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Scribe · 2026-04-01T03:24:14+0100

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Received my first way out of line estimate. No, that work is not worth a couple grand, you are out of your mind and I'll just do it myself.

RealAlHazred · 2026-04-01T04:20:32+0100

Mannahnin said:
RuneQuest, really? Palladium FRP definitely, but the RuneQuest I'm familiar with is the progenitor of Basic Roleplay System (same core as Call of Cthulhu). It DOES have ability scores mostly on a 3-18 scale (with 5 of the 7 overlapping with D&D), but it's a % skill-based system rather than class & level, HP don't increase over time, spells use mana points IIRC... Was original RQ closer?

RuneQuest wa mechanically mostly developed by Steve Perrin as an outgrowth of his tinkering with D&D. You can see a lot of the basic stuff in his contributions to Alarums & Excursions.

EDIT: To be clear, I'm more saying proto-RQ was based on D&D. It rapidly diverged. But at the start, it was basically D&D with percentile dice for combat, skills, and magic points instead of spell levels; these were all things he wanted to change about the D&D he played at his table. It was the D&D of Theseus, you might say.

trappedslider · 2026-04-01T06:00:34+0100

I don't think Ready Player One is the best personally, i'd say The Martian is so far

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Dannyalcatraz · 2026-04-01T06:10:13+0100

Mannahnin said:
As if invoked, I just started getting FB ads for Geoff Tate (he's operating separately from the act currently using the name Queensrÿche) touring this year doing Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety, "for the final time!:

When Tate left/was fired from Queensrÿche and they replaced him with Crimson Glory’s Todd La Torre, I kinda lost track of everyone involved after 1-2 more albums. The acrimony just…

Saracenus · 2026-04-01T07:24:45+0100

Wow, I am on a roll for the past couple of weeks. Despite injuring my back last Thursday I have maintained my calm and I have been able to accomplish some great things in my personal and work life.

Today was filled with work between medical appointments for my back and I still managed to post up a link to a D&D YouTube vid that I really enjoyed here and it has sparked a pretty positive response from ENWorld.

Life is good.

Am I the anti-Snarf? The nega-Snarf from Scott Pilgrim? Only time will tell.