I am pleased to say I have a RQ game up and running here at last.
I recruited two people in their late twenties, two 17 year olds
and Michael.
With King of Sartar and the stuff on Sartar published in RQA, Snakepipe
Hollow and Apple Lane I have put together a tarshite clan living
in the Chalk Man Valley just East of AldaChur. They are orlanthi but
also worship the Chalk Man, a spirit god carved into the hillside.
The two 17 year olds have failed to attend so far but even with three plyers
we had a great time to date. One of the players, a real Gloranth hack, is
playing the shaman of the Chalk Man cult. I have never had to concentrate
so hard on the sheer power of a shaman, even a newly created one with
limited power. I am enjoying it greatly, balancing the need to offer
spiritual challenge whilst preventing his character overshadowing the
two other young Orlanthi carls. I have achieved this so far, many
NPCs have Spirit Block, and one of their encounters was
with a lamia and an entourage of ex-lovers, who were zombies. Lovely
fact about zombies, no souls!
So far all I have done is a little trip escorting the local mercahnt to
trade with the Mostali in Dwarf Run, bumping into some clan enemies
enroute and the aforementioned lamia. In future I shall be running
stuff from Trollpak (just 3 days north), Snakepipe Hollow, and many
of the published scenarios from RQ Adventures. I also will run a few
of the advnetures from the Vikings pack.
I have started the game in 1599 ST so as to develop the characters against
a backdrop of the Lunar invasions of Sartar, the fall of Boldhome etc etc.
I am very excited by the possibilities this gives me.
The shaman player is, as I said a real Gloranthaphile, but very responsible.
He serves a perfect role, playing the PC with the limits of knowledge
he should have, but still being able to offer the wisdom that a shaman
should have.
I am very optimistic about this all. Anyone got any groovy little
sub plots, NPCs, ideas or cameos I can weave in?
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Tom Zunder
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