Re: Big issues in Hero Wars

From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 13:58:50 -0800


Julian wrote

> HW is also eminently suitable for beginning female players

and

> "Big Success"; "Big Failure"

> I would personally prefer "Heroic Success" to the term "Critical", but
> what, pray tell, is wrong with the word "Fumble"?

How many people use the term "fumble" in its RuneQuest sense? (More people probably use it as a sports metaphor, at least in the USA.) I think Big Failure is better for beginners, and probably leaves it more open to interpretation as to what sort of bad results can happen.

And a Big Success doesn't necessarily end up with a heroic final outcome, so I think the current term is just fine.

David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein


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