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Looks like the old RQ3 systems have finally been BRP-ified! Anyone else have any info? SDLeary

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Alas, not the fabled 7e. <sniffle> SDLeary

In addition to this I would force the character to find an appropriate teacher, something which in itself could be an adventure. Scathach in the Irish Ulster Cycle is the teacher for Cu Chulainn in the advanced fighting arts. In other words, I would treat these like martial arts techniques and make it difficult to find a teacher, and time consuming to learn. They would have to prove themselves to the instructor to be accepted for training as well. SDLeary

Something based a bit on Pendragon Glory perhaps? Lets call it Renown or Repute. Overall value of this determines how well you are known among the masses. Unlike Pendragon, it is divided in two. One positive value (Good?) and one negative (Bad?); sum of the absolute values/modulus' creating the master number. The positive equate to good deeds, the negative to bad deeds; like wounding civilians mentioned upthread. SDLeary

Which means that its almost assuredly never going to happen. Chaosium having more than a tuppence to rub together in the best of times would be so downright unusual to be a sure sign of the 'pockylypse. SDLeary

Last I heard, it was still stuck in LA... or to be more precise, Dustin said it was "somewhere in LA". SDLeary

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Woooo! Vera nicea. I think I need to look at Pages again. SDLeary

InDesign currently, but used PageMaker, MS Publisher, and PageStream in the past as well. SDLeary

Questworld... With Gloranthan references removed, and one continent well defined. Others left open should a third party wish to partake (Cubicle 7?). In other words, a nice world supplement that has good definition so that it can be used now, and enough flexibility that a GM or other third party can make use of the "blank spaces". SDLeary

They need a lot of editing, and a bit of tightening of the rules at least. The game CAN build a wide range of characters (I've seen Superman and Galactus statted and paid for), but it takes a lot of time to accomplish. For an exercise, I decided to build Stick from Mospeada, complete with bike armour... each weapon was its own "device" (missiles "flew" and "followed" targets, etc). Character was close to a thousand points IIRC, and was able to be paid for using the disadvantages system. It IS a very good build system. The issue is that the way this was paid for were with holes in the system that were simply taken advantage of. SDLeary

Honestly, I've thought about this... At the high end it would take sooo much work, and would probably end up something like HQ or SotC anyway, that I'd just skip the conversions and use one of those. SDLeary

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Assuming rest, I would allow one recovery roll after one hour. A recovery roll is equal to the fatigue step above where the character currently is. If the roll is successful I would then not allow another one for a further 2 hours... then 4... then 8... etc. If the character misses the roll, then they get to try again the following hour. If the character is sleeping, then a good night sleep will get the character back to Winded, and a chance to make a roll to get to Hale (everyone feels a bit sapped for a bit after they wake up ;-) ) SDLeary

A "beginning" Sorcerer can be useless... it depends on what you are using for a Previous Experience system. RQ III used age (2d6+15: avg. 21 years) to determine the number of points that a player had to allot: 30 points per year if you were using the buy system, or a certain number of points in specific skills if you were following a template. So using the average, yes a starting Sorcerer (age 21) would be somewhat less powerful than a 40 or 50 year old veteran Sorcerer who spent all his time focusing on his magical studies. In the BGB, this is not something that needs to be worried about. It all depends on the Power Level of the campaign, Edu (if being used) and cultural background. A competent Sorcerer should be able to be developed at the mid to high Power Levels. They are not represented in the BGB, but other systems that I would look at are the ones in the Elric/Stormbringer supplement The Unknown East, and the "Western" system presented in the Nephelim supplement Liber Ka. The first is somewhat freeform, the second formed around elemental "schools" or "arts". As far as categorization of what is in the BGB, I'd have to agree with those above. They can really be categorized however you will. Determine which system you prefer based on the flavor of your campaign. SDLeary SDLeary

I would not necessarily do a straight conversion of PP to Fatigue Points for Psychic Powers. Look at the Fatigue box on THIS character sheet. This is how I take care of fatigue. GM calls for a roll after combat (or during breaks in combat if long), or after strenuous activity, and then applies the penalty to all skill, stat, and fatigue rolls thereafter. Penalties are as posted, not cumulative. SDLeary

Yes... based on the Star Fleet Battles universe, rather than a direct clone. SDLeary

Not surprising. Charlie is much more comfortable with a layout board, mag-card output, and an xacto knife than he is with keyboard and mouse! SDLeary

Have you looked at the old Superworld game? Its available as a PDF on Chaosium's site, and RPGnow. We had issues with the rules back then but it was more one of large holes being exploitable. Almost as easy (though more time consuming) to stat Superman and Galactus as Green Arrow or Batman. However, if one used it as a base, and modified from there, it could be very good. At least as good as Champions or M&M. SDLeary

Or you can download that 4 pager from this site, HERE. SDLeary

They could also be tightening it up a bit. Thumbing thru it, I see areas that could yield some space (slight reduction in sub-heads, placing text onto a grid, a bit less space in the stat blocks, etc.). Anyone know what the body is in the BGB? It kindof looks like 9/11 (traditionally a Charlie Favorite), but other places look a bit different. Also, I wonder if errata is going to be in-text. Perhaps we need to invoke Jason! SDLeary

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And, if you can find a copy of cRQ2 or cRQ3 (or even many of their supplements), then there are the infamous Broo as well. SDLeary

Zomben has special privileges in that regard. SDLeary