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Apropos of nothing🤔, here’s a parable from legendary game designer Greg Stafford:
Back in 1966, Greg first started creating #Glorantha, future setting of the #RuneQuest TTRPG. He began by describing the west coast of the northern continent.
Wizards lived there, on the coast...
Back in 1966, Greg first started creating #Glorantha, future setting of the #RuneQuest TTRPG. He began by describing the west coast of the northern continent.
Wizards lived there, on the coast...
Greg describes how these wizards built up a great empire and, using ruthless means, tried to consolidate all of the stories and myths of the world into a great unified whole under their control.
(Yes, you could say these wizards “Gathered together all the Magic”.)
(Yes, you could say these wizards “Gathered together all the Magic”.)
This hubristic scheme failed – the great empire of the God Learners managed to make so many enemies and have such internal contradictions that eventually what they so painstakingly built was torn apart in a terrible catastrophe that ended the age.
Ok, I'm not going to write a #Runequest Basic for 2 reasons:
1. Chaosium OGL is pretty clear you can't do it.
2. The RQG Quick Start is actually pretty close to what RQ Basic should be. However, I would change a few things, just to really simplify it...
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1. Chaosium OGL is pretty clear you can't do it.
2. The RQG Quick Start is actually pretty close to what RQ Basic should be. However, I would change a few things, just to really simplify it...
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Firstly, Skills. I would remove them
Controversial! Back in the day, skills was one of the key differences of RQ vs D&D. Well, hear me out
The skill list is really long. A lot of them are very niche and have a very low chance of success. For a lite game, that's just baggage
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Controversial! Back in the day, skills was one of the key differences of RQ vs D&D. Well, hear me out
The skill list is really long. A lot of them are very niche and have a very low chance of success. For a lite game, that's just baggage
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Instead, I keep the skill *categories* and use those as skills: Agility, Communication, Knowledge, Magic, Manipulation, Perception, Stealth
So it keeps the idea of skills, rated as a %. It uses same language as core game, but strips it right back.
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So it keeps the idea of skills, rated as a %. It uses same language as core game, but strips it right back.
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In this new instalment of 'Journey to Jonstown' we look at THE GOD SKIN & MAD PRAX, the fourth and final volume in Jon Webb's bestselling 'Sandheart' series of RuneQuest adventures set in Sun County @DriveThruRPG
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#runequest #glorantha #rpg #ttrpg
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#runequest #glorantha #rpg #ttrpg
The book features the scenarios 'The God Skin' by Sandheart creator Jon Webb, and 'Mad Prax: Beyond Sun Dome' by Chaosium's Michael O'Brien, author of the original #RuneQuest 3rd Ed release Sun County (1992). 
The four-part Sandheart series is available in the Jonstown Compendium @DriveThruRPG. To celebrate the publication of Book 4, prices of the first three books have been discounted by $2.00 in all formats. PDFs are now $9.95, and hardcovers are just $19.95.
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Got a little free time, so let's try something new. Let's roll-up a #RuneQuest character! The new edition from @Chaosium is beautiful, and character creation reminds me a bit of Traveler. Very involved. I'm going to go completely random and see what we get.
Here’s the #RuneQuest character sheet for those of you playing at home.
Stats first. I'm rolling 4d6 per stat, pick best 3, roll in order. NOTE: Human Size and Int are 2d6+6. Here goes.
STR 13, CON 11, SIZ 9, DEX 15, INT 17, POW 18!, CHR 11. (I actually picked the smallest SIZ result)
STR 13, CON 11, SIZ 9, DEX 15, INT 17, POW 18!, CHR 11. (I actually picked the smallest SIZ result)
Want to know what it’s like to run a TV writers room? Try DMing a #DnD game! BEGIN SPEW! #TVWriting 1/?
No seriously. Refereeing a #DnD game may be the best training you can get for running a TV writers room. #TVWriting 2/?
NOTE: Doesn’t have to be #DnD. Any paper and pencil RPG will do. #Runequest #Traveler #Champions #Shadowrun… but maybe not #CallOfCthuhlu or #Paranoia. More on that in a bit. #TVWriting 3/?
