Philip Hibbs:
>I think we should try and keep this list clean of RuneQuest rules nowadays,
>as the build-up to Hero Wars is under way, and we don't want to confuse
>people.
Well I think "newbies" are actually more likely to be confused by frequent mention of the putative, still mostly-hypothetical game "Hero Wars"! As someone not in the tiny minority with a copy of one version or other of the playtest rules, I find the frequent eruptions of esoteric HW mechanics debates here far more confusing - and boring - than an occasional RQ rules question.
Presumably if someone asks a RuneQuest question, they're actually ***playing the game***!! And hopefully the answers will help them *continue* Gaming in Glorantha until (when/if?) the glorious day comes and Hero Wars bursts forth from the heavens*. Surely this is something to be fostered rather than discouraged?
*on this, see also #3 of Nick Brooke's "Ten Things I Hate About Glorantha".
Even if many people here (me included) aren't actually regularly gaming themselves at the moment, we do have a background in RQ and a understanding of how it works in Glorantha that a newcomer might appreciate.
>I don't think we've got many Gloranthan newbies here, but if we do,
>and when we do get new people signing on, we don't want old RQ game
>mechanics confusing them.
At least RuneQuest is extant and out there - if they're already RPGers, many newcomers will have at least heard of it, and maybe even have a copy sitting on their shelf (even if they haven't opened it for years). Glorantha's heritage is inextricably tied with up RuneQuest whether you like it or not.
>RQ Rules questions are welcome on the RuneQuest
>mailing list, though!
Then the best response would be to politely point the asker in that direction. Harry's rules question [v7 #86] did have a Gloranthan context, and there's nothing in the Rules of the Road that says RQ questions are verboten.
By the way, I never really liked the RQ3 sorcery, spirits or summons rules, and like Nick, I'd point Harry to Sandy's excellent rules suggestions for these areas in "Ye Booke of Tentacles" I & II.
Cheers,
MOB PS. Just so you know, the real-life inspiration for "Bloody Jeff" (the Down Under Cons and Questlines chaos-koala mascot), our looney-right state premier Jeff Kennett, was against all expectations anally ravaged at the polls on the weekend, and is likely to lose office. Hurrah!
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