Trotsky Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) I am planning to run RQ:G soon and so have been reading and studying the core book. Here is me playing through a scene to gain some experience. I used whatever the dice gave me and tried to play both sides fairly. Please excuse any grammar errors I wrote it as I went along... The Den of the Scorpion Men.pdf Edited July 24, 2020 by Trotsky 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 That's really nice. Where did you get the maps from? Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotsky Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thank you. I am prepping for playing on Roll 20. Most of the maps I use are from 2-Minute Tabletop (https://2minutetabletop.com), I really like that style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakatun Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Great write-up! Probably the best and exhaustive RAW combat example I've seen. I particularly liked the clear usage of SR, the illustration of a variety of concepts (moving in melee, breaking spell concentration, augments, disengaging, chase...) and the treatment of parry against natural attack. I saw your other thread around "Parrying as scorpion man tail" but was not sure I fully understood its conclusion - I actually never thought about resolving it that way but I love it. Thanks for this most excellent example! Edited July 24, 2020 by Balakatun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotsky Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thanks Balakatun - looks like I now have enough online players to start my return to RuneQuest - I am very excited... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 13 minutes ago, Trotsky said: Thanks Balakatun - looks like I now have enough online players to start my return to RuneQuest - I am very excited... I hope you will tell us about your adventurers' exploits here! 🙂 BTW, I would have treated a special attack with a scorpion sting as an impale that does not get stuck. The poison is enough for the poor victim. xD Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordabdul Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I definitely recommend 2 Minute Tabletop, they have really nice stuff and it's easy to use their elements (trees, bushes, cracks, etc.) as overlays to add variety and interesting stuff. Thanks a lot for sharing, @Trotsky! You'll find a couple other similar example combats on these forums, as other people were also trying to wrap their heads around the rules. As I was trying to follow along, I realized we might need some of the characters' stats (like their DEX/SIZ and weapon SRs for instance). I started guessing some of it and found some little inconsistencies here and there... but I might have guess wrong (and there's also the possibility that I'm interpreting the rules wrong). Could you post the stat blocks if you still have them? Thanks! 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...
Karlak One-eye Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Great narrative. Must have been fun to run and to play. I have a couple of thoughts; 1) I’m surprised none of the scorpion folk had a strength bonus for their damage and ; 2) I understood that if the parrying weapon was hafted or impaling then it would not damage an attacking weapon (natural or otherwise) when the attack failed, am I confusing RQ2 with RQG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotsky Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the feedback everyone. lordabdul, I am pretty sure I missed and made some errors along the way. The Adventurers were from the website I listed so I should be able to track them down (https://www.cradleofheroes.net). The scorpion men I did not print off and they are generated randomly each time so would have to have a guess about them… I play mainly wargames such as Advanced Squad Leader and Star Fleet Battles but have a far more relaxed attitude to RPGs – I will never let the rules get in the way of a good story, and am therefore a little more lax in exact rule application The aim of the experience was to get a ‘flavour’ of how the system plays – but of course any errors I would be interested to correct. I will see if I can track down those stats tomorrow… Karlak, the scorpion men did have some strength bonuses but they were generated as ‘weakling’ strength from the website (https://basicroleplaying.net/rqg/adversaries/index.php) . The scorpion men did roll badly pretty much throughout the episode – which was a bit of a shame as I wanted to try out the healing rules. The rule about long-hafted or impaling weapon rule is still there but only appears to apply to a weapon when is causes a critical hit (p.200), but I maybe misunderstanding the rule or missed something - most likely Edited July 24, 2020 by Trotsky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psullie Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 As the Parry was only a simple success the Scorpion man's tail would only be reduced by 1HP if total damage exceeds armour, not total damage. You would need a Special Parry to cause that much damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotsky Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Thank you - It might have been - I was writing as I went and am sure I may have missed some things ... Edited July 24, 2020 by Trotsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Trotsky said: I play mainly wargames such as Advanced Squad Leader and Star Fleet Battles but have a far more relaxed attitude to RPGs – Two of my faves. I was lucky enough to be an unofficial member of a an official play testing group in my youth for the latter. 1 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotsky Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 I continued the adventure a little more - chaotic possession and creepy baboon shaman included... Chaotic possession.pdf 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 7/25/2020 at 7:30 PM, Trotsky said: I continued the adventure a little more - chaotic possession and creepy baboon shaman included... Chaotic possession.pdf 4.11 MB · 17 downloads Hello Trotsky! The French version of Runequest is coming! I would like during my holidays to translate your examples to post them on our French forum, do I have your agreement ? thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotsky Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Of course, that is no problem and feel free to change any details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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