> >Well i cound not find anything to explain its working on HQ, so what
> >do you think how Tap sould be handled ?
>
>It was explained in HeroWars (in too much detail for the main rulebook).
>Basically it's only taught to sorcerers that have mastered the order's
>grimoires to two masteries each.
For my tastes, this makes tapping a bit too rare -- akin to a secret. It should be common enough that people are tempted to use it.
>I would expand the penalty
>from one ability to all abilities of a given class. If you have been
>tapped physically, you are much weaker in all physical activities.
This is a good idea -- my objection above is based on the fact that you want tapping to be a horrible spell that you can actually see in a typical game (involving Tappers). This makes it more horrible.
>There is a paragraph about how you can get the tapped ability back if
>you kill the sorcerer (I'm dubious)
Me too. Fewer story possibilities.
Rob
>I loathe tapping in any form in any game. As a narrator I will
>never have it in my Glorantha. I would never play in a game that it
>could be used against players.
>
>My reason is that at best its a kind of 'Blade Venom' - a game
>construct mechanic. If I had a character that had an ability
>tapped, well then I wouldn't want to play that character.
While it's always been descibed in terms of game mechanics, I think it's a valid part of Glorantha. You have Arolanit, where the very land seems sapped of vitality due to Tapping. and stealing another person's vitality is a pretty common literary theme (it's not just for vampires).
The fact that you don't want to play a Tapped character speaks for employing it. It's icky and awful! A real threat to player characters. Perhaps a threat better threatened than employed, but still valid in a Narrator's toolkit.
-- David Dunham Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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