Shiningbrow Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 The obvious question would then be - how much money would be required to see it happen again, regularly? Obviously they use Patreon, but I don't think that indicates the actual value needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 9 hours ago, Shiningbrow said: The obvious question would then be - how much money would be required to see it happen again, regularly? I think the more obvious question is: do you want more RuneQuest products or do you want a comic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, jajagappa said: I think the more obvious question is: do you want more RuneQuest products or do you want a comic? Yes, I think too, this is a matter of available resources (i.e. man-power and time), not a matter of money or payment. I'm pretty sure, Jeff as well as Kalin would be happy to continue Prince of Sartar - if there wouldn't be so many other tasks to be fullfilled and not enough time to do it ... Edited January 20, 2020 by Oracle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiningbrow Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 13 hours ago, jajagappa said: I think the more obvious question is: do you want more RuneQuest products or do you want a comic? Well, I already know my products will be a ways off anyway... So I'd choose the comic, which would be available in the here and now.... Not the book which *might* be 6 months, or might be 2 years. It really depends on the offset. How much in resources are taken away from one to do the other. What's the final impact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Shiningbrow said: Well, I already know my products will be a ways off anyway... So I'd choose the comic, which would be available in the here and now.... Not the book which *might* be 6 months, or might be 2 years. It really depends on the offset. How much in resources are taken away from one to do the other. What's the final impact? Well writing Prince of Sartar would require Jeff to nearly completely stop work on the RQG books he's working on currently, delaying GaGoG and probably the Gamemaster Handbook indefinitely. Edited January 21, 2020 by Richard S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 7:09 PM, Shiningbrow said: ... So I'd choose the comic, which would be available in the here and now... I think you underestimate how much effort they put in to that project! Both of them have said that it takes a lot of time. Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 4:52 AM, Richard S. said: Well writing Prince of Sartar would require Jeff to nearly completely stop work on the RQG books he's working on currently, delaying GaGoG and probably the Gamemaster Handbook indefinitely. Writing one page per week can't possibly be a full-time job. That said, it's probably correct to prioritize at least the Cults book and the GM book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordabdul Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: Writing one page per week can't possibly be a full-time job. Have you seen the crazy amount of detail Jeff puts in art direction? I wouldn't be surprised if one page of Prince of Sartar was half a page of dialogue and action description followed by 3 pages of references and details about every single object/statue/weapon/tunic/etc. featured in the panels. To go back to the OP, one thing to describe about magic usage in Glorantha is how many focii people typically carry on them for Spirit Magic. They touch a tatoo or an object on their belt or bead on a braid on their head or a piece of jewelry or the hilt of their sword or some carving inside their shield or whatever. RQG p254 has a whole bunch of examples. I ask my players to come up with ideas of these focii as they use their spells the first time (after combat), with a guarantee that their choice won't be used against them (so that they don't need to worry about losing access to a spell because they lost the object on which the focus was.... MGF over simulationism and all that). It adds flavour as opposed to an actual visual/auditory cue, but it's another part of describing magic. Edited January 22, 2020 by lordabdul 2 Quote Ludovic aka Lordabdul -- read and listen to The God Learners , the Gloranthan podcast, newsletter, & blog ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, lordabdul said: Have you seen the crazy amount of detail Jeff puts in art direction? I wouldn't be surprised if one page of Prince of Sartar was half a page of dialogue and action description followed by 3 pages of references and details about every single object/statue/weapon/tunic/etc. featured in the panels. Correct, based on everything I have read and seen. So for all that is holy (mind, you that seems to encompass an awful lot on the lozenge), please, leave the poor overworked underpaid and underfed slaves, unfree, err, writers, editors and artists be ... It's like the engines on Star Trek the original generation; Quote They nae canna take any more, Cepten, ya nae canna change tha laws of physics. —Scotty, in every second episode! Cheers Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiningbrow Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 12 hours ago, lordabdul said: with a guarantee that their choice won't be used against them (so that they don't need to worry about losing access to a spell because they lost the object on which the focus was.... MGF over simulationism and all that). I like that you do that, but losing a focus doesn't mean losing the spell. It just takes longer to cast. And foci can be re-inscribed... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 One possibility is that the magical side effects vary by who is doing the perceiving, in addition to who is doing the casting. As outliers, a troll’s primary sense is ‘hearing’, a dwarf’s is touch, etc., so their experience of magic could be very extremely different. Within a species, perception may be culturally influenced. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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