Noita Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Has Waha's runes changed again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noita Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 I saw that the spirit rune isnt for pcs anymore. I thought the majority of Praxians had it? And what about shamans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 The way Glorantha is presented in RQ is a bit different than it is in HQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noita Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 That's just confusing, especially the spirit rune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 11 hours ago, Iskallor said: I saw that the spirit rune isnt for pcs anymore. I thought the majority of Praxians had it? And what about shamans? If it says in the runes that it isn't for PCs, just ignore it. If you can have a rationale as to why a PC gets it, then use that. RuneQuest shouldn't be about "You can't have this", except for very specific cult/cultural conditions. 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...
simonh Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 12 hours ago, Iskallor said: I saw that the spirit rune isnt for pcs anymore. I thought the majority of Praxians had it? And what about shamans? That’s not how I take it at all. In RQ everyone ‘has’ every rune at some percentage rating or other, it’s just that these rules mainly for Dragon Pass humans mainly focus on a certain set of runes and their effects. The binary status of ‘Having’ a rune or not in the HQ sense just isn’t a thing in RQ. Simon Hibbs Quote Check out the Runequest Glorantha Wiki for RQ links and resources. Any updates or contributions welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madrona Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 19 hours ago, Iskallor said: I saw that the spirit rune isnt for pcs anymore. I thought the majority of Praxians had it? And what about shamans? My understanding of it is... Yes, you have a spirit rune, you just don't call deeply into it unless you're not corporate. (Though your Fetch could represent your mastery of separating your internal spirit from your physical to a level that the spirit-rune of a person is a separate thing and not only present when discorporate. But Spirit isn't particularly important to mundane life as it is corporeal. On the other hand your form runes gain a 'spirit' equivalent when discorporate and are more a manifestation of what you are, rather than who you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonh Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I’m sure shamans use the Spirit rune in their magic and practices, it just isn’t surfaced as a rules level concern in RuneQuest. Quote Check out the Runequest Glorantha Wiki for RQ links and resources. Any updates or contributions welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenx Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 15 hours ago, simonh said: That’s not how I take it at all. In RQ everyone ‘has’ every rune at some percentage rating or other, it’s just that these rules mainly for Dragon Pass humans mainly focus on a certain set of runes and their effects. The binary status of ‘Having’ a rune or not in the HQ sense just isn’t a thing in RQ. Simon Hibbs Now, to be fair, this really is the same with HeroQuest. In that system it's not that you "have" just the 3 runes on your charater sheet, those are just the three most dominant ones in that character, and therefore the ones that are relevant in play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarumath Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) Something important to consider is that there is probably some amount of abstraction made for the sake mechanical soundness and balance. Using the Spirit Rune or the Law Rune like in Heroquest was maybe not possible or ideal because of the sorcery and spirit magic rules. Edited June 4, 2018 by Tarumath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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