From: David Dunham (ddunham@radiomail.net)
Date: Mon 31 Jan 1994 - 22:04:51 EET
Look, I'm not a duck basher. My only goal here is to keep RQ:AiG as _small_
I've NEVER seen a campaign with a duck PC. (Duck NPCs, yes -- one GM was
as possible. I hearken back to the days of rules the size of RQ2 or 1st
edition Pendragon. I don't think I'd be very likely to buy a new game
that's 280 pages long [RQ3 in the new printing], it's just too
intimidating. And not only are big games intimidating, they're more
expensive.
very fond of 'em.)
I like the way ducks were presented in RQ2.
But I think the 200+ draft we already have is about as big as we can get
And I also think ducks don't have the importance to Glorantha (or GMs) of
Bottom line: ducks would be nice, but there's no space. You all disagree on
(and that's page count -- once you add illustrations and maps, you've got
to cut massively).
dragonewts. It may be true that Aldryami and Mostali aren't player species,
but given that you have Elves and Dwarves, it's vital to let people know
that in Glorantha, they're very different from AD&D, more important than
letting people know that Glorantha has other creatures like Ducks and
Maidstone Archers.
my prioritization. But if I'm right and adding more and more worthy stuff
makes RQ:AiG LESS good, what would you cut to allow ducks to fit?
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