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A weird question, perhaps I've been pouring over the RQG rules for a while now, and it suddenly occurred to me I have no idea if facing or positioning matters during combat? Does it? I don't remember coming across this at any point. But there are so many rules I've been soaking in I might have missed it!And, specifically, if I'm engaged with Enemy A, and Enemy B comes up behind me, am I allowed to turn and parry against Enemy B?Does engagement "fix" facing to some degree?Are there limits on how much one can turn (or turn to parry) when engaged?

In celebration of Runequest Gloranatha: Quickstart Rules and Adventure coming home with ENnie Gold (and because I'll be running the Quickstart at a local convention at the end of the month) I decided to take the Pregenerated Player Characters and build little booklets for each PC. I just uploaded them over in the files section under the "Fantasy Other" Category. (There doesn't seem to be a RuneQuest Glorantha category yet.) Each booklet contains the relevant Rune Descriptions, Rune Spells, Spirit Magic Spells, and short descriptions of the respective PC's cult, as well as all the other information contained on each of the PC's character sheet from the Quickstart. My design goal was to build a little booklet which would allow a Player to flip through the booklet and find the relevant information for a specific rule or topic on a given page. I'm a big fan of the A5/8.5x5.5 format at the gaming table. They take up less space, you can hold them in your hands easily when flipping through them. The PDF is in a A5 format. You can print the PDFs using "booklet" formatting and get a 20 page doc on five sheets of paper. (There's a short table of contents after the coverer page. The whole idea is to make an easy to use, easy to access document for someone sitting down to play RuneQuest Glorantha for the first time.) The pages were built in A5 format. But you can easily print them in 8.5x5.5 format with only the slightest shrinkage to the text and no real effect on presentation. These is a format that i came up with for myself, of course. Which reflects my own thinking and design principles. But I hope people might find them helpful for getting new demonstrations of the game up and running. I haven't done a final proof on these yet, so if you notice anything askew, please let me know! Thanks! https://basicroleplaying.org/files/file/642-rqg-vasana-quickstartpdf/ https://basicroleplaying.org/files/file/643-rqg-sorala-quickstartpdf/ https://basicroleplaying.org/files/file/639-rqg-yanioth-quickstartpdf/ https://basicroleplaying.org/files/file/640-rqg-harmast-quickstartpdf/ https://basicroleplaying.org/files/file/641-rqg-vostor-quickstartpdf/

In the description of Spell Trading in RQG we find: This phrasing suggests the trade is made between two priests. Yet the spell seems to be available to Initiates of Issaries with no qualifier. Looking back at Cults of Prax I find that the spell is listed for Priest, not Initiates. I assume this spell is reserved for Priests of the Cult? I am specifically asking because in RQG the regenerated character Harmast has the spell, but he is an initiate.

Paraphrasing @Jeff - this thread is about the RuneQuest Glorantha Gen Con 50 Preview edition... Moving this over from https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/6661-runequest-rules-at-gen-con/ so we don't have to wade through unrelated stuff: @Atgxtg said and was seconded by @GamingGlen and @styopa Here are the stages of character generation: Homeland gives you your Religion e.g. Orlanth Pantheon. Suggested Occupations e.g. Hunter. Priest and common cults e.g. Storm Bull, Seven Mothers. Aslo starting Passions. Family history is optional and there's also a shorter version. If you skip it you get to automatically add up to three additional Passions, a boost to a passion of your choice and a small boost to another. Remember that the Pendragon system has its roots in Greg's attempts to write Glorantha the Game. Rune Affinities - pick your runes and get bonuses to them for your homeland. Characteristics - You get mods to these based on your Homeland and runes. It's the usual 3D6 for STR, DEX, CON, POW, and CHA, and 2D6+6 for SIZ and INT. There's advice on altering this using your own system. Secondary characteristics are derived as before Damage Modifier, healing rate, magic points, strike rank etc from familiar tables. Skills category modifiers, the same with RQ2 style 5% steps (skills are NOT in 5% steps you can have a skill of 62%). Homeland gives base %. Occupations - Give you your Homelands, Standard of Living, Base Income, Cults, Favored Passions, Ransom, Equipment including weapons were appropriate. Cult - gives you Cult runes, Cult Starting Skills, Special Rune Magic, Cult Spirit Magic, Favored Passions, appropriate notes and Associated Cults. Personal Skill Bonuses - lets you personalise your character e.g. +25% to any four skills and +10% to five more skills. Other Information - as above, you can get more reputation from Heirlooms etc. And there's an addition experience section.