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From: RuneQuest-Request@Glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM (RQ Digest Maintainer)
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Subject: RuneQuest Daily, Fri, 23 Jul 1993, part 1
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From: C442196@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: warning--game mechanics question
Message-ID: <9307221847.AA02207@Sun.COM>
Date: 22 Jul 93 18:43:10 GMT
X-RQ-ID: 1317
I'm a new subscriber, so please forgive me if I'm dredging up something
the rest of you have already beaten to death.
My question is about the change in move rates from RQII to RQIII.
I suspect the m/SRS in RQIII were figured using different assumptions
for different creatures--the move for humans assuming jogging pace,
but the move for horses assuming an all-out gallop, for instance.
Changing your base assumptions in mid-stream is a good way to screw
things up. Problems here can spread to the fatigue system, which
is difficult enough already.
For an example of what I'm talking about, here are some numbers.
The figures in the table assume DEX SR of 3 for the RQIII figures.
2D ED. 2D ED. 3D ED. 3D ED. %
SPECIES MOVE RATE METERS/ROUND M/SR METERS/ROUND CHANGE
human 8 24 3 24 0
duck 6 18 2 16 -13%
broo 9 27 4 32 +19%
horse 12 36 10 80 +122%
Note that a broo with DEX SR 2 could move as fast as a horse could
in the previous edition. I think that's a little weird.
I would like to see a solution that brings move rates closer to the
proportions of the second edition, that keeps DEX out of the
equation entirely, and that will have consistent assumptions for
all creatures. What I want to know is, is the fourth edition mov-
ing in that direction, or is it achieving still greater heights
of innumeracy?
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From: dft8c@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu (Daniel F. Turner)
Subject: help
Message-ID: <9307230219.AA09618@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 23 Jul 93 02:19:30 GMT
X-RQ-ID: 1318
help
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From: henkl@glorantha (Henk Langeveld - Sun Nederland)
Subject: Bye Adam...
Message-ID: <9307231251.AA17574@glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM>
Date: 23 Jul 93 16:51:57 GMT
X-RQ-ID: 1319
Good luck Adam, on your entry into the Real World (TM)
Success!