Re: powerful augments

From: Rob <robert_m_davis_at_...>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:00:37 -0000

• In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...> wrote:
  >
  > > Strange to think HW was presented as 'you're heroes,
  > > no more Mr
  > > RuneQuest', when it's obviously not the case. A
  > > starting HW Hero as
  > > about the same probability of success that a RQ one
  > > (40-60%).
  >
  > Yes, this was what fooled us. If only it had been a
  > bit more obviously not the case! We were still naive
  > enought to think "mastery" meant "mastery".
  

Bog off! Some always bang on about this, but if you choose to interperet the scale the game that way then its your problem (and the Heroes Book). Heroquest (formerely Hero Wars) is a system that is designed to facillitate player/character diven play. Just because a bunch of you choose to misuse it in your rigid-must-simulatate-the- universal-physics-cosmolology-of-glorantha type mindsets, thats your own look out. I'm not saying that the rulebook is not incoherent in places, it is, its just those bits were probably not written by Robin, is my guess.

Rant over! :^)

Regards
Rob

Caveat: In my rant I am not saying you should not play the game how you want to. I am saying you should not misrepresent it on public forums based on your own opinions!