[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 272

Ian

>There is a preview of part of the magic chapter for Mongoose's
>RuneQuest at: http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/rqpreview3.pdf
>
> One interesting aspect is that this appears to describe a new type
>of Gloranthan magic: Rune Magic ...
> HeroQuest seems to have no direct equivalent

Actually, this looks like battlemagic/spirit magic/common magic (depending on whether you play RQ2/RQ3/HQ)...

>Is this a Second Age difference?

The spell descriptions all suspiciously resemble earlier editions of RQ...

My guess is that since the name of the game is RuneQuest, they wanted a way to emphasize runes.

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David Dunham
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