo, how about:

3 hours ago, RHW said:

In my Glorantha, the more magical power you accumulate, the more weirdness you draw to you, including other people and creatures with magical power, for good or ill. And the more you're drawn toward them.

 

I like this!

1 hour ago, RHW said:

Less esoteric:

Lunars drink djinn.

Carmanians drink wodka.

But no less weird? Odd that.

🙂

1 minute ago, Agentorange said:

Bill,you could have just said Orlanthi 😄

I thought I had...

International Women's Day 2023 campaign theme: #EmbraceEquity

For International Women's Day and beyond, let's all fully #EmbraceEquity.

Equity isn't just a nice-to-have, it's a must-have.

A focus on gender equity needs to be part of every society's DNA.

And it's critical to understand the difference between equity and equality.

So give equity a huge embrace

Time to embrace and support our women GMs, Content Creators, Chaosium Authors and Artists, Podcasters, et al. In my barbaric opinion, women enthusiastically joining and being enthusiastically embraced by and to the BRP community is the future for our great hobby!

Cheers

3 minutes ago, g33k said:

But of course "YGWV" so you can adjust your world to avoid your own triggers, as do all the rest of us with ours.  I don't think anyone in this thread has ever said anyone should do anything other than that...?   🧐

yep

3 minutes ago, g33k said:

It's just some grognards listing some of the "triggers" that have set off flamewars (both recent and ancient).   🙄

and sharing a larf!

Trigger words, eh?

Keltic/Sino/Indus/Sumerian/Viking/Meso-American/Mycenaean/Anglo-Saxon/Hittite/Ad Infinitum
melangewithducksremeberyourmileageandducksmayvaryoffervoidwhereprohibetedbycommonsencemaycausepsoriasisandpoorlifechoices

Choose yer poison! 

1 hour ago, Godlearner said:

The issue is actually stacking. It has been stated before the Rune spells from different Rune Pools do not stack.

Now interestingly enough, I believe they do and I have already stated why... I had sent a question to RQ Q&A about two Rune levels combining to make a spell stronger. This is the one that got the answer why not...just use MFG...

Do note large rituals such as the ritual required to move the Glowspot. This can not be accomplished by one magician no matter how powerful nor done in one day... it will need schools of magicians working in concert over a long period (20 years?) to cast the spell (for that is what it is after all) to create the Temple of the Reaching Moon that moves the Glowspot.

Seems the question is how the spells are fueled is the issue. Unless the cult rune pool was created to fuel the spell in question than it can not! I can not recall the details of the rule about subcults and associated cults combining rule pools but still if the rune pool is not created for a certain spell it can not cast that spell.