From: Wayne Shaw (shadow@qedbbs.com)
Date: Fri 14 Jan 1994 - 08:12:33 EET
Tim Westlake <stormbull@cix.compulink.co.uk> writes:
>
> To me, Glorantha is so much a part of the system as to be indivisable
> from it. This is probably one reason why I didnt like RQIII as much, it
> seem to generic and .... well, almost boring.
Understand that, barring a short period when it first came out, I ALWAYS
ran and played in original worlds with RQ. I don't think Glorantha's a
bad world; but it was always the system that interested me.
>
> Errr .... OK, I'll beleive you on this :-). There were a number of local
> modifications to the rules that we had made in our local games group
> that to us made sense, some of which did appear in RQIII.
1) Full use of the percentile dice. It always struck me as silly to use
a D100 and not really USE it.
2) Improved Shamanism. Shaman were always a sort of
neither-fish-nor-fowlthing in RQ2. There were problems with them in RQ3,
but at least they were integrated into the system.
3) Standardization of previous experience. The previous hodgepodge was
really clunky, though it did benefit from not being as random as RQ3.
These are just a couple of what I considered improvements.
>
> Oh! Oh! Unfair! Unfair! I may be a couch potatoe but I currently play in
> 10 different games with widely differing rule sets (CyberPunk to D&D,
> Runequest to Amber) and run 4 different systems myself. I do not
> consider myself unable to change to a different system. I may need an
> incentive (like it looks fun or I can see a good benefit in te change)
> but I am still willing to try new systems.
Not necessarily the same thing; many people find it easier to change
games altogether than to tolerate changes IN the system they're familiar
with. The song I hear on RQ3 just sounds a week bit too similar to the
one I here from AD&D1 fans or pre-Fourth Edition Champions people.
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