Re: Do the rules determine the nature of Glorantha?

From: BEThexton <bethexton_at_...>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:15:33 -0000

> Variety.
>
> During playtesting, my players found it very helpful to have some
CM so
> that they could have magic that was different than just merchant
magic
> or warrior magic. They tended to not spent points on it unless they
> were planning on concentrating it. Once they were at a point where
> they wanted to really improve their 'specialized' magic, they'd
> concentrate and get rid of their CM.
>

I've test-built a few heroes since HQ came out, looking at how different ways of doing things work out, and I keep finding myself coming back to this approach. It seems to make a lot of sense....as someone pointed out, there isn't much sense to increasing a common magic ability unless you are going to specialize in it, but having a variety of augments is simply nice. In particular in areas that aren't in your professional or magical key words, so your abilities there may be a little skimpy. i.e. if you can only afford to have your fast-talk at 15, having a "confuse enemy" spell makes it that much more reliable.

--Bryan