Kloster

JB007 was handling difficulties the same way, by adding or substracting to 'ease factor', that were going from 0.5 to 10.

53 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

Sorry, super off-topic! Well, maybe, it is still relevant to the "cost" of making a magic item.

I think it is still relevant, because, whether POW is a measure of your soul or of your spiritual might, it is still a part of yourself. This is why I think the POW part of the cost of an enchant should be the largest, even if what you know (the spell) or the physical value of the item being enchanted should count.

1 hour ago, jajagappa said:

The maker has had to incur the cost of learning the spell - which can be very expensive.  Is the maker creating this enchantment once?  In that case, the maker wants a return on the investment that covers POW + learning cost + some margin.  If the maker knows they will create the same enchantment multiple times, then they could spread the cost of learning the spell across multiple enchantments/buyers. 

At the end of the day, it's really on the maker of the enchantment to set the price - and on the buyer to try to Bargain the price down.  Optionally, the maker might set a task for the buyer to complete before delivery of the enchanted item.

Fully agreed, but I think the original question was more 'what if the maker already knows the spell?'. At least, this is how I understood his question. I know this is not RAW, but I think I would use half spell cost in that case, subject to bargain of course.

2 hours ago, D said:

thank you.

that's definitely something I'd like to hear.

He did one for Doom.

19 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

Otherwise, we'd have to presume that people prefer to drive a cheap Toyota rather than a Porsche or BMW... 

I do.

2 hours ago, Erol of Backford said:

So the only place to get the Refuge map I posted above is the French zine? I have the old Thieves' World Box but I like the Guillaume Fournier version.

As far as I know, the Fournier map has been done for Tatou. You can always ask to Oriflam (once editor of Tatou and french RQ3) if they still have some.

7 hours ago, Questbird said:

"Maces halve the AP of mail". I like this simple rule. It's easy to remember and apply to all BRP games.

In fact, it was 'Crushing weapons halve non rigid armor'.

12 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

Ralian? What would the French style be for Ralios? "Raliain"?

You could use 'Ralian'. It would not sound like in english. It could also be 'Ralien', more than 'Raliain'. My personal choice would be to use 'Ralien' because the way it sound' in french (not very easy to explain).

43 minutes ago, DreadDomain said:

"Américain" in this context really means "american" so yeah, doesn't quite make sense in Glorantha. how about a more generic "jointures de métal"? 

Correct, but this is the french word nonetheless. I'm sorry for that.

28 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

We could invent a regional reference, like "Poing Wenéliain" of "Poing Seshnelain". Would an average French gamer get the reference?

It seems a good idea (for me) but I don't know if other players would get the reference. In fact, we don't care: what players need is a name, a description and statistics.

15 hours ago, Oracle said:

So matching abbreviations could be NDH or AH

Please do not use AH. Here, this stands (most of the time) for Avalon Hill.

16 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

So are you saying I can't have "Poing américain" for " Knuckle Strip" in French? @Kloster any alternatives? Or is this some different use of the word "américain"?

'Poing américain' (American fist) is the french name for any fist load or knuckle brass. I don't know of any other name for this kind of weapon, sorry. My background with weapon is in fencing and military weapons, not street fighting.

16 hours ago, Nozbat said:

The Javelin class dart may be the late Roman Plumbata, a fletched dart with an iron head and weighted with  lead. That could account for the cost and damage.

Even at RQ3 times, this is what I assumed.

I just received mine this morning (YES!!), but have to wait for christmas (Booooh). But my wife does not know I have the pdfs.

3 hours ago, Oracle said:

In fact, according to the description, it is a light crossbow, which does use stones instead of bolts. So there are some similarities the "Balester", but I'm not sure, if it is really the same.

I don't know about this one, and still don't have the book, so I can't help. Sorry

11 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

Here's my attempt at the shields:

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English	Translation
Apron	Tablier
Bladed Shield, Small	Bouclier à lame, petit
Bronze Shield, Hand	Bouclier de bronze, main
Bronze Shield, Small	Bouclier de bronze, petit
Hide Shield, Large	Bouclier de peau, grand
Hide Shield, Medium	Bouclier de peau, moyen
Hide Shield, Small	Bouclier de peau, petit
Insect Carapace Shield, Medium	Bouclier de carapace d'insecte, moyen
Spiked Shield, Medium	Bouclier épié, moyen
Spiked Shield, Small	Bouclier à pointes, petit
Turtleshell Shield, Small	Bouclier de tortue, petit
Wicker Shield, Extra-Large	Bouclier en osier, extra-large
Wicker Shield, Large	Bouclier en osier, grand
Wicker Shield, Medium	Bouclier en osier, moyen
Wooden Shield, Large	Bouclier en bois, grand
Wooden Shield, Medium	Bouclier en bois, moyen
Wooden Shield, Small	Bouclier en bois, petit

"Bouclier de carapace d'insecte, moyen" is far too long. The english is too long as well so I think I will change that to "Chitin Shield, Medium", and "Bouclier de chitine, moyen".

Frankly, considering the result, you should not need to ask for translators, at least for french.

10 hours ago, Alex said:

Is that the same thing as a "Balester"?  Or is this an actual bow made of actual stone?

The stone bow is a simple bow (surprise) that throw stones and not arrows. There is a (usually leather) pocket in the middle of the cord where you put the stone.

5 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

Thanks but sorry @Kloster I missed some out, full table updated...

Let's try it:

pick-axe (large): pioche (grande)

pick-axe (small): pioche (petite)

1 hour ago, PhilHibbs said:

I'm adding the Arms & Equipment weapon stats to my character creation spreadsheet, and I need translations for the following terms:

 

Hatchet

Pick-axe, Small

Pick-axe, Large

Lunar Crescent-axe

Orlanthi Broad-axe

Pick

Wood Axe

Esrolian Knife

Flensing Knife

Stone Knife

Armored Glove

Knuckle Strip

Wrist Wrappings

Boot Blade

Head Butt (Minotaur)

Hammer

Great Club

Pole Hammer

Trident

Fork

Pole-sword

Sword Staff

Trident

Anyone that can help out translating that list French, German, Spanish, or Hungarian would be very much appreciated!

There's at least one in there that snuck through from me adding the Bestiary weapon stats without filling in the translation as well.

For French:

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On page https://rqwiki.chaosium.com/rules/rules-for-play.html#dice  is written "The dice included in this box are used ...". RQG is not sold in a box, and there is no dice.

My Aeolian Orlanthi has had his live saved by the Tarshite deserter during the sack of Pavis (where he was hiding after Fazzur's problems). It was a matter of honor during an ambush by several lunar soldiers.

3 hours ago, Alex said:

"There's 106 Key Miles to Dangerford, we've got a full cart of carrots, half a quiver of arrows, it's dark out, and we're wearing obsidian spectacles."

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2 hours ago, Erol of Backford said:

What City you you kind Sirs say that the Sanctuary Boxed Set was good to be used as? Was it Refuge?

Sanctuary was used to describe Refuge in an article in french magazine Tatou, published by Oriflam, then french publisher of RQ3.

11 hours ago, albesias said:

Maybe for straight s&s settings I would choose major wounds and for grimdark hit locations. 

I would say the opposite. For me, sword and sorcery settings almost require hit locations and general hit points/major wounds/variable armor are heresy (probably because of my very bad experiences with SB), and contemporary settings, whether superpowered or not, with the damage of modern weapons, almost forbid hit locations, because a limb is almost obliterated with each hit.