skulldixon Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 New Guy Here! Hello everyone. I hope you are doing well during this current crisis, staying safe and healthy. I'm going to be starting up a new game of Runequest and this will be my first time running the game system and in the Glorantha setting, which as really captured my imagination. I have a feeling it will help me a lot to drain all the bitterness I have after running D&D for the last 4 years. But getting back on point for this post. What tools does everyone use when you run your Runequest games? When I run other fantasy games, I usually have a set of random roll tables I like to use to keep everything from loot, to encounters (combat and Non combat), NPCs, and other elements of the game. Once I'm comfortable running a system I tend to improv to some degree and random roll table make things interesting. Since I'm on unfamiliar ground when it comes to runequest and glorantha I figure I should ask a group who possibly have decades of experience and tools to help them runt he game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 If you are coming from D&D, you and your players are in for a culture shock. A herd of stampeding cattle is pretty much a non-event in D&D after the first few levels. In RQ, a single irate bison can easily kill half your party if the dice aren't merciful and the terrain is bad. Start with a couple of training combats to get a feel for the system. The human adversaries in the Quickstart module can come in handy as random human adversaries. So does the loot table. Post-it notes as a readily available index to the NPC or monster data in the books are highly recommended if you use paper resources, pdf bookmarks if you are fine using electronic material at the gaming table. Even if you really want a somewhat different enemy, having some basic stats at your hand will be helpful. A collection of encounters like in Borderlands or Griffin Mountain are worth their weight in bits or printouts. You don't need printouts of all of these, but having some at your convenience surely helps. 1 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skulldixon Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 My background is pretty diverse for a gamer when it comes to RPG, I've been told. But ya, totally. My players , some who have only ever played 5e, are in for a shock. I've been preparing them for this. Good to know. a friend is lending me his copy of Boarderlands, so I'll have easy access to that. Its help to know there are some tables in there that might be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 2 hours ago, skulldixon said: What tools does everyone use when you run your Runequest games? A good Strike Rank Tracker. I thought that these were a complete waste of time, until I started using them and now think they are fantastic. A Roll-up Dice Tray. I thought that these were a complete waste of time, until I started using them and now think they are fantastic. A summary of the common tables, in particular Resistance table and Combat Charts. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skulldixon Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Ya, As i am finishing reading the core book I'm already thinking about designing a kind of control panel, similar to what I was when I run shadowrun, to keep track of certain character stats to make looking up Resistance rolls a much more speedy process. So for instance, I wont have to constantly ask my players what their POW stat is for spell resistance in most cases unless its been augmented. But otherwise I bought the whole slipcase set and think Chaosium put out the best Gamemaster Screen pack I have ever seen. So good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 While I don't use screens, the GM Screen is nice as a collection of the tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 2 hours ago, skulldixon said: What tools does everyone use when you run your Runequest games? As @soltakss said: 46 minutes ago, soltakss said: A good Strike Rank Tracker. https://www.infinity-engine.com/index.php?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=strike+rank+tracker&submit_search= I have the Middle world one Rune Augment tokens - keeps track of what runes people have already used in a session - you hand them in: https://www.infinity-engine.com/index.php?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=Rune+Augment+Tokens&submit_search= (Disclaimer - the maker is in my RQ Group) RQ messenger bag - holds a slipcase set, etc https://www.allrolledup.co.uk/product/runequest/ 51 minutes ago, soltakss said: A Roll-up Dice Tray https://www.allrolledup.co.uk/product/ceremony-square-dice-tray/ The pig massage one is my favourite. Big easy to read dice set : white dice / plain black numbers Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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