RE: Re: [WorldofGlorantha] Re: Glorantha, HeroQuest and metamagic (moved from WoG)

From: Sam Elliot <samclau_at_...>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:46:56 -0300


IMO Rory's ratings are way to high. If the idea is, can you seduce someone who is in love or is married, well just look at how very many people are not the child of who they think they are. People in love sleep with other people all the time.

If you are talking about selling your beloved to a slave merchant, well, you need a situational modifier there I think.

Also, taking modern romantic love as the yardstick is likely less interesting than having situations where people are with someone because that way they won't starve to death. The latter has so much more potental, IMO. Finally, if the idea is that a Carpenter 17 is a bloody good carpenter compared with me, well then, that 17 is higher than I think we get used to playing HQ.

Sam.

Jane after RR:
> (figuring that if you're not "In love 5w",
> you're not really In
> Love, I suppose - "In Love 17" is pretty weak, and
> would probably fall under "potential partner").

Erm.... while I can see your point, this makes me more doubtful than ever about the character generation system. Your PC is married. But even if they put their precious 20 points into the relationship with their spouse, they're not really going to be in love by this yardstick. Never mind the description of them and their children, they're beginning characters, so they can't feel strongly about anything. There's something wrong here!

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