Sanity

[Simlasa]

GORE makes me go 'grrrrrr...'

[Kloster]

Moonstruck! House Sanity Rules for RQ

Link to some Cthulhu-inspired sanity rules for RuneQuest.

SGL.

Quite good. Even if I don't like SAN for other things than sheer horror and that it should be kept out of RQ, this is a good attempt to curve PLAYER way to drive their characters.

Runequestement votre,

Kloster

[GianniVacca]

Using SAN to scare hardened adventurers doesn't really work that well. You see something big and dark covered in tattoos with a huge club and it ... "Oh, it's a troll, what cult is he in?" You see a beast-like creature, foul and covered with filth, with a powerful odour and it's coming closer to you ..."Oh, it's just a broo, we'll kill it!" You see a horned winged creature, taller than the tallest of men, the air is full of the smell of brimstone ..." Oh, it's just a demon, we'll kill it!"

Well... It may depend on the setting, though. In the Water Margin novel, you have very badass adventurers who completely lose their courage as soon as they see a frail old Taoist chanting mysterious words, or whenever they feel a whiff of cold air (which is associated with a ghostly presence in Chinese folk mythology).

[ajardoor]

GORE makes me go 'grrrrrr...'

Actually, the stress rules for GORE seem unique and well thought out.