Thread: The Design Mechanism and the Future of RuneQuest

Originally Posted by lawrence.whitaker

Yes. We have a plan... !

Woot! Many people will like this

Great news for RQ!

Any plans for a "Glorantha for beginners" type release with the basics and a few straightforward adventures? Something that would generate enthusiasm in a GM new to Glorantha, rather than feelings of intimidation. :-) I think that would help get more folks interested in Glorantha.

Originally Posted by Narl

Great news for RQ!

Any plans for a "Glorantha for beginners" type release with the basics and a few straightforward adventures? Something that would generate enthusiasm in a GM new to Glorantha, rather than feelings of intimidation. :-) I think that would help get more folks interested in Glorantha.

Not from Design Mechanism, however Moon Design have some plans in this regard.

Originally Posted by Narl

Any plans for a "Glorantha for beginners" type release with the basics and a few straightforward adventures? Something that would generate enthusiasm in a GM new to Glorantha, rather than feelings of intimidation. :-) I think that would help get more folks interested in Glorantha.

There is no better introduction to Glorantha than a Griselda story, so including one of those would be good.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
*whatever* you dont don't call it "runequest" or "runequest III". Runequest 6, Runequest VI, RQ 6, RQ 2012, RQ of the apes, but no more confusion. I *fucking hate*"RQ2" "which one?".

Also, get rid of CA's!!! =) =) [only thing that's missing on RQ2 for it to be the perfect RQ]

Originally Posted by icebrand

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
*whatever* you [do] don't call it "runequest" or "runequest III". ...

Fear not! Clearly, as the 7th version of RuneQuest, it's going to be called "RuneQuest 6". So no confusion there!

Originally Posted by icebrand

Also, get rid of CA's!!! =) =)

Hmmm, I never had any problem with Chartered Accountants in Runequest ...

This is one of the few good surprises we've had on the RQ front. Best wishes and best of luck.

Originally Posted by rust

Hmmm, I never had any problem with Chartered Accountants in Runequest ...

Combat actions. What actually bothers me is not the concept (it actually makes for very cool fights when heroes fight lowly peasants with less CA's, or terrifying monsters with many CA), but that it's purely stat-based, so if i have high INT and DEX, i get 3 combat actions even if its the first time in my life i pick up a weapon, and the grizzled veteran fighter has 2CA's because he has low stats.

It IS a rant an quite a minor issue, since im sure pretty much any grizzled veteran can easily manage an INT/DEX average of 13, but still...

Originally Posted by icebrand

Combat actions.

Ah, I see. This is probably a MRQ thing, as I never ran into this problem with the
various BRP systems I used, and MRQ is the only one I used only to mine it for
ideas.