🔥🤔What are the best RQG rules? 🤔🔥

[icebrand]

Hi all, and happy friday!!!

Today i want to talk about what you think are the best rules of RQG, you know, stuff that sets it apart from vanilla BRP, stuff that makes you say "this is why RQG is my favorite edition!

(Then of course I'm gonna add them to my CE campaign because I'm as dense as a hungry uz 🦛 LOL)

My favorite are:

* A single skill for attack and parry (but thats kinda from BRP)

* Rune Points (i gave my players 3 points to start but i feel it was a monumental mistake haha)

Well, that's it! 

 

[Martin Dick]

• Runes - It really adds to the integration with the world of Glorantha and adds a lot of flexibility. I also really like the opposed runes, no one can be good at everything and getting stronger in one, leaves you weaker in the other
• Rune Points - the default is to get 3 points, not sure why you think that is a mistake, as a player, it's been a blast being able to use Rune Spells. If I compare it to my RQ3 Issaries initiate who I played for years and who never used any of his one-use Divine Magic, it's way better
• Passions - great roleplaying tools and a great grab from Pendragon
• Shaman rules - fills a big hole in the magic system
• Seasonal XP rolls/Worship - again, it embeds you in the world much more strongly than in earlier editions
• Character family history - again, gives you a built-in backstory that is often shared with the other party members, more integration with Glorantha

[icebrand]

2 minutes ago, Martin Dick said:

• Runes - It really adds to the integration with the world of Glorantha and adds a lot of flexibility. I also really like the opposed runes, no one can be good at everything and getting stronger in one, leaves you weaker in the other
• Rune Points - the default is to get 3 points, not sure why you think that is a mistake, as a player, it's been a blast being able to use Rune Spells. If I compare it to my RQ3 Issaries initiate who I played for years and who never used any of his one-use Divine Magic, it's way better
• Passions - great roleplaying tools and a great grab from Pendragon
• Shaman rules - fills a big hole in the magic system
• Seasonal XP rolls/Worship - again, it embeds you in the world much more strongly than in earlier editions
• Character family history - again, gives you a built-in backstory that is often shared with the other party members, more integration with Glorantha

Oh yeah, i also use the seasonal skill checks and worship (i even give them a free pow check since i really don't like how the game greatly encourages players to just cast (random spell) for checks.

As for 3 RP, where are those supposed to come from? Why does everyone have 3?

The meta game of CE strongly encourages to get 18POW (and priest rank) ASAP, that means literally everyone will get (near) 0 runespells until they are priest rank. While rune points greatly mitigate this, giving them 3 to start means they will have 3 until RP (or at least RL) unless it's one of those cults with #of spells required; if i gave them 0 they would have the choice to buy spells or aim for higher rank, now it's a no brainer.

 

 

[Psullie]

'cause "three is a magic number, yes it is" 🎶

+1 on Runes and bolting them into the game

Passions (but I'm a Pendragon fan)

 

[icebrand]

7 minutes ago, Psullie said:

'cause "three is a magic number, yes it is" 🎶

+1 on Runes and bolting them into the game

Passions (but I'm a Pendragon fan)

 

If i do add runes/passions I'm going d20 like in Pendragon, but it's a lot of work, doesn't fit the chartsheet, and  I'm not sure how to implement mid game tbh

[Baron Wulfraed]

5 hours ago, icebrand said:

As for 3 RP, where are those supposed to come from? Why does everyone have 3?

Page 73 (emphasis is from the book):

Quote

An adventurer should start play as an initiate of a cult. The player should select the cult of a deity that the adventurer has at least one Rune with a rating of at least 50% in common with the deity.

As an initiate, your adventurer starts play with 3 Rune points dedicated to that cult.

Assumption is likely that one has sacrificed POW as an initiate during the "prior experience" period.

Edited September 10, 2021 by Baron Wulfraed
clean up formatting, add assumption

[Eff]

5 hours ago, icebrand said:

As for 3 RP, where are those supposed to come from? Why does everyone have 3?

Player characters are by default 21 years old and have been adults participating in historical events for 3-5 years. Presumably, they've sacrificed for Rune magic twice more after joining their cult in that interval. 

[Ian Absentia]

5 hours ago, icebrand said:

If i do add runes/passions I'm going d20 like in Pendragon, but it's a lot of work, doesn't fit the chartsheet, and  I'm not sure how to implement mid game tbh

For inspiration, you might start by looking where worlds collided:

https://www.pensee.com/dunham/pdp.html

PenDragonPass is going the other direction, though -- adding RQ to Pendragon -- so YMMV.

!i!

Edited September 10, 2021 by Ian Absentia

[Shiningbrow]

For me, it's largely the G in RQG. Which, I suppose in rules terms, means the cults, and races, and histories, and myths.

[DreadDomain]

17 hours ago, Martin Dick said:

• Runes - It really adds to the integration with the world of Glorantha and adds a lot of flexibility. I also really like the opposed runes, no one can be good at everything and getting stronger in one, leaves you weaker in the other
• Rune Points - If I compare it to my RQ3 Issaries initiate who I played for years and who never used any of his one-use Divine Magic, it's way better
• Passions - great roleplaying tools and a great grab from Pendragon
• Shaman rules - fills a big hole in the magic system
• Seasonal XP rolls/Worship - again, it embeds you in the world much more strongly than in earlier editions
• Character family history - again, gives you a built-in backstory that is often shared with the other party members, more integration with Glorantha

This summarizes my favorite parts of RQG.I would further add that the way Runes cover both personality traits (another cheer for Pendragon!) and your ability to cast divine spells is a very clever way to ensure characters will want to emulate their god.

4 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

For me, it's largely the G in RQG. Which, I suppose in rules terms, means the cults, and races, and histories, and myths.

And this. I like generic systems (I love BRP, HERO and GURPS) but I prefer when the systems supports/enhances/emulates a setting. Crack open RQG and it's immediately clear it is about Glorantha (did I mention it is my favorite fantasy setting?).

Edited September 11, 2021 by DreadDomain

[Kloster]

Runes, Rune points and augments.