Hi Everyone

From: Steve Lieb <styopa_at_...>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:48:45 -0800

Yes, I presumed that there would be a Glorantha.com list at some point, but the HW rules are so open to interepretation that I think the discussion could begin now to help people be enthused about it from the get-go. (Instead of (like me) reading the rules, thinking "what the hell?", and then only starting to appreciate the mechanics when it sinks in a little.)

The first thing that struck me as an epiphany was that the HW system is so totally scalable that it can be used for things bigger than individuals - here's the post I sent Greg about it: "Clans, for example, could have Gather Food 5w (meaning usually they succeed in a given season or year) and a bad year could be represented by an extended contest (vs. Storm Season's Destroy Stead Building skill of 10 or something, a bad year this would go up to 19 or thereabouts)

Even militarily things could be abstracted: for example the Dragon Pass wargame could be an extended contest between the Lunar Empire (Subjugate Province 12ww) and Sartar (Independence 8w) or alternately Lunar Way (Assimilate Foreign Religion 6w) vs. the Orlanthi (could use Hatred of Chaos 14ww with a penalty)

Wow. Just about bowled me over."

Comments?