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Just got Runequest 2 in the mail

Started by Trond, October 29, 2022, 12:47:36 AM

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Omega

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November 07, 2022, 09:39:13 PM
Quote from: hedgehobbit on November 07, 2022, 01:17:59 PM
Quote from: Trond on November 05, 2022, 11:08:20 PM
Cool! I guess there is charm to building up from a very basic and inexperienced character. Is Apple Lane good for this sort of thing perhaps?

I only recently got a copy of Apple Lane. Back when I ran Runequest I was a broke student and wrote all my own adventures. At first I was enamored with all the skill lists so my early adventures had lots of rocks to move, things to climb, and traps to spot. My first adventure only had three skeletons and a couple of rubble runners.

IMO, RuneQuest works great for low level (or low skill) adventures. If you start PCs off with 300+ bonus skill points you're skipping a fun phase of the game.

Agreed. The game was great for playing characters that improved through doing things.

Some players though just do not like that and want to be RAHH ME HULK! out the gate and steamroller everything. Then invariably turn around and bitch about how boring the game is because "theres no challenge!"

More reasonable players just want a slight leg up over a complete entry level. Usually so they can use some gear they saw in the book or to better represent an idea they had.

Trond

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November 11, 2022, 04:33:25 PM
Since some of you were interested in my Bronze Age setting, maybe you'll like this too: just found this tracing of an ancient Mycenaean/Minoan agate. Possibly the most detailed depiction of melee of that time.

Trond

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November 12, 2022, 11:25:19 PM Last Edit: November 12, 2022, 11:26:53 PM by Trond
Quote from: Omega on November 07, 2022, 09:39:13 PM
Quote from: hedgehobbit on November 07, 2022, 01:17:59 PM
Quote from: Trond on November 05, 2022, 11:08:20 PM
Cool! I guess there is charm to building up from a very basic and inexperienced character. Is Apple Lane good for this sort of thing perhaps?

I only recently got a copy of Apple Lane. Back when I ran Runequest I was a broke student and wrote all my own adventures. At first I was enamored with all the skill lists so my early adventures had lots of rocks to move, things to climb, and traps to spot. My first adventure only had three skeletons and a couple of rubble runners.

IMO, RuneQuest works great for low level (or low skill) adventures. If you start PCs off with 300+ bonus skill points you're skipping a fun phase of the game.

Agreed. The game was great for playing characters that improved through doing things.

Some players though just do not like that and want to be RAHH ME HULK! out the gate and steamroller everything. Then invariably turn around and bitch about how boring the game is because "theres no challenge!"

More reasonable players just want a slight leg up over a complete entry level. Usually so they can use some gear they saw in the book or to better represent an idea they had.
BTW, my suggestion above (loosely based on the RQ2 Appendices) is pretty close to that last suggestion. Compare, for instance, the new RQ Glorantha. They start with higher skills than the background options of the Appendices of RQ2 and ALL the RQG sample characters have a damage bonus.
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