http://www.glorantha.com/library/eurmal/intro-runes.html
I'm away for a week now everyone - off to sunny Scotland for our wedding anniversary. So you can all relax from me nagging you about the Chaos Feature Competition! Fear my return though - when I shall resume relentless bombardment :)
Have fun!
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From: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
[mailto:WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Mason
Sent: 06 February 2009 16:54
To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Runic associations
Quick change of subject heading as I have a question
2009/2/6 Jeff Richard <richaje_at_G-COq3PLB5-pGJkL3E72dAhriTYoQ8xPcylapqzHXhUEpUVmjbPhaCxjqWjonmSmB616OqVc9ps.yahoo.invalid>
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> FWIW, the description of the Disorder rune includes "disorder,
> trickery, trouble" and is said to be "destructive, reckless, and selfish."
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[snippage]
Are these descriptions in print somewhere or forthcoming in HQ2.0 or derived
from common knowledge?
The reason I'm asking is that for the (Mongoose) RQ stuff I'm running I want to make runes more central to PC life than they have tended to be. Although I have HQ I haven't played it - just not my thing - but my understanding from listening to Darran Sim's excellent podcasts is that runes in HQ2.0 have an impact on personality and behaviour.
MRQ has the notion of integrating a rune and uses a skill called runecasting to define a person's ability to use the rune's magic. The game uses a skill called "persistence" to represent willpower. Therefore, what I would like to do is, when relevant, to say to someone "your rune is pushing you to be brave/reckless/cowardly. Make a roll of your Persistence opposed by your rune's runecasting score to be able to choose what you want to do here."
I can derive my own concordance but would prefer it if someone else had already done the work. Relatedly, RQ2 had a rune identities table which matched runes with metals, colours and so on. Did that ever get updated and put somewhere?
Bruce
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