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<blockquote data-quote="The Greene Knight" data-source="post: 5106339" data-attributes="member: 88416"><p>I would actually discourage someone from trying to convert RuneQuest's flavor (the three types of magic, the generalist nature of the system alluded to above) in a d20 context. It just wouldn't work that well.</p><p></p><p>What you have to do, in my opinion, to make Glorantha work with d20 is embrace the d20 system's assumptions (specialization, niche roles, and such) and convert straight from the universe, and not from RQ. Which means that there would be say fighters, clerics and wizards in Glorantha from then on, with perhaps alternate types of magic (such as ritual types of magic for the Britini, or the Cult of the Emperor of Kralorela, or even power types of magic akin to Incarnum for the adepts of inner mastery...) to emulate specific types of magical feels in the world. </p><p></p><p>The concept of Prestige Classes would work formidably well in Glorantha, what with all the mercenary companies, the cults, sub-cults, various types of agents, specific magical abilities, the rune lords themselves, and so on, so forth! </p><p></p><p>It could work really well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Greene Knight, post: 5106339, member: 88416"] I would actually discourage someone from trying to convert RuneQuest's flavor (the three types of magic, the generalist nature of the system alluded to above) in a d20 context. It just wouldn't work that well. What you have to do, in my opinion, to make Glorantha work with d20 is embrace the d20 system's assumptions (specialization, niche roles, and such) and convert straight from the universe, and not from RQ. Which means that there would be say fighters, clerics and wizards in Glorantha from then on, with perhaps alternate types of magic (such as ritual types of magic for the Britini, or the Cult of the Emperor of Kralorela, or even power types of magic akin to Incarnum for the adepts of inner mastery...) to emulate specific types of magical feels in the world. The concept of Prestige Classes would work formidably well in Glorantha, what with all the mercenary companies, the cults, sub-cults, various types of agents, specific magical abilities, the rune lords themselves, and so on, so forth! It could work really well. [/QUOTE]
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