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From: RuneQuest-Request@Glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM (RQ Digest Maintainer)
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Subject: RuneQuest Daily, Thu, 05 Aug 1993, part 1
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From: burt@ptltd.com (Burton Choinski)
Subject: Map Program
Message-ID: <9308021738.AA08404@vino>
Date: 2 Aug 93 17:38:39 GMT
X-RQ-ID: 1354
It's amazing. A program I wrote way back in 89, thought I had lost forever
and would have to re-write, and I manage to find it on some other site, so
here it is.
It creates the ol' Judges Guild hex page, the one with the dark border,
a page of hexes and one big hex in the center that measures 25 little hexes
wide.
Just send it to your postscript printer and enjoy.
I have uploaded it to soda.berkeley.edu, in runequest/uploads as "jg.ps".
It's position may well move to runequest/programs soon.
-- Burton
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From: henkl@glorantha (Henk Langeveld - Sun Nederland)
Subject: Re: RuneQuest Daily, Tue, 03 Aug 1993, part 1
Message-ID: <9308031131.AA27314@glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM>
Date: 3 Aug 93 15:31:15 GMT
X-RQ-ID: 1355
> From: staats@Athena.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Converting AD&D Modules to RQ
> Message-ID: <9308021541.AA11636@bolognese>
> Date: 2 Aug 93 15:41:35 GMT
> X-RQ-ID: 1353
>
>
> Greetings!
>
> Some interesting comments on this one to date. I have found that it is
> fairly easy to convert creatures and magic items to RQ II/III equivalents. It
> is also true that trying to tie each module in with Glorantha is extremely
> difficult.
I'd make a case for saying the are equivalent, see below...
> Here are some general guidelines. THAC0 converts fairly directly to
> attack percentages. 1 HD creature = 55 percent chance to hit. Then for every
> decrease in THAC0, add 5 percent to the chance to hit.
I'll have a confession to make.
A long time ago I tried to find the
equivalent of an AD&D first level
fighter in RQ.
The approach was rather different, though.
I did not try to find immediate translations
between AD&D and RQ stats. I opted for
'procedural equivalence'. Anyone know a better
phrase for that?
One of the first things that struck me was the
difference in time scale. The basic attack round
in AD&D lasts a minute, equivalent to five full
rounds of combat in RQ...
Also, hit points for starting characters are quite
different for the two systems.
I then decided to run a 'gedanken-experiment':
How long would this fighter last, if run against
an opponent equivalent in all aspects, except for
an infinite supply of hit points?
I actually went through the necessary die rolls,
did the same under the assumption of average results,
and from that I created a "first level RQ fighter",
which would last as long as its AD&D counterpart in
a similar contest...
This was all single-user roll-playing of course, but
what else can you do when there are no other
players around?
Based on that experience I would really warn anyone
against trying to find 'ad hoc' translations for
AD&D characters. Instead, roll up a similar RQ
character, and use prev. exp. rules to create
a character with a similar career as the AD&D one.
> Magic items are actually quite a bit of fun to translate. Items that
> increase perceptions or abilities translate quite nicely. In general though,
> try to make many of the items into limited use items.
Because of the restrictions on magic use, AD&D has always
relied heavily on magic items, while RQ has more provisions
for "personal magic". Give people equivalent Divine magic
in return for their magic items.
> On the area of spells, there are two approaches. You can either
> convert the spells into RQ equivalents, or you can modify the RQ sorcery
> system to accomodate the new spells.
This really depends on the type of campaign that you run.
If sorcery is available, use that. If you're running an
ancients/dark ages type of campaign (which most settings
in Glorantha are), you'd be better off adapting/bending
the characters to fit in.
> Oops! I have to fly! Hope this proves useful!
What's your levitation skill?
>
> In service,
>
> Rich
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From: gbailey@aol.com
Subject: Re: RuneQuest Daily, Thu, 29 ...
Message-ID: <9308021940.tn58996@aol.com>
Date: 2 Aug 93 23:40:08 GMT
X-RQ-ID: 1356
Would someone please send me a copy of Adam's RQ stuff by mail (as in paper)?
Since I'm on America Online I tend to get things cut off so sending files
will not work (or I have my doubts that I'll get it all correctly). I'll
even send back a few $$ to pay for the copies and postage. E-mail me at
gbailey@aol.com and I'll send you my mailing address. Or maybe send me a
3.5" disk (either unformatted or using PKZIP(tm) or LHARC(tm?) compression).
Glen
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From: ddunham@radiomail.net (David Dunham , via RadioMail)
Subject: Stacking divine magic
Message-ID: <9308042315.AA08043@radiomail.net>
Date: 4 Aug 93 23:15:09 GMT
X-RQ-ID: 1357
> 2. A more GM-ruling type question. Would seperate castings of
>stackable Divine Magic stack? In other words, would a Shield 1 cast on one
>round, followed by a Shield 2 on another, result in a Shield 3 or 2?
No; you'd get a Shield 2.
> Corollaries: Would it matter if the same character were casting the
>spells? Or, if the recipient were someone other than the caster?
Wouldn't matter.
David Dunham * Software Designer * Pensee Corporation
Voice/Fax: 206-783-7404 * AppleLink: DDUNHAM * Internet: ddunham@radiomail.net