From: David Cake (davidc@cs.uwa.edu.au)
Date: Sun 04 Jul 1993 - 09:21:17 EEST
there is one very big problem with separating the rules into several
books or sets. That is how do we choose the criteria for separation?
What definately goes into the advanced set? Combat special options,
combat trivia, most of the new skills, maybe ritual magic. Not much of a book
so far.
What might? many profession templates. Most creature stats, most of the
Ganesmaster book stuff (except price lists shouldn't).
What about sorcery? I get the feeling that people feel that sorcery is
a good candidate for only being in the advanced book. Why? most of us don't
use it much, and some core parts of the rules are still in a state of flux. Does
this mean that sorcery is an 'optional' or advanced rule? No, it is just as
optional as spirit magic or divine magic in a rules sense, just a little
easier to ignore for all those who play in Prax/Sartar.
Are supplements going to be written to require the advanced rules, or
just the basic ones. If supplements are going to be written to require only
the basic ones, if this results in anything even a little bit like the Basic/
Deluxe split of RQ3, I will be mighty mad. I really hated this a lot. If
adventures require both, then everyone will end up buying both, so why split
them? There are actually fairly few optional rules, as a %age of the rulesbook.
David Hall or anyone else partly responsible for Ruined-Quest in
TOTRM want to comment on the issue?
Personally, I like the idea of one big book, with optional rules marked as optional. I could possibly cope with the idea of a separate Sorcery
supplement, but only if it came out promptly. This would allow some adventures
to be marked 'requires RQ4' and some to be marked 'requires RQ4 and Sorcery'.
I don't think the idea of a Rune-Quest Lite is a good idea as a separate
product. I ha't like the idea of RQ Lite much. Furthermore, I have empiriical
evidence - the Basic set (whatever it was called) for
RQ3, which just annoyed everybody. How does the proposed separation differ,
how will it avoid the problems it caused? The balls in your court :-)
Dave Cake
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