Re: [HeroQuest-Rules] Re: Augments and arithmetic are irritating...

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 17:00:35 +0100 (BST)

>I'm in a similar boat - it's been years since I've run HQ1/2, but I enjoyed
>it alot.  Eventually though it became rather math heavy.
>
>I have recently started running a MHR / CortexPlus game and I *love* it.
>It's just the right amount of math, and frankly I love rolling a bunch of
>polyhedrals, not just a d20.
>
>I've been thinking a bit about how to adapt CortexPlus to play in
>Glorantha.   One thing I'd like to put in is, well, more gradiation than
>the 5 step dice scale.  I've been mulling over some kind of "Mastery"
>mechanic, which forces you to bump down a dice category in CortexPlus if
>you are unevenly matched.
>
>Perhaps a playtest will be in order over the winter..

This probably isn't the right place to suggest using other rule systems, rather than adapting this one, but: had you taken a look at Wordplay?

http://wordplaygames.co.uk/?page_id=26
Narrative game, you roll lots of D6s, then count them.

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