[RQ-Rules] Re: How fantastic is it?

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From: Steve Perrin (steve@perrinworlds.com)
Date: Sat 13 Apr 2002 - 17:29:53 EEST

While a lot of the support technology for serious mountain climbing is
pretty modern, a lot of the actual materials used for making a climb, like
rope and pitons and even cleats on shoes, could be approximated with
Bronze-to-Iron-Age technology, even if no one ever did so in those periods.

Magic is also important. A mountain-dwelling culture may well have folk
magic (to use a Quest Rules designation) meant to deal with going up and
down a lot.

Not sure what is meant by "ice climbing."

Keep also in mind that climbing sheer faces is supposedly, in a fantasy
world, what thieves do all the time. Doing it at 15,000 feet might be a bit
much, but the techniques are there, almost by definition.

When dealing with a fantasy setting, at least, sometimes the genre
conventions have to overwhelm the real life limitations.

Steve Perrin

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Smart" <jurrubin@earthlink.net>
To: <rq-rules@crashbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 4:56 AM
Subject: Re: Traveller! (was Re: [RQ-Rules] Extension?)

> MurfNMurf@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Well, if you want BRpish mechanics for a mountain climbing adventure,
you
> > can always pick up the ponderous (yet at the same time Very Cool)
_Beyond The
> > Mountains of Madness_ for CoC.
> > Another alternative is to try FGU's homepage. Under the_Other Suns_
> > section there's a link to some sort of Arctic Worldbook that's just
chockfull
> > of all sorts of Arctic/Mountainous mechanics and hazards in a very
BRPish set
> > of rules.
>
> Excellent! Just keep in mind the history of mountain climbing using
> "modern"
> equipment and techniques dates back only to the 18th century, I believe.
> The luxury of not being hungry most of the time also helped; mountainous
> terrain isn't known in most of the world as being conducive to easy
> living.
>
> I envision bronze age metallurgy knowledge and lack of free time
> limiting PCs
> to mainly route-selecting (i.e. Mixed Climbing skill) with a few
> rock-climbing
> techniques. No climbing of sheer faces.
>
> Ice climbing would very likely be unheard of.
>
> David
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