From: Geoff Gunner (eosgg@raesp-farn.mod.uk)
Date: Mon 08 Nov 1993 - 21:22:20 EET
Geoff (Gunner) here, for a few comments and an extended whinge.
Sandy talks about Pairing Stone being popular for weddings, thus must have some subtle effect. Well, why not that people just love the pomp and circumstance, and the chance to make a special occasion *really* special ? Why have everything explainable by magic ? Okay, magic's fun, but so is 'real' life. And you can get far more kilometerage from a single person than a single magical effect. (Puts bucket that contained cold water down again ...)
re: James King's comments about prices of RQ stuff over here (UK) - How true . (:-( sigh, agreeing vemhently with said statements). I *used* to be a RQ packrat, buying all the (reasonably-priced) RQ2 stuff. Including Foes. Happy munchkin days. Now, at 10 quid for the booklets and 20 for bigger stuff seems a mite extravagent. And after buying Elder Secrets (Pictures! Blarrgghh!) I've developed a nasty phobia about any more Avalon Hill / Chaosium stuff. And lots of it seems to be second time around - Trollpack was the biz. (chokes back tears of nostalgia). And it never seems to help me run my campaign anyway - all I want is some nice juicy detail on Dragon Pass so I can run a halfway-decent campaign. But NO! I'm whisked off first to Pavis and Prax (barren desert full of smelly nomads), then to Doraster ('You *seriously* want me to go down _THERE_ ?'); the Lady alone knows where next. Or Greg 'read my lips' Stafford is bringing out multiple conflicting versions of the Truth. Fine, okay, I can handle that. Now could I have something definitive ?
Okay - so I *CAN* write my own adventures. I prefer to - I can use my talents to their best (taoist RQ, no less). So what I want is stuff like Trollpack - details things that can be used Anywhere and give me the backup I need. Or Gods Own Truth about Dragon Pass. `It's not much to ask for` ?, he whinges.
And if anyone says I should write it myself - -THWUMP-. _How_ many hours should I devote to RQ a week ? It's getting so that preparation time is nearly equalling playing time. Sigh. I miss the carefree days of youth with RQ sessions that went on all weekend, down to the Kentucky for takeaway, cans of beer ... I go now, in a haze of tears for lost youth. Geoff.
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