Re: RQ:AiG

From: Peter Maranci (rune@trystero.com)
Date: Fri 21 Jan 1994 - 01:21:54 EET


        First, someone asked if RuneQuest: Adventures In Glorantha is the
newest version of the RQ4 playtest rules. It is. Can anyone come up with
a better short-name than RQ:AiG? There's no version number on this edition.

David Dunham said:
> I can mail anyone a character sheet. Email me your address.

        You already have my address, David -- it's in _The WIld Hunt_.
Speaking of which, did you notice that _TWH_ is once again being listed
in the magazine section of RQ4? Just another way in which RQ:AiG
resembles RQ2 -- a very positive step, in my opinion. 8^>}

        Is this a character sheet of your own design, or the one that
came with the rules? Not that your own sheet wouldn't be good (I know
it would), but I'd like to be able to critique the official version.
Likewise, the Index and Character Conversion rules are pretty much
necessary to playtest the new rules properly. Since I'm supposed to
make copies of the rules for several other playtesters, I need to get
the complete set. Typical that I'd get a defective copy! 8^>}

DD again:
>> 4) Why is there no longer a longbow amongst the missiles?
> I think only dragonewts use them in Glorantha.

        I must have missed that when I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume
of the Daily. Thanks. Funny, I don't remember dragonewts using longbows
from the old rules.

>> 5) The unified hit table is fine with me, but everyone else I
>>know hates it.
> Because it's unified, or because it's new?

        I think because it's unified, but the argument got kind of heated
and emotional. 8^>}

>> 6) Why do Sorcerers gain the Law Rune as they progress, as
>>opposed to Priests and Shaman?
> Because that's what sorcery's all about.

        Where does it say that? I'm curious as to your source. Given
Greg's description of Brithini sorcery as something that seemed very much
like science, I could buy the idea -- but it seems to me that it should
be spelled out and detailed more, perhaps.

                                                                -->Pete
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