From: David Dunham (ddunham@radiomail.net)
Date: Fri 04 Feb 1994 - 21:17:16 EET
Loren, Guy:
I like the idea of having non-combat art, featuring a woman. The
possibilities are endless: Kallyr Starbrow addressing a Lightbringer's
Council, a female shaman summoning the clan's ancestors, a Lunar guard
inspecting a Sartarite's paper, etc.
Boris:
> If you look at the game market now, those games which are successful
> contain a game world that is well, if not fully, described in the basic
> rule set; Shadowrun, Vampire/Werewolf/Mage, Cyberpunk. And all of these
> weigh in at or around the 300 page range, or more. This does not seem
> to cost them sales, and I don't think mere size will cost RQAG sales.
Shadowrun is 208 pages. CyberPunk 2020 is 240. Pendragon 4th edition, which
I haven't seen at any store (I had to special order), is 352. Seems to me
that the shorter the game, the more successful. I find reading 352 pages
too much like work. (Pendragon might be a counterargument -- that splitting
the game didn't work and they had to rejoin Pendragon 3rd Edition and
Knights Adventerous -- but it may also simply point out that you have to
split the right stuff.)
Guy:
>I think that there should be some sort of rule to represent the momentary pain
>of being injured, similar to STUN damage in the Hero system.
I think this would introduce way too much complexity. With RQ:AiG, I can
manage to make a single combat drag on all night without even using any
optional rules (except a Fatigue roll).
I remember GURPS had something like this, but I never had to GM it. I would
hate to have to keep track of which NPCs were temporarily inconvenienced by
pain.
Loren:
I really like RQ:AiG, where all specials do the same thing. I can remember
that. And (as GM) I don't have to keep track of bleeding or impaled
weapons. And nobody has to slow down, find the resistance table, and make
extra rolls.
As for tactics, sounds good in principle.
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