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"evil competition"TM.
Ooooh I'd love to be the Evil Competition TM
I could get up to all sorts of wacky hi-jinks and all sorts of unmentionable liquids could be deposited in Jeff Richard's sacred coffee at Continuum
Really guys you need to get over the idea that us D100 publishers (even accidental ones like me) conspire against each other. In fact behind the scenes there's a fairly regular flow of friendly emails and cooperation. Oh and we hang out at the same cons and like TALK to each other
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Yes in a low Average Int sort of way
Questbird hits the nail on the head for my reasoning why Rurik is so Averagely blah in the INT department.
If you go read the character generation example in OpenQuest, of which he's the star of , he starts with 8 in INT and his player adds 2 points out of a pool of 30* at his disposal
"to make sure Rurik is average for Intelligence".
* much of which has already been spent on STR, CON, DEX and SIZ because Rurik's player wants him to be a Warrior.
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I think that given this is a D101 Games product then a good move would have been to publish the book in two different system formats. In addition to this publication, another version of the book could come out with OpenQuest stats. The later would be very useful in the fact that even if you don't play OQ, it would be such a quick convert to RQ6 or to LEGEND, and it would also be very easy to translate into BRP or RQ3 mechanics.
Its a pity it didn't come out in OQ,
Just to be crystal clear the Gloranthan License I have with Moon Design only covers me for HeroQuest. The Rune Magic for OQ and Gloranthan OpenQuest scenario in OpenQuest adventures were one offs which I had special permission to do.
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Pah we chucked out the resistance table in 2007 with OQs foundation document...Simple Quest
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no d101 games,
NOoooooooooooooooo! That doesn't bear thinking about does it
Actually, being a pedant again, there would have been a D101 Games, except we'd be almost exclusively story gaming, mainly HQ Glorantha/ WordPlay and Monkey, which is my main reason for doing D101, would have came out a heck of a lot earlier. That MRQ SRD has a lot to answer for
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No sorry you can't have one with out the other imho. How else are the players going to shout "HERE COME THE BABOONS!"* while sitting on the roofs preparing for their attack, and I won't be able include the Battle Magic spell "Avoid Thrown Feaces"
*Which apparently happened in John Ossoway's game of Apple Lane (now that is old school for you)
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And those who really miss old-timey BRP always have OpenQuest..
Right I'm off to write OpenQuest Baboons vs Duck Pack
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OQ Basic isn't a stripped down version of the rules, more a selective core (none of the optional rules, a cut down bestary, only battle magic and none of the GM advice chapters), and those 157 pages are US Tradepaper back sized. If I went out of my way I could write a very condenced version of OQ.
Right disengage pedant mode..this isn't about OQ
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You can make what you will of the brief description in Life and Death. One of the things me and my fellow OpenQuest authors got a bit fed up with was the whole idea of closed overly detailed fantasy worlds that tend to be produced these days. So we deliberately went the way that inspired us in the 80s/90s of more flavoursome but slightly fuzzy around the edges worlds.
That be said you are asking for the official line here
Ok so in my version of of Inzom, there's a limited amount of rubbing shoulders with both the corporeal and incorporeal undead in the street, but by Inzom's Laws the dead have their places to live (in the Tomb areas and the vast and deep catacombs under the city) and the living have theirs. However there are exceptions to complicate maters. Like the House of the Wilting Flowers, whose noble family persished in the invasion of the city by the Iron Legions, but continiue to live on in the house, which is in an official Living District, as ghosts. There's a polite notice on the door saying that the family are happy for the living to make use of the house during the day, even eat the offerings that surviving family members leave on the old family altar, but once dusk falls only dead guests are welcome. There's also a whole licensing system for various undead servants (yes even House Zombies have rights in Inzom!) and their living counterparts who work in the Houses of the Dead.
... i could go on but I'm currently writing the sequel to Life and Death which is based in Inzom
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Awesome... I'll add a link to the d101 OpenQuest page
Well done
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I've played D&D modules using OpenQuest (with freshly baked characters) almost without any need of conversion, as long as it was for 1-3 level
I've never played a DCC adventure, but I think it's not that different.And I suggest you to try The Savage North, I had a blast playing the first two adventures with my party
I playtested both the first two Savage North adventures and they were one of my most memorable experiences ever
Worth noting if you are after an example of a OQ "High level" adventure Tomb of the Empty Emperor in OpenQuest Adventures fullfils that (and has pre-gen characters).
Final note about DCC classics adventures and OQ, from the adventures I've seen they are a good fit for OQ
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Funnily enough I had thought about doing a version of OQ filled with Old School Tables, not just Critical and Fumbles but also ones for previous experience and event tables like "What happens when I leave/betray my Cult?". But I'm a bit tied up with other projects at the moment.
