From: David Cake (davidc@cs.uwa.oz.au)
Date: Fri 21 Jan 1994 - 05:44:42 EET
>
> 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.
>
I have this feeling that Rathorelans use longbows as well. They
certainly should be in the rules even if very few people use them, anyway
(they put Melnibonean bone bows in the standard Elric! weapons table, and very
sensibly too). The information about RQ2 Dragonnewts using longbows is not
in the RQ2 rules, but appears in Wyrms Footnotes 14 (and in RQ3).
> >> 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^>}
>
Actually I dislike the idea because it is old. I thought that the replacing the
unified table of RQ2 with the two tables was a good idea. I am unconvinced
about the step back.
Similarly I welcomed the Easy/Medium/Hard skills rules, not because
they were an innovation, but because they were a return to and an extension
of the RQ2 skill rules (which had E/M/H for training, in effect, but not for
experience).
Personally loyalty to RQ2 or RQ3 is not really an issue, but I dislike
the thought of losing good ideas from either system in the move to RQ4.
> >> 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.
>
Ermm... it never really states it that directly, but it is a reasonable
assumption. The Invisible God is one of the few gods with the Law Rune, though
also Magic and Infinity. Personally, I think that sorcerers are associated with
both Magic and Law, that shamans are associated with Magic and Spirit, and
Priests with Magic and their cult runes. But that is just my speculation.
I imagine Lhankor Mhy magic theorists probably argue about this sort
of thing as well, ie, I think that there is no one true answer (but I guesssx
everybody knows how I feel about the Runes :-)
> 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.
>
Or not. While not necessarily a fan of Gregs inconsistency at all times, I am
definately a strong believer in leaving many aspects of Glorantha open
to controversy and debate. the fact that there is no single truth is one of the
best aspects of Glorantha, to me.
> -->Pete
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Peter Maranci Malden, Massachusetts
> pete@slough.mit.edu or rune@trystero.com or rune@ace.com
> Captain of the Bozztown Bashers -- Champion Trollball team at RQ Con '94!
>
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