I'm trying to write up some notes for running a game set in Glorantha
using the Risus rules, if anybody here is familiar with them. Doing
the occupational keywords is easy, but I'm having trouble with the
religious keywords. The best way I could come up with is a cliche
something like "Devotee of Hedkoranth [3], and use the keywords from
the Hedkoranth entry in "Thunder Rebels", or just refer the player to
that entry for examples. However, it seems like there should be a
better way to do that; not all my players are familiar with the
Orlanth subcults, and I'd probably have to look 'em up frequently,
myself. Also, I'm pretty sure that if I put these on a web page
somewhere would violate the HeroWars/HeroQuest copyright.
Instead of "Devotee of Hedkoranth" as a cliche, I think I'd like to
have something more like "Dynamic Thunder-Slinger of Hedkoranth
(slinging thunderstones, attacking with hailstones, detecting
enemies". They'd probably also have a normal cliche such as "Boastful
Warrior" or "Conservative Farmer", too. However, rewriting each
keyword as a clichhe is harder than it looks like it would be at
first, so I was hoping that someone had some suggestions to help me
out.
Risus is online at http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus15.htm . I'd also
be using some of the optional rules from the Risus Companion, such as
Lucky Shots, Questing Dice, Sidekicks, and Shieldmates.
Guy (Hoyle)