But there's much less need for any kind of electronic aid when all it comes down to is "OK, you're a sailor, so you can do anything that it seems reasonable a sailor would do at 17. Scrimshaw? Fine"
Back when a keyword brought with it 15 separate abilities, and you had three of them, I could see a benefit from something where you'd say, Sailor, Icelandic, Follower of the White Christ, OK, that <click> that gets you these abilities, any others you want to add?
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 2:39 AM, David Dunham <david_at_...> wrote:
> On 25 Apr 2012, at 09:37, Nick Eden wrote:
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>> Back when defined keywords were all the rage it would have served some
>> purpose. In HQ2, when essentially a keyword is just a broad ability
>> with any test requiring a common sense check I don't think it would be
>> as helpful.
>
> Keywords can be whatever you want -- you are welcome to define them if it suits your game. (We just think that most games are best suited by looser keywords. It definitely makes short campaigns, especially one-offs, easier.)
>
> David Dunham
> Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
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