Adding some MRQ elements to BRP

[frogspawner]

Originally Posted by Tywyll

Don't have the book yet as its not out in the UK, so that doesn't help much.

Wouldn't you pay 30-odd quid for it? With the dollar as it is, that's the price including postage to order it direct off Chaosium - and you'd have it in two weeks. But there's less than a hundred Ed.Zero's left...

[The Last Conformist]

Originally Posted by Tywyll

Which, while good, is still simply a pass-fail, there is nothing beyond the success or failure of their action, that's all I'm saying.

Ah, I believe I misunderstood the question a bit.

The extra attacks for 100%+ weapon skills excepted, my understanding is there's few if any additional abilities that are unlocked by heroic skill levels. Personally, I don't want there to be anything beyond the pass/fail, but if you do, grafting in MRQ's heroic abilities is indeed probably your best bet.

[soltakss]

There are a number of things I would lift from RQM and slot into BRP.

The magic system, Legendary Abilities, Hero Points, the really simple way they handle enchantments, the really simple way they handle customising armour and equipment, rules for making armour from thick skin, customising ships and half the other rules from Pirates.

Some of that is OGL, some isn't, which is a shame.

I haven't read the full version of BRP yet but I would guess that there will be things that would slot into RQM as well. The halfway house would be a cracker of a rules set - the best bits of RQM and the best bits of BRP.

[soltakss]

Mythic Russia is well worth getting, for the atmosphere, the streamlined HeroQuest rules, for the background and the look and feel. It's storytelling gaming but with a really hard edge to it and should appeal to all kinds of gamers.

[Newt]

The stuff I would use in a BRP game from MRQ,

• The separation of skills into Basic (which everyone knows) and Advanced (skills which only professionals know)
• Their implementation of Hero Points.

[Tywyll]

Originally Posted by frogspawner

Wouldn't you pay 30-odd quid for it? With the dollar as it is, that's the price including postage to order it direct off Chaosium - and you'd have it in two weeks. But there's less than a hundred Ed.Zero's left...

Not when, hopefully, it will be out next month. If it were going to be a six month wait, then maybe. I'm impatient, but not that impatient.

[Tywyll]

Originally Posted by The Last Conformist

Ah, I believe I misunderstood the question a bit.

The extra attacks for 100%+ weapon skills excepted, my understanding is there's few if any additional abilities that are unlocked by heroic skill levels. Personally, I don't want there to be anything beyond the pass/fail, but if you do, grafting in MRQ's heroic abilities is indeed probably your best bet.

Out of curiosity, why not? Do you not allow multiple attacks for combat skills over 100% (which is essentially the exact same thing)?

If we have a special (even if there is only one) in combat applications, why shouldn't non-combat applications also benefit?

[Tywyll]

Originally Posted by soltakss

Mythic Russia is well worth getting, for the atmosphere, the streamlined HeroQuest rules, for the background and the look and feel. It's storytelling gaming but with a really hard edge to it and should appeal to all kinds of gamers.

Is it published by Mongoose or someone else?

Oops, I see you said Heroquest, not runequest.

[TRose]

I like the rule in MRQ where you get 1-5 skill improvement rolls per game . This prevent people from trying to use skills during a game just to get a skill improvement role . Will wait till I get book to make further comments but I do prefer a rather weaker magic system like that traditionally been in RQ to a more powerful one I have seen in Worlds of wonder.

[RosenMcStern]

Originally Posted by Tywyll

Is it published by Mongoose or someone else?

Mythic Russia Homepage (Firebird)

You can buy the book on Amazon. It is definitely worth having, whether you like HeroQuest or not.