Diana Probst

13 minutes ago, pookie said:

Extra Soup Trollkin.

Or as the gormand troll has it, stock.

22 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

Damn, am I too late to get the highly collectable first edition PDF with all the mistakes? My RQ collection will never be complete now! Digital era goods suck for collectors!

Amazingly enough, I did consider this.  I can sell you the typo edition...

I save the version numbers, generally.  What happened was that I had been working on two computers and saved the work from one over another, blatting a pair of maps once I had created and checked them (and ticked them off my to-do list).  The other map I put right without even thinking that the hunting lodge map was a problem. So if you would like, take a black pen and a scalpel, and remove the directional stair arrows and the numbers on the hunting lodge.  Play the encounters in any order, and you can call it a feature!

12 minutes ago, Nick Brooke said:

Review!

Jorthan's Rescue Redux - review.pdf 108.11 kB · 2 downloads

*cheers*

Yes, the map was the previous version of the map, and I'm glad that got sorted.  Thank you very much for pointing it out, Nick.  Now replaced.  Digital-era goods are awesome.

6 minutes ago, Oracle said:

I would have expected ... beer?

Cunning, aren't we?

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Until reading this post, I'd always assumed that the spirit becoming visible in the Middle World let it be attacked by others.  Now I need to go check that, but it's how I've been playing.  The other way definitely makes sense, but I'll be inhaling that bit of the rulebook later.

21 hours ago, Rick Meints said:

I am Rick Meints, and I don't use a spreadsheet to track my collection! 🙂

I asked Thaz recently how many cubic meters he had.  That, rather than spreadsheet tabs or shelf meterage, is the correct unit.

1 hour ago, Rob Darvall said:

And have it fail at the worst moment.

Yep.  Or possibly have it not fail, which would be even worse in the long run.

1 hour ago, PhilHibbs said:

There'll be a Eurmal "Become Female" spell, which combined with Extension might do the trick. Or maybe not, if you go by the strict "It's not stackable therefore no Extension" rule. The priestess test probably takes longer than 15 minutes. 

I laughed.  Out loud.

Eurmal would totally pull that trick.

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I've read that as an ordinary spirit combat, and the first time the wraith does damage, it has that special result instead; the chance to overcome the adventurer's MP.

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5 hours ago, g33k said:

This looks nice...

Um...  Or nasty, I s'pose.

Depends on one's POV, really.  Mine is as a GM, so "nice."

 

I expect my players may differ.

 

 

Your adventurers should differ.  Otherwise the queen never gets any new tastes.

56 minutes ago, g33k said:

If you can touch a ladder at the base, and Glue the top of the ladder to a wall (or a Cradle) ...  Why can't you touch a floor, and Glue it to a boot?

<ahem>
Scuse me, did I wander outside the Egregious Munchkinnery thread again?  Sorry, my bad...

That's actually a good point.  Ernalda thanks you for your sacrifice to her...

But I'd probably allow a plank, or a beam.  Probably not separate flagstones.  I like the idea of Glue being used as a thief spell, TBH.  Learn it, and then use it on one end of the stick you're holding the other end of.

28 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Apparently the designers of RQ didn't worry about it being Touch at the point that is actually Glued, since those Lunars attacking The Cradle popped it on the tops of ladders while touching the bottom of ladders. I think that was what left me with the impression it was not Touch. Sorry for the error.

RQ2: 80 meters. RQ3: where it becomes Touch. IMHO maybe it should be Ranged again.

I suspect a lot of people were using it as a thing to glue people down, which is then suddenly overpowered.

I'd like it a lot more if the glue were permanent, so it was a bit like repair, but not entirely.  However, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Reviews so far:

Storm Bull says RAWWRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But louder.

Oh, that is pretty.

5 hours ago, Dragon said:

Glue is really useful in attacking walls during a siege. Once the ladder hits the wall, Glue it in place and the guys on top cannot push it away without dispelling it. (Used in The Cradle repeatedly). Glue someone's boot to the floor (they could untie their boot and get free if they cannot overcome the STR).

Limited, but sometimes useful. Not all spirit spells are as useful as Protection, Bladesharp, and Heal. 

But it is a touch spell.  The boot part doesn't work.

6 minutes ago, AndreJarosch said:

Standing on the top a tower, chased by guards. Glue a rope to the wall, ecape via the rope. The rope will fall down after the spell has expired. 

Your hand was broken in fight. Glue your sword to your glove and keep fighting even if you can´t hold your sword any more. 

You are chased by people that might fire missiles in your way. Glue your shield to your back and run!

I like the rope version.  I'd laugh as a GM if you tried the glove-fighting, but I could see someone gluing a shield to their arm in extremis.  Shields glued onto backs ... nah.  Arms have to swing.

But still, the rope is very good indeed.  And jamming locks, and gluing reins to saddles...

But it's very limited IMO, even with that.

Glue.

As written, it's not clear that it does anything other than hold something temporarily for 2 minutes, once you, the caster, have held those things together.

9 hours ago, Thaz said:

I've seen illusion used well by our groups Eurmal type...but it IS really pricey. Which seems counter intuitive. It seems easier to do physical effects using Rune Magic than giving the illusion of them. 

Illusion is physical, though.  You're creating stuff.

That said, it's expensive compared to other things.  But a Swiss Army Knife/Multitool is expensive.

3 hours ago, Thaz said:

Nope. You pop to town for Seasonal Holy day or HH and sacrifice for magics your local shrine or temple doesnt have but can renew the RP at the local filling station...er shrine. 

That town 2 days away, where we're not part of the community?

I can see adventurers doing that, sure.  Not so much other people.  Humans don't act in their own economic interest in the real world.  Why expect fantasy to be different?

6 minutes ago, Thaz said:

Why would poor people be short on Magic? It just requires time and access to a shrine. 

Access to the correct shrine.  Or, better, Temple.  Your local place will probably only have one spell available.  Bully for you if it helps with pregnancy, but not so good for your fields.

14 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

Oh, yes, you're right - that's super weird. Why would initiates - or let alone, God-Talkers and Rune-Lords! -  be unable to spell trade? Can cults without priests not spell trade at all? 

Still, you only need a friendly priest, who might even be a PC. (You can even trade the same spell back to the one you traded with for good results, although this is of course munchkin-level stuff.)

Sure, but that's a balancing thing right in there.  You MIGHT know a friendly Storm Voice - but your supply is not unlimited.

22 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

Not sure what you mean here. Obviously you need an Issaries initiate or better, but that could easily be one of the PCs. Or do you mean cult permisssion? That's only mentioned specifically for Earth Goddesses and Storm Bull/Waha. And if you're in decent standing, why would anyone object? Especially if you're doing it within the clan (potentially even within the cult!). It incurs no cost for the temple, and only the risk of spread and irresponsible use of cult magic should be a factor. 

The description of the spell says the only people you, the Issarian, can swap with are Priests.  You can't just grab passing initiates.  And Priests might have their own reasons and desires beyond merely widening their own magic, and probably have plenty of chance to do it with people who are NOT you... And would you care to up your offer please?