Jeff, is that quoted verbatim from somewhere?
Spot on though,
Rob
- In ImmoderateGloranthaQuest_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Richard"
<richaje_at_...> wrote:
>
> > > I'm seeing two mutually contradictory propositions getting
violent
> > > agreement in the forums:
> > >
> > > 1. "Rules don't matter"
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > 2. "HQ models Glorantha better than RQ".
> > >
> > > Pick one.
>
>
> Pick both. Rules aren't that important - except for giving a
> preagreed system for determining the outcome of certain actions ("I
> try to kill the troll with my sword"). They certainly shouldn't be
> used as the primary source in understanding aspects of a fictional
place.
>
> That being said, a rules system can be actively bad at modeling
> important aspects of the game world. The RQ magic rules are
actively
> bad and really don't model anything in Greg's stories. So to that
> extent HQ models Glorantha better than RQ.
>
> Jeff
>