>This is a delurk from a RQ / Glorantha fan of some 20 years (urk...)
>standing.
Please have a seat, you must be tired :)
>For the magic system, though, it initially felt like the world had
>changed.... suddenly all those colourful battle magics had gone, and we
>ended up with three or four runic feats which we could only try and
>"improvise". For me, it felt like a poor man's fudge....
Three or four under each of (usually) 3 Affinities. That's up to a dozen magical effects per character for a starter character! And you don't have to Improvise if you start as a Devotee. Plus, of course, what's so colourful about everyone having 'Bladesharp'? Now we have Orlanthi with Flickering Blade, Humakti with Truesword Stroke, Babeester Gor with Slashing Blow, Yinkini with Paralysing Bite, and on and on and on... Every one could be defined as 'Bladesharp' in RQ.
>So, we now have Battle Magic for non-devotees, the full spell list from RQII
>/ RQIII, but divided up by runic association if possible. Initiates can
>have access to runic feats by improvising them - I'm running this similar to
>the old "one-use" initiate access to rune magic. My players have relaxed
>into the comfort of a magic system they feel they know - and know we're off
>to give Whiteye a thorough bashing!
So what you've done is take a load of limited magical effects, and collect them together under one more general magical heading... hmmm... reminds me of something... ah, yes! Feats and Affinities... Of course, your feats and Affinities will vary (probably wildly if you're using the limited, blinkered lists from RQ) from those in HW, but that's up to you. But to me, the best part of HW was the much more individualised, personalised, magic list for each deity. Albeit with a total lack of description for even the vaguest, most obscure, Feat. And what's the difference between the two types of magic in your game? What defines a 'Bladesharp' from a low-level Flickering Blade?
Wulf
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