I am not looking for a HQ revamp of the old RQ material. It seems to me that Pavis is an excellent growing ground for heroes too, not just adventurers.
/Håkan
On 9/4/06, Rob <robert_m_davis_at_...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I wonder if it may have been due to the essentially 'Runequest'
> ambience of the material. Pavis and the Big Rubble is arguably the
> quintessential D&D type setting for Glorantha. This is not in
> keeping with the style of the official material released you might
> think. Some could also argue that the Heroquest rules do not really
> support that kind of gaming. For example, when I ran the Cradle
> scenario I could see players tire of rolling a large number of
> simple contests to settle combats. This was in many ways a stark
> contrast to the campaign to that point which had focused on
> community and the characters relationships and their obligations.
> Runequest I think makes the Cradle scenario a far more exciting
> experience, in my opinion, when it really is a dramatic contest to
> keep you character alive in the face of the endless multitude of
> attacks. You have all these wonderfull strategic decisions to make,
> concerning the conserving of Rune Magic, and power points, and when
> to heal and when to rest and that kind of thing, to say nothing of
> pitting yourself against the GM controlled foes and win glory for
> the character and the player! I understand that is why Greg wrote it
> the way he did, to make an exciting game of Runequest. I am not
> convinced it is 'as good' as a Heroquest scenario having ran it with
> Heroquest.
>
> Just saying,
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
> --- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com <HeroQuest-RPG%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Håkan Jonsson" <hajons_at_...>
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would love to see a couple of books on Pavis and Big Rubble. I
> know Ian
> > Thompson had material for three books ready to be published, but
> for some
> > reason it was stopped.
> >
> > /Håkan
> >
> > On 9/4/06, CJ <cj_at_...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi chaps,
> > >
> > > I don't know if Moon Designs find this sort of thing of interest
> or not,
> > > but
> > > as one fairly vocal fan, I just thought I'd discuss things I am
> interested
> > > in now we have ILH2. :)
> > >
> > > * Carmanian Religion - in fact the whole society - strike me as
> crying out
> > > for some sort of treatment
> > > * Spol, and the Spolite Witches - have they ever been detailed
> anywhere,
> > > for
> > > HW or HQ? What kind of magic do they practice?
> > > *Darjinn
> > > *Kostaddi
> > > So let's combine them, and just say "more on Lunar provinces."
> > >
> > > Above all, a book on the Solar Pantheons - Jernovian (sp?), Dara
> Happan,
> > > Rinliddi etc etc. I'd really really love to see this done.
> Glorious ascent
> > > of Yelm has got me really interested in knowing more now!
> > >
> > > Minority interests
> > > *Prax - I'm sure there is a book on the way, but i really look
> forward to
> > > this.
> > > *Pent - possibly the one i am most interested in outside the
> Lunar Empire!
> > > * Aldryami & Ducks covered more
> > > * Delecti getting a full treatment :)
> > >
> > > Just a few ideas, and it's 3am here so this may be garbage, but
> I thought
> > > I'd mention what my players seemed to want when we talked it
> through
> > > earlier
> > > tonight.
> > >
> > > What would other people like to see?
> > >
> > > Finally, has anyone written a programme yet to convert ST dates
> to Lunar
> > > ones and vice versa, and do the calendar conversion now we have
> a full
> > > Lunar
> > > Calendar? :) Just wondering... I might try in the future if no
> one else is
> > > interested, but my programming skills are weak!
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > cj x
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
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