I'd say this is a very good idea for the community (as well as more OQ stuff in general).
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It is completly possible with the rules as written, since I wrote them to be as flexible to different types of playstyle as possible.
There's a number of adventures that I've published that are either directly Old School Dungeon crawls, with D100 sensiblities (i.e strong story and supporting cast), or with enough of the familiar trophes that players familiar with Dungeon Crawling will feel right at home.
The Road Less Travelled in OpenQuest2 Deluxe has a smail Dungeon in its final section
The Savage North is a collection of four old school adventures, and is probably the most old school thing we've done for the line. It has three adventures that are Dungeon based entirely. The other is a wilderness treck and the final one is a mix of wilderness and dungeon. There's also more comprehensive notes on how to run this style of adventure over a campaign.
Deep in the Hole in OpenQuest Adventures http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150599/OpenQuest-Adventures is a small Dungeon (with supporting Village)
I would however put cavaets on this. OpenQuest combat is far more deadly than D&D, by virtue of the fact that you have a Static Pool of hit points that don't increase with experience. If you are not correctly using tactics and magic (even non-magic using characters should have a couple of Battle Magic spells to give them the edge in combat) then you will quickly get dragged down. Make sure you have someone in the group who has Healing, since the whole hit points issue means that you can quickly loose large amounts of hit points. OQ dungeoneering does not follow the Hit Point attrition route that D&D does. OQ characters tend to sail through unscathed or suddenly loose large chunks of hit points from a lucky hit. Give you players time to heal up after each encounter, unless you are really turning up the heat on them
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Hmmn the easiest way to check it out for yourself is via the free versions which for the sake of completeness I list in this blog post over at my Sorcerer Under Mountain blog :
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Ok this is crazy, Lulu are now doing a one day 30% of all print titles. This means HiG Collected at 55% off today
Just enter the code Wacky30 at check out
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Six years ago Hearts in Glorantha issue 1 went on general sale via Lulu.
To celebrate this momentous day, I'm knocking 25% off the price of Hearts in Glorantha Collected, which collects the first five issues of Hearts in Glorantha, at both DriveThruRPG.com and Lulu.com until the end of August.
More information about Hearts in Glorantha, a licensed Gloranthan Fanzine on the D101 Games website.
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Boom!
Cheers
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A complete mini-campaign set in the Lunar Dara Happan city of Serris, a tough independent city which lies in the shadow of the Red Moon.
Although written for HeroQuest it has converstion guidelines for RuneQuest.
- Players Guide to the city of Serris
- Narrators guide(Secrets & Reoccurring NPCs)
- Background Generation: Your Family
- Adventure 1: Escorting the Goddess
- Adventure 2: Sandcastles and Gladiators
- Adventure 3: Archec’s tomb
- Adventure 4: Last Seen in Vastar
Available from Drivethrurpg.com and Lulu.com
Get it in print, pdf or print/pdf bundle from Drivethrurpg.com
What does this book contain?
Heroes of the Red Sun
These are the player characters of the story. They are members of the Five Trees of Bounty, low level Nobles and Freemen and women who the Patriarch for political reasons has allowed to join the Lunar Way. This chapter is for the players. It contains quick guidance on how to generate characters and basic information about the city, its culture and the Lunar religion. All in a very quick digestible format that even newcomers can easily pick up on.The rest of this book is primarily aimed at the Narrator.
Mythology and History
This chapter details first details the mythical events that happened in the Godtime and then some of the historical events of the city. A rough timeline of the city is also given.
The City Guide
This chapter details the city of Serris, a minor Dara Happan city in an out of the way part of the Lunar heartlands that is the base for the first three adventures.#Cast List
A grouping of all the major recurring non-player characters in one place for ease of reference during play, and as a primer before reading the Episodes.The Adventures
Escorting the Goddess (1620ST)
The heroes escort a Lunar friend to her marriage in a Solar Household, who belongs to the Boat of the Silver Hind association. This does not go without incident. As well as acting as the players’ introduction to the gods and goddesses of the Lunar way, the players also meet in passing characters that are later to play a more integral part in the epic.The Death of the Heir (1621ST)
Yanis, the heir of the Five Trees of Bounty Association, dies while on a tour of the Barbarian Wastes of Prax. During the period of mourning, the enemies of the Five Trees of Bounty take advantage, and come up with a horrific scheme to discredit the favoured of Yelm. Can the heroes solve the mystery and expose the scheme, preserving their Association’s honour and status?Achec’s Tomb (1624ST)
In the maze of legal cases brought by the Five Trees of Bounty’s rival associations, after Yanis’ death, is a case to move the tomb of Achec. This tomb looks over the Great Market in the Old City and reputably the spirit of Achec helps the city’s merchants deal with outside barbarians. The Seven Nights of Glory makes its move by putting forward the proposal that the tomb should be moved to the New Market in Moonie town. Can the players successfully put forward a case for the tomb to stay where it is? Can they discover the secret of the tomb?Last Seen in Pavis (1625ST)
Yanis, the heir that is presumed dead is reported seen alive in the barbarian city of Pavis. Dodging agents of the Seven Nights of Glory, the Heroes must make their way to the furthest corner of the Lunar Empire and find out the truth of the matter. Question is will they like what they find?
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This is 280 pages of the first five issues of Hearts in Glorantha (HiG), a fanzine dedicated to Greg Stafford’s mythic fantasy world of Glorantha, that were published between 2008-2012.
The original articles, which cover setting information, creature write ups, adventures, homelands ,fiction, and rules guidance for both HeroQuest and RuneQuest, has been tidied up and 22 pages of new material about the Balkoth Tribe of Sartar has been added exclusively to this collection.
Features articles on the Lunars, Chaos, Oceans and Seas, Sartar, Dragonewts, Dwarves & Ducks??!?!
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Awesome, I'm glad you've enjoyed OpenQuest Adventures and OpenQuest overall
Small update, the book is now available in print via Drivethrurpg and Lulu.com.
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River of Heaven’s second adventure The Last Witness is now available for sale via DriveThruRpg.com
Almost a century ago, against the better advice of the Hegemony, the Solar Witnesses dispatched the Revelation – an antimatter torch ship – on a pilgrimage to the Machine Civilisation Polis in the Altair star system.It never came back. That is, until now.You are members of a freelance search and rescue team hired by the Solar Witnesses to salvage their ship, and find out what exactly happened out there.
The Last Witness is a self-contained adventure for River of Heaven, a search and rescue mission out in the black tombs of space far from home.
It uses the default campaign background but with a little work can easily be translated to another setting. While being quite self-contained, it still has potential as the starting point for a campaign.
It comes with six pre-generated player characters
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Finally OpenQuest Adventures, an 80 page supplement with four adventures of varying flavours of Fantasy and an article by about using Gloranthan Runes with OpenQuest, is available in pdf & print via Drivethrurpg.com. Print to follow in the coming weeks.
Backers of the OpenQuest 2 IndieGoGo.com campaign have been send complementary copies via DriveThruRpg.com. Check your email and if you've not received an email from then, contact me at newt@d101games.com.
This book is an eighty page collection of scenarios and articles designed to show how OpenQuest can be used for different flavours of fantasy gaming. Within its pages you’ll be able to visit Ancient Rome, enjoy a short dungeon crawl, experience the horrors of a small hell and even the joys of the original D100 adventure setting Glorantha!
It is available via DriveThruRPG.com and Lulu.com
This book contains the following:
Deep in the Hole
In the settlement of Spearing, the Governor’s son has gone missing in a nearby ruined fort.
A short and deadly Dungeon adventure and small settlement for the characters to rest up between adventures.Gloranthan Runes for OpenQuest
Runes are the building blocks of the Mythic World of Glorantha.
In this article you will learn how to use Gloranthan Magic with OpenQuest.The Tomb of the Empty Emperor
The villainous Lunars have ridden to the city of Zonos, a vast ruined tomb of the Empty Emperor of Dara Happa.. It’s up to your plucky heroes Solar Heroes to prevent them raising this Chaotic God from the dead.
An alternative “What if” take on Classic Glorantha, and an example of how to handle Epic adventures.Non Semper Erit Aestas
AD 68. The Emperor Nero is dead. His Generals are in revolt and rebellion is brewing in the Rhine.
How to use OpenQuest in a Historical Fantasy setting, in this case the Ancient Roman Empire.The Road to Hell
The Villainous noble Jerick Ionos has been exiled from the Empire, he’s escaped and headed down the old Imperial Road into the wilderness. Dare you take the Imperial coin to track down this Villain?
An Other World adventure, set in an evil pocket Hell, where all is not what it seems. Villains are heroes and heroes are villains.UPDATE 25/06/2015
Now available in print via Drivethrurpg (see link above) & Lulu.com
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No there's no collected errata.
If people want to send me actual typos/errata items then I will be more than happy to put one together.
the address to send them to is newt@d101games.com.
So far all I've had is requests for clarifications - which is not what an errata is.
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Its on P16 of OQ Deluxe, P18 of OQ Basic and even P13 of OQ1. In all cases its the first sentence of the description.
"The Damage Modifier applies whenever the character uses a melee or thrown weapon."
If you don't agree with that House Rule it to your hearts content
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house-ruling Two Weapons fighting
in D101 Games
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There are rules for Two Handed weapon fighting in the Special Combat Rules (OQ2 Deluxe p63, OQ2 Basic p73), basically you get a second attack at -25% and at Half DEX in the combat order. Is this what annoys you? Or have you overlooked it?