Direct RQ to HQ Battle Magic/Common Magic conversions?

From: Agent Groove <coridan_at_...>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:06:11 -0500

I've been reviewing HQ as of late. It seems almost an inherently different game from HW, although based on the same engine. The new Chargen process, Talents, and the notion that the Inner World has it's own magic appeals to me greatly.

This being the case, it seems as if conversions from RuneQuest can be much easier to carry out, even going as far as naming Common magic spells with old RQ names like Bladesharp, Protection, Healing and so on.

Does it make sense to the members of this list that spells like Bladesharp and so on would be Spells (as in, common Wizardly magic) that would have originated in Esrolia? It was always my take that the RQ Gods were interpretations of the Lightbringers and so on that were more Esrolian/Urban in worship as compared to the Storm Tribe presented in the book of the same name and Thunder Rebels.

It seems as if HeroQuest was designed to be able to reproduce the RQ experience, as well as take it up to the Hero Wars level.

CB