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I think 1st parry is reduced by 100% (to 100%), while the attack is reduced to 0% (so 5%)

According to Jason (in the Runequest core rules question thread, P4), if you have 150% and your opponent 99%, you go down to 100% and he go down to 49%. There was a question on the same subject by Skovari, and a clarification asked by myself. But I agree with you, the wording RAW is strange.

Ough, I had not seen this one.

No, if you have 150% and your opponent 99%, you go down to 100% and he go down to 49%.

No, if you have 150% and your opponent 100%, you go down to 100% (with 20% special and 5% crit) and your opponent go down to 50% (and 10% special and 3% crit).

Macedonian and Thessalian heavy cavalry had no stirrups, but used xyston (around 4 meters lance) 1 or 2 handed for shock attacks. I don't know how they did it, nor what saddle they used, but the troops pinned by the phalanx were most of the time destroyed by the shock. The effect on greek, persian, egyptian armies was devastating, so the rule seems correct.

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Yes, this why I called RQIII a quasi impulse system. This is something we liked (probably because a lot of us are also wargame players).

RQG p302: Storm Voice (Rune Priest) Orlanth Thunderous Subcult. Requirements: Standard. Storm Voices are the spiritual leaders of the Orlanthi. A candidate must belong to the Thunderous subcult. Wind Lord (Rune Lord) Orlanth Adventurous Subcult. Requirements: Wind Lords are the temporal leaders of the Orlanthi. So, to be a Rune Lord/Priest, you need to be a member of both subcults. You then have access to both sets of spells, you need to spend an extra POW to join the 2nd subcult and you have only 1 Rune point pool (see P 282).

I think that the answer would be the same for the 'none' sex characters: They are no men, but are no women either, but I wonder what would be the answer for the 'both' sex (hermaphrodites).

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If I remember correctly, the element is needed to Summon the elemental, but once binded into an enchantment, the necessary element is brought within. When called outside, the elemental does not need extra because it has already been summoned. This is at least how we played it.

RQIII was, I think, a quasi impulse system: Movements and actions are simultaneous, you could interrupt and have an opportunity action, mix physical and magical. In fact, contrary to other BRP games, each SR was 1/10th of a round. That's why I spoke of impulse, even if I know Ringworld is the only one to have it proper, with it's rolling rounds.

In fact, I agree with you, BGB is simpler That's why we stayed on RQ. We were using every tactical opportunities given by the impulse strike ranks: Changing opponents, interwoving movements and attacks, opportunity fire, maneuvers, striking weapons, trying to disarm,... This is because we wanted those crunchy settings that it was faster and easier to start from RQ than from BGB when we wanted the Mad Max, then the Alien(s) games.

My bad memory. In that case, it is simply easier and faster with RQ, but feasible with BGB.

Yes, but if my memory is correct (I don't have access to my BGB copy now), the strike rank used is the RQ2 one, not the RQIII impulse system (which is VERY important: this is what avoided the LONG attack/parry rounds, waiting for a critical with high skill scores, in addition to allow precise movement interwoven with physical and psy/magical actions). And the parry system imported from Stormbringer is not only the multiple parry (-30% per parry, easy to lift), but more the f... combat result table. If I add the percentile, formula based (not table based, with ceiling effect) skill category bonuses, the logical SIZe table, the easy to customize preliminary experience system, RQIII is faster (for us) and easier (also for us).

No. From memory, some options are not compatible (the way parries are done, the impulse system among other things).

Much easier and faster with RQIII, that already has all the crunch, the deadly, the gritty we wanted. Just adapt the skill lists, chase rules coming from James Bond 007 (Hello M Klug) and non combat damage from Hero/Champions and we got a Mad Max campaign. By adding psi powers (=Lunar Spirit magic for rules), we add a SF campaign in the Alien universe.

Protecting a chainmail is clearly an abuse, but protecting a weapon or shield is not. It would avoid damage to it, but not to the wearer: A large shield with a Protection 4 would protect for 16 points of damage, but would need 20 points of damage to be damaged itself. I once had a RQIII sorceror that cast Resist Damage on his shield and weapons for that effect.

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In that case, which spell would you use? RQG p249 says: An entity bound within an item has no natural senses and cannot perceive the world about it unless it uses magic. Completely agree. Yes, this point is very important. This is also coming from RQIII. That means that the spirit coming from the binding has full MP to perform his duties, in addition to the fact you don't have to beat it.

Very simply: As long as the spirit is in the binding enchantment and you are in physical contact with the binding, you can give him orders. He can not perceive the outside world without magic, but can use his powers, including casting spell. For me, he simply needs to cast a spell like second sight to perceive the outside world, and he can cast his other spells either on somebody in contact with the binding or on target perceived through second sight. Of course, spells are not automatically usable or useful (casting repair on the wearer of a matrix is not a very efficient use of MP). But no need of spell to give orders. On the other hand, if you release the spirit from his binding, you can give only 1 order, but all the limitations on targeting or use of powers/spells are lifted. A control spell, whether spirit, runic or sorcerous, is required to be able to give several orders (including a last one to go back to the binding), including changing targets. I have not checked in RQ2, but it is exactly the same rule as in RQIII.

Yes, this is that. In addition, you could also request a spell spirit to teach you his spell (this is how spirit magic spells were learned in RQIII).

No, there was no limit on the number of spirits. But as Atgxtg explained, much POW had to be used to create the binding enchantment (and you needed a different spell to create each binding, a different spell to summon them and a different spell to control nd force them into the binding).

On this, I agree with you. As I already told, I much prefer the various RQIII type of spirits. You didn't, and so don't need to apologize.