[Glorantha] Re: Gloranthan Heroes

Mikko Rintasaari:
> Since I think my previous post on the subject was lost, I'll try again.
   

> Is there any chanse that Greg (or others in-the-know) will post some rough
> HQ stats for the more prominent Gloranthan heroes?
> I'd love to see some offiscial guidelines for people like Jareel, The Red
> Emperor, Sir Ethilrist and so on.    

  This is one of the beefs I have about HeroQuest. It was designed to be able to encompass normal gaming, HeroQuesting and the Hero Wars. However, it seems stuck in the "you are a begining character and have to chase sheep rustlers" level of play.    

  What a lot of us would like to do is to progress through the Hero Wars properly, not at the snail's pace that is Sartar Rising.    

  To do that, we really need writeups, not just stats but proper writeups, of the main Hero Wars protagonists.    

  These would include the major characters from the Dragon Pass game but would have a lot more.    

  What have we got at the moment? The Crimson Bat and Moonboats. That's all.    

  Arcane Lore has a number of Deity writeups that are interesting but not really like good HeroQuest writeups.    

  Mythic Russia does it a lot better, as it has writeups for the main Immortals and main characters included in the rulebook.    

  I know that people are concerned that once the major players are written up, then people will try and go through them in a Hero Hack, but why not? At least give us the chance of seeing what the Heroes are supposed to look like, then let us change them if we need to.    

  I'd love a supplement for the Hero Wars that had the statistics of the major people. This would include the likes of Jaldon Toothmaker, Red Emperor, Jar Eel, Yara Aranis, Great Sister, Argrath, Harrek, Sir Ethilrist, Cragspider, Sheng Seleris and so on.    

> I'm guessing most of those people have one or a few definig heroic traits,
> and it would be really cool to see them. The more complete the treatment, > the better, of course.    

  Yes, even a brief breakdown would be good.    

> Something like:
> Jareel the Razoress
> Supernatural beauty 1w3
> Dancing Scimitar style 10w4
> Devotee of ???    

  Mythic Russia does it a little differently, giving most of the immortals a huge whack in their Immortal/Witch/Dragon rating and then listing a few abilities/keywords.    

  So, you might have something like:
  Jareel the Razoress
  Lunar Immortal 10W4 (I can't remember the Arcane Lore rating)   Head of Bloodspillers Cult 10W3
  Insipration of Moonson 20W3
  Supernatural Beauty 1w3
Dancing Scimitar style 10w4
Devotee of ???    

  But, we need them in order for HeroQuest to truly do what it set out to.    

  After all, with the Draogonrise, we will be at the start of the Hero Wars proper. How are we going to go through the rest of Argrathsaga without stats for the Lunars? Are we going to wait for another god-knows-how-many-years before we get the King of Sartar scenarios written up as supplements? Look how long it took for Sartar Rising 1-3 to come out, have we any idea when Dragonrise will appear?    

  It all smacks of the "characters should retire when they become Rune Lords" mentality. Now, we have "Heroes should retire once they learn a Great Secret" and no stats for powerful people. It's all part of the same culture, in my opinion.    

  See Ya    

  Simon Received on Thu 21 Sep 2006 - 13:46:33 EEST