Cool summary Frogspawner!
PK Games (I think it was) just asked also about Warhammer Companion and whether anyone knew anything about it's "passion"-style rules. I for one don't, and also it set me thinking if there are many games out there which try to quantify passions / traits / allegiances, other than Pendragon & HeroQuest. I'm sure there must be - I just don't happen to own any of them!
Might be worth quickly surveying the existing lay of the land before hammering out the BRP possibilities further - just a thought.
One other thing occurred to me today which I thought was quite cool. My Chronicles campaign has a pantheon of gods which all have their own jealously guarded sorcery spells (as well as divine powers, but that's a different story). Under "certain circumstances", priests of those temples can gain access to those spells, and even sorcerors who aren't officially members of the temples can gain access, too.
Previously I've had no satisfactory mechanic to simulate this process - a bit like the old "satisfy the examiners" thing from RuneQuest, if that means anything. Then, this week, it's occurred to me that Status (Temple) is the perfect skill to use for this. Priests should have a reasonable percentage, unaffiliated sorcerors will want to develop a decent percentage if they're trying to get access to the Temple libraries.
So, as an example, Ulega-Bagu the P'Tek Shamaness of Babisiya the Night Hag (darkness goddess) might have Status (Temple of Babisiya) 75%, indicating she's a notorious and very well-placed shamaness with access to many of the Temple's inner circles and secret factions, and can usually get access to any Temple sorcery which is going round. On the other hand, Lord Efe'enand of Palanqa, Aspirant of the Seventh Circle of the August College of the Seekers Beyond the Veil, despite his high rank in his own sorcerous college (Status (Seekers Beyond the Veil) 70%, has only a 25% skill in Status (Temple of Babisiya), and is going to have to do some pretty heavy favours for the Darkness Temple, or bring some pretty heavy bribes to bear, if he wants to get access to that "Summon Umbrai (Darkness Demon)" spell he needs for his next sorcerous working...
You get the picture. It looks like the Status skill might be a biggie in my games!
Cheers,
Sarah
Cheers,
Sarah
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