From: Nils Weinander (niwe@ppvku.ericsson.se)
Date: Thu 26 May 1994 - 00:30:08 EEST
Nils Weinander writing
Devin Cutler asks:
>I don't really prefer one type of campaign (Heroic vs non-Heroic) over
>another, can am adept at running either. However, I noticed, when I first
>started playing and then running RQ1 and RQ2 that most RQ campaigns tended to
>be non-heroic. This kind of makes sense for a system where combat is so
>deadly and magic so personal. Never one to run from a challenge, however, I
>wanted to see if RQ can be run in a heroic vein. I can say that it can, from
>personal experience.
>
>I woudl be interested in hearing if anyone else runs a heroic campaign with
>RQ in general or Glorantha in specific.
In my gaming group (I am mostly a player, but I do GM if I come up with a great scenario idea which fits in the campaign) we tend to run heroic campaigns. In most cases we have started at humble levels, with young and inexperienced characters, but they usually rise to fame and power before the end of the campaign. We all prefer to play epic sagas of heroic struggle so we have never considered doing a grim and gritty sociological simulation of the agricultural year in eastern Sartar or something like that. Since we prefer a more cinematic game the GM is rather generous with experience gain and magic.
We also play in a rather non-canonical Glorantha, where the guy who GMs most of the time modifies things as he pleases to suit his taste. We tend to move around a lot, so like in Sandy's description of his campaigns we tend to run the different countries as less xenophobic and more open than described.
Joerg's essay on the five sons of Umath is definitely a Good Thing. That kind of research is most useful. Now there is just the problem of deciding which data are true for a campaign... ---
Gamers and scholars: perhaps it is time to call a cease fire? If we all restrain our mean natures we can stop calling each other ugly names and the daily will be a friendlier place. The key issue is that no way of approaching Glorantha is better or worse than another. All in my opinion of course.
/Nils W
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