Re: Ho Much Rule fiddling Is Tolerable?

From: Toread DuDerysi <jakyer_at_7c4q23a3LxrNDJrcAm1vKiiUnE2S65XRZrTsEYgbWY4-IZNptsYT2NH0r3tuZzjc6E9fj>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:45:12 -0000

> Interestingly, it is roughly true with regards to feats vs
> affinities. "Burst of Speed" comes from the "Movement" affinity. The
> longer name constrains how it can be used (even though it's fairly
> broadly usable, this feat doesn't let you jump to the top of a tree,
> while that could clearly be improvised from the affinity).
> --
>
> David Dunham
> Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
>

One of the reasons why later HQ had more generic names for feats and spells was the overly dogmatic interpretation of several posters and their vociferous complaints about it during the early days of HW. That was a design decision that I was never happy with.

Jeff              

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