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Sounds like people want the return of Root/Branch skills! SDLeary

No it was a better representation of how missile and melee attacks work. Missile attack s tend to hit parts of the body with the most surface area, while melee attacks tend to hit the areas that asre more easily struck such as limbs. Yes! When learning to shoot in a combat capacity, you are taught to aim at center mass... which in RQ/BRP terms is Chest and Abdomen. I actually modified the BRP location numbers a bit to more represent this. SDLeary

If you can thumb through a book in a FLGS, then this is true. If you are ordering from an online retailer, you can't really do this. Even in a gaming haven (SF Bay Area) FLGS are fading. SDLeary

When you do decide on 6e, or whatever the next version is, I would like to suggest trying to get the rights to use the 1e cover art again. I would love that colorful, noble procession gracing the cover of a hardbound volume. SDLeary

I believe that BWP is talking about the separate hit location tables for Melee and Missile combat. SDLeary

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought it was obvious. The tape marks on the map in France an Ireland. First print maps had tape left on one of the separations, and that's what you see on the map. When asked what they were, Sandy and Greg said they were the sights of the ancient Airstrips. SDLeary

Twas what Sandy and Greg called them. Not who came up with the term. SDLeary

Come now! You know the medieval compound bows were soooo much better! 😉 SDLeary

Whether the map includes the ancient airstrips. SDLeary

Hey @Trifletraxor, any word on this? SDLeary

With extensive Aldryami woods near human habitation, it could actually be more of an issue. You might have to be recognized as an Elf-Friend in some areas in order to hunt, depending on game. SDLeary

For reference, talking about notification emails as opposed to the on-page notification on the site. SDLeary

Well, yes. That is fantasy of a different ilk though compared to the zero-to-hero that RQ has traditionally supported. As has been pointed out other places on this forum, its a bit deadly (deadlier than RQ) when you remove the ever present armor. I can certainly do it, and have in the past. Its not something that I would necessarily want to set new players in front of though. Much better to have published rules for that. SDLeary

Well, as the only announced non-Gloranthan RQ item is supposed to be Mythic Iceland, I would think it would be tailored to that. Hopefully going a bit further into Greenland, and the home lands... to give us a bit more room to roam. If their Medieval supplement for Cthulhu ever sees the light of day, and it ranges early enough in period, I might just move to Cthulhu for my non-Glorantha fix. SDLeary

Only in Britain. We don't see... at least we don't have sources... that happening in Gaul. Though the extermination (or near extermination) in Gaul could have simply been a byproduct of Caesar's wars. In Britain they were behind most of the uprisings, at least according to the Romans. If they were actively courting rebellion, then I can see the Romans going after them. SDLeary

From roughly the same period, the 4thC. Not only was there settlement on the West coast of Britain by small groups of Irish, but the Great Conspiracy happened near the end of this. As far as settlers go, there were never enough to leave a great impact, though as you point out a lasting one with Ogham stones scattered about. The Scotti/Cruithine were very mobile at this time. SDLeary

AH! Thats what you meant by pseudo-Viking. The several hundred years difference in the terminology threw me off! SDLeary

Mann doesn't look like it was conquered by Rome, though they knew about it. It WAS settled/conquered by Gaels in the 4th C. You are thinking of Anglesey. SDLeary

You forget about the settlers of Dyfed. Goidelic was quickly overcome, but they are what JonL is talking about. SDLeary

Yes to the other stuff. Ard Rî is unlikely to fall into the same mix, as the Irish settlers in Dyfed were from an earlier period (360's), and indications are such that by the 5th century the area had already reverted back to Brythonic (probably could be considered Cambric by this time). Those in Dál Riata were Gaels, but that part of the North doesn't factor into the legends until much later. Most northern stories originate in the Hen Ogledd, which can firmly be placed in the Brythonic camp (Cumbric by this point??). SDLeary

@MOB Did you put this in the Mythic World section because Poland is a Mythic land?? 😉 Perhaps an Announcements forum at the top of the Chaosium section, and have it locked to Chaosium personnel? That way you can post in one area, and those that wish to comment can do so in the appropriate forum. SDLeary

No, I mean more stuff for a budding Wiz-ard to learn. SDLeary

Is anyone out there having issues receiving forum Follow notifications? Not in my Inbox, not in my Spam folder. SDLeary

I like it! Does have one pitfall though. Introducing more skills into an already skill heavy system. SDLeary

Kind of... It was AH in total that harmed Glorantha. The Chaosium crew was responsible for producing Glorantha material (at least early on), and they did. A good chunk of Pamaltela was ready, among other things... but AH was (iirc) layout and production. I have laser prints of some of that Pamaltela stuff, in layout but without art. SDLeary