[Glorantha] Re: Gloranthan Heroes

In message <20060921124633.7594.qmail@web51001.mail.yahoo.com> Simon Phipp writes:    

> 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.

Wouldn't we all. But the whole of the Hero Wars is going to be a heck of a lot of work. There are many invasions of Sartar by the Lunars, Tarsh by Argrath and at least one stage Tarsh is an independant nation fighting off both. Someone could of course write a Hero Wars scenario book with half a dozen scenarios covering major clashes between the major characters. Maybe six or twelve months work for an experienced writer. Personally I want something rather more interesting and detailed.    

> 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.

The are RQ style stats for Prince Argrath, Harrek, Gunda, Jar-eel, the Red Emperor, Beat-Pot and Jaldon in Wyrms Footprints. While HQ style writeups would be useful I think it's more important to get them in context. These people don't operate on their own. They are part of large and complex societies so the society needs writing up as well. I'm not even sure how much anyone knows about these people beyond what's published. It could well be that no one's had the inspiration to do a write up.    

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

Which is two more than we had a few months back.    

> 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.

And once they've done that those same people will demand the same for the Gods so they can repeat the exercise. If that's what you want why don't you do it and put them on the web? Personally if I need something for a game, a story or whatever I'll look at what's published and then fill the gaps myself. If and when I get to the stage of something complete enough I'll see if anyone else has related material and possibly publish it.

-- 
Donald Oddy
